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Data Tables for Oral Health Indicators

High school students who used tobacco by selected demographic characteristics

 

Category

Percent (95% C I)

Current Cigarette Use*

Smokeless Tobacco Use**

Current Cigar Use***

1993

1995

1997

1999

1993

1995

1997

1999

1999

Total

30.5

(28.6, 32.4)

34.8

(32.6, 37.0)

36.4

(34.1, 38.7)

34.8

(32.3, 37.3)

11.5

(9.9, 13.1)

11.4

(9.7, 13.1)

9.3

(7.1, 11.5)

7.8

(5.6, 10.0)

17.7

(16.0, 19.4)

Race/ethnicity

Non-Hispanic white

33.7

(31.5, 35.9)

38.3

(35.7, 40.9)

39.7

(37.3, 42.1)

38.6

(35.4, 41.8)

14.6

(12.8, 16.4)

14.5

(12.8, 16.2)

12.2

(9.7, 14.7)

10.4

(7.0, 13.8)

18.8

(16.4, 21.2)

Non-Hispanic black

15.4

(12.9, 17.9)

19.2

(16.2, 22.2)

22.7

(18.9, 26.5)

19.7

(15.6, 23.8)

2.6

(1.4, 3.8)

2.2

(1.2, 3.2)

2.2

(1.1, 3.3)

1.3

(0.2, 2.4)

13.7

(11.3, 16.1)

Hispanic

28.7

(25.5, 31.9)

34.0

(28.8, 39.2)

34.0

(31.3, 36.7)

32.7

(28.9, 36.5)

4.9

(3.6, 6.2)

4.4

(2.6, 6.2)

5.1

(2.8, 7.4)

3.9

(2.3, 5.5)

16.7

(14.2, 19.2)

Grade

9th

27.8

(25.5, 30.1)

31.2

(29.5, 32.9)

33.4

(28.3, 38.5)

27.6

(23.6, 31.6)

10.5

(8.4, 12.6)

11.2

(9.5, 12.9)

9.7

(7.0, 12.4)

6.8

(3.6, 10.0)

13.7

(10.4, 17.0)

10th

28.0

(24.7, 31.3)

33.1

(29.3, 36.9)

35.3

(31.2, 39.4)

34.7

(32.2, 37.2)

11.2

(9.0, 13.4)

9.6

(7.4, 11.8)

6.8

(5.1, 8.5)

7.1

(4.6, 9.6)

17.8

(15.2, 20.4)

11th

31.1

(27.9, 34.3)

35.8

(32.2, 39.4)

36.6

(33.0, 40.2)

36.0

(33.0, 39.0)

11.8

(9.6, 14.0)

13.0

(10.3, 15.7)

10.0

(7.5, 12.5)

8.4

(6.0, 10.8)

18.2

(16.6, 19.8)

12th

34.5

(30.7, 38.3)

38.2

(34.7, 41.7)

39.6

(34.7, 44.5)

42.8

(37.3, 48.3)

12.1

(10.4, 13.8)

11.2

(8.4, 14.0)

10.5

(6.9, 14.1)

8.9

(5.4, 12.4)

22.0

(18.4, 25.6)

Sex

Male

29.8

(27.5, 32.1)

35.4

(33.0, 37.8)

37.7

(35.0, 40.4)

34.7

(31.7, 37.7)

20.4

(17.4, 23.1)

19.7

(17.2, 22.2)

15.8

(12.1, 19.5)

14.2

(10.4, 18.0)

25.4

(23.1, 27.7)

Female

31.2

(29.1, 33.3)

34.3

(31.2, 37.4)

34.7

(31.9, 37.5)

34.9

(32.3, 37.5)

2.0

(1.4, 2.6)

2.4

(1.1, 3.7)

1.5

(0.8, 2.2)

1.3

(0.8, 1.8)

9.9

(7.7, 12.1)

*Smoked cigarettes on >=1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.

**Used chewing tobacco or snuff during the 30 days preceding the survey.

***Smoked cigars on >=1 of the 30 days preceding the survey.

Source: MMWR Surveillance Summaries for the 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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