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Table 2 Smoking behaviour of subjects aged 10 years or older living in communities with different numbers of inhabitants

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

 

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*

  1. German Microcensus 1999. Data are percentage and mean ± standard deviation.
  2. * p < 0.05, logistic regression and ANOVA, references: total, male and female population living in rural communities
  3. † Current and former smokers