From: Urban-rural disparities in smoking behaviour in Germany
<20,000 inhabitants n = 82,462 | 20,000 – 500.000 inhabitants n = 74,385 | >500.000 inhabitants n = 24,477 | |||||||
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Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
Smoking status | |||||||||
Current regular smoker | 21.7 | 27.8 | 16.0 | 23.6* | 29.0* | 18.7* | 28.0* | 33.0* | 23.6* |
Current occasional smoker | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6* | 3.9* | 3.3* | 3.5* | 3.7 | 3.4* |
Former smoker | 16.6 | 22.8 | 10.9 | 17.4* | 23.1 | 12.3* | 18.8* | 23.3 | 14.9* |
Never-smoker | 58.4 | 46.0 | 70.1 | 55.4* | 44.0* | 65.7* | 49.7* | 40.1* | 58.1* |
Starting age | 18.3 ± 5.1 | 17.9 ± 4.5 | 18.9 ± 6.0 | 18.6 ± 5.6* | 18.1 ± 4.9* | 19.4 ± 6.5* | 18.6 ± 5.7* | 17.9 ± 4.8 | 19.4 ± 6.6* |
Type of tobacco products usually smoked † | |||||||||
cigarettes | 96.3 | 94.5 | 99.3 | 96.2 | 94.2 | 99.0* | 96.5* | 94.5 | 99.0* |
cigars, small cigars | 2.1 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.8* | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
pipes | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
Number of daily smoked cigarettes* | |||||||||
<5 | 17.1 | 12.8 | 24.1 | 16.6 | 12.1* | 22.7* | 14.8* | 10.9* | 19.4* |
5 – 20 | 67.3 | 67.9 | 66.3 | 66.1* | 66.1* | 66.1 | 63.8* | 62.3* | 65.7 |
21 – 40 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 7.2 | 13.7* | 17.3* | 8.7* | 17.1* | 21.6* | 11.8* |
>40 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.1* | 2.9* | 1.0* | 2.6* | 3.7* | 1.3* |