27-10


27-10.		Reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke.

Target: 45 percent.

Baseline: 65 percent of nonsmokers aged 4 years and older had a serum
cotinine level above 0.10 ng/mL in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000
standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.

Nonsmokers Aged 4 Years and Older, 1988–94	Serum Cotinine Levels >0.10 ng/mL
Nonsmokers Aged 4 Years and Older, 1988–94	Percent
TOTAL	65
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	81
White	63

Hispanic or Latino	DSU
Mexican American	53
Not Hispanic or Latino	66
Black or African American	81
White	63
Gender
Female	61
Male	69
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than high school	71
High school graduate	67
At least some college	55
Sexual orientation	DNC
Select populations
Age groups (not age adjusted)
4 to 11 years	68
12 to 19 years	69
20 to 44 years	67
45 to 64 years	65
65 years and older	51

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.