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. 2014 Dec 18;12:243. doi: 10.1186/s12916-014-0243-x

Table 2.

Weighted prevalence estimates (95% confidence intervals) of smoking (cigarettes, pipe, and others) and smokeless tobacco use (chewing tobacco, snuff) among men and women of 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

MEN WOMEN
Country (survey year) Smoking SLT use Smoking SLT use
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi (2011) 21.24 (19.75, 22.73) 0.03 (−0.03,0.08) 9.89 (9.02, 10.75) 0.31 (0.18, 0.44)
Comoros (2012) 18.83 (16.67, 20.99) 7.72 (5.91, 9.55) 1.72 (1.22, 2.21) 2.99 (2.15, 3.85)
Ethiopia (2011) 6.75 (5.89, 7.61) 1.94 (1.47, 2.41) 0.57 (0.37, 0.77) 0.20 (0.09, 0.30)
Kenya (2008) 18.65 (16.42, 20.88) 2.05 (1.28, 2.83) 0.35 (0.21, 0.48) 1.29 (0.61, 1.97)
Madagascar (2009) 28.54 (27.15, 29.94) 24.66 (23.00, 26.32) 1.56 (1.18, 1.95) 19.63 (17.86, 21.40)
Malawi (2010) 17.73 (16.49, 18.98) 0.47 (0.27, 0.68) 0.38 (0.27, 0.49) 0.80 (0.62, 0.97)
Mozambique (2011) 20.73 (19.02, 22.43) 10.94 (9.62, 12.25) 2.76 (2.29, 3.23) 0.82 (0.59, 1.05)
Rwanda (2011) 12.91 (11.96, 13.86) 5.80 (5.14, 6.47) 1.01 (0.83, 1.19) 2.73 (2.39, 3.07)
Tanzania (2010) 19.60 (17.57, 21.62) 2.03 (1.27, 2.80) 0.54 (0.35, 0.73) 0.83 (0.56, 1.10)
Uganda (2011) 14.24 (12.42, 16.05) 2.94 (1.93, 3.96) 1.21 (0.89, 1.52) 1.50 (0.89, 2.11)
Zambia (2007) 24.10 (22.51, 25.68) 0.30 (0.16, 0.43) 0.81 (0.57, 1.05) 1.21 (0.83, 1.58)
Zimbabwe (2011) 21.99 (20.63, 23.35) 1.59 (1.20, 1.99) 0.16 (0.09, 0.24) 0.38 (0.23, 0.52)
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin (2012) 8.47 (7.55, 9.38) 4.92 (4.17, 5.68) 0.28 (0.19, 0.36) 0.66 (0.52, 0.81)
Burkina Faso (2011)* 21.24 (19.97, 22.51) 0.09 (0.04, 0.14) 3.86 (3.22, 4.48)
Cote d’Ivoire (2012) 24.48 (22.67, 26.29) 0.61 (0.34, 0.89) 0.39 (0.19, 0.60) 1.27 (0.97, 1.58)
Ghana (2008) 7.55 (6.69, 8.40) 1.33 (0.95, 1.72) 0.17 (0.05, 0.29) 0.20 (0.08, 0.32)
Liberia (2007) 15.48 (13.86, 17.10) 2.34 (1.49, 3.19) 0.93 (0.63, 1.24) 2.37 (1.68, 3.06)
Mali (2012)* 15.86 (14.63, 17.09) 5.06 (3.96, 6.16) 0.19 (0.01, 0.28) 1.03 (0.69, 1.38)
Niger (2012) 14.02 (12.49, 15.55) 4.55 (3.60, 5.49) 0.02 (0.01, 0.06) 2.30 (1.59, 3.01)
Nigeria (2013) 9.20 (8.56, 9.84) 3.78 (3.33, 4.23) 0.22 (0.15, 0.29) 0.46 (0.31, 0.60)
Senegal (2011) 14.85 (13.43, 16.26) 6.63 (5.20, 8.06) 0.19 (0.09, 0.30) 0.23 (0.12, 0.34)
Sierra Leone (2013) 37.68 (35.16, 40.20) 1.54 (0.99, 2.09) 6.06 (5.37, 6.74) 4.74 (3.97, 5.51)
CENTRAL AFRICA
Cameroon (2011) 14.77 (13.71, 15.82) 1.94 (1.52, 2.36) 0.57 (0.41, 0.74) 0.94 (0.59, 1.28)
Congo (Brazzaville) (2012) 19.91 (18.02, 21.81) 8.30 (6.97, 9.63) 0.54 (0.35, 0.72) 1.54 (1.22, 1.86)
Congo (Republic) (2013) 20.68 (18.81, 22.55) 8.67 (7.19, 10.16) 0.99 (0.78, 1.22) 3.22 (2.88, 3.56)
Gabon (2012) 22.38 (20.11, 24.66) 0.48 (0.21, 0.75) 3.11 (2.49, 3.73) 0.34 (0.18, 0.51)
Sao Tome & Principe (2009) 5.39 (4.23, 6.55) 2.59 (1.57, 3.62) 0.77 (0.38, 1.16) 0.73 (0.34, 1.19)
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Lesotho (2010) 34.14 (32.13, 36.14) 1.40 (0.94, 1.86) 0.34 (0.19, 0.49) 9.12 (8.37, 9.87)
Namibia (2007) 21.84 (20.03, 23.65) 1.83 (1.25, 2.40) 5.87 (5.04, 6.69) 2.31 (1.96, 2.65)
Swaziland (2007) 14.40 (13.00, 15.79) 2.81 (2.25, 3.37) 1.13 (0.78, 1.48) 1.03 (0.70, 1.35)

*Data about SLT use was not collected from men.