Table 2.

Prevalence of current smoking status and degree of nicotine dependence among Chinese male adults.

Characteristics	% Current smokers [95% confidence interval (CI)]	% VL-ND smokers (95% CI)	% LM-ND smokers (95% CI)	% H-ND smokers (95% CI)
All	66.1 (65.5, 66.9)	27.2 (26.4, 27.9)	25.8 (25.0, 26.5)	11.8 (11.2, 12.3)
Age (years)
15–24	52.3 (49.4, 55.2)	31.6 (28.9, 34.4)	16.4 (14.2, 18.6)	3.63 (2.54, 4.72)
25–34	66.2 (64.5, 67.9)	35.9 (34.2, 37.6)	22.7 (21.2, 24.1)	6.53 (5.66, 7.40)
35–44	68.2 (66.7, 69.7)	28.3 (26.8, 29.7)	26.5 (25.0, 27.9)	12.0 (10.9, 13.0)
45–54	68.6 (67.1, 70.2)	21.9 (20.5, 23.2)	27.0 (25.5, 28.5)	17.6 (16.3, 18.8)
55–64	67.0 (64.6, 69.4)	18.2 (16.2, 20.1)	32.5 (30.1, 34.9)	15.4 (13.6, 17.3)
≥65	61.7 (57.9, 66.9)	20.3 (17.1, 23.5)	31.1 (27.4, 34.7)	10.3 (7.91, 12.7)
Marital status
Married	67.9 (67.1, 68.8)	26.7 (25.9, 27.5)	26.9 (26.1,27.7)	12.8 (12.2, 13.4)
Never married	54.0 (51.6, 56.4)	31.1 (28.9, 33.3)	17.4 (15.6, 19.2)	4.21 (3.26, 5.17)
Education
Elementary school or less	68.1 (65.9,70.2)	19.3 (17.4, 21.1)	34.2 (32.0, 36.4)	13.9 (12.3, 15.5)
Middle school	69.5 (68.3, 70.7)	24.9 (23.7, 26.0)	28.2 (27.0, 29.5)	14.7 (13.7, 15.7)
High school	64.9 (63.3, 66.4)	30.6 (29.1, 32.1)	23.1 (21.7, 24.4)	10.2 (9.24, 11.2)
College or beyond	59.6 (57.7, 61.4)	32.1 (30.3, 33.8)	19.2 (17.7, 20.7)	6.79 (5.84, 7.74)
Annual family income (Ұ)
<20,000	62.4 (60.3, 64.6)	19.7 (17.9, 21.4)	26.1 (24.2, 28.0)	14.3 (12.8, 15.9)
20,001–30,000	65.8 (63.7, 67.9)	21.2 (19.4, 23.0)	28.6 (26.7, 30.6)	13.5 (12.0, 15.0)
30,001–50,000	64.8 (63.0, 66.5)	25.3 (23.7, 26.9)	24.3 (22.7, 25.9)	13.0 (11.7, 14.2)
>50,001	69.4 (68.3, 70.6)	32.7 (31.5, 33.8)	25.6 (24.5, 26.6)	9.71 (8.98, 10.4)

V-D, very low nicotine dependence; LM-D, low-to-moderate nicotine dependence; H-ND, high nicotine dependence.