Table 2. Prevalence (95% CI) of current active smoking among males and females by selected characteristics (2001–2010).
| Total | Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | 2001 survey | 2010 survey | P1 | 2001 survey | 2010 survey | P1 | 2001 survey | 2010 survey | P1 |
| (n = 2,277) | (n = 2,102) | (n = 943) | (n = 848) | (n = 1,334) | (n = 1,254) | ||||
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||||
| Total | 15.4 (13.9–16.9) | 11.0 (9.7–12.3) | <0.001 | 24.7 (22.0–27.5) | 21.2 (18.5–24.0) | 0.081 | 8.8 (7.3–10.3) | 4.1 (3.0–5.2) | <0.001 |
| Age group | |||||||||
| 60- | 15.9 (14.0–17.8) | 12.8 (10.5–15.1) | 0.044 | 27.2 (23.6–30.8) | 30.7 (25.3–36.2) | 0.274 | 8.1 (6.2–9.9) | 3.4 (1.8–4.9) | <0.001 |
| 70- | 15.2 (12.6–17.8) | 10.2 (8.4–12.0) | 0.002 | 22.7 (18.0–27.4) | 18.0 (14.4–21.6) | 0.115 | 9.6 (6.8–12.5) | 4.7 (3.1–6.4) | 0.002 |
| 80- | 9.0 (3.3–14.7) | 7.7 (3.9–11.5) | 0.707 | 2.6 (0.0–8.0) | 10.4 (4.8–16.1) | 0.135 | 12.9 (4.3–21.5) | 3.8 (0.0–8.1) | 0.045 |
| P2 | 0.177 | 0.064 | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.327 | 0.495 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 15.5 (13.8–17.1) | 11.3 (9.8–12.8) | <0.001 | 24.8 (22.0–27.7) | 21.3 (18.4–24.1) | 0.085 | 7.6 (6.0–9.2) | 3.4 (2.3–4.6) | <0.001 |
| Widowed or divorced | 14.9 (11.2–18.6) | 9.5 (6.3–12.6) | 0.030 | 23.2 (13.0–33.4) | 20.9 (10.9–30.9) | 0.837 | 12.9 (9.1–16.8) | 6.5 (3.5–9.5) | 0.012 |
| P2 | 0.775 | 0.332 | 0.761 | 0.945 | 0.004 | 0.025 | |||
| Occupation | |||||||||
| White collar | 13.0 (11.0–15.0) | 9.5 (7.3–11.6) | 0.02 | 19.9 (16.8–23.1) | 20.6 (15.9–25.2) | 0.821 | 4.5 (2.6–6.3) | 1.7 (0.4–2.9) | 0.017 |
| Light physical labor | 17.0 (14.7–19.3) | 9.3 (7.3–11.4) | <0.001 | 35.0 (28.9–41.0) | 15.7 (12.0–19.4) | <0.001 | 11.4 (9.1–13.6) | 3.1 (1.4–4.9) | <0.001 |
| Hard physical labor | 21.6 (14.9–28.3) | 14.7 (12.0–17.5) | 0.039 | 30.5 (20.3–40.7) | 33.9 (26.9–40.9) | 0.587 | 10.6 (3.0–18.2) | 7.1 (4.7–9.5) | 0.31 |
| P2 | 0.004 | 0.002 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Education level (years) | |||||||||
| 0–6 | 17.9 (15.4–20.3) | 12.6 (9.9–15.3) | 0.006 | 32.1 (26.3–37.8) | 24.3 (17.3–31.3) | 0.099 | 12.6 (10.2–15.1) | 8.6 (5.9–11.2) | 0.034 |
| 7–12 | 15.0 (12.5–17.5) | 10.7 (8.6–12.8) | 0.009 | 27.2 (22.5–31.9) | 26.9 (21.8–32.0) | 0.921 | 5.4 (3.3–7.5) | 2.2 (1.0–3.4) | 0.006 |
| 13∼ | 11.3 (8.6–14.1) | 10.0 (7.7–12.2) | 0.445 | 16.4 (12.4–20.4) | 16.0 (12.4–19.6) | 0.881 | 2.2 (0.1–4.3) | 0.8 (0.0–1.8) | 0.199 |
| P2 | 0.004 | 0.315 | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
P1 is for 2001 vs. 2010;
P2 is for the comparison of characteristics groups.