Center for Health Statistics - Youth Surveys

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Oregon Healthy Teens 2004, 11th Grade
State Summary
29.a. How old were you when you first smoked a whole cigarette?
	Total	Female	Male
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
never have	63.1	62.7	63.3
8 or younger	3.8	3.4	4.2
9	1.8	1.7	1.9
10	2.2	1.9	2.6
11	2.8	3.3	2.2
12	3.8	3.9	3.8
13	4.9	5.1	4.7
14	4.6	5.2	4.1
15	5.8	5.6	6.0
16	5.5	5.8	5.2
17 or older	1.6	1.4	1.8
Weighted percentages exclude missing and/or refused answers.

Oregon Healthy Teens 2004, Data Summary, 11th Grade
29.a. How old were you when you first smoked a whole cigarette?
	Total	Female	Male
Total	8,285	4,079	4,206
never have	5,195	2,553	2,642
8 or younger	322	136	186
9	177	79	98
10	204	78	126
11	233	118	115
12	337	174	163
13	370	179	191
14	386	221	165
15	468	246	222
16	463	241	222
17 or older	130	54	76
Unweighted counts.

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