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Table 3 Percentage distribution of current tobacco users ≥15 years old, by tobacco use pattern and selected demographic characteristics – Ethiopian GATS, 2016

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

Demographic Characteristics

Current Tobacco Usersa

Type of Current Tobacco Use

Smoked only

Smokeless only

Both smoked and smokeless

Total

 

Percentage (95% CI)

Overall

5.0

(3.5, 6.9)

65.8

(53.4, 76.3)

22.5

(15.7, 31.2)

11.8

(6.5, 20.4)

100

Gender

 Male

8.1

(6.2, 10.6)

67.6

(54.9, 78.2)

21.3

(13.4, 32.2)

11.1

(6.3, 18.7)

100

 Female

1.8

(0.7, 4.3)

57.3

(39.5, 73.5)

27.8

(17.2, 41.7)

14.8

(6.2, 31.5)

100

Residence

 Urban

3.8

(2.9, 5.0)

88.9

(81.3, 93.6)

6.9

(3.7, 12.4)

4.2

(1.9, 9.3)

100

 Rural

5.3

(3.5, 8.0)

60.9

(47.6, 72.7)

25.8

(18.1, 35.3)

13.3

(7.2, 23.4)

100

Wealth Index

 Lowest

5.9

(3.2, 10.5)

47.6

(34.5, 61.1)

32.5

(23.5, 42.9)

19.9

(11.2, 32.9)

100

 Low

5.2

(3.4, 8.0)

74.4

(58.3, 85.8)

19.6

(10.0, 34.9)

5.9

(2.2, 15.1)

100

 Middle

3.7

(2.3, 6.1)

83.9

(65.7, 93.4)

12.9

(5.6, 26.9)

3.2

(0.7, 13.3)

100

 High

3.6

(2.4, 5.4)

88.3

(77.2, 94.3)

6.6

(2.9, 14.5)

5.1

(1.7, 14.3)

100

 Higher

4.0

(2.8, 5.7)

94.6

(87.5, 97.8)

3.0

(1.5, 6.1)

2.4

(0.4, 12.9)

100

  1. aIncludes daily and occasional (less than daily) smokers or smokeless users