Table 3.
Smoking status among Estonian male and female physicians by age group and study year (n, %, 95% CI), 1982–2014
| Smoking status | Age groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | 65+ | Total | |
| 1982 | ||||||
| Men | ||||||
| n = 232 | n = 227 | n = 251 | n = 140 | n = 49 | n = 899 | |
| Daily | 53.4 (46.8–60.0) | 44.9 (38.3–51.7) | 33.1 (27.3–39.3) | 32.1 (24.5–40.6) | 6.1 (1.3–16.9) | 39.7 (36.5–43.0) |
| Occasional | 1.7 (0.5–4.4) | 2.2 (0.7–5.1) | 1.6 (0.4–4.0) | 2.1 (0.4–6.1) | 0.0 (0.0–7.3)a | 1.8 (1.0–2.9) |
| Past | 13.4 (9.3–18.4) | 17.6 (12.9–23.2) | 30.3 (24.7–36.4) | 35.7 (27.8–44.2) | 40.8 (27.0–55.8) | 24.1 (21.4–27.1) |
| Never | 31.5 (25.5–37.9) | 35.2 (29.0–41.8) | 35.1 (29.2–41.3) | 30.0 (22.6–38.3) | 53.1 (38.3–67.5) | 34.4 (31.3–37.6) |
| Women | ||||||
| n = 737 | n = 970 | n = 796 | n = 337 | n = 47 | n = 2887 | |
| Daily | 13.8 (11.4–16.5) | 17.0 (14.7–19.5) | 10.4 (8.4–12.8) | 9.2 (6.3–12.8) | 2.1 (0.1–11.3) | 13.2 (12.0–14.5) |
| Occasional | 2.8 (1.8–4.3) | 2.5 (1.6–3.7) | 1.3 (0.6–2.3) | 0.3 (0.0–1.6) | 0.0 (0.0–7.5)a | 1.9 (1.5–2.5) |
| Past | 11.4 (9.2–13.9) | 9.6 (7.8–11.6) | 7.4 (5.7–9.5) | 8.9 (6.1–12.5) | 19.1 (9.1–33.3) | 9.5 (8.5–10.7) |
| Never | 71.9 (68.5–75.1) | 70.9 (68.0–73.8) | 80.9 (78.0–83.6) | 81.6 (77.0–85.6) | 78.7 (64.3–89.3) | 75.3 (73.7–76.9) |
| 2002 | ||||||
| Men | ||||||
| n = 62 | n = 150 | n = 125 | n = 80 | n = 54 | n = 471 | |
| Daily | 17.7 (9.2–29.5) | 17.3 (11.6–24.4) | 20.8 (14.1–29.0) | 17.5 (9.9–27.6) | 11.1 (4.2–22.6) | 17.6 (14.3–21.4) |
| Occasional | 12.9 (5.7–23.9) | 6.7 (3.2–11.9) | 7.2 (3.3–13.2) | 6.3 (2.1–14.0) | 1.9 (0.0–9.9) | 7.0 (4.9–9.7) |
| Past | 19.4 (10.4–31.4) | 33.3 (25.9–41.5) | 33.6 (25.4–42.6) | 33.8 (23.6–45.2) | 40.7 (27.6–55.0) | 32.5 (28.3–36.9) |
| Never | 50.0 (37.0–63.0) | 42.7 (34.6–51.0) | 38.4 (29.8–47.5) | 42.5 (31.5–54.1) | 46.3 (32.6–60.4) | 42.9 (38.4–47.5) |
| Women | ||||||
| n = 305 | n = 657 | n = 644 | n = 516 | n = 142 | n = 2264 | |
| Daily | 5.2 (3.0–8.4) | 7.2 (5.3–9.4) | 6.5 (4.7–8.7) | 5.8 (4.0–8.2) | 2.8 (0.8–7.1) | 6.1 (5.2–7.2) |
| Occasional | 4.3 (2.3–7.2) | 5.2 (3.6–7.2) | 4.2 (2.8–6.0) | 3.1 (1.8–5.0) | 1.4 (0.2–5.0) | 4.1 (3.3–5.0) |
| Past | 12.5 (9.0–16.7) | 16.0 (13.3–19.0) | 18.3 (15.4–21.5) | 18.2 (15.0–21.8) | 10.6 (6.0–16.8) | 16.3 (14.8–17.9) |
| Never | 78.0 (73.0–82.6) | 71.7 (68.1–75.1) | 71.0 (67.3–74.4) | 72.9 (68.8–76.7) | 85.2 (78.3–90.6) | 73.5 (71.6–75.3) |
| 2014 | ||||||
| Men | ||||||
| n = 72 | n = 84 | n = 127 | n = 126 | n = 123 | n = 532 | |
| Daily | 13.9 (6.9–24.1) | 4.8 (1.3–11.7) | 14.2 (8.6–21.5) | 15.1 (9.3–22.5) | 10.6 (5.7–17.4) | 12.0 (9.4–15.1) |
| Occasional | 2.8 (0.3–9.7) | 3.6 (0.7–10.1) | 3.1 (0.9–7.9) | 4.8 (1.8–10.1) | 0 (0–3.0)a | 2.8 (1.6–4.6) |
| Past | 4.2 (0.9–11.7) | 23.8 (15.2–34.3) | 40.2 (31.6–49.2) | 38.9 (30.3–48.0) | 39.8 (31.1–49.1) | 32.3 (28.4–36.5) |
| Never | 79.2 (68.0–87.8) | 67.9 (56.8–77.6) | 42.5 (33.8–51.6) | 41.3 (32.6–50.4) | 49.6 (40.5–58.8) | 52.8 (48.5–57.1) |
| Women | ||||||
| n = 395 | n = 353 | n = 606 | n = 575 | n = 441 | n = 2370 | |
| Daily | 1.8 (0.7–3.6) | 3.4 (1.8–5.9) | 5.1 (3.5–7.2) | 8.0 (5.9–10.5) | 5.4 (3.5–8.0) | 5.1 (4.2–6.0) |
| Occasional | 1.0 (0.3–2.6) | 1.7 (0.6–3.7) | 2.0 (1.0–3.4) | 0.9 (0.3–2.0) | 0.9 (0.2–2.3) | 1.3 (0.9–1.9) |
| Past | 11.6 (8.7–15.2) | 10.8 (7.8–14.5) | 19.5 (16.4–22.9) | 26.3 (22.7–30.1) | 22.4 (18.6–26.6) | 19.1 (17.5–20.7) |
| Never | 85.6 (81.7–88.9) | 84.1 (79.8–87.8) | 73.4 (69.7–76.9) | 64.9 (60.8–68.8) | 71.2 (66.7–75.4) | 74.6 (72.8–76.3) |
aone-sided 97.5% confidence interval