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