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. 2004 Dec 14;92(1):176–181. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602249

Table 2. Use of alcohol, tobacco and opium, by sex and residence.

Exposure Rural men, N (%) Urban men, N (%) P-valuea Rural women, N (%) Urban women, N (%) P-valuea
Alcohol drinking
 Ever 8 (3.0) 31 (17.3) <0.0001 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
 Frequencyb            
 <50 g day−1 1 (12.5) 20 (66.7) 0.02
  50–150 g day−1 3 (37.5) 4 (13.3)    
  >150 g day−1 4 (50.0) 6 (20.0)    
             
Tobacco smoking            
 Ever 81 (30.0) 69 (38.5) 0.06 4 (1.1) 9 (3.4) 0.04
 Recent 53 (19.6) 42 (23.5) 0.3 1 (0.3) 5 (1.9) 0.009
 Frequency (cpd)b            
  <2 3 (3.9) 3 (4.6) 0.6 2 (50.0) 2 (28.6) 0.6
  2–3 54 (71.1) 50 (76.9)   2 (50.0) 4 (57.1)  
  4–6 19 (25.0) 12 (18.5)   0 (0.0) 1 (14.3)  
             
Nass use            
 Ever 50 (18.5) 3 (1.7) <0.0001 2 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 0.22
 Recent 47 (17.4) 1 (0.6) <0.0001 2 (0.6)
 Frequencyb            
  <1 day−1 2 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 0.8 0 (0.0)
  1–5 day−1 17 (34.7) 1 (33.3)   2 (100.0)  
  6–20 day−1 20 (40.8) 2 (66.7)   0 (0.0)  
  >20 day−1 10 (20.4) 0 (0.0)      
             
Opium use            
 Ever 58 (21.5) 14 (7.9) <0.0001 19 (5.1) 2 (0.8) 0.03
 Recent 53 (19.6) 9 (4.5) <0.0001 15 (4.3) 1 (0.4) 0.04
 Frequencyb            
  <1 day−1 12 (23.1) 4 (28.6) 0.2 3 (18.7) 0 (0.0) 0.8
  1 day−1 14 (26.9) 7 (50.0)   6 (37.5) 1 (50.0)  
  2–5 day−1 22 (42.3) 3 (21.4)   7 (43.7) 1 (50.0)  
  6+ per day 4 (7.7) 0 (0.0)   0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)  
a

P-value of difference between rural and urban populations (χ2 test, two-sided).

b

Percentages refer to ever users cpd, cigarettes per day.

Numbers might not add up because of missing values.