In the report "Cigarette Smoking Among Adults -- United
States,
1992, and Changes in the Definition of Current Cigarette Smoking,"
the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the 1992 prevalence
estimates published on pages 343 and 345 were incorrect. The
following tables contain the corrected CIs and replace Table_1
(page 343) and Table_2 (page 345). In addition, the correct CI
for
daily smoking (page 342, fourth paragraph, second line) is plus or
minus 0.7%, and the correct CI for some-day smoking (page 344,
first paragraph, first line) is plus or minus 0.3%. The change in
CIs affects one conclusion (page 344, second paragraph, fourth
line, and page 344, fourth paragraph, second line): the increase in
smoking among persons living below the poverty level is not
statistically significant.
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TABLE 1. Percentage of adults aged >=18 years who were current cigarette smokers * , by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, level of
education, and socioeconomic status -- United States, National Health Interview Survey, 1991 and 1992 +
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1991 1992 1992 1992 1992
Original Original Interim Revised Combination
(HPDP &) (CCS @) (CCS) (CES **) (CCS/CES)
(n=43,154) (n=11,875) (n=11,865) (n=11,881) (n=23,746)
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Characteristic % (95% CI ++) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
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Sex
Men 28.1 (+/-0.8) 28.0 (+/- 1.4) 29.3 (+/- 1.5) 28.0 (+/- 1.4) 28.6 (+/-1.0)
Women 23.5 (+/-0.6) 23.5 (+/- 1.2) 24.3 (+/- 1.2) 24.8 (+/- 1.3) 24.6 (+/-0.9)
Age group (yrs)
18-24 22.9 (+/-1.4) 24.4 (+/- 3.0) 25.8 (+/- 3.1) 27.1 (+/- 2.8) 26.4 (+/-2.2)
25-44 30.4 (+/-0.7) 29.7 (+/- 1.4) 30.9 (+/- 1.4) 30.6 (+/- 1.5) 30.8 (+/-1.0)
45-64 26.8 (+/-0.9) 27.3 (+/- 1.8) 28.2 (+/- 1.8) 26.4 (+/- 1.8) 27.3 (+/-1.3)
>=65 13.3 (+/-0.8) 13.3 (+/- 1.6) 13.7 (+/- 1.6) 14.2 (+/- 1.6) 14.0 (+/-1.2)
Race/Ethnicity &&
White 26.0 (+/-0.6) 26.2 (+/- 1.1) 27.1 (+/- 1.1) 27.3 (+/- 1.1) 27.2 (+/-0.8)
Black 29.4 (+/-1.6) 27.0 (+/- 3.1) 28.4 (+/- 3.1) 27.3 (+/- 2.7) 27.8 (+/-2.0)
Hispanic 20.1 (+/-1.7) 20.4 (+/- 3.0) 22.5 (+/- 3.1) 18.7 (+/- 2.6) 20.7 (+/-2.0)
American Indian/
Alaskan Native @@ 31.9 (+/-7.0) 36.5 (+/-12.2) 36.5 (+/-12.2) 41.9 (+/-10.9) 39.4 (+/-8.3)
Asian/Pacific
Islander 15.9 (+/-3.2) 16.9 (+/- 5.9) 17.9 (+/- 5.9) 12.2 (+/- 4.5) 15.2 (+/-3.9)
Education level (yrs)
<12 32.0 (+/-1.2) 32.2 (+/- 2.1) 33.4 (+/- 2.2) 30.3 (+/- 2.1) 31.8 (+/-1.5)
12 29.9 (+/-0.8) 29.8 (+/- 1.6) 30.6 (+/- 1.6) 31.4 (+/- 1.7) 31.0 (+/-1.2)
13-15 23.4 (+/-1.0) 23.8 (+/- 1.8) 24.8 (+/- 1.9) 23.3 (+/- 1.9) 24.1 (+/-1.3)
>=16 13.6 (+/-0.8) 13.4 (+/- 1.5) 14.5 (+/- 1.5) 16.5 (+/- 1.7) 15.5 (+/-1.2)
Socioeconomic status ***
At/Above poverty level 24.7 (+/-0.5) 24.2 (+/- 1.0) 25.2 (+/- 1.0) 25.7 (+/- 1.0) 25.4 (+/-0.7)
Below poverty level 33.1 (+/-1.9) 37.0 (+/- 3.3) 38.4 (+/- 3.3) 31.4 (+/- 3.2) 34.9 (+/-2.6)
Unknown 26.0 (+/-1.7) 26.2 (+/- 3.0) 27.0 (+/- 3.0) 26.7 (+/- 3.2) 26.9 (+/-2.3)
Total 25.6 (+/-0.5) 25.6 (+/- 0.9) 26.7 (+/- 0.9) 26.3 (+/- 1.0) 26.5 (+/-0.7)
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* Persons who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes and who were currently smoking based on one of the following
definitions: "Original" definition: Smoke now; "Interim" definition: Smoke now, or do not smoke now but on further
questioning reported smoking some days; "Revised" definition: Smoke every day or some days now; "Combination" definition:
Combined prevalence using the interim and revised prevalence estimates.
+ Excludes 578 respondents in 1991 and 285 respondents in 1992 with unknown smoking status.
& Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Supplement.
@ Cancer Control Supplement.
** Cancer Epidemiology Supplement.
++ Confidence interval.
&& Excludes 317 respondents in 1991 and 252 respondents in 1992 in unknown, multiple, and other race categories.
@@ Estimates should be interpreted with caution because of the small number of respondents.
*** Poverty statistics are based on definitions originated by the Social Security Administration in 1964, subsequently modified
by federal interagency committees in 1969 and 1980, and prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget as the standard to
be used by federal agencies for statistical purposes.
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