Indicator: Current Smokers, King County
Now smokes cigarettes every day or some days - Data source: Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System supported in part by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreement
- Most recent data (2009): 11.0%, or about 164,000 King County adults age 18+.
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Trend Over Time |
Demographic Differences |
Last 10 Years |
Last 5 Years |
Five Year Averages, 2005-2009 |
2000-2009 |
2005-2009 |
Percent |
Lower CI |
Upper CI |
All (Adults Age 18+) |
▼ |
▼ |
11.9 |
11.3 |
12.5 |
Age |
18-24 |
▼ |
--- |
17.8 |
14.9 |
21.2 |
25-44 |
▼ |
▼ |
12.6 |
11.6 |
13.6 |
45-64 |
▼ |
▼ |
12.0 |
11.3 |
12.8 |
65+ |
--- |
--- |
5.7 |
5.0 |
6.4 |
Gender |
Male |
▼ |
▼ |
13.4 |
12.5 |
14.4 |
Female |
▼ |
--- |
10.5 |
9.8 |
11.2 |
Race/Ethnicity |
African American |
--- |
--- |
22.5 |
18.7 |
26.7 |
American Indian/AN |
^ |
^ |
29.0 |
21.6 |
37.7 |
Asian/PI |
▼ |
--- |
7.6 |
6.0 |
9.6 |
Hispanic/Latino |
▼ |
▼ |
12.2 |
9.9 |
14.9 |
White |
▼ |
▼ |
11.7 |
11.0 |
12.3 |
Annual Household Income |
<$15,000 |
--- |
--- |
24.0 |
20.6 |
27.7 |
$15,000-$24,999 |
--- |
--- |
21.4 |
19.1 |
24.0 |
$25,000-$34,999 |
▼ |
▼ |
17.0 |
14.9 |
19.4 |
$35,000-$49,999 |
▼ |
--- |
14.7 |
13.0 |
16.6 |
$50,000-$75,000 |
▼ |
--- |
11.0 |
9.7 |
12.5 |
$75,000+ |
▼ |
--- |
7.6 |
6.8 |
8.4 |
Region |
East |
▼ |
--- |
8.1 |
7.1 |
9.2 |
South |
▼ |
--- |
15.4 |
14.3 |
16.6 |
Seattle |
▼ |
▼ |
12.0 |
10.9 |
13.1 |
North |
▼ |
--- |
9.6 |
8.1 |
11.3 |            |
