Table 2 Prevalence (%) of smoking habits by study year, age group and sex
Age group | Sex | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n All | 20-29y | 30-39y | 40-49y | 50-59y | 60-69y | Women | Men | All | All¤ | |
Smoking habits 1996 | ||||||||||
Non-smokers | 3600 | 69.3 | 55.0 | 41.3 | 42.0 | 50.8 | 51.9 | 50.3 | 51.1 | 51.5 |
Ex-smokers | 1511 | 9.3 | 17.9 | 24.9 | 26.5 | 27.8 | 18.6 | 24.1 | 21.5 | 21.1 |
Smokers | 1932 | 21.4 | 27.1 | 33.7 | 31.5 | 21.3 | 29.4 | 25.5 | 27.4 | 27.4 |
<5 cig/day | 402 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
5-14 cig/day | 944 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
>14 cig/day | 523 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
Missing data | 63 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
Smoking habits 2006 | ||||||||||
Non-smokers | 3538 | 75.8 | 74.0 | 56.8 | 45.6 | 48.1 | 55.2 | 61.2 | 58.1 | 59.1 |
Ex-smokers | 1372 | 7.8 | 13.3 | 20.5 | 30.1 | 34.0 | 22.0 | 23.1 | 22.5 | 21.8 |
Smokers | 1178 | 16.4 | 12.7 | 22.7 | 24.3 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 15.7 | 19.3 | 19.1 |
<5 cig/day | 279 | 7.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
5-14 cig/day | 609 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 9.6 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
>14 cig/day | 237 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
Missing data | 53 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
P-value* | 0.003 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.002 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||