Youth smoking rates by age and by school attendance status in Taiwan, 2001
| Age | Female | Male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | All | School attendance status† | ||
| Yes | No | |||
| *p<0.01 comparing smoking rates of those staying at schools with those not staying in schools by Z test. | ||||
| †Number of boys surveyed shown in parenthesis. | ||||
| 12 | 1.1% | 0.6% | – | – |
| 13–14 | 3.4% | 5.4% | – | – |
| 15–16 | 4.2% | 17.3% | 7% (199) | 47% (15)* |
| 17 | 5.5% | 22.6% | 14% (187) | 43% (23)* |
| 18 | 6.1% | 27.5% | 12% (150) | 36% (47)* |
| 19–20 | 4.4% | 31.0% | 16% (159) | 45% (89)* |