Table 1.
Distribution of smoking status across socio-demographic attributes in 2005a
| Attributes | Smoking status | Total (N) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-exposure | Passive smoker | Former smoker | Current smoker | ||||||
| n | Row % | n | Row % | n | Row % | n | Row % | ||
| Overall | 1,098 | 2.7 | 28,096 | 68.7 | 8,444 | 20.7 | 3,236 | 7.9 | 40,874 |
| Age (yrs) | |||||||||
| < 30 | 368 | 2.1 | 13,847 | 78.7 | 2,298 | 13.1 | 1,088 | 6.2 | 17,601 |
| 30–39 | 444 | 3.0 | 9,732 | 65.4 | 3,358 | 22.6 | 1,357 | 9.1 | 14,891 |
| 40–49 | 215 | 3.1 | 3,958 | 56.4 | 2,175 | 31.0 | 674 | 9.6 | 7,022 |
| 50+ | 71 | 5.2 | 559 | 41.1 | 613 | 45.1 | 117 | 8.6 | 1,360 |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 273 | 1.5 | 7,951 | 42.7 | 7,325 | 39.3 | 3,095 | 16.6 | 18,644 |
| Female | 825 | 3.7 | 20,145 | 90.6 | 1,119 | 5.0 | 141 | 0.6 | 22,230 |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Single | 490 | 2.5 | 15,418 | 77.1 | 2,805 | 14.0 | 1,285 | 6.4 | 19,998 |
| Partnered | 587 | 2.9 | 12,190 | 60.8 | 5,397 | 26.9 | 1,861 | 9.3 | 20,035 |
| Urbanisation | |||||||||
| Rural-Rural | 446 | 2.4 | 12,821 | 70.0 | 3,620 | 19.8 | 1,431 | 7.8 | 18,318 |
| Rural–urban | 304 | 2.6 | 7,923 | 67.2 | 2,678 | 22.7 | 881 | 7.5 | 11,786 |
| Urban–rural | 45 | 2.5 | 1,144 | 64.0 | 421 | 23.6 | 177 | 9.9 | 1,787 |
| Urban-Urban | 283 | 3.3 | 5,942 | 70.0 | 1,610 | 18.9 | 694 | 8.1 | 8,529 |
| Personal income (Baht/month) | |||||||||
| Up to 3000 | 83 | 2.4 | 2,497 | 72.4 | 525 | 15.2 | 346 | 10.0 | 3,451 |
| 3000–7000 | 267 | 2.5 | 8,294 | 76.3 | 1,597 | 14.7 | 716 | 6.6 | 10,874 |
| 7000–10,000 | 185 | 2.0 | 6,499 | 70.7 | 1,776 | 19.3 | 739 | 8.0 | 9,199 |
| 10,000–20,000 | 303 | 2.7 | 7,242 | 63.5 | 2,884 | 25.3 | 973 | 8.5 | 11,402 |
| > 20,000 | 233 | 4.5 | 3,009 | 58.1 | 1,535 | 29.6 | 401 | 7.7 | 5,178 |
| Education | |||||||||
| High school | 437 | 2.4 | 11,154 | 62.4 | 4403 | 24.6 | 1,887 | 10.6 | 17,881 |
| Vocation | 272 | 2.5 | 7940 | 72.8 | 1,897 | 17.4 | 798 | 7.3 | 10,907 |
| University | 387 | 3.2 | 8,936 | 74.5 | 2,127 | 17.7 | 545 | 4.5 | 11,995 |
| Asset value | |||||||||
| Low | 292 | 1.9 | 10,513 | 70.4 | 2,789 | 18.7 | 1,348 | 9.0 | 14,942 |
| Middle | 340 | 2.6 | 8,894 | 68.6 | 2,734 | 21.1 | 1,002 | 7.7 | 12,970 |
| High | 461 | 3.6 | 8,576 | 67.0 | 2,890 | 22.6 | 873 | 6.8 | 12,800 |
| Drinking | |||||||||
| Non-drinker | 579 | 5.1 | 10,268 | 91.1 | 297 | 2.6 | 129 | 1.1 | 11,273 |
| Former drinker | 61 | 1.7 | 1,841 | 52.5 | 1,265 | 36.1 | 339 | 9.7 | 3,506 |
| Current drinker | 456 | 1.8 | 15,903 | 61.3 | 6,834 | 26.3 | 2,743 | 10.6 | 25,936 |
| No. of health condition | |||||||||
| 0 | 469 | 3.2 | 10,270 | 70.7 | 2,604 | 17.9 | 1,191 | 8.2 | 14,534 |
| 1 | 501 | 2.6 | 13,747 | 70.0 | 3,941 | 20.1 | 1,443 | 7.4 | 19,632 |
| ≥ 2 | 127 | 1.9 | 4,042 | 61.0 | 1,871 | 28.2 | 592 | 8.9 | 6,632 |
| Body size (BMI) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 139 | 2.7 | 4,431 | 85.2 | 450 | 8.6 | 183 | 3.5 | 5,203 |
| Normal | 602 | 2.8 | 15,762 | 73.5 | 3,614 | 16.8 | 1,477 | 6.9 | 21,455 |
| At risk | 176 | 2.6 | 3,863 | 57.5 | 1,955 | 29.1 | 726 | 10.8 | 6,720 |
| Obese I | 134 | 2.3 | 3,066 | 52.0 | 2,007 | 34.1 | 688 | 11.7 | 5,895 |
| Obese II | 30 | 2.8 | 661 | 60.8 | 284 | 26.1 | 113 | 10.4 | 1,088 |
aanalysis restricted to cohort members assessed in 2005, 2009 and 2013. Reflecting the large sample size, all variables significantly associated with smoking status