Table 3

Proportion of 18–34 year old recruits (R) and military personnel on active duty (AD) who use smokeless tobacco, by age, sex, and race

Age (years)		Whites				Blacks				Others
		R								AD		R				AD		R				AD
		(%)	95% CI							(%)	95% CI	(%)	95% CI			(%)	95% CI	(%)	95% CI			(%)	95% CI
Men
18–19	11.7	9.3–14.1		23.0	16.4–29.6		0	0		0.7	−2.1–3.5		2.3	−0.4–5.0		9.4	−4.1–22.9
20–24	10.6	8.1–13.1		22.9	21.1–24.7		0	0		1.6	0.5–2.7		2.7	−0.2–5.6		8.3	5.1–11.5
25–29	3.4	−1.3–8.1		19.6	16.0–23.2		8.9	−4.6–22.4		3.2	0.1–6.3		0	0		8.1	1.9–14.3
30–34	^4-150	^4-150		19.8	10.5–29.1		^4-150	^4-150		4.4	−3.5–12.3		^4-150	^4-150		0	0
Total	10.9	9.2–12.6		24.4	22.8–26.0		0.5	−0.2–1.2		1.3	0.5–2.1		2.2	0.4–4.0		8.6	5.9–11.3
Women
18–19	0.9	−0.3–2.1		0	0		0	0		^4-150	^4-150		0	0		^4-150	^4-150
20–24	0	0		0.9	−0.1–1.9		0	0		0.8	−0.6–2.2		0	0		0	0
25–29	2.6	−2.6–7.8		0.9	−1.1–2.9		^4-150	^4-150		0	0		^4-150	^4-150		0	0
30–34	^4-150	^4-150		6.4	−6.0–18.8		^4-150	^4-150		^4-150	^4-150		^4-150	^4-150		^4-150	^4-150
Total	0.6	−0.1–1.3		0.6	−0.1–1.3		2.4	−0.1–4.9		0.4	−0.5		0	0		0	0

↵4-150 Insufficient sample size for stable estimate.
CI = confidence intervals.