Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use in the United States

Table 2 Gender differences for menthol use, NYTS 2004, 2006, 2009

YR	School	Gender	Menthol	Row Percent	Lower 95% Limit ROWPER	Upper 95% Limit ROWPER	Sample Size	Weighted Size	p-Value
2004	Middle School	Female	All	100	.	.	554	470,743	0.5465
			Menthol	49.3	44.19	54.43	282	232,081
			Non-menthol	50.7	45.57	55.81	272	238,661
		Male	All	100	.	.	517	409,789
			Menthol	47.94	44	51.9	262	196,437
			Non-menthol	52.06	48.1	56	255	213,352
	High School	Female	All	100	.	.	1214	1,459,070	0.001
			Menthol	49.38	42.06	56.73	614	720,532
			Non-menthol	50.62	43.27	57.94	600	738,538
		Male	All	100	.	.	1290	1,360,050
			Menthol	39.14	34.02	44.51	552	532,345
			Non-menthol	60.86	55.49	65.98	738	827,705
2006	Middle School	Female	All	100	.	.	350	363,257	0.0732
			Menthol	42.54	36.73	48.57	157	154,529
			Non-menthol	57.46	51.43	63.27	193	208,727
		Male	All	100	.	.	367	329,602
			Menthol	50.11	45.31	54.91	187	165,174
			Non-menthol	49.89	45.09	54.69	180	164,427
	High School	Female	All	100	.	.	1102	1,275,510	0.0066
			Menthol	44.82	37.05	52.86	541	571,688
			Non-menthol	55.18	47.14	62.95	561	703,822
		Male	All	100	.	.	1304	1,367,304
			Menthol	37.8	32.74	43.14	544	516,841
			Non-menthol	62.2	56.86	67.26	760	850,463
2009	Middle School	Female	All	100	.	.	232	245,933	0.5966
			Menthol	52.97	47.07	58.79	121	130,275
			Non-menthol	47.03	41.21	52.93	111	115,658
		Male	All	100	.	.	277	327,945
			Menthol	55.37	45.71	64.63	142	181,569
			Non-menthol	44.63	35.37	54.29	135	146,376
	High School	Female	All	100	.	.	935	1,070,338	0.0001
			Menthol	54.28	47.71	60.69	508	580,941
			Non-menthol	45.72	39.31	52.29	427	489,396
		Male	All	100	.	.	1188	1,433,809
			Menthol	45.78	41.53	50.09	574	656,388
			Non-menthol	54.22	49.91	58.47	614	777,421

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