Estimated percentage (%) of tobacco smoking by selected demographic characteristics among Chinese adults in 2010
| Men | Women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N of participants | Never-smoker (%, 95% CI) | Ever-smoker (%, 95% CI) | N of participants | Never-smoker (%, 95% CI) | Ever-smoker (%, 95% CI) | |||||
| All | Ex-smoker | Current smoker | All | Ex-smoker | Current smoker | |||||
| Overall | 44 798 | 37.6 (35.6 to 39.7) | 62.4 (60.3 to 64.4) | 8.4 (7.8 to 9.0) | 54.0 (52.2 to 55.9) | 53 082 | 96.6 (96.0 to 97.3) | 3.4 (2.7 to 4.0) | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.0) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.2) |
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||
| 18–29 | 7215 | 50.6 (47.3 to 54.0) | 49.4 (46.0 to 52.7) | 2.9 (2.3 to 3.5) | 46.5 (43.2 to 49.7) | 7446 | 98.3 (97.9 to 98.8) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.1) | 0.5 (0.3 to 0.7) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) |
| 30–39 | 7975 | 37.5 (34.9 to 40.1) | 62.5 (59.9 to 65.1) | 4.9 (4.2 to 5.5) | 57.6 (55.1 to 60.1) | 9865 | 97.9 (97.3 to 98.5) | 2.1 (1.5 to 2.7) | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.4) | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.5) |
| 40–49 | 10 874 | 32.0 (29.8 to 34.3) | 68.0 (65.7 to 70.2) | 7.7 (6.8 to 8.5) | 60.3 (58.2 to 62.3) | 13 858 | 97.4 (96.7 to 98.2) | 2.6 (1.8 to 3.3) | 0.3 (0.2 to 0.4) | 2.3 (1.6 to 2.9) |
| 50–59 | 9292 | 29.3 (27.0 to 31.7) | 70.7 (68.3 to 73.0) | 11.2 (10.2 to 12.1) | 59.5 (57.5 to 61.4) | 11 562 | 95.6 (94.5 to 96.8) | 4.4 (3.2 to 5.5) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) | 3.4 (2.4 to 4.3) |
| 60–69 | 6046 | 30.3 (27.3 to 33.4) | 69.7 (66.6 to 72.7) | 17.5 (15.5 to 19.4) | 52.2 (49.5 to 54.9) | 6649 | 93.5 (91.7 to 95.4) | 6.5 (4.6 to 8.3) | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.3) | 4.8 (3.3 to 6.2) |
| 70 | 3396 | 36.3 (32.6 to 39.9) | 63.7 (60.1 to 67.4) | 22.2 (20.3 to 24.1) | 41.5 (38.1 to 44.9) | 3702 | 91.3 (89.0 to 93.6) | 8.7 (6.4 to 11.0) | 2.9 (1.8 to 4.0) | 5.8 (4.2 to 7.3) |
| p Value for test for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.4650 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Area | ||||||||||
| Urban | 11 779 | 41.6 (38.4 to 44.9) | 58.4 (55.1 to 61.6) | 8.8 (7.7 to 9.9) | 49.6 (46.8 to 52.3) | 15 045 | 96.4 (95.5 to 97.2) | 3.6 (2.8 to 4.5) | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) | 2.6 (1.9 to 3.3) |
| Rural | 33 019 | 36.1 (33.6 to 38.6) | 63.9 (61.4 to 66.4) | 8.2 (7.5 to 8.9) | 55.7 (53.4 to 58.0) | 38 037 | 96.7 (96.0 to 97.5) | 3.3 (2.5 to 4.0) | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.2) |
| p Value for test for difference | 0.0059 | 0.0059 | 0.7259 | 0.0009 | 0.4822 | 0.4822 | 0.1395 | 0.9108 | ||
| Education | ||||||||||
| None | 3317 | 34.9 (31.6 to 38.3) | 65.1 (61.7 to 68.4) | 13.7 (12.2 to 15.2) | 51.4 (47.8 to 54.8) | 10 249 | 94.3 (92.9 to 95.7) | 5.7 (4.3 to 7.1) | 1.6 (1.0 to 2.1) | 4.1 (3.0 to 5.2) |
| Primary | 12 919 | 30.0 (27.2 to 32.9) | 70.0 (67.1 to 72.8) | 11.6 (10.5 to 12.6) | 58.4 (55.7 to 61.1) | 16 262 | 95.7 (94.5 to 96.9) | 4.3 (3.1 to 5.5) | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.1) | 3.4 (2.4 to 4.5) |
| Secondary | 24 341 | 38.2 (35.9 to 40.5) | 61.8 (59.5 to 64.1) | 7.0 (6.3 to 7.7) | 54.8 (52.8 to 56.8) | 22 703 | 97.6 (97.1 to 98.0) | 2.4 (2.0 to 2.9) | 0.5 (0.4 to 0.7) | 1.9 (1.5 to 2.3) |
| Tertiary | 4221 | 52.5 (49.3 to 55.6) | 47.5 (44.4 to 50.7) | 6.0 (4.9 to 7.2) | 41.5 (38.2 to 44.8) | 3868 | 98.7 (98.2 to 99.3) | 1.3 (0.7 to 1.8) | 0.4 (0.0 to 0.7) | 0.9 (0.5 to 1.3) |
| p Value for test for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
| Household income (×1000 CN¥/year)* | ||||||||||
| <5 | 3841 | 33.1 (28.9 to 37.2) | 66.9 (62.8 to 71.1) | 12.1 (10.7 to 13.5) | 54.8 (50.6 to 59.0) | 4539 | 94.4 (92.4 to 96.2) | 5.6 (3.8 to 7.6) | 1.6 (0.8 to 2.5) | 4.0 (2.8 to 5.3) |
| 5 | 5523 | 34.7 (30.5 to 38.9) | 65.3 (61.1 to 69.5) | 9.4 (8.1 to 10.6) | 56.0 (51.7 to 60.2) | 6431 | 96.2 (95.1 to 97.4) | 3.8 (2.6 to 4.9) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.4) | 2.8 (1.8 to 3.6) |
| 10 | 9610 | 36.3 (33.6 to 39.1) | 63.7 (60.9 to 66.4) | 8.0 (7.1 to 8.9) | 55.7 (53.1 to 58.3) | 11 756 | 96.1 (95.2 to 97.0) | 3.9 (3.0 to 4.8) | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) | 3.2 (2.4 to 4.0) |
| 20 | 9968 | 37.4 (35.0 to 39.9) | 62.6 (60.1 to 65.0) | 8.2 (7.3 to 9.1) | 54.4 (52.1 to 56.6) | 11 352 | 96.5 (95.6 to 97.5) | 3.5 (2.5 to 4.4) | 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) | 2.8 (1.9 to 3.6) |
| 35 | 9566 | 37.9 (35.4 to 40.5) | 62.1 (59.5 to 64.6) | 8.1 (7.2 to 9.0) | 54.0 (51.6 to 56.3) | 10 786 | 97.4 (96.8 to 98.0) | 2.6 (2.0 to 3.2) | 0.7 (0.4 to 0.9) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.4) |
| p Value for test for trend | 0.0907 | 0.0907 | <0.001 | 0.5629 | 0.0015 | 0.0015 | 0.0182 | 0.0025 | ||
*6290 male and 8218 female participants refused to provide household income.