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Lesson Plan
What's in a number? Analyzing Smoking Statistics
Answers
The numeric answers that are used as the basis for the graphs can be found in the chart below. Sample graphs for each question appear after the chart.
| groups of people
| population of
the group
| % of smokers
from that group
| # of smokers
in that group
| % of smokers
in that group
out of the
total # of smokers
|
|---|
| non-Hispanic white males |
96,461,000 |
27.4% |
26,430,314 |
38.62% |
| non-Hispanic white females |
100,468,000 |
23.3% |
23,409,044 |
34.21% |
| non-Hispanic black males |
15,934,000 |
32.1% |
5,114,814 |
7.47% |
| non-Hispanic black females |
17,684,000 |
22.4% |
3,961,216 |
5.79% |
| Hispanic males |
16,489,000 |
26.2% |
4,320,118 |
6.31% |
| Hispanic females |
16,343,000 |
14.3% |
2,337,049 |
3.42% |
| Asian / Pacific Islander males |
5,083,000 |
21.6% |
1,097,928 |
1.60% |
| Asian / Pacific Islander females |
5,537,000 |
12.4% |
686,588 |
1.00% |
| American Indian/Alaska Native males |
1,012,000 |
37.9% |
383,548 |
0.56% |
| American Indian/Alaska Native females |
1,047,000 |
31.3% |
327,711 |
0.48% |
| Totals |
276,058,000 |
n.a. |
68,068,330 |
~100% |
Sample Graph for Question 1
Sample Graph for Question 3
Sample Graph for Question 6
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