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Table 1 Percent current smokers among female and male ever smokers*

From: Gender and age differences among current smokers in a general population survey

 

Women

Men

Chi2

 

P

 

w

 

n ever

smokers

% current smokers

within ever smokers

n ever

smokers

% current smokers

within ever smokers

     

Total

31228

64.0

47731

58.7

224.3

 

.001

 

.05

Age

         

   10 – 19

1396

92.9

1803

95.5

9.4

 

.01

 

.06

   20 – 29

4770

78.2

5784

85.6

99.2

 

.001

 

.10

   30 – 39

8084

69.3

9760

74.2

51.4

 

.001

 

.05

   40 – 49

6988

64.8

9463

64.1

0.8

 

ns

  

   50 – 59

4567

56.6

8149

50.7

40.9

 

.001

 

.06

   60 – 69

2866

48.7

7334

37.2

112.2

 

.001

 

.10

   70 – 79

2049

34.4

4340

22.3

103.0

 

.001

 

.13

   80 – 89

468

29.7

1004

19.5

18.2

 

.001

 

.11

   90 or older

40

30.0

94

20.2

1.5

 

ns

  

Age of onset

of smoking

         

   10 – 15

5543

72.2

9793

64.8

90.5

 

.001

 

.08

   16

5219

66.0

9258

62.2

20.8

 

.001

 

.04

   17 – 18

7621

62.4

12796

55.6

90.5

 

.001

 

.07

   19 – 20

4618

60.6

6506

52.8

67.6

 

.001

 

.08

   21 – 25

3023

57.0

3806

54.7

3.6

 

ns

  

   26 – 70

2717

59.2

1911

54.3

11.2

 

.001

 

.05

Cigarettes per day

         

   less than 5

6894

52.0

5431

52.6

0.4

 

ns

  

   5 – 20

20083

68.4

29398

61.4

256.0

 

.001

 

.07

   21 – 40

2625

72.7

7567

62.6

89.0

 

.001

 

.09

   41 or more

272

50.0

1200

34.8

21.2

 

.001

 

.12

Disease

(last 4 weeks)

         

   not diseased

27042

65.4

40755

60.5

163.4

 

.001

 

.05

diseased for

1 year or less

2074

58.9

3163

55.6

5.7

 

.05

 

.03

diseased for more

than 1 year

1465

47.4

2748

37.6

37.3

 

.001

 

.09

  1. * by age, age of onset of smoking, cigarettes per day and disease status.
  2. Chi2 Likelihood chi2 test result.
  3. P Significance level: .001 ≤ .001, .01 ≤ .01, .05 ≤ .05, ns not significant.
  4. w Effect size measure Cohen's w [15].