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Table 3 Average duration of smoking in years (95% CI) by sex and age group among physicians in Estonia (population estimates)

From: Cigarette smoking and smoking-attributable diseases among Estonian physicians: a cross-sectional study

Sex

Age

Ex-smokers

Occasional smokers

Daily smokers

Male

≤ 40

8.1 (6.6–9.6)

12.2 (10.7–13.8)

9.7 (7.8–11.6)

 

41–50

15.1 (13.5–16.6)

15.5 (5.5–25.5)

22.5 (19.7–25.4)

 

51–60

14.9 (12.9–16.9)

19.4 (13.9–25.0)

30.0 (26.4–33.7)

 

≥ 61

21.8 (19.6–24.0)

-a

43.1 (40.5–45.6)

 

Total

16.6 (15.4–17.7)

17.1 (13.3–20.9)

28.6 (26.1–31.1)

Female

≤ 40

5.5 (4.8–6.2)

7.4 (5.2–9.5)

13.0 (11.0–15.0)

 

41–50

9.2 (8.2–10.2)

17.9 (14.0–21.9)

22.3 (20.0–24.6)

 

51–60

11.3 (10.3–12.4)

11.3 (6.1–16.5)

28.4 (26.5–30.3)

 

≥ 61

14.8 (13.5–16.1)

26.1 (16.0–36.2)

38.2 (35.6–40.8)

 

Total

11.3 (10.7–11.9)

14.4 (11.6–17.1)

28.6 (27.1–30.2)

Total

 

13.0 (12.4–13.6)

15.5 (13.2–17.8)

28.6 (27.2–30.0)

  1. aAmong the participants there were no men over 60 smoking occasionally