Table 2.
Prevalence of smoking among men and women. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
| Smoking prevalence in men (%)
|
Reduction from 1987 to 1998 (%) |
Smoking prevalence in women (%)
|
Reduction from 1987 to 1998 (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1992 | 1998 | 1987 | 1992 | 1998 | |||
| Age | ||||||||
| 20-29 | 225/380 (59.2) | 121/239 (50.6) | 110/224 (49.1) | 17* | 42/461 (9.1) | 12/284 (4.2) | 5/319 (1.6) | 82* |
| 30-39 | 453/764 (59.2) | 451/886 (50.9) | 275/587 (46.8) | 21* | 45/866 (5.2) | 42/1009 (4.2) | 31/779 (4.0) | 23 |
| 40-49 | 280/483 (58.0) | 376/794 (47.4) | 382/848 (45.0) | 22* | 32/499 (6.4) | 19/905 (2.1) | 38/968 (3.9) | 39* |
| 50-59 | 230/396 (58.1) | 312/634 (49.2) | 201/521 (38.6) | 34* | 31/437 (7.1) | 21/696 (3.0) | 14/677 (2.1) | 70* |
| 60-69 | 142/263 (54.0) | 132/369 (35.8) | 144/398 (36.2) | 33* | 27/349 (7.7) | 27/478 (5.6) | 19/526 (3.6) | 53* |
| ⩾70 | 35/71 (49.3) | 36/100 (36.0) | 45/168 (26.8) | 46* | 12/101 (11.9) | 7/178 (3.9) | 6/263 (2.3) | 81* |
| Crude total | 1365/2357 (57.9) | 1428/3022 (47.3) | 1157/2746 (42.1) | 27* | 189/2713 (7.0) | 128/3550 (3.6) | 113/3532 (3.2) | 54* |
| Age adjusted (95% CI) | 58.1 (56.1 to 60.1) | 48.2 (46.5 to 50.0) | 44.8 (42.9 to 46.6) | 23* | 7.5 (6.5 to 8.5) | 3.8 (3.2 to 4.5) | 2.9 (2.3 to 3.4) | 61* |
| Independent samples age adjusted (95% CI) | 58.1 (56.1 to 60.1) | 47.4 (44.7 to 50.1) | 47.0 (43.5 to 50.6) | 19* | 7.5 (6.5 to 8.5) | 4.5 (3.5 to 5.6) | 2.7 (1.7 to 3.7) | 64* |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| South Asian | 888/1555 (57.1) | 945/2041 (46.3) | 808/1968 (41.1) | 28* | 38/1751 (2.2) | 14/2343 (0.6) | 14/2447 (0.6) | 73* |
| Creole | 394/591 (66.7) | 423/769 (55.0) | 333/686 (48.5) | 27* | 143/757 (18.9) | 114/991 (11.5)) | 99/989 (10.0) | 47* |
| Chinese | 83/211 (39.3) | 60/211 (28.4) | 14/81 (17.3) | 56* | 8/205 (3.9) | 0/212 (0) | 0/72 (0) | 100 |
| Income | ||||||||
| Low | 474/729 (65.0) | 541/1029 (52.6) | 260/631 (41.2) | 37* | 106/1331 (8.0) | 70/1905 (3.7) | 53/1574 (3.4) | 58* |
| Middle | 849/1512 (56.2) | 813/1759 (46.2) | 692/1511 (45.8) | 19* | 72/1246 (5.8) | 51/1404 (3.6) | 40/1401 (2.9) | 50* |
| High | 40/113 (35.4) | 67/213 (31.5) | 194/574 (33.8) | 5 | 5/98 (5.1) | 2/139 (1.4) | 13/391 (3.3) | 35 |
| Education (years of schooling) | ||||||||
| 0-3 | 336/498 (67.5) | 293/480 (61.0) | 183/360 (50.8) | 25* | 57/988 (5.8) | 37/1129 (3.3) | 23/894 (2.6) | 55* |
| 4-6 | 600/994 (60.4) | 638/1289 (49.5) | 477/1076 (44.3) | 27* | 83/1160 (7.2) | 64/1537 (4.2) | 60/1483 (4.0) | 44* |
| 7-9 | 116/208 (55.8) | 129/283 (45.6) | 133/307 (43.3) | 22* | 23/182 (12.6) | 14/259 (5.4) | 15/308 (4.9) | 61* |
| 10-12 | 276/573 (48.2) | 328/828 (39.6) | 314/819 (38.3) | 21* | 24/361 (6.6) | 12/571 (2.1) | 14/746 (1.9) | 71* |
| Tertiary | 37/84 (44.0) | 38/139 (27.3) | 48/179 (26.8) | 39* | 2/24 (8.3) | 1/50 (2.0) | 1/94 (1.1) | 87 |
*
P<0.05 by χ2 analysis.