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Table 3 Smoking status among Estonian male and female physicians by age group and study year (n, %, 95% CI), 1982–2014

From: Trends in smoking behaviour among Estonian physicians in 1982–2014

Smoking status

Age groups

−34

35–44

45–54

55–64

65+

Total

1982

Men

 

n = 232

n = 227

n = 251

n = 140

n = 49

n = 899

 Daily

53.4 (46.8–60.0)

44.9 (38.3–51.7)

33.1 (27.3–39.3)

32.1 (24.5–40.6)

6.1 (1.3–16.9)

39.7 (36.5–43.0)

 Occasional

1.7 (0.5–4.4)

2.2 (0.7–5.1)

1.6 (0.4–4.0)

2.1 (0.4–6.1)

0.0 (0.0–7.3)a

1.8 (1.0–2.9)

 Past

13.4 (9.3–18.4)

17.6 (12.9–23.2)

30.3 (24.7–36.4)

35.7 (27.8–44.2)

40.8 (27.0–55.8)

24.1 (21.4–27.1)

 Never

31.5 (25.5–37.9)

35.2 (29.0–41.8)

35.1 (29.2–41.3)

30.0 (22.6–38.3)

53.1 (38.3–67.5)

34.4 (31.3–37.6)

Women

 

n = 737

n = 970

n = 796

n = 337

n = 47

n = 2887

 Daily

13.8 (11.4–16.5)

17.0 (14.7–19.5)

10.4 (8.4–12.8)

9.2 (6.3–12.8)

2.1 (0.1–11.3)

13.2 (12.0–14.5)

 Occasional

2.8 (1.8–4.3)

2.5 (1.6–3.7)

1.3 (0.6–2.3)

0.3 (0.0–1.6)

0.0 (0.0–7.5)a

1.9 (1.5–2.5)

 Past

11.4 (9.2–13.9)

9.6 (7.8–11.6)

7.4 (5.7–9.5)

8.9 (6.1–12.5)

19.1 (9.1–33.3)

9.5 (8.5–10.7)

 Never

71.9 (68.5–75.1)

70.9 (68.0–73.8)

80.9 (78.0–83.6)

81.6 (77.0–85.6)

78.7 (64.3–89.3)

75.3 (73.7–76.9)

2002

Men

 

n = 62

n = 150

n = 125

n = 80

n = 54

n = 471

 Daily

17.7 (9.2–29.5)

17.3 (11.6–24.4)

20.8 (14.1–29.0)

17.5 (9.9–27.6)

11.1 (4.2–22.6)

17.6 (14.3–21.4)

 Occasional

12.9 (5.7–23.9)

6.7 (3.2–11.9)

7.2 (3.3–13.2)

6.3 (2.1–14.0)

1.9 (0.0–9.9)

7.0 (4.9–9.7)

 Past

19.4 (10.4–31.4)

33.3 (25.9–41.5)

33.6 (25.4–42.6)

33.8 (23.6–45.2)

40.7 (27.6–55.0)

32.5 (28.3–36.9)

 Never

50.0 (37.0–63.0)

42.7 (34.6–51.0)

38.4 (29.8–47.5)

42.5 (31.5–54.1)

46.3 (32.6–60.4)

42.9 (38.4–47.5)

Women

 

n = 305

n = 657

n = 644

n = 516

n = 142

n = 2264

 Daily

5.2 (3.0–8.4)

7.2 (5.3–9.4)

6.5 (4.7–8.7)

5.8 (4.0–8.2)

2.8 (0.8–7.1)

6.1 (5.2–7.2)

 Occasional

4.3 (2.3–7.2)

5.2 (3.6–7.2)

4.2 (2.8–6.0)

3.1 (1.8–5.0)

1.4 (0.2–5.0)

4.1 (3.3–5.0)

 Past

12.5 (9.0–16.7)

16.0 (13.3–19.0)

18.3 (15.4–21.5)

18.2 (15.0–21.8)

10.6 (6.0–16.8)

16.3 (14.8–17.9)

 Never

78.0 (73.0–82.6)

71.7 (68.1–75.1)

71.0 (67.3–74.4)

72.9 (68.8–76.7)

85.2 (78.3–90.6)

73.5 (71.6–75.3)

2014

Men

 

n = 72

n = 84

n = 127

n = 126

n = 123

n = 532

 Daily

13.9 (6.9–24.1)

4.8 (1.3–11.7)

14.2 (8.6–21.5)

15.1 (9.3–22.5)

10.6 (5.7–17.4)

12.0 (9.4–15.1)

 Occasional

2.8 (0.3–9.7)

3.6 (0.7–10.1)

3.1 (0.9–7.9)

4.8 (1.8–10.1)

0 (0–3.0)a

2.8 (1.6–4.6)

 Past

4.2 (0.9–11.7)

23.8 (15.2–34.3)

40.2 (31.6–49.2)

38.9 (30.3–48.0)

39.8 (31.1–49.1)

32.3 (28.4–36.5)

 Never

79.2 (68.0–87.8)

67.9 (56.8–77.6)

42.5 (33.8–51.6)

41.3 (32.6–50.4)

49.6 (40.5–58.8)

52.8 (48.5–57.1)

 Women

 

n = 395

n = 353

n = 606

n = 575

n = 441

n = 2370

 Daily

1.8 (0.7–3.6)

3.4 (1.8–5.9)

5.1 (3.5–7.2)

8.0 (5.9–10.5)

5.4 (3.5–8.0)

5.1 (4.2–6.0)

 Occasional

1.0 (0.3–2.6)

1.7 (0.6–3.7)

2.0 (1.0–3.4)

0.9 (0.3–2.0)

0.9 (0.2–2.3)

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

 Past

11.6 (8.7–15.2)

10.8 (7.8–14.5)

19.5 (16.4–22.9)

26.3 (22.7–30.1)

22.4 (18.6–26.6)

19.1 (17.5–20.7)

 Never

85.6 (81.7–88.9)

84.1 (79.8–87.8)

73.4 (69.7–76.9)

64.9 (60.8–68.8)

71.2 (66.7–75.4)

74.6 (72.8–76.3)

  1. aone-sided 97.5% confidence interval