Prevalence of cigarette using behaviour and age of initiation (first smoked cigarettes before the age of 10 years) by sex and “race”
| Current use* of cigarettes (%) | First smoked cigarettes before the ages of 10 years (%)† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (95% CI) | Total (n) | Prevalence (95% CI) | Total (n) | ||
| *Smoked cigarettes on one or more days of the 30 days preceding the survey. | |||||
| †Among ever smokers. | |||||
| CI, confidence interval. | |||||
| The prevalence of “Indian” and “Other” race groups are not reported here because of small numbers of smokers, especially among females. | |||||
| South Africa | |||||
| Male | 28.8 (24.5 to 33.1) | 2488 | 18.9 (16.6 to 21.2) | 1096 | |
| Female | 17.5 (13.1 to 21.9) | 2640 | 17.7 (13.0 to 22.4) | 817 | |
| Total | 23.0 (19.0 to 27.0) | 5319 | 18.5 (16.6 to 20.4) | 1995 | |
| “Race” | |||||
| Black/African | Male | 27.1 (21.1 to 33.2) | 1336 | 19.7 (15.5 to 24.0) | 471 |
| Female | 10.5 (5.4 to 15.6) | 1375 | 19.5 (16.0 to 22.9) | 228 | |
| Total | 18.4 (13.1 to 23.7) | 2788 | 20.0 (16.9 to 23.1) | 716 | |
| Coloured | Male | 37.3 (33.0 to 41.6) | 368 | 12.7 (10.0 to 15.4) | 236 |
| Female | 35.9 (30.1 to 41.6) | 371 | 15.2 (11.9 to 18.4) | 240 | |
| Total | 37.4 (33.8 to 41.0) | 762 | 14.2 (12.2 to 23.1) | 492 | |
| White | Male | 25.9 (20.5 to 31.3) | 333 | 22.3 (19.0 to 25.5) | 195 |
| Female | 32.9 (27.5 to 38.4) | 362 | 23.8 (17.0 to 30.6) | 194 | |
| Total | 29.0 (22.5 to 35.6) | 708 | 22.7 (18.1 to 27.3) | 395 | |