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. 2016 Feb 2;50(Suppl 1):12s. doi: 10.1590/S01518-8787.2016050006741

Table 1. Estimated number of smokers and prevalences of tobacco use among students according to consumption level, sex, age range, and macro-region. ERICA, Brazil, 2013-2014.

Variable nest a Brazil North Northeast Midwest Southeast Sout






% 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI
Tobacco experimentationb
Male 956,348 18.8 17.7-19.9 20.2 18.9-21.4 15.7 13.7-18.0 21.8 18.9-25.2 18.5 16.8-20.3 22.4 20.0-25.1
12-14 284,045 10.5 9.4-11.7 11.6 10.2-13.1 8.9 6.6-12.0 12.0 10.1-14.2 9.1 7.6-11.0 17.8 14.6-21.5
15-17 672,303 28.0 26.4-29.8 29.7 27.7-31.7 23.3 20.3-26.5 32.8 27.2-38.9 29.1 26.4-32.0 27.8 24.9-30.9
Female 924,018 18.3 17.2-19.4 18.2 16.8-19.8 14.6 13.3-16.0 21.1 19.3-23.1 18.1 16.1-20.1 24.3 21.3-27.4
12-14 294,112 11.1 9.9-12.3 12.3 10.8-14.1 9.4 7.6-11.4 13.0 11.0-15.2 9.7 7.9-11.8 18.3 14.6-22.7
15-17 629,906 26.2 24.4-28.2 24.8 22.8-26.9 20.3 18.5-22.1 27.4 24.0-31.0 31.0 27.6-34.7 30.0 26.3-33.9

Total 1,880,367 18.5 17.7-19.4 19.2 18.1-20.4 15.2 13.9-16.5 21.5 19.9-23.1 18.3 16.9-19.8 23.3 21.5-25.3

Current tobacco usec
Male 310,039 6.0 5.5-6.7 6.6 5.6-7.6 5.1 4.0-6.2 6.9 5.3-8.5 6.1 5.1-7.1 7.0 5.1-8.9
12-14 105,006 3.9 3.2-4.6 4.0 3.1-5.0 2.4 1.5-3.3 4.0 2.4-5.7 4.1 2.8-5.3 5.6 3.7-7.5
15-17 205,033 8.5 7.5-9.6 9.4 7.6-11.2 8.1 6.2-10.0 10.2 7.3 - 13.0 8.3 6.7-10.0 8.7 5.6-11.7
Female 269,024 5.3 4.8-5.8 5.1 4.3-6.1 4.2 3.4-5.1 5.7 4.6-6.8 5.2 4.5-6.0 7.6 5.7-9.5
12-14 98,965 3.7 3.1-4.3 3.8 2.9-4.8 3.4 2.2-4.5 4.2 2.8-5.6 3.2 2.3-4.2 6.1 3.9-8.3
15-17 170,059 7.1 6.3-7.9 6.7 5.4-8.0 5.2 4.4-6.1 7.3 5.9-8.8 7.4 6.0-8.8 9.3 6.3-12.2

Total 579,063 5.7 5.3-6.2 5.9 5.2-6.7 4.7 4.0-5.6 6.3 5.2-7.6 5.7 5.0-6.4 7.3 6.2-8.7

Smoked for seven consecutive daysd
Male 136066 2.7 2.3-3.1 2.3 1.9-2.9 1.7 1.1-2.4 4.5 3.0-6.9 2.7 2.1-3.5 3.3 2.6-4.4
12-14 29,515 1.1 0.8-1.4 0.8 0.5-1.3 1.1 0.5-2.2 1.6 1.0-2.6 0.8 0.5-1.4 2.1 1.2-3.8
15-17 106,551 4.4 3.7-5.3 4.0 3.1-5.1 2.3 1.7-3.2 7.8 4.7-12.7 4.8 3.7-6.3 4.8 3.7-6.1
Female 113,968 2.3 1.9-2.7 2.0 1.4-2.9 1.2 0.8-1.8 3.0 2.4-3.7 2.3 1.7-3.0 3.7 2.7-5.1
12-14 29,758 1.1 0.9-1.4 1.6 1.0-2.7 0.8 0.4-1.6 1.6 0.9-2.9 1.0 0.7-1.5 1.5 0.9-2.3
15-17 84,210 3.5 2.8-4.2 2.5 1.7-3.5 1.7 1.7-2.4 4.5 3.5-5.8 3.7 2.6-5.1 6.3 4.3-8.9

Total 250,034 2.5 2.2-2.8 2.2 1.7-2.7 1.5 1.1-1.9 2.5 1.9-3.1 3.5 2.9-4.3 3.8 2.8-5.1

a nest: estimated number of smokers using population estimates based on processing of microdata from IBGE’s 2000 and 2010 Demographic Sensusesb.

b Tobacco experimentation – tried smoking cigarettes at least once in life.

c Current tobacco use – smoked at least one day over the previous 30 days.

d Smoked for seven consecutive days – smoked for at least seven consecutive days in life.