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Delaware Highlights – In Adobe Acrobat Format (PDF-35K) Delaware HighlightsHealth Impacts
Adult
Cigarette
Use,
2000
|
Current
Cigarette
Smoking, Grades 6–8 |
Current Any Tobacco Use, Grades 6–8 | Current
Cigarette Smoking, Grades 9–12 |
Current Any Tobacco Use, Grades 9–12 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
National* | 11.0% | 15.1% | 28.0% | 34.5% |
Delaware† | 15.2% | 17.8% | 27.1% | 31.2% |
Boys† | 14.8% | 18.9% | 28.0% | 34.6% |
Girls† | 15.6% | 16.6% | 26.1% | 27.8% |
Current
Cigarette
Smoking
=
smoked
cigarettes
on
1
of
the
30
days
preceding
the
survey. Current Any Tobacco Use = current use of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco or pipes or bidis or cigars or kreteks on 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. Sources: *National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000; †Delaware Youth Tobacco Survey, 2000. |
*Calculations
for
racial/ethnic
groups
are
based
on
combined
1999
and
2000
data.
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Delaware is investing 72% of CDC's Best Practices lower estimated recommended funding and 34% of the upper estimated recommended funding. Delaware spent $298 per capita on smoking-attributable direct medical expenditures. In 1998, about 16% ($62,000,000 or $609.71 per recipient) of all Medicaid expenditures were spent on smoking-related illnesses and diseases.
Smoking-Attributable Direct Medical Expenditures, 1998 |
Smoking-Attributable Productivity Costs, 1999 |
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---|---|---|---|
Ambulatory | $73,000,000 | Annual Total | $258,000,000 |
Hospital | $46,000,000 | Annual Per Capita | $342 |
Nursing Home | $62,000,000 | ||
Prescription Drugs | $20,000,000 | ||
Other | $21,000,000 | ||
Annual Total | $222,000,000 | ||
Annual Per Capita | $298 |
Tobacco settlement revenue received in 2001 | $23,523,288 |
Gross cigarette tax revenue collected in 2000 | $25,957,000 |
Cigarette
tax
per
pack
was
$0.24
in
2001. Cigarette sales were 140.7 packs per capita in 2000. |
Funding Source | FY02 Amount |
Funding Cycle |
State Appropriation—Settlement (Tobacco Only) | $5,454,900 | 7/01–6/02 |
State Appropriation—Excise Tax Revenue | $0 | |
State Appropriation—Other | $0 | |
Subtotal: State Appropriation | $5,454,900 | |
Federal—CDC
Office
on
Smoking and Health |
$782,761 | 6/01–5/02 |
Federal—SAMHSA | $0 | |
Non-Government Source—American Legacy Foundation | $0 | |
Non-Government Source—RWJF/AMA | $0 | |
Subtotal: Federal/National Sources | $782,761 | |
FY02 Total Investment in Tobacco Control | $6,237,661 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Lower Estimate) | $8,631,000 | |
CDC Best Practices Recommended Annual Total (Upper Estimate) | $18,464,000 | |
FY02 Per Capita Investment in Tobacco Control | $7.85 |
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