Non-ceremonial cigarette tobacco use by age, sex, and education among rural American Indians of New Mexico, AIBRFS 1995–1997
| Variable | Ever-smokers (n = 449) | Current smokers (n = 188) | Number of cigarettes per day among current smokers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %2-150 | 95% CI | %2-150 | 95% CI | Mean2-150 | 95% CI | ||||
| Age2-151 | |||||||||
| 18–24 | 37.8 | 30.6–45.0 | 20.7 | 14.4–27.0 | 6.6 | 2.7–10.5 | |||
| 25–34 | 32.1 | 25.2–38.9 | 11.8 | 7.1–16.4 | 8.3 | 4.1–12.5 | |||
| 35–44 | 37.1 | 30.6–43.7 | 19.5 | 13.7–25.3 | 6.6 | 4.4–8.8 | |||
| 45–54 | 49.6 | 39.6–59.6 | 11.4 | 5.7–17.0 | 4.8 | 3.1–6.4 | |||
| 55–64 | 52.8 | 40.3–65.2 | 21.9 | 11.6–32.2 | 10.2 | 5.6–14.6 | |||
| ⩾65 | 35.5 | 19.9–51.0 | 15.3 | 3.3–27.3 | 12.2 | 5.1–19.3 | |||
| Sex2-152 2-153 | |||||||||
| Male | 52.0 | 46.0–57.9 | 21.2 | 16.3–26.1 | 7.2 | 5.1–9.4 | |||
| Female | 26.3 | 22.6–30.1 | 11.8 | 9.2–14.4 | 8.3 | 5.7–10.8 | |||
| Education | |||||||||
| <9th grade | 45.8 | 34.4–57.1 | 18.5 | 9.7–27.2 | 6.4 | 2.9–10.0 | |||
| 9th–11th grade | 37.3 | 27.8–46.9 | 18.3 | 11.2–25.3 | 8.5 | 4.0–13.0 | |||
| High-school graduate | 37.2 | 32.1–42.3 | 15.6 | 11.7–19.6 | 9.0 | 6.1–11.9 | |||
| Some college | 36.6 | 31.4–41.7 | 14.7 | 11.0–18.4 | 6.1 | 4.3–7.9 | |||
| College graduate | 34.7 | 31.4–38.0 | 9.9 | 4.3–15.6 | 3.9 | 1.2–6.7 | |||
| Overall2-153 | 38.5 | 34.8–42.1 | 16.3 | 13.5–19.0 | 7.6 | 6.0–9.3 | |||
↵2-150 Weighted by age, sex, and education distribution of New Mexican Indians from 1990 United States census.
↵2-151 Significant variation by age for % ever-smoked, Wald χ2 = 11.90, df = 5, p = 0.0368.
↵2-152 Significant variation by sex for % ever-smoked, Wald χ2 = 47.51, df = 1, p<0.0001.
↵2-153 Significant variation by sex for % currently smoking, Wald χ2 = 10.89, df = 1, p = 0.0010.
AIBRFS = American Indian Behavioral Risk Factor Survey.
CI = confidence intervals.