Tobacco use is also a well-known risk factor for heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes. Using the BRFSS, questions included whether respondents were currently smoking. For all adults, the prevalence of smoking has decreased from 27.6% over the past seven years (2002 to 2009). For most age groups (excluding 18-24 and 65+), however [95% CI contains national median for 18-24 and 65+], smoking rates in Indiana remain higher than the national median.
YEAR % n =
2002 27.6 1533
2003 26.1 1391
2004 24.9 1529
2005 27.3 1416
2006 24.1 1442
2007 24.1 1359
2008 26.0 1108
2009 23.1 1943
National Academies Report on Effects of Moderate Drinking is a Death Knell
for Recommending Moderate Alcohol Consumption
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The viability of recommending moderate alcohol consumption as a step to
reduce all-cause mortality was given a death blow yesterday by the release
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