TABLE 2.
Prevalence of current manufactured cigarette smoking, by selected demographic characteristics — Global Adult Tobacco Survey, Turkey, 2008 and 2012
| 2008 | 2012 | Relative change from 2008 to 2012 | ||||
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| Characteristic | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) |
| Overall | 30.1 | (28.8–31.4) | 25.7 | (24.5–27.0) | −14.6 | (−20.1 to −9.0)* |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 45.8 | (43.7–47.9) | 39.2 | (37.2–41.3) | −14.4 | (−20.3 to −8.5)* |
| Female | 14.9 | (13.8–16.2) | 12.6 | (11.5–13.8) | −15.7 | (−26.0 to −5.4)* |
| Age group (yrs) | ||||||
| 15–24 | 24.5 | (21.5–27.8) | 19.1 | (16.6–22.0) | −22.0 | (−36.8 to −7.2)* |
| 25–44 | 38.8 | (36.8–40.7) | 34.4 | (32.5–36.2) | −11.3 | (−17.8 to −4.8)* |
| 45–64 | 27.9 | (25.9–30.1) | 23.8 | (21.8–25.9) | −14.8 | (−24.5 to −5.2)* |
| ≥65 | 9.2 | (7.5–11.3) | 8.0 | (6.4–9.8) | −13.7 | (−39.0 to 11.7) |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 32.4 | (30.7–34.0) | 27.8 | (26.2–29.4) | −14.1 | (−20.7 to −7.6)* |
| Rural | 24.8 | (23.0–26.8) | 20.3 | (18.7–22.1) | −18.2 | (−27.3 to −9.0)* |
| Education | ||||||
| Not graduated | 13.1 | (10.7–16.0) | 9.5 | (7.7–11.8) | −27.2 | (−48.6 to −5.8)* |
| Primary | 32.7 | (30.7–34.8) | 27.8 | (25.8–29.8) | −15.1 | (−23.2 to −7.0)* |
| Secondary | 30.3 | (27.1–33.6) | 26.0 | (23.5–28.6) | −14.2 | (−26.6 to −1.8)* |
| High school | 39.9 | (36.6–43.2) | 32.7 | (29.9–35.6) | −18.0 | (−27.7 to −8.2)* |
| University or higher | 31.3 | (27.6–35.3) | 26.5 | (23.2–30.1) | −15.2 | (−30.3 to −0.1)* |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Bottom tercile | 25.7 | (23.2–28.4) | 17.9 | (15.4–20.7) | −30.3 | (−42.6 to −17.9)* |
| Middle tercile | 31.9 | (30.3–33.7) | 27.5 | (25.9–29.2) | −13.9 | (−20.7 to −7.0)* |
| Top tercile | 29.6 | (27.2–32.0) | 26.3 | (24.5–28.1) | −11.1 | (−20.4 to −1.7)* |
| Unweighted no. of respondents (total) | 9,030 | 9,851 | ||||
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
*
Statistically significant.