Table 2.
Prevalence of current cigarette smoking by white European diabetic subjects according to age and gender in comparison with Health Survey for England data. Figures are frequencies (per cent of row total).
| Age group (years) | Smokers / Total (%) | Health Survey For England (1998) [9] |
| MEN | ||
| < 55 | 39 / 117 (33) | 30%a |
| 55–64 | 29 / 114 (25) | 23% |
| 65–74 | 21 / 125 (17) | 18% |
| ≥ 75 | 11 / 94 (12) | 9% |
| Not known | 1 / 5 | |
| Total | 101 / 455 | |
| WOMEN | ||
| < 55 | 32 / 89 (36) | 28%a |
| 55–64 | 21 / 95 (22) | 25% |
| 65–74 | 23 / 133 (17) | 19% |
| ≥ 75 | 10 / 120 (8) | 10% |
| Not known | 2 / 3 | |
| Total | 88 / 440 (20) |
a figures are for 35 to 54 years