Table 1.
Estimated number and percentage of current and former smokers aged 55–79 years in fifteen state capital cities in Brazil, 2014.
| Current smokers |
Former smokers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage (95%CI) | Population (95%CI) | Percentage (95%CI) | Population (95%CI) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 10.1 (9.4–10.7) | 333,966 (313,568–354,364) | 22.9 (22.1–23.6) | 759,432 (733,451–785,412) |
| Male | 14.4 (13.4–15.4) | 326,206 (302,834–349,579) | 41.2 (39.9–42.6) | 934,094 (903,271–964,917) |
| Age | ||||
| 55–59 | 16.0 (14.8–17.3) | 265,599 (245,267–285,932) | 30.1 (28.7–31.6) | 499,234 (474,808–523,660) |
| 60–64 | 11.4 (10.4–12.3) | 177,705 (162,404–193,007) | 32.1 (30.6–33.5) | 501,678 (478,776–524,580) |
| 65–69 | 11.5 (10.2–12.9) | 114,801 (101,551–128,051) | 29.7 (28.2–31.3) | 295,796 (280,171–311,421) |
| 70–74 | 8.9 (7.6–10.1) | 69,847 (60,144–79,550) | 28.1 (26.4–29.8) | 221,454 (208,003–234,905) |
| 75–79 | 5.5 (4.5–6.6) | 32,220 (26,044–38,396) | 30.1 (28.1–32.2) | 175,363 (163,333–187,392) |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 8.1 (7.7–8.6) | 118,469 (111,845–125,093) | 30.2 (29.4–30.9) | 440,877 (429,863–451,891) |
| South | 13.2 (12.5–14.0) | 83,198 (78,408–87,988) | 29.5 (28.5–30.4) | 185,336 (179,173–191,499) |
| Southeast | 13.1 (12.3–14.0) | 458,505 (428,466–488,544) | 30.5 (29.4–31.6) | 1,067,313 (1,028,093–1,106,533) |
The state capital cities analyzed include: Aracaju, Fortaleza, Joao Pessoa, Maceió, Natal, Recife, Teresina, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Vitoria, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, Florianópolis and Porto Alegre.