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Sample Messages for Data Measures
- Prevalence of smoking among adults and number of smoking adults
- <X> percent or (<Y#>) adults in <State> smoke.
- Number of projected deaths among smokers
- Tobacco-related illnesses are the leading cause of preventable death in <State>, killing an estimated <X#> people
annually.
- Prevalence of smoking among youth and number of smoking youth (grades 9-12)
- Each day, approximately 4,400 youths in the United States aged 12-17 try their first cigarette and an estimated 2,000 become daily smokers. In <State> alone, <X> percent of all high school
students (grades 9-12) are current smokers.
- Number of youth projected to start smoking
- <X#> youth under age 18 in <State> could become future smokers if current smoking patterns are not reduced.
- Number of projected deaths among youth smokers
- <X#> youth under age 18 in <State> could die prematurely from a smoking-related illness if current smoking patterns are
not reduced.
- Number of daily smokers who try to quit
- Among those adults that smoke every day in <State>, <X> percent tried to quit.
- Prevalence of smoking by:
- <Race3> have the highest smoking estimate (<X> percent) in <State> compared to <Race2> (<Y>
percent) and <Race1> (<Z> percent).
- Education*
- <X> percent of <State> residents aged 25 and older with less than a high school degree currently smoke, compared to <X>
percent with more than a high school degree.
- <X> percent of <State> residents whose household income is less than $35,000 per year currently smoke, compared to
<Y> percent of <State residents> whose household income is $35,000 or more.
- In <State>, smoking estimates are highest among those aged <Age3> (<X> percent) and lowest among those aged <Age1>
(<Z> percent).
Note: to determine if the above
differences are statistically significant, tests of significance should be
calculated.
- People protected by non-smoking policies at worksite/home
- In <State>, <X> percent of employees report that non-smoking
policies protect them from exposure to second hand smoke in the worksite.
- <X> percent of residents in <State> reported they had a rule that smoking was not allowed in their home.
- Economic impact of tobacco use
- In 2002, each pack of cigarettes sold in <state> costs an
estimated <x#2> in smoking-attributable direct medical expenses and lost
productivity.
- In <State>, people consumed <X> packs of cigarettes in
2002.
- In <State>, smoking-attributable Medicaid costs per pack of cigarettes was <x #1> in 2002.
- In 2002, smoking attributable Medicaid costs in <State> was <x #1> per adult.
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