Table 3 Risk factor prevalence by age group
From: Social distribution of tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and obesity in the French West Indies
Risk factor | 15–24 yrs | 25–34 yrs | 35–44 yrs | 45–54 yrs | 55–64 yrs | 65–75 yrs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 699 | % | n = 543 | % | n = 807 | % | n = 862 | % | n = 662 | % | n = 481 | % | |
Ever tobacco smoking | ||||||||||||
 Total | 180 | (25.8) | 191 | (35.2) | 224 | (27.7) | 227 | (26.4) | 174 | (26.2) | 107 | (22.3) |
 Women | 72 | (20.9) | 87 | (28.4) | 101 | (22.0) | 90 | (19.3) | 48 | (13.3) | 23 | (8.8) |
 Men | 108 | (32.4) | 104 | (46.5) | 123 | (35.7) | 137 | (35.1) | 126 | (41.7) | 84 | (38.6) |
Current tobacco smoking | ||||||||||||
 Total | 167 | (24.5) | 155 | (29.2) | 153 | (19.1) | 133 | (15.5) | 68 | (10.2) | 33 | (6.9) |
 Women | 64 | (18.6) | 69 | (22.6) | 69 | (15.0) | 65 | (14.0) | 13 | (3.6) | 6 | (2.4) |
 Men | 102 | (30.6) | 86 | (38.4) | 84 | (24.6) | 68 | (17.2) | 55 | (18.2) | 27 | (12.3) |
Daily alcohol drinking | ||||||||||||
 Total | 17 | (2.4) | 41 | (7.6) | 41 | (5.1) | 43 | (5.0) | 63 | (9.5) | 55 | (11.4) |
 Women | 1 | (0.2) | 14 | (4.4) | 15 | (3.3) | 7 | (1.4) | 9 | (2.6) | 13 | (5.1) |
 Men | 16 | (4.6) | 27 | (11.8) | 26 | (7.5) | 37 | (9.3) | 54 | (17.7) | 41 | (18.9) |
Harmful chronic alcohol use | ||||||||||||
 Total | 73 | (10.4) | 60 | (11.1) | 56 | (7.0) | 44 | (5.1) | 23 | (3.4) | 13 | (2.8) |
 Women | 15 | (4.4) | 14 | (4.5) | 13 | (2.9) | 10 | (2.1) | 1 | (0.2) | 3 | (1.3) |
 Men | 58 | (16.4) | 46 | (20.0) | 43 | (12.3) | 34 | (8.6) | 22 | (7.3) | 10 | (4.6) |
Obesity | ||||||||||||
 Total | 51 | (7.9) | 96 | (19.0) | 130 | (17.1) | 159 | (19.6) | 139 | (21.8) | 78 | (17.0) |
 Women | 35 | (11.0) | 70 | (23.8) | 83 | (19.6) | 103 | (23.4) | 101 | (28.9) | 52 | (21.7) |
 Men | 16 | (4.9) | 26 | (12.3) | 47 | (13.9) | 56 | (15.1) | 38 | (13.3) | 26 | (11.9) |