27-9


27-9.		Reduce the proportion of children who are regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home.

Target: 10 percent.

Baseline: 27 percent of children aged 6 years and under lived in a household where someone smoked inside the house at least 4 days per week in 1994.

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

Children Aged 6 Years and Under, 1994	Lived in Household Where Someone Smoked Inside the House at Least 4 Days a Week
Children Aged 6 Years and Under, 1994	Percent
TOTAL	27
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	23
Asian	DSU
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DSU
Black or African American	28
White	27

Hispanic or Latino	20
Not Hispanic or Latino	29
Black or African American	28
White	29
Gender
Female	28
Male	27
Family income
Poor	38
Near poor	33
Middle/high income	19

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.