| Data Dictionary: | Health Data 2012 Release |
| Data Source: | Social Explorer; County Health Rankings & Roadmaps |
| T10. | Tobacco and Alcohol Usage | |||||
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T010_001Current Smokers (Persons 18 Years and Over)
Percent base:
None - percentages not computed
Aggregation method:
None -- No totals are displayed for this variable when multiple geographies are aggregated.
Formula used to compute this variable:
#ReturnType oretval = new #ReturnType();
oretval = ORG:HD2012_016_HEALTH_T2_V10;
return oretval;
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| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; Health Data 2012: Technical Documentation |
| Health Data: Technical Documentation -> Subject Definitions -> T11: Tobacco and Alcohol Usage |
Adult Smoking is the percentage of the adult population that currently smokes every day or most days and has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
Excessive Drinking is the percentage of adults that report either binge drinking, defined as consuming more than 4 (women) or 5 (men) alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the past 30 days, or heavy drinking, defined as drinking more than one (women) or 2 (men) drinks per day on average.
