Table 1.
Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in the home among children younger than 15 years 21 countries, by country and residence—Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), 2009–2013
| Country (and GATS year) | Percent of children exposed to SHS in the home | Estimated no. of children aged 0–14 years, in thousands* | Estimated no. of children exposed to SHS in the home, in thousands | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Urban | Rural | |||
| Argentina, 2012 | 33.8 | NA | NA | 10,043.6 | 3,397.8 |
| Bangladesh, 2009 | 57.0 | 46.9 | 60.3 | 47,852.1 | 27,297.6 |
| China, 2010 | 66.7 | 57.7 | 72.2 | 246,707.2 | 164,613.4 |
| Egypt, 2009 | 64.1 | 59.0 | 66.9 | 24,604.9 | 15,782.3 |
| Greece, 2013 | 62.3 | 60.1 | 68.9 | 1,612.5 | 1,004.3 |
| India, 2009–2010 | 44.6 | 34.6 | 47.7 | 363,764.5 | 162,139.5 |
| Indonesia, 2011 | 79.0 | 68.2 | 89.2 | 71,791.6 | 56,720.7 |
| Malaysia, 2011 | 36.9 | 33.3 | 44.8 | 7,827.7 | 2,885.8 |
| Mexico, 2009 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 11.0 | 35,418.6 | 5,889.1 |
| Nigeria, 2012 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 70,307.5 | 3,816.8 |
| Panama, 2013 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 1,078.3 | 48.5 |
| Philippines, 2009 | 57.5 | 46.0 | 67.2 | 32,970.5 | 18,964.7 |
| Poland, 2009–2010 | 45.4 | 44.6 | 46.2 | 5,733.3 | 2,603.0 |
| Qatar, 2013 | 15.8 | NA | NA | 240.2 | 37.9 |
| Romania, 2011 | 36.1 | 40.9 | 31.6 | 3,282.3 | 1,185.4 |
| Russian Federation, 2009 | 34.7 | 35.3 | 33.2 | 21,428.9 | 7,426.2 |
| Thailand, 2011 | 35.8 | 27.9 | 38.5 | 12,837.2 | 4,597.4 |
| Turkey, 2012 | 61.2 | 58.3 | 66.3 | 19,262.1 | 11,784.4 |
| Ukraine, 2010 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 6,399.2 | 1,470.7 |
| Uruguay, 2009 | 36.3 | 36.0 | 38.8 | 758.9 | 275.2 |
| Vietnam, 2010 | 75.5 | 66.7 | 79.0 | 20,918.4 | 15,800.9 |
| Total | 48.7 | 994,795.8 | 507,741.3 | ||
*
Based on population estimates produced by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm.
NA – not applicable