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Table 2 Percentage of adults ≥15 years old, by detailed smoking status and gender – Ethiopian GATS, 2016

From: Tobacco use prevalence and its determinate factor in Ethiopia- finding of the 2016 Ethiopian GATS

Smoking Status

Overall

Male

Female

 

Percentage (95% CI)

Current tobacco smoker

3.7

(2.7, 5.0)

6.2

(4.8, 7.9)

1.2

(0.5, 3.1)

 Daily smoker

3.2

(2.3, 4.5)

5.2

(4.0, 6.9)

1.1

(0.4, 3.0)

 Occasional smoker

0.5

(0.3, 0.8)

0.9

(0.6, 1.5)

0.1

(0.0, 0.3)

 Occasional smoker, formerly daily

0.1

(0.1, 0.3)

0.3

(0.2, 0.5)

0.0

(0.0, 0.1)

 Occasional smoker, never daily

0.4

(0.2, 0.6)

0.7

(0.4, 1.1)

0.1

(0.0, 0.3)

Non-smoker

96.3

(95.0, 97.3)

93.8

(92.1, 95.2)

98.8

(96.9, 99.5)

 Former daily smoker

1.2

(0.8, 1.8)

1.9

(1.3, 2.6)

0.5

(0.2, 1.1)

 Never daily smoker

95.1

(93.7, 96.2)

91.9

(90.0, 93.5)

98.3

(96.6, 99.2)

 Former occasional smoker

0.5

(0.3, 0.8)

0.8

(0.5, 1.3)

0.1

(0.1, 0.3)

 Never smoker

94.7

(93.2, 95.8)

91.1

(89.2, 92.7)

98.2

(96.5, 99.0)

Current smokeless tobacco user

1.7

(0.9, 3.0)

2.6

(1.5, 4.3)

0.8

(0.2, 2.3)

 Daily user

1.5

(0.8, 2.7)

2.3

(1.3, 4.1)

0.6

(0.2, 1.9)

 Occasional user

0.2

(0.1, 0.4)

0.3

(0.1, 0.6)

0.1

(0.0, 0.5)

 Occasional user, formerly daily

0.1

(0.0, 0.2)

0.1

(0.0, 0.3)

0.0

(0.0, 0.1)

 Occasional user, never daily

0.1

(0.1, 0.3)

0.2

(0.1, 0.4)

0.1

(0.0, 0.5)

Non-user of smokeless tobacco

98.3

(97.0, 99.1)

97.4

(95.7, 98.5)

99.2

(97.7, 99.8)

 Former daily user

0.2

(0.1, 0.4)

0.3

(0.1, 0.6)

0.1

(0.0, 0.4)

 Never daily user

98.1

(96.8, 98.9)

97.1

(95.4, 98.2)

99.2

(97.7, 99.7)

 Former occasional user

0.1

(0.0, 0.2)

0.1

(0.1, 0.3)

0.0

(0.0, 0.1)

 Never user

98.1

(96.7, 98.9)

97.0

(95.2, 98.1)

99.1

(97.7, 99.7)

  1. Current tobacco smokers includes both daily and occasional (less than daily) smokers of any tobacco products including manufactured and hand roll, Gaya, etc
  2. Daily smokers includes smokers who smoke any type of smoking tobacco products in daily bases
  3. Occasional smokers refers to less than daily smokers of any type of smoking tobacco products