Smoking-attributable mortality and years of potential life lost in 16 Brazilian capitals, 2003: a prevalence-based study

Table 1 Percentages of current and former smokers by city, gender and two different age groups. Brazil, 2003.

City	Age Category	Male		Female
		Current Smoker	Former Smoker	Current Smoker	Former Smoker
Aracaju	35–64	20.95	26.35	15.64	21.33
	65+	21.05	31.58	6.90	0.00
Belém	35–64	28.77	33.33	17.74	18.39
	65+	23.81	42.86	4.55	30.30
Belo Horizonte	35–64	33.49	35.42	20.95	24.41
	65+	13.79	60.34	2.40	20.00
Brasília	35–64	26.42	34.38	19.78	22.86
	65+	12.12	30.30	8.62	18.97
Campo Grande	35–64	21.43	40.48	14.67	21.20
	65+	5.00	45.00	10.00	5.00
Curitiba	35–64	26.00	30.87	21.59	20.13
	65+	13.85	50.77	12.20	17.07
Florianópolis	35–64	28.96	34.43	24.55	16.96
	65+	10.00	56.67	5.77	11.54
Fortaleza	35–64	27.50	35.75	19.66	24.72
	65+	14.75	50.82	4.85	22.33
João Pessoa	35–64	34.74	23.16	15.33	16.33
	65+	12.50	42.50	8.20	13.11
Manaus	35–64	30.08	24.06	16.96	20.76
	65+	22.22	46.67	6.25	29.17
Natal	35–64	26.36	27.13	18.56	18.56
	65+	14.29	50.00	2.38	23.81
Porto Alegre	35–64	32.14	33.93	27.27	25.13
	65+	13.43	64.18	7.14	15.31
Recife	35–64	27.66	32.45	20.00	20.00
	65+	23.68	36.84	5.88	19.12
Rio de Janeiro	35–64	25.68	35.52	22.80	23.30
	65+	16.96	50.89	5.13	11.79
São Paulo	35–64	30.42	33.75	19.87	25.64
	65+	25.00	34.38	9.09	18.18
Vitória	35–64	24.03	32.47	17.20	17.20
	65+	7.69	69.23	8.11	18.92

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