Table 2

Health related behaviours by social class. Age standardised percentages. Men and women aged over 14 years. Barcelona 1992

Sex Class I
%2-150 (95% CI)
Class II
%2-150 (95% CI)
Class III
%2-150 (95% CI)
Class IVa
%2-150 (95% CI)
Class IVb
%2-150 (95% CI)
Class V
%2-150 (95% CI)
Tobacco consumption
 SmokerM43.8 (35.4, 52.1)36.3 (28.9, 43.5)41.7 (35.7, 47.5)47.3 (41.2, 53.2)54.1 (43.6, 64.4)48.0 (28.7, 67.3)
F29.8 (21.4, 38.1)24.8 (19.7, 29.8)24.1 (20.0, 28.1)22.1 (18.0, 26.0)25.8 (18.7, 32.8)17.9 (9.3, 26.4)
 Ex-smokerM27.0 (20.5, 33.3)24.8 (18.7, 30.9)22.1 (17.5, 26.6)20.1 (16.3, 23.8)18.1 (11.5, 24.7)16.8 (6.7, 26.9)
F6.6 (1.8, 11.4)8.2 (4.8, 11.5)7.4 (5.0, 9.7)5.0 (3.1, 6.7)3.4 (0.8, 6.0)3.0 (0.0, 6.2)
 Non-smokerM29.2 (22.5, 35.9)38.9 (31.3, 46.3)36.2 (30.8, 41.7)32.6 (27.6, 37.5)27.8 (20.4, 35.1)35.1 (18.5, 51.7)
F63.6 (48.7, 78.37)66.8 (56.6, 77.0)68.5 (60.5, 76.3)73.0 (66.4, 79.4)70.8 (59.0, 82.5)79.1 (65.3, 92.8)
Smoking cessation
M36.3 (27.5, 45.0)39.6 (29.9, 49.2)31.3 (24.8, 37.7)28.3 (22.9, 33.7)23.8 (15.1, 32.6)21.1 (8.3, 33.9)
F24.5 (1.3, 47.5)38.7 (14.5, 62.9)29.4 (10.3, 48.5)29.0 (14.1, 43.9)12.3 (0.5, 24.1)23.5 (0.0, 47.5)
Alcohol consumption
 Non-drinkerM27.0 (20.5, 33.5)29.1 (22.5, 35.6)29.7 (24.6, 34.8)30.2 (25.5, 34.8)32.7 (24.3, 41.2)41.8 (22.9, 60.5)
F45.6 (33.2, 57.9)47.9 (39.2, 56.4)45.3 (38.9, 51.5)57.8 (51.8, 63.6)64.1 (52.9, 75.1)71.9 (57.7, 85.8)
 Light drinkersM61.3 (51.6, 71.0)59.6 (50.2, 68.8)62.0 (54.8, 69.2)57.1 (50.5, 63.7)55.1 (44.6, 65.6)45.2 (27.3, 63.1)
F44.0 (32.9, 55.1)42.6 (35.2, 50.0)49.5 (43.1, 55.9)36.2 (31.4, 41.0)31.4 (23.4, 39.3)25.7 (17.3, 34.2)
 Excessive alcohol consumptionM11.7 (7.2, 16.0)11.3 (7.1, 15.5)8.2 (5.5, 10.9)12.6 (9.5, 15.7)12.1 (7.1, 17.0)13.0 (4.2, 21.7)
F10.4 (4.4, 16.2)8.9 (5.6, 12.2)5.2 (3.2, 7.1)6.0 (4.0, 7.8)4.5 (1.5, 7.4)2.4 (0.4, 4.3)
Usual physical activity
 IntenseM4.1 (1.4, 6.8)5.5 (2.6, 8.3)5.1 (3.0, 7.1)19.3 (15.4, 23.2)15.6 (10.2, 20.9)11.5 (0.0, 23.0)
F3.6 (0.1, 6.9)6.3 (3.2, 9.2)2.9 (1.3, 4.3)4.4 (2.6, 6.0)8.7 (4.5, 12.8)8.6 (3.9, 13.2)
 ModerateM41.0 (33.0, 49.0)42.1 (34.2, 50.0)49.8 (43.2, 56.3)40.2 (34.7, 45.5)47.5 (37.3, 57.6)29.8 (16.0, 43.51)
F49.6 (37.2, 61.9)52.6 (43.9, 61.3)55.5 (48.5, 62.4)53.6 (47.8, 59.3)55.9 (45.4, 66.3)57.2 (44.3, 70.1)
 LightM12.7 (8.2, 17.2)13.2 (8.7, 17.6)9.6 (6.8, 12.4)14.9 (11.5, 18.3)17.3 (11.5, 23.0)19.5 (8.1, 30.84)
F19.5 (10.9, 28.1)20.3 (15.2, 25.3)15.9 (12.1, 19.5)22.5 (18.7, 26.2)19.0 (12.8, 25.2)18.5 (11.5, 25.4)
 NoneM41.1 (33.1, 48.9)39.1 (31.6, 46.6)35.0 (29.5, 40.4)25.1 (20.7, 29.3)19.6 (13.1, 26.0)39.1 (21.8, 56.4)
F27.3 (18.7, 35.8)20.7 (15.1, 26.1)25.5 (21.0, 30.0)19.2 (15.8, 22.5)15.9 (10.4, 21.4)15.4 (9.4, 21.3)
Undertake no leisure time physical activity
M74.4 (63.6, 85.1)74.0 (63.6, 84.4)77.1 (68.9, 85.3)77.5 (69.8, 85.0)81.6 (68.4, 94.7)79.5 (55.5, 100.0)
F86.3 (69.6, 100.0)79.5 (68.8, 90.2)84.6 (76.0, 93.1)83.6 (76.4, 90.7)84.5 (71.7, 97.3)86.1 (71.2, 100.0)
  • 2-150 %: age standardised percentage.