Oklahoma also set a third target to reduce the staff smoking rate from 21.6% in 2011 to 20% in 2015 (data source: ODMHSAS 2010).  Updated information on this target has not been provided to SCLC.

Updated data for Oklahoma

For consistency in benchmarking and measuring the progress of all states, SCLC has been tracking BRFSS data. Here are the results:

Smoking prevalence among adults by frequent poor mental health status

2011: 43.21%   2020: 33.7%

Smoking prevalence among adults by heavy drinking status

2011: 43.88%   2020: 37.9%

View data from all Leadership Academy States.

Poor mental health – self report 14 or more days with poor mental health in the past 30 days

Heavy drinking: 2015 to present defined as consuming on average more than 14 drinks per week for men, more than 7 drinks per week for women; 2011 to 2014 defined as consuming on average more than 2 drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.

Baseline determined using 2011 BRFSS.

Baseline determined at the Summit using 2009 ODMHSAS.