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Smoking status of high school
seniorsUnited States, Monitoring the Future Project, 1976-1998
Percentage who smoked during the previous 30 days.
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Sex |
Race/Ethnicity* |
| Year |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Whites |
Blacks |
Hispanics |
| 1976 |
38.8 |
37.7 |
39.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 1977 |
38.4 |
36.6 |
39.6 |
38.3 |
36.7 |
35.7 |
| 1978 |
36.7 |
34.5 |
38.1 |
37.6 |
32.7 |
32.8 |
| 1979 |
34.4 |
31.2 |
37.1 |
36.0 |
30.2 |
26.8 |
| 1980 |
30.5 |
26.8 |
33.4 |
33.0 |
26.8 |
22.6 |
| 1981 |
29.4 |
26.5 |
31.6 |
30.5 |
23.7 |
23.2 |
| 1982 |
30.0 |
26.8 |
32.6 |
30.7 |
21.8 |
24.7 |
| 1983 |
30.3 |
28.0 |
31.6 |
31.3 |
21.2 |
24.7 |
| 1984 |
29.3 |
25.9 |
31.9 |
31.2 |
19.3 |
25.3 |
| 1985 |
30.1 |
28.2 |
31.4 |
31.3 |
18.1 |
25.5 |
| 1986 |
29.6 |
27.9 |
30.6 |
31.9 |
16.9 |
23.7 |
| 1987 |
29.4 |
27.0 |
31.4 |
32.1 |
14.2 |
22.7 |
| 1988 |
28.7 |
28.0 |
28.9 |
32.2 |
13.3 |
21.9 |
| 1989 |
28.6 |
27.7 |
29.0 |
32.2 |
12.6 |
20.6 |
| 1990 |
29.4 |
29.1 |
29.2 |
32.3 |
12.2 |
21.7 |
| 1991 |
28.3 |
29.0 |
27.5 |
32.2 |
10.6 |
24.0 |
| 1992 |
27.8 |
29.2 |
26.1 |
31.8 |
8.7 |
25.0 |
| 1993 |
29.9 |
30.7 |
28.7 |
33.2 |
9.5 |
24.2 |
| 1994 |
31.2 |
32.9 |
29.2 |
35.2 |
10.9 |
23.6 |
| 1995 |
33.5 |
34.5 |
32.0 |
36.6 |
12.9 |
25.1 |
| 1996 |
34.0 |
34.9 |
32.4 |
38.1 |
14.2 |
25.4 |
| 1997 |
36.5 |
37.3 |
35.2 |
40.7 |
14.3 |
25.9 |
| 1998 |
35.1 |
36.3 |
33.3 |
41.7 |
14.9 |
26.6 |
Percentage
Point
Difference
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| 1976-1998 |
-3.7 |
-1.4 |
-5.8 |
+3.4 |
-21.8 |
-9.1 |
| 1976-1984 |
-9.5 |
-11.8 |
-7.2 |
-7.1 |
-17.4 |
-10.4 |
| 1984-1991 |
-1.0 |
+3.1 |
-4.4 |
+1.0 |
-8.7 |
-1.3 |
| 1991-1998 |
+6.8 |
+7.3 |
+5.8 |
+9.5 |
+4.3 |
+2.6 |
| Percentage
Change |
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| 1976-1998 |
-9.5 |
-3.7 |
-14.8 |
+8.9 |
-59.4 |
-25.5 |
| 1976-1984 |
-24.5 |
-31.3 |
-18.4 |
-18.5 |
-47.4 |
-29.1 |
| 1984-1991 |
-3.4 |
+12.0 |
-13.8 |
+3.2 |
-45.1 |
-5.1 |
| 1991-1998 |
+24.0 |
+25.2 |
+21.1 |
+29.5 |
+40.6 |
+10.8 |
*To derive percentages for each racial/ethnic subgroup, data for the specified year and the previous year have been combined to increase subgroup sample sizes and thus provide more stable estimates. Thus, data are available for race/ethnicity since 1977.
Source: Institute for Social Research,
University of Michigan,
Monitoring the Future Project.
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