Table 3 Smoking characteristics by age-group in the female cohort of the Estonian Genome Center of the University of Tartu 2002–2012
From: Smoking-related general and cause-specific mortality in Estonia
Age group | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18–25 | 26–45 | 46–65 | Over 65 | Total | ||||||
Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Smoking status | ||||||||||
Total | 5302 | 100.0 | 12,436 | 100.0 | 11,257 | 100.0 | 4984 | 100.0 | 33,979 | 100.0 |
Never smoker | 3390 | 63.9 | 7587 | 61.0 | 7471 | 66.4 | 4407 | 88.4 | 22,855 | 67.3 |
Former smoker | 328 | 6.2 | 1374 | 11.0 | 1334 | 11.8 | 366 | 7.3 | 3402 | 10.0 |
Current smoker | 1584 | 29.9 | 3475 | 28.0 | 2452 | 21.8 | 211 | 4.3 | 7722 | 22.7 |
Age at start (SD) | 16 | (2.2) | 20 | (4.4) | 23 | (7.3) | 27 | (10.0) | 21 | (6.3) |
Current smokers | ||||||||||
Years smoked (SD) | 5 | (2.7) | 16 | (6.2) | 29 | (8.3) | 42 | (11.0) | 92 | (11.7) |
Up to 20 years | 1540 | 100.0 | 2556 | 76.4 | 314 | 13.1 | 10 | 4.8 | 4420 | |
Over 20 years | 0 | 0.0 | 790 | 23.6 | 2076 | 86.9 | 197 | 95.2 | 3063 | |
Cigarettes per day | ||||||||||
Number of persons | 1570 | 100.0 | 3435 | 100.0 | 2436 | 100.0 | 211 | 100.0 | 7652 | 100.0 |
Up to 10 | 968 | 61.7 | 1510 | 44.0 | 1020 | 41.9 | 104 | 49.3 | 3602 | 47.0 |
10–20 | 584 | 37.2 | 1842 | 53.6 | 1363 | 55.9 | 104 | 49.3 | 3893 | 51.0 |
Over 20 | 18 | 1.1 | 83 | 2.4 | 53 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 157 | 2.0 |
Former smokers | ||||||||||
Years smoked (SD) | 3 | (2.4) | 9 | (6.1) | 18 | (10.7) | 24 | (14.9) | 14 | (10.9) |
Up to 20 years | 293 | 100.0 | 1210 | 94.7 | 768 | 60.9 | 162 | 45.6 | 2433 | 76.3 |
Over 20 years | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 5.3 | 494 | 39.1 | 193 | 54.4 | 755 | 23.7 |
Cigarettes per day | ||||||||||
Number of persons | 259 | 100.0 | 1051 | 100.0 | 1049 | 100.0 | 300 | 100.0 | 2659 | 100.0 |
Up to 10 | 183 | 70.6 | 573 | 54.5 | 571 | 54.4 | 160 | 53.3 | 1487 | 55.9 |
10–20 | 75 | 29.0 | 470 | 44.7 | 458 | 43.7 | 136 | 45.3 | 1139 | 42.9 |
Over 20 | 1 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.8 | 20 | 1.9 | 4 | 1.4 | 33 | 1.2 |