Table 2. Characteristics of participants and prevalence of current smoking and daily smoking among urban adults in China, 2024.
| Characteristics |
N
(weighted %) |
Current smokers* | Daily smokers | |||
|
Weighted % (95% CI) |
P |
Weighted % (95% CI) |
P | |||
| Abbreviation: CNY=Chinese Yuan; CI=confidence interval. * Current smokers include both daily smokers and less than daily smokers. | ||||||
| All | 94,444 (42.9) | 20.9 (19.9, 22.0) | 17.9 (16.8, 18.9) | |||
| Sex | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 44,013 (50.4) | 39.5 (37.4, 41.5) | 34.1 (31.9, 36.2) | |||
| Female | 50,431 (49.6) | 2.1 (1.7, 2.5) | 1.4 (1.1, 1.7) | |||
| Age (years) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| 15–29 | 7,589 (20.9) | 13.5 (12.1, 14.9) | 10.3 (8.9, 11.7) | |||
| 30–39 | 15,173 (22.8) | 22.0 (19.5, 24.5) | 18.6 (16.5, 20.7) | |||
| 40–49 | 15,252 (17.9) | 25.4 (24.0, 26.8) | 21.5 (20.0, 23.0) | |||
| 50–59 | 20,289 (17.1) | 24.0 (22.6, 25.3) | 21.1 (19.7, 22.4) | |||
| 60–69 | 19,730 (13.2) | 23.9 (22.4, 25.4) | 21.7 (20.3, 23.2) | |||
| ≥70 | 16,411 (8.1) | 16.2 (15.0, 17.5) | 14.4 (13.3, 15.6) | |||
| Years of Birth | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| 1930–1940s | 8,257 (4.0) | 15.1 (13.7, 16.4) | 13.2 (11.9, 14.5) | |||
| 1950s | 17,720 (9.0) | 19.2 (17.7, 20.6) | 17.3 (16.0, 18.5) | |||
| 1960s | 20,705 (16.9) | 25.1 (23.4, 26.8) | 22.8 (21.2, 24.3) | |||
| 1970s | 17,294 (15.7) | 23.8 (22.4, 25.1) | 20.1 (18.8, 21.5) | |||
| 1980s | 16,589 (23.6) | 24.7 (23.1, 26.2) | 21.0 (19.3, 22.8) | |||
| 1990s | 10,288 (16.5) | 20.5 (17.9, 23.1) | 16.5 (14.1, 18.9) | |||
| 2000s | 3,590 (14.3) | 10.1 (8.3, 11.8) | 7.6 (6.1, 9.1) | |||
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Primary school or less | 23,620 (13.7) | 18.6 (17.2, 20.1) | 16.8 (15.4, 18.2) | |||
| Secondary school | 28,152 (25.9) | 25.6 (24.6, 26.7) | 22.7 (21.6, 23.9) | |||
| High school | 17,657 (21.4) | 22.8 (21.3, 24.3) | 20.1 (18.7, 21.4) | |||
| College /University | 24,641 (39.1) | 17.8 (16.3, 19.2) | 13.9 (12.6, 15.3) | |||
| Occupation | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Agriculture workers | 17,498 (9.7) | 24.9 (22.8, 26.9) | 22.2 (20.3, 24.0) | |||
| Government/public institution staff | 3,211 (4.3) | 26.3 (22.8, 29.9) | 22.4 (19.1, 25.6) | |||
| Business/service employee | 18,542 (26.9) | 25.2 (23.6, 26.8) | 21.0 (19.5, 22.6) | |||
| Teaching staff | 1,621 (2.5) | 6.9 (5.0, 8.9) | 4.8 (3.3, 6.4) | |||
| Medical/health personnel | 1,503 (2.3) | 9.6 (7.6, 11.7) | 6.5 (4.6, 8.4) | |||
| Unemployed | 11,339 (9.8) | 15.8 (13.6, 17.9) | 13.9 (11.8, 16.0) | |||
| Retired | 19,985 (13.9) | 17.7 (16.3, 19.1) | 15.8 (14.5, 17.1) | |||
| Others | 19,667 (30.6) | 20.5 (19.3, 21.7) | 17.4 (16.1, 18.7) | |||
| Annual household income, CNY | 0.274 | 0.022 | ||||
| 0–9,999 | 14,746 (11.1) | 22.0 (20.6, 23.4) | 19.5 (18.1, 21.0) | |||
| 10,000–29,999 | 19,188 (17.9) | 21.8 (20.2, 23.4) | 19.1 (17.5, 20.7) | |||
| 30,000–49,999 | 17,293 (20.6) | 21.6 (20.1, 23.0) | 18.9 (17.5, 20.3) | |||
| ≥50,000 | 29,381 (50.4) | 20.9 (19.4, 22.4) | 17.4 (16.0, 18.8) | |||