Table 2 Prevalence of current daily tobacco use by age, sex, rural/urban area and income quintiles among persons aged 50 years and older across six countries

Men

50-59

58.8

[55.3,62.3]

11.1

[9.0,13.6]

63.8

[58.6,68.7]

18.4

[7.2,39.6]

50.7

[39.2,62.1]

25.8

[19.9,32.7]

60-69

50.1

[46.5,53.6]

11.2

[8.8,14.3]

64.3

[59.5,68.8]

19.4

[13.7,26.6]

43.3

[30.4,57.2]

21.4

[21.4,21.4]

70-79

35.1

[31.2,39.3]

10.7

[7.7,14.6]

60.0

[51.3,68.0]

21.1

[12.5,33.5]

14.0

[8.2,23.0]

15.9

[10.6,23.2]

80+

29.8

[23.2,37.3]

13.8

[8.9,20.6]

54.7

[43.6,65.4]

14.6

[7.5,26.5]

5.7

[1.9,15.9]

18.1

[5.7,44.5]

Women

50-59

1.4

[1.0,2.0]

2.0

[1.1,3.5]

26.9

[23.7,30.3]

11.0

[3.6,28.9]

7.9

[5.3,11.6]

17.3

[13.6,21.6]

60-69

3.1

[2.2,4.2]

3.7

[2.4,5.8]

33.5

[28.8,38.6]

8.9

[4.5,17.1]

3.8

[2.1,6.9]

14.9

[11.2,19.6]

70-79

6.1

[4.5,8.2]

6.4

[4.2,9.5]

33.2

[25.5,41.8]

3.6

[2.0,6.7]

2.0

[0.7,5.8]

17.4

[11.5,25.5]

80+

3.7

[1.8,7.5]

3.6

[1.6,7.7]

31.8

[23.3,41.8]

3.3

[1.5,7.1]

0.9

[0.1,5.6]

18.5

[9.7,32.5]

Residence

Urban

19.4

[17.9,21.1]

4.1

[3.0,5.5]

37.1

[31.0,43.6]

15.2

[9.5,23.4]

17.3

[14.4,20.5]

19.2

[16.1,22.9]

Rural

33.4

[31.0,35.9]

10.2

[8.7,11.9]

50.9

[48.4,53.4]

6.3

[3.9,10.2]

24.4

[16.5,34.6]

19.7

[15.7,24.3]

Lowest

29.1

[25.6,32.8]

16.0

[12.9,19.7]

57.1

[51.9,62.2]

9.3

[5.6,15.3]

17.9

[11.0,27.6]

20.8

[15.6,27.2]

Second

30.9

[27.5,34.5]

9.1

[7.3,11.4]

54.7

[51.2,58.1]

12.9

[5.8,26.4]

17.1

[11.5,24.7]

17.7

[13.0,23.7]

Middle

26.2

[24.4,28.2]

8.0

[6.0,10.5]

49.8

[45.0,54.7]

11.1

[5.4,21.4]

18.1

[10.9,28.7]

22.3

[17.4,28.1]

Fourth

26.8

[25.1,28.5]

4.8

[3.5,6.5]

43.0

[38.9,47.1]

13.5

[8.2,21.4]

22.3

[14.8,32.1]

18.1

[13.4,24.0]

Highest

21.9

[19.4,24.7]

1.8

[1.0,3.4]

33.5

[29.3,38.1]

17.2

[7.3,35.4]

20.1

[14.4,27.4]

18.2

[13.1,24.7]

Total

26.7

[25.3,28.2]

7.7

[6.6,8.8]

46.9

[44.4,49.3]

13.3

[8.6,19.9]

19.4

[16.1,23.3]

19.4

[16.8,22.2]