Table 2B

Proportion of never smokers by deprivation category and social class and educational level for men (n=12579) and women (n=15132) aged 39–79 years, of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort, 1993–1997

		Townsend quintiles
		1		2		3		4		5		Total
Never smokers		%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	p value for trend
‡χ² test for trend.
Men	By social class
	Non-manual	41.4	682	37.7	614	36.9	499	35.2	480	32.8	352	37.2	2627	<0.001
	Manual	33.1	299	29.7	295	30.8	313	25.4	287	20.4	284	27.2	1478	<0.001

	By educational level
	At least O level	40.9	778	37.8	721	37.7	617	33.2	546	30.5	441	36.3	3103	<0.001
	No qualifications	31.3	203	26.4	188	26.5	195	25.9	221	19.2	195	25.3	1002	<0.001

Women	By social class
	Non-manual	60.1	1210	57.9	1138	59.3	1017	54.9	976	50.4	764	56.8	5105	<0.001
	Manual	59.8	588	54.8	611	55.2	618	55.8	702	50.7	774	54.9	3293	<0.001

	By educational level
	At least O level	59.4	986	59.3	1007	60.5	911	55.1	849	52.2	660	57.5	4413	<0.001
	No qualifications	60.8	812	53.8	742	54.5	724	55.5	829	49.4	878	54.5	3985	<0.001