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Table 2 Current smoking status in males from the five sites of the PLATINO study according to age and schooling

From: Prevalence of smoking and incidence of initiation in the Latin American adult population: the PLATINO study

 

Age (years)

 

Schooling (years)

   

Smoking status

40–49

50–59

60 +

P

0–2

3–4

5–8

9 +

P

Total

%

Sao Paulo (N = 442)

   

0.01

    

0.19

 

   Never smoker

32.2

21.5

23.9

 

23.1

21.5

35.2

26.1

 

26.3

   Former smoker

33.3

49.7

50.4

 

45.2

51.2

35.2

41.4

 

43.5

   Current smoker

34.5

28.9

25.6

 

31.7

27.3

29.5

32.4

 

30.2

Santiago (N = 465)

   

<0.001

    

0.97

 

   Never smoker

20.5

21.1

29.0

 

31.6

27.0

22.7

22.8

 

23.4

   Former smoker

24.2

33.6

44.7

 

31.6

29.7

35.5

34.0

 

34.0

   Current smoker

55.3

45.4

26.3

 

36.8

43.2

41.8

43.3

 

42.6

Mexico City (N = 431)

   

<0.001

    

0.03

 

   Never smoker

31.4

29.3

32.2

 

29.2

28.0

30.3

33.5

 

31.1

   Former smoker

18.3

21.0

44.5

 

47.2

34.0

27.5

25.2

 

30.6

   Current smoker

50.3

39.7

23.3

 

23.6

38.0

42.3

41.3

 

38.3

Montevideo (N = 380)

   

<0.001

    

0.07

 

   Never smoker

26.9

21.4

22.7

 

7.7

14.6

24.3

28.7

 

23.5

   Former smoker

32.7

31.1

57.0

 

61.5

54.6

39.2

40.0

 

43.3

   Current smoker

40.4

47.6

20.3

 

30.8

30.9

36.5

31.3

 

33.3

Caracas (N = 474)

   

<0.001

    

0.44

 

   Never smoker

35.9

26.5

17.4

 

21.6

19.2

26.9

30.5

 

27.0

   Former smoker

22.1

38.6

60.9

 

40.5

53.2

38.0

36.8

 

39.2

   Current smoker

42.0

34.9

21.7

 

37.8

27.7

35.2

32.8

 

33.8

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