Table 1.
Sample characteristics by country, n = 11 295
| Country | Sample size | Gender, % womena | Age |
Educational attainment: high school or lower | Past-year alcohol users | Past-year tobacco usersb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–34 years | 35–54 years | 55+ years | ||||||
| Armenia | 366 | 54.2 (43.5–64.6) | 21.6 (14.0–32.0) | 64.3 (53.6–73.7) | 14.1 (8.2–23.1) | 35.8 (25.0–48.2) | 86.8 (78.6–92.1) | 35.9 (25.7–47.7) |
| Belarus | 516 | 53.3 (45.6–60.9) | 38.3 (31.0–46.0) | 32.6 (26.3–39.7) | 29.1 (22.5–36.7) | 46.2 (38.3–54.3) | 90.4 (86.0–93.5) | 28.1 (21.3–36.0) |
| Bulgaria | 600 | 50.7 (43.6–57.9) | 25.6 (20.3–31.7) | 60.4 (53.4–66.9) | 14.0 (9.9–19.4) | 50.0 (42.9–57.2) | 90.4 (84.5–94.2) | 44.8 (37.7–52.2) |
| Croatia | 554 | 50.8 (43.3–58.2) | 27.6 (22.5–33.2) | 57.2 (50.0–64.1) | 15.2 (10.4–21.7) | 77.7 (73.4–81.5) | 79.3 (71.9–85.2) | 46.2 (38.8–53.8) |
| Estonia | 347 | 51.5 (41.7–61.1) | 29.2 (21.8–37.7) | 53.5 (44.0–62.8) | 17.3 (11.7–24.9) | 62.2 (53.9–69.7) | 87.0 (78.1–92.7) | 39.4 (30.0–49.7) |
| Georgia | 604 | 51.4 (43.6–59.1) | 48.3 (40.5–56.1) | 39.1 (32.0–46.8) | 12.6 (9.2–17.1) | 48.6 (40.8–56.5) | 74.5 (66.8–80.9) | 48.0 (40.1–55.9) |
| Israel | 454 | 53.6 (47.4–59.6) | 32.4 (27.6–37.7) | 39.5 (33.8–45.6) | 28.0 (22.2–34.6) | 59.4 (54.0–64.6) | 80.4 (74.9–85.0) | 36.4 (30.8–42.5) |
| Kazakhstan | 457 | 55.9 (47.4–64.1) | 64.0 (55.3–71.9) | 27.4 (20.7–35.3) | 8.7 (4.5–16.0) | 42.8 (33.3–52.9) | 60.1 (50.7–68.8) | 22.8 (16.7–30.4) |
| Kosovoc | 499 | 76.5 (70.8–81.4) | 94.5 (91.5–96.5) | 4.5 (2.7–7.4) | 1.0 (0.4–2.6) | 96.1 (95.2–96.8) | 24.6 (19.6–30.4) | 20.7 (16.0–26.4) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 471 | 51.3 (41.7–60.9) | 45.3 (36.4–54.6) | 41.3 (31.7–51.6) | 13.3 (8.5–20.3) | 69.5 (57.8–79.1) | 49.1 (39.7–58.7) | 30.6 (21.0–42.2) |
| Latvia | 1988 | 52.9 (49.1–56.7) | 43.6 (40.0–47.4) | 41.1 (37.4–45.0) | 15.2 (12.7–18.1) | 68.1 (65.3–70.7) | 88.7 (85.9–91.0) | 45.9 (42.0–49.8) |
| Lithuania | 577 | 51.7 (42.5–60.8) | 40.7 (32.2–49.7) | 42.2 (33.3–51.6) | 17.1 (11.3–25.2) | 63.1 (55.6–69.9) | 77.2 (67.4–84.7) | 32.3 (24.0–42.0) |
| Moldova | 660 | 53.8 (45.5–61.9) | 21.5 (16.4–27.6) | 59.9 (52.1–67.2) | 18.7 (13.3–25.5) | 75.0 (69.8–79.7) | 73.7 (65.6–80.4) | 23.6 (17.0–31.9) |
| Montenegro | 471 | 50.5 (40.3–60.7) | 53.6 (43.1–63.8) | 37.1 (27.2–48.3) | 9.3 (4.8–17.2) | 77.4 (71.7–82.2) | 79.9 (69.4–87.5) | 48.0 (37.7–58.5) |
| Romania | 1079 | 50.4 (44.3–56.4) | 69.0 (63.4–74.0) | 27.1 (22.3–32.5) | 4.0 (2.4–6.5) | 84.5 (82.1–86.7) | 93.8 (90.1–96.2) | 54.2 (48.1–60.3) |
| Russia | 576 | 55.1 (48.6–61.5) | 33.9 (28.8–39.4) | 47.0 (40.7–53.5) | 19.1 (13.6–26.1) | 61.4 (55.9–66.5) | 79.9 (73.6–84.9) | 43.7 (37.3–50.3) |
| Turkey | 466 | 49.6 (41.4–57.9) | 36.4 (29.8–43.6) | 49.9 (41.7–58.2) | 13.7 (7.6–23.3) | 57.3 (49.6–64.7) | 45.4 (37.3–53.8) | 33.3 (25.6–42.0) |
| Ukraine | 610 | 54.0 (44.6–63.1) | 35.6 (26.8–45.6) | 54.4 (44.9–63.5) | 10.0 (7.2–13.9) | 63.8 (56.1–70.8) | 86.7 (78.5–92.0) | 29.4 (21.4–39.0) |
a
Proportion of those reporting other gender was <1% in all countries.
b
n = 10 916, <5% missings. All proportions were weighted according to gender, age, and educational attainment. 95% CIs are presented in brackets.
c
All references to Kosovo should be understood within the framework of the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999).