Cigarette smoking prevalence in US counties: 1996-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette smoking is a leading risk factor for morbidity and premature mortality in the United States, yet information about smoking prevalence and trends is not routinely available below the state level, impeding local-level action.

Methods

We used data on 4.7 million adults age 18 and older from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) from 1996 to 2012. We derived cigarette smoking status from self-reported data in the BRFSS and applied validated small area estimation methods to generate estimates of current total cigarette smoking prevalence and current daily cigarette smoking prevalence for 3,127 counties and county equivalents annually from 1996 to 2012. We applied a novel method to correct for bias resulting from the exclusion of the wireless-

SUBMITTER: Dwyer-Lindgren L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3987818 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature