Health behaviors among rural U.S. adults 2012-2015 | Statista

This statistic displays the percentage of U.S. adults living in rural areas that identified themselves as having select health behaviors between 2012 and 2015, by ethnicity. According to the results, 36.7 percent of American Indian/Alaska Natives were current smokers during this time.

Percentage of U.S. adults living in rural areas with self-reported health behaviors from 2012 to 2015, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Black	White	Hispanic	Asian or native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Total
Never a cigarette smoker	60.9%	50.6%	61.7%	74%	39.4%	52.2%
Former cigarette smoker	15.9%	24.7%	21.3%	15.1%	23.9%	23.7%
Current cigarette smoker	23.2%	24.7%	17%	10.9%	36.7%	24.1%
Binge drinking*	11.7%	16.3%	14.3%	9.9%	15.6%	15.7%
No leisure-time physical activity in past month	38.2%	27.7%	35.4%	27.6%	29.8%	29.2%

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Release date

November 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2012 to 2015

Number of respondents

263,054 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Noninstitutionalized U.S. population living in rural areas

Method of interview

Telephone omnibus survey (CATI-omnibus)

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