Indicator: Current Smoker Among Students, King County
Current Smoker: smoked cigarettes on one or more of the past 30 days - Source: Washington State Healthy Youth Survey.
- Most recent data (2008): 8.8%, or about 6,600 King County students in grade 6, 8, 10, and 12.
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Trend Over Time |
Demographic Differences |
Last 10 Years |
Last 5 Years |
2008 |
1999-2008 |
2004-2008 |
Percent |
Lower CI |
Upper CI |
All (Grade 6, 8, 10, and 12) |
N/A |
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8.8 |
7.8 |
9.9 |
Grade |
Grade 6 |
N/A |
▼ |
1.3 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
Grade 8 |
N/A |
--- |
4.6 |
4.1 |
5.2 |
Grade 10 |
N/A |
--- |
11.8 |
10.5 |
13.2 |
Grade 12 |
N/A |
--- |
17.4 |
15.5 |
19.3 |
Gender |
Male |
N/A |
--- |
9.8 |
8.7 |
11.0 |
Female |
N/A |
--- |
7.8 |
6.8 |
8.8 |
Race/Ethnicity |
African American |
N/A |
▲ |
9.7 |
8.2 |
11.5 |
American Indian/AN |
N/A |
--- |
12.7 |
9.9 |
16.1 |
Asian |
N/A |
--- |
4.8 |
3.9 |
6.0 |
Hispanic/Latino |
N/A |
--- |
9.1 |
7.7 |
10.7 |
Multiracial |
N/A |
--- |
9.6 |
8.1 |
11.4 |
Native Hawaiian/PI |
N/A |
--- |
16.0 |
13.4 |
18.9 |
White |
N/A |
--- |
9.7 |
8.4 |
11.1 |
Region |
East |
N/A |
--- |
7.1 |
5.7 |
8.7 |
South |
N/A |
--- |
8.1 |
6.8 |
9.5 |
Seattle |
N/A |
--- |
10.5 |
8.4 |
13.1 |
North |
N/A |
--- |
10.0 |
7.3 |
13.7 |    
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