Table 2.

Prevalence of substance abuse in the total population and genderwise (in adults aged 20–69 years).

Substance abuse	Total prevalence (%)	Prevalence in females (%)	Prevalence in males (%)	p value∗ (chi-square test)
Any	34.7	15.2	53.1	<0.001
Any tobacco	34.5	15.2	52.7	<0.001
Oral tobacco	27.7	14.8	39.8	<0.001
Beedi	9.3	0.5	17.6	<0.001
Cigarette	0.4	0	0.7	<0.001
Alcohol	2.1	0.2	3.9	<0.001
Tobacco + alcohol	0.6	0.000	1.1	<0.001

^∗ p value is for difference between genders and is based on chi-square test.