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. 2009 Aug;71(3-4):137–144.

Table 2.

Proportions of smokers and drinkers according to sex and age group

Age Males Females
n Current Former Never n Current Former Never
Smoking
35–39 264 30.3 33.0 36.7 192 3.6 7.8 88.5
40–44 437 31.4 30.7 38.0 205 6.3 4.9 88.8
45–49 547 23.8 41.5 34.7 289 5.5 7.3 87.2
50–54 587 26.4 44.3 29.3 298 6.4 6.4 87.2
55–59 780 23.5 47.7 28.8 332 2.4 5.4 92.2
60–64 482 16.0 58.3 25.7 187 3.7 3.2 93.0
65–69 318 11.0 53.8 35.2 104 1.0 1.9 97.1
Total 3,415 23.3 44.9 31.8 1,607 4.4 5.7 89.9
Drinking
35–39 265 75.5 0.8 23.8 189 47.1 1.1 51.9
40–44 438 70.5 0.7 28.8 205 48.3 0.0 51.7
45–49 547 78.8 1.1 20.1 289 41.9 0.7 57.4
50–54 586 79.0 1.7 19.3 296 36.5 0.3 63.2
55–59 775 77.4 0.8 21.8 333 33.9 0.9 65.2
60–64 481 79.6 1.7 18.7 185 32.4 0.5 67.0
65–69 313 73.8 3.5 22.7 105 26.7 1.0 72.4
Total 3,405 76.9 1.4 21.8 1,602 38.6 0.6 60.8

Data were not available for 9 participants regarding smoking and 24 participants regarding drinking