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. 2015 Jul 16;44(5):1614–1624. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv143

Table 3.

Trend in age-adjusted rates of current smokers (%) between 1980 and 2012 in selected countries by sex

Men
Women
1980 1996 2006 2012 Diff a 1980 1996 2006 2012 Diff a
UK 38.8 30.4 25.6 23.0 −15.8 38.0 29.5 23.6 20.1 −17.9
36.741.0 29.5–31.4 24.7–26.4 20.9–25.2 35.6–40.5 28.3–30.7 22.6–24.6 19.0–21.2
Australia 34.3 25.6 20.8 18.3 −16.0 27.3 22.6 17.2 15.4 −11.9
31.8–37.2 24.3–26.9 19.3–22.2 16.4–20.1 24.3–30.6 21.1–24.1 15.6–18.9 13.5–17.5
Sweden 30.3 19.7 11.1 12.3 −18.0 28.7 24.8 15.1 14.8 −13.9
28.5–32.0 18.6–20.9 10.5–11.8 11.0–13.8 26.6–30.9 23.2–26.4 14.1–16.2 13.0–16.8
USA 33.2 23.1 19.7 17.2 −16.0 28.3 20.1 16.4 14.3 −14.0
29.9–36.7 22.2–24.2 18.9–20.5 16.3–18.2 24.2–32.5 19.0–21.2 15.6–17.3 13.3–15.5
Canada 42.3 27.4 18.1 16.7 −25.6 34.1 24.6 14.3 12.8 −21.3
39.0–45.5 26.0–29.0 17.0–19.2 15.4–18.3 30.4–37.8 22.9–26.2 13.3–15.4 11.5–14.1
Spain 44.4 41.0 31.7 29.5 −14.9 28.3 27.7 25.7 23.2 −5.1
39.4–49.6 38.9–43.0 29.9–33.3 26.9–32.2 22.8–34.1 25.7–29.7 23.7-27.6 20.3–26.4
France 41.5 37.9 33.3 34.4 −7.1 18.8 30.1 27.0 27.7 +8.9
38.6–44.7 35.8–39.9 31.2–35.6 30.8-38.0 16.4-21.5 28.0-32.3 24.6-29.4 24.0-31.6
Japan 60.8 51.9 40.9 35.3 −25.5 13.0 12.7 13.1 11.2 −1.8
57.9–64.0 49.6–55.1 38.3–43.8 32.4–38.5 115–14.7 11.7–14.0 12.0–14.3 9.6–13.0

Data are expressed as mean and uncertainty interval (reference 14).

a The difference in age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes between 1980 and 2012.