QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage* of Adults Who Had Ever Used an E-cigarette,† by Race and Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2014 and 2018§
Weekly / November 29, 2019 / 68(47);1102
* With 95% confidence intervals indicated by error bars.
† Based on the response of “yes” to the survey question “Have you ever used an e-cigarette even one time?” Data on e-cigarette use were first collected in the 2014 National Health Interview Survey.
§ Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived from the National Health Interview Survey, Sample Adult component. The estimates are age-adjusted to the projected 2000 U.S. population as the standard population using five age groups: 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–64, and ≥65 years.
From 2014 to 2018, the percentage of all U.S. adults aged ≥18 years who had ever used an e-cigarette increased from 13.0% to 15.7% overall and, by race/ethnicity, increased among non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic adults. Non-Hispanic white adults were the most likely, in both years, to have ever used an e-cigarette. In 2018, 19.1% of non-Hispanic white adults had ever used an e-cigarette, compared with 10.1% of non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic Asians and 10.2% of Hispanics.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2014 and 2018 data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
Reported by: Florence C. Lee, MPH, kwn5@cdc.gov, 301-458-4694; Shilpa Bengeri.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Who Had Ever Used an E-cigarette, by Race and Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2014 and 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68:1102. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6847a4.
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