Data and Confidence Limits for Adult Smoking Prevalence by County 2008-2010

County Percentage of Adults Lower Limit Upper Limit Note Numerator Denominator
Bernalillo 16.9% 15.1% 18.8% 557 3,774
Catron 13.3% 6.9% 24.3% WARNING: Data not stable. 12 73
Chaves 22.3% 18.2% 27.0% 179 925
Cibola 18.1% 13.6% 23.7% 85 433
Colfax 25.4% 17.8% 34.9% 50 252
Curry 22.3% 17.8% 27.5% 121 595
De Baca ** Results suppressed because of small sample size. ** 40
Dona Ana 15.5% 13.1% 18.2% 229 1,780
Eddy 21.3% 17.2% 26.2% 141 756
Grant 19.2% 13.5% 26.6% 70 421
Guadalupe 24.7% 14.3% 39.3% 16 52
Harding ** Results suppressed because of small sample size. ** 25
Hidalgo 27.9% 9.1% 60.0% WARNING: Data not stable. 7 51
Lea 21.4% 17.1% 26.5% 138 718
Lincoln 21.2% 14.6% 29.6% 54 291
Los Alamos 10.7% 6.2% 17.7% 19 289
Luna 17.7% 12.7% 24.1% 60 274
McKinley 14.5% 11.8% 17.6% 179 1,374
Mora 18.2% 10.4% 29.8% 16 74
Otero 23.5% 18.9% 28.8% 159 776
Quay 27.9% 20.9% 36.2% 51 195
Rio Arriba 20.7% 15.8% 26.7% 98 577
Roosevelt 20.5% 14.9% 27.5% 51 240
Sandoval 13.8% 11.5% 16.5% 210 1,464
San Juan 24.2% 21.0% 27.8% 414 2,056
San Miguel 24.6% 18.2% 32.4% 74 324
Santa Fe 15.4% 13.0% 18.3% 232 1,887
Sierra 29.7% 20.3% 41.1% 44 186
Socorro 16.2% 11.1% 23.0% 43 226
Taos 17.3% 13.5% 22.1% 83 494
Torrance 35.6% 25.2% 47.6% 49 205
Union 12.0% 5.9% 22.9% WARNING: Data not stable. 12 67
Valencia 25.1% 21.1% 29.5% 233 990
NM 18.6% 17.7% 19.5% 3,709 21,999
US 17.9%
Record Count: 35

Data Notes

Data were not available for some counties due to insufficient numbers of people (fewer than 50) from those counties who were surveyed in the BRFSS. For 2008-2010, De Baca and Harding counties did not meet the DOH small numbers rule. The county-level BRFSS data used for this smoking indicator were weighted to be representative of the New Mexico Health Region populations. Had the data been weighted to be representative of each county population, the results would likely have been different.

Data Sources

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, together with New Mexico Department of Health, Injury and Behavioral Epidemiology Bureau.

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Definition

A current smoker is defined as a person 18 years or older who has smoked more than 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime and currently smokes every day or some days.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of survey respondents who reported they were current smokers
Denominator: Total number of BRFSS survey respondents

Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 04/26/2012


Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program, New Mexico Department of Health, 5301 Central Ave NE, Suite 800, Albuquerque, NM 87108. James Padilla, Tobacco Program Epidemiologist, (505) 841-5839, james.padilla@state.nm.us.
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