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. 2020 Oct-Dec;13(4):499–509. doi: 10.25122/jml-2020-0079

Table 2:

Prevalence of tobacco abuse among various states and union territories in India.

State/Union Territory Gender No Tobacco Abuse Tobacco Abuse Total P-Value
Andaman and Nicobar Male 108 23 131
Female 181 15 196
Total 289 (88.4%) 38 (11.6%) 327 (100%) <0.06
Andhra Pradesh Male 684 29 713
Female 595 21 616
Total 1279 (94.7%) 50 (5.3%) 1329 (100%) 0.425
Arunachal Pradesh Male 197 60 257
Female 240 22 262
Total 438 (84.2%) 82 (15.3%) 520 (100%) <0.001
Assam Male 291 65 356
Female 479 15 494
Total 770 (90.6%) 80 (9.4%) 850 (100%) <0.001
Chandigarh Male 67 25 92
Female 224 2 226
Total 291 (91.5%) 27 (8.5%) 318 (100%) <0.001
Chhattisgarh Male 210 62 272
Female 367 21 388
Total 577 (87.4%) 83 (12.6%) 660 (100%) <0.001
Delhi Male 180 0 180
Female 188 3 191
Total 368 (99.2%) 3 (0.8%) 371 (100%) 0.091
Gujarat Male 1222 216 1438
Female 1218 7 1225
Transgender 2 0 2
Total 2442 (91.6%) 223 (8.4%) 2665 (100%) <0.001
Haryana Male 73 14 87
Female 73 1 74
Total 146 (90.7%) 15 (9.3%) 161 (100%) <0.002
Jammu and Kashmir Male 1176 105 1281
Female 1782 31 1813
Transgender 8 0 8
Total 2996 (95.7%) 136 (4.3%) 3132 (100%) <0.001
Jharkhand Male 640 109 749
Female 838 63 901
Total 1485 (85.4%) 136 (14.6%) 1739 (100%) <0.001
Karnataka Male 2297 206 2503
Female 2449 42 2491
Transgender 3 0 3
Total 5128 (95.3%) 253 (4.7%) 5381 (100%) <0.001
Madhya Pradesh Male 701 154 855
Female 1018 49 1067
Transgender 1 0 1
Total 1720 (89.4%) 203 (10.6%) 1923 (100%) <0.001
Manipur Male 222 54 276
Female 578 16 594
Transgender 1 0 1
Total 801 (92.0%) 70 (8.0%) 871 (100%) <0.001
Maharashtra Male 760 157 917
Female 1013 36 1049
Total 1773 (89.9%) 193 (10.1%) 1972 (100%) <0.001
Meghalaya Male 186 7 193
Female 304 6 310
Total 490(97.4%) 13 (2.6%) 503 (100%) 0.229
Orissa Male 700 55 755
Female 737 29 766
Total 1437 (94.5%) 84 (5.5%) 1521 (100%) <0.001
Pondicherry Male 398 31 429
Female 438 3 441
Total 836 (96.0%) 34 (4.0%) 870(100%) <0.001
Rajasthan Male 385 207 592
Female 339 39 378
Transgender 2 0 2
Total 726 (74.7%) 246 (25.3%) 972 (100%) <0.001
Tamil Nadu Male 1055 83 1138
Female 1436 24 1460
Total 2491 (95.9%) 107 (4.1%) 2598 (100%) <0.001
Tripura Male 145 1 146
Female 104 0 104
Total 249 (99.6%) 1 (0.4%) 250 (100%) 0.398
Uttar Pradesh Male 115 7 122
Female 56 2 58
Total 171(90%) 19 (10%) 190(100%) 0.135
Uttarakhand Male 192 15 207
Female 261 2 263
Total 453(96.4%) 17 (3.6%) 470(100%) <0.001
West Bengal Male 224 101 325
Female 385 57 442
Total 609 (79.4%) 158 (20.6%) 767 (100%) <0.001
Total 27965 (92.1%) 2389 (7.9%) 30354 (100%) <0.001