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Table 2 Prevalence and characteristics of tobacco consumption per site and per gender

From: Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults

 

Agincourt

Digkale

Nairobi

Nanoro

Navrongo

Soweto

All men

All women

 

Men (573)

Women (892)

p-value

Men (355)

Women (810)

p-value

Men (886)

Women (1056)

p-value

Men (1045)

Women (1039)

p-value

Men (923)

Women (1091)

p-value

Men (1025)

Women (1005)

p-value

N = 4807

N = 5893

p-value

Smoking status

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Never Smoked

291 (50.96%)

882 (98.88%)

 

54 (15.21%)

756 (93.33%)

 

418 (47.33%)

975 (92.33%)

 

779 (74.69%)

1033 (99.81%)

 

332 (35.97%)

1052 (96.6%)

 

311 (30.40%)

897 (89.97%)

 

2185 (45.52%)

5595 (95.17%)

 

 Current smoker

155 (27.15%)

3 (0.34%)

 

224 (63.38%)

25 (03.09%)

 

208 (23.50%)

27 (02.56%)

 

142 (13.61%)

0 (0.00%)

 

388 (42.04%)

21 (01.93%)

 

540 (52.79%)

49 (4.91%)

 

1658 (34.54%)

125 (02.13%)

 

 Former smoke

125 (21.89%)

7 (0.78%)

 

76 (21.41%)

29 (03.58%)

 

259 (29.27%)

54 (05.11%)

 

122 (11.70%)

2 (0.19%)

 

203 (21.99%)

16 (01.47%)

 

172 (16.81%)

51 (5.12%)

 

957 (19.94%)

159 (02.70%)

 

Age started smoking

20 (17–27)

23 (20–30)

0.4103

19 (16–23)

19 (16–22)

0.7572

19 (16–22)

20 (17–23)

0.1457

20 (18–25)

24.5 (21–28)

0.3333

20 (20–25)

20 (18–30)

0.8061

NA

NA

 

20 (17–25)

20 (17–24)

0.3125

Type of smoked tobacco Use

 Cigarettes (Yes)

NA

NA

118 (33.15%)

14 (01.73%)

< 0.001

208 (23.48%)

25 (02.37%)

< 0.001

140 (13.40%)

0 (0.00%)

< 0.001

262 (28.39%)

12 (01.10%)

< 0.001

535 (52.20%)

49 (04.87%)

< 0.001

1263 (26.27%)

100 (01.70%)

< 0.001

 Pipe (Yes)

NA

NA

39 (10.96%)

5 (0.62%)

< 0.001

0 (0.00%)

1 (0.09%)

0.360

1 (0.10%)

0 (0.00%)

0.321

5 (0.54%)

1 (0.09%)

0.034

3 (0.29%)

0 (0.00%)

0.086

48 (01.00%)

7 (0.12%)

< 0.001

 Hand rolled (Yes)

NA

NA

 

77 (21.63%)

6 (0.74%)

< 0.001

0 (0.00%)

1 (0.09%)

0.360

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

164 (17.77%)

11 (1.01%)

< 0.001

NA

NA

 

241 (05.01%)

18 (0.31%)

< 0.001

 Cigars (Yes)

NA

NA

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

2 (0.22%)

0 (0.00%)

0.124

NA

NA

 

2 (0.04%)

0 (0.00%)

 

Frequency of smoked tobacco use

     

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

     

< 0.001

 Current Non-smokers

   

131 (36.8%)

786 (96.92%)

 

678 (76.52%)

1029 (97.44%)

 

903 (86.41%)

1039 (100%)

 

535 (57.96%)

1070 (98.08%)

 

NA

NA

 

2665 (70.45%)

4813 (98.45%)

 

 Daily smokers

NA

NA

 

194 (54.49%)

20 (02.47%)

 

182 (20.54%)

21 (01.99%)

 

126 (12.06%)

0 (0.00%)

 

343 (37.16%)

18 (01.65%)

 

NA

NA

 

845 (22.34%)

59 (01.21%)

 

 5–6 days per week

NA

NA

 

3 (0.84%)

0 (0.00%)

 

2 (0.23%)

0 (0.00%)

 

7 (0.67%)

0 (0.00%)

 

17 (01.84%)

0 (0.00%)

 

NA

NA

 

29 (0.77%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 1–4 days per week

NA

NA

 

23 (06.46%)

4 (0.49%)

 

21 (02.37%)

6 (0.57%)

 

6 (0.57%)

0 (0.00%)

 

17 (01.84%)

0 (0.00%)

 

NA

NA

 

67 (01.77%)

10 (0.20%)

 

 1–3 days per month

NA

NA

 

4 (1.12%)

1 (0.12%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

2 (0.19%)

0 (0.00%)

 

3 (0.33%)

1 (0.09%)

 

NA

NA

 

9 (0.24%)

2 (0.04%)

 

 Less than once per month

NA

NA

 

1 (0.28%)

0 (0.00%)

 

3 (0.34%)

0 (0.00%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

NA

NA

 

4 (0.11%)

0 (0.00%)

 

Smokeless tobacco status (Yes)

13 (02.27%)

51 (05.72%)

0.002

32 (08.99%)

337 (41.55%)

< 0.001

48 (05.42%)

20 (01.89%)

< 0.001

67 (06.41%)

326 (31.38%)

< 0.001

95 (10.29%)

114 (10.45%)

0.735

NA

NA

 

255 (05.30%)

848 (14.39%)

< 0.001

Type of smokeless tobacco Use

 Snuff (Yes)

4 (0.70%)

31 (03.48%)

0.002

18 (05.06%)

253 (31.20%)

< 0.001

35 (03.95%)

16 (01.52%)

< 0.001

3 (0.29%)

4 (0.38%)

< 0.001

30 (03.25%)

12 (01.10%)

0.002

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

90 (01.87%)

316 (05.36%)

< 0.001

 Chewing tobacco use (Yes)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

12 (01.48%)

< 0.001

4 (0.45%)

4 (0.38%)

< 0.001

64 (06.12%)

307 (29.55%)

< 0.001

58 (06.28%)

93 (08.52%)

< 0.001

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

126 (02.62%)

416 (07.06%)

< 0.001

  1. Categorical variables are presented as number and percentage. Chi-squared or Fisher’s exact test (when Chi-squared test conditions were not fulfilled) were used to assess differences
  2. NA For variables not available at site