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National Data

Healthy People 2010 identifies national health objectives for the year 2010, including tobacco objectives.

Data 2010 finds the latest data for each objective.

Examples of tobacco-related data from these sources:
(The objective number, e.g., 27-05, has two components. The first number refers to one of 28 Healthy People chapters or "focus areas" and the second refers to a specific objective within the focus area.)

Measure	Population	Recent Data† (year)	Goals for 2010‡	Obj #
Measure	Population			Obj #
Current smokers	Adults aged 18 and over	22% (2002)	12%	27-01
	American Indian or Alaskan Native	34% (2002)
	Family Income Near Poor	28% (2002)
	Family Income Poor	31% (2002)
Use of a tobacco product in the past month	Students in grades 9 through 12	27% (2003)	21%	27-02
	9th grade	22% (2002)
	10th grade	26% (2002)
	11th grade	20% (2002)
	12th grade	33% (2002)
Smoking cessation attempt	Adult smokers aged 18 and over	42% (2002)	75%	27-05
Smoking cessation attempt	Ever-daily smokers in grades 9 through 12	60% (2002)	84%	27-07
	Females	62% (2003)
	Males	58% (2003)

†Data taken from Data 2010.
‡2010 goals taken from Healthy People 2010.

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State Data

CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the world's largest telephone survey. It provides state-level data on adult health behaviors, including tobacco use.

Example of data from this source:

In 2000, 21.0% of adults in Colorado had ever used smokeless tobacco. Of these, 19.7% were current users.

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) provides data from a combination of national, state, and local school-based surveys that track tobacco use and other health behaviors among students in grades 9 through 12.

	Example of data from this source:
	In 2003, 63% of high school students in West Virginia reported ever having smoked cigarettes.

CDC's State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System integrates historical and current state-level data from many sources. Topics include behaviors, economics, tobacco control funding, health issues and legislation.

	Example of data from this source:
	In 1999, Nevada had 408 smoking-related deaths per 100,000 population.

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Health Plan Data

HEDIS or the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures the performance of more than 500 commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare managed care organizations (MCOs) to allow consumers to compare MCOs. The National Committee for Quality Assurance's annual State of Health Care Quality report provides an overview of MCO performance. The data below on MCO delivery of smoking cessation advice is one example from this source.

Advice to quit smoking

Advising Smokers to Quit Commercial Rates, 1999-2003
Year	Average
2003	68.6
2002	67.7
2001	NA
2000	66.3
1999	65.3

Advising Smokers to Quit Medicaid and Medicare Rates, 1999-2003
Year	Medicaid	Medicare
2003	65.8.6	63.3
2002	63.6	61.5
2001	NA	60.8
2000	64.2	59.7

Measure definition: Percent of members age 18 and older who were either current smokers or recent smokers, were seen by a practitioner and received advice to quit smoking in the past year.

Adjuncts to quit advice

Beginning in 2003, the "Medical Assistance with Smoking Cessation" measure includes two new rates:

Discussing smoking cessation medications (bupropion SR or nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, or inhaler).
Discussing smoking cessation strategies other than medications.

Results for these measures will not be publicly reported until 2005.

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