Table 2 Distribution of smoking and alcohol consumption in the 3 Italian areas
Age-group (years) | 20–39 | 40–59 | > = 60 | |||||||||
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Italy | North No. % | Centre No. % | South No. % | p | North No. % | Centre No. % | Suth No. % | p | North No. % | Centre No. % | South No. % | p |
Cigarettes per day (total no. of cases: 759) | ||||||||||||
< 5 | 14 14.1 | 5 4.6 | 16 23.5 | 0.0005 | 6 6.1 | 18 15.4 | 12 9.2 | 0.11 | 6 11.8 | 3 13.6 | 9 15.0 | 0.90 |
5–15 | 61 61.6 | 58 53.7 | 24 35.3 | 43 43.9 | 42 35.9 | 55 42.0 | 21 41.2 | 11 50.0 | 23 38.3 | |||
16–20 | 10 10.1 | 23 21.3 | 11 16.2 | 31 31.6 | 33 28.2 | 28 21.4 | 10 19.6 | 4 18.2 | 9 15.0 | |||
> 20 | 14 14.2 | 22 20.4 | 17 25.0 | 18 31.4 | 24 20.5 | 36 27.4 | 14 27.4 | 4 18.2 | 19 31.7 | |||
Wine consumption (total no. of cases :857) | ||||||||||||
1–2 glasses/day | 56 82.3 | 56 80.0 | 36 83.7 | 0.87 | 99 72.3 | 104 68.9 | 98 76.0 | 0.42 | 70 66.0 | 57 83.8 | 69 81.2 | 0.001 |
> 2 glasses/day | 12 17.7 | 14 20.0 | 7 16.3 | 38 27.7 | 47 31.1 | 31 24.0 | 36 34.0 | 11 16.2 | 16 18.8 | |||
Beer consumption (total no. of cases: 233) | ||||||||||||
1–2 glasses/day | 36 87.8 | 33 91.7 | 16 84.2 | - | 28 90.3 | 20 83.3 | 34 82.9 | - | 11 91.7 | 5 100.0 | 20 83.3 | - |
> 2 glasses/day | 5 12.2 | 3 8.3 | 3 15.8 | 3 9.7 | 4 16.7 | 7 17.1 | 1 8.3 | 0 0.0 | 4 16.7 | |||
Spirits (total no. of cases: 178) | ||||||||||||
1 drink/day | 12 70.6 | 13 81.2 | 4 30.8 | 0.01 | 16 72.7 | 17 51.5 | 23 67.6 | 0.21 | 17 85.0 | 4 80.0 | 9 50.0 | - |
> 1 drink/day | 5 29.4 | 3 18.8 | 9 69.2 | 6 27.3 | 16 48.5 | 11 32.4 | 3 15.0 | 1 20.0 | 9 50.0 | |||