Table 2

Crude and age standardised prevalence rates of current and ex-smoking by age and sex

Current smoker*Ex-smoker†Non-smoker‡
n% (95% CI)n% (95% CI)n% (95% CI)
%, of sex/age group.
*Subjects who currently smoke more than one cigarette daily and had an EACO reading of >9 ppm.
†Subjects who have smoked more than one cigarette daily but no longer does and had an EACO reading of <9 ppm.
‡Subjects who deny ever smoking more than one cigarette daily and had an EACO reading of <9 ppm.
§Directly age standardised prevalence (new world population).
¶Directly age standardised prevalence (Ilala Ilala population structure).
Female
15–34 years21.8 (0.2 to 6.4)00.0 (0.0 to 3.3)10898.1 (93.6 to 99.8)
35–54 years32.9 (0.6 to 8.3)54.9 (1.6 to 11.0)9592.2 (85.3 to 96.6)
55+ years1716.0 (9.1 to 23.0)2422.6 (14.7 to 30.6)6561.3 (52.0 to 70.6)
Total226.9 (4.4 to 10.3)299.1 (6.2 to 12.8)26884.0 (80.0 to 88.0)
Age adjusted§5.0 (2.8 to 7.2)6.2 (3.9 to 8.5 )
Age adjusted¶3.0 (1.0 to 5.0)2.7 (1.6 to 3.8)
Male
15–34 years2221.6 (13.6 to 29.6)87.8 (3.5 to 14.9)7270.6 (61.7 to 79.4)
35–54 years3434.3 (25.1 to 44.6)2424.2 (16.2 to 33.9)4141.4 (31.6 to 51.8)
55+ years2630.6 (21.1 to 41.5)2327.1 (18.0 to 37.8)3642.4 (31.7 to 53.6)
Total8228.7 (23.4 to 33.9)5519.2 (14.7 to 23.8)14952.1 (46.3 to 57.9)
Age adjusted§27.0 (20.8 to 33.2)16.1 (11.6 to 20.6)
Age adjusted¶26.2 (19.6 to 32.8)14.4 (9.9 to 18.9)