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Table 8 Standardized prevalence estimates of smoking, ages 45–84, by race/ethnicity

From: Aggregation of Asian-American subgroups masks meaningful differences in health and health risks among Asian ethnicities: an electronic health record based cohort study

 

All 45–84 yr

Women 45–84 yr

Men 45–84 yr

All 45–84 yr

 

Age-sex standardized prevalence

 

Age-standardized prevalence

 

Age-standardized prevalence

Absolute percentage point difference from All Asian

 

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

All

Women

Men

All Asian

262,809

5.9% (5.8–6.0)

144,439

2.6% (2.5–2.7)

118,370

9.5% (9.2–9.7) b

(ref) c

(ref) c

(ref) c

Chinese

82,396

4.8% (4.6–5.0)

45,358

1.4% (1.2–1.5) a

37,038

8.4% (8.0–8.8) a,b

−1.1

−1.2

−1.1

Korean

8370

7.7% (6.9–8.5) a

4911

4.3% (3.5–5.0) a

3459

11.4% (9.9–12.7) a.b

1.8

1.7

1.9

Japanese

16,187

6.3% (5.8–6.8)

9601

4.6% (4.0–5.1) a

6586

8.2% (7.3–9.0) a,b

0.4

2.0

−1.3

Southeast Asian

28,798

7.3% (6.9–7.7) a

14,460

1.3% (1.0–1.5) a

14,338

13.8% (13.0–14.5) a,b

1.4

−1.3

4.3

Filipino

86,274

7.3% (7.1–7.5) a

49,913

4.0% (3.7–4.2) a

36,361

10.9% (10.5–11.3) a,b

1.4

1.4

1.4

South Asian

34,255

3.0% (2.7–3.2) a

15,986

0.9% (0.7–1.2) a

18,269

5.2% (4.7–5.6) a,b

−2.9

−1.7

−4.3

Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

8225

10.4% (9.6–11.3) a

3963

7.8% (6.7–7.8) a

4262

13.3% (11.9–14.6) a,b

4.5

5.2

3.8

White

non-Hispanic

772,492

8.6% (8.6–8.7) a

412,414

7.7% (7.5–7.8) a

360,078

9.7% (9.5–9.8) b

2.7

5.1

0.2

African-American/Black

104,323

11.7% (11.4–11.9) a

59,498

10.3% (9.7–10.6) a

44,825

13.2% (12.8–13.6) a,b

5.8

7.7

3.7

Hispanic/

Latino

203,154

6.4% (6.2–6.5)

106,218

4.5% (4.4–4.7) a

96,936

8.3% (8.1–8.6) a,b

0.5

1.9

−1.2

  1. All Asian group includes aggregated data for the 6 Asian ethnic groups above plus other Asians not represented in the table. This group does not include Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders
  2. aNon-overlapping 99% CIs and absolute percentage point difference from All Asian group within sex category of ≥ 1 percentage point
  3. bNon-overlapping 99% CIs and ≥ 1 percentage point difference between women and men
  4. cRef: reference group for race and ethnic group comparisons