Table 1 Observed prevalence of current smoking between 1980 and 2007 in Australian men aged 20+ years | 1980 | 1983 | 1986 | 1989 | 1992 | 1995 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 |
Age: | | | | | | | | | |
20–24 | 0.562 | 0.437 | 0.405 | 0.410 | 0.368 | 0.327 | 0.317 | 0.276 | 0.249 |
25–29 | 0.482 | 0.487 | 0.382 | 0.389 | 0.369 | 0.347 | 0.330 | 0.304 | 0.293 |
30–34 | 0.392 | 0.430 | 0.342 | 0.367 | 0.341 | 0.340 | 0.290 | 0.276 | 0.261 |
35–39 | 0.412 | 0.412 | 0.342 | 0.354 | 0.295 | 0.296 | 0.300 | 0.284 | 0.236 |
40–44 | 0.409 | 0.418 | 0.361 | 0.323 | 0.351 | 0.304 | 0.270 | 0.267 | 0.256 |
45–49 | 0.463 | 0.425 | 0.288 | 0.263 | 0.304 | 0.266 | 0.242 | 0.256 | 0.239 |
50–54 | 0.461 | 0.370 | 0.351 | 0.221 | 0.269 | 0.303 | 0.251 | 0.229 | 0.269 |
55–59 | 0.399 | 0.373 | 0.344 | 0.255 | 0.268 | 0.280 | 0.192 | 0.196 | 0.195 |
60–69 | 0.261 | 0.331 | 0.289 | 0.214 | 0.197 | 0.182 | 0.138 | 0.155 | 0.165 |
70+ | 0.183 | 0.259 | 0.159 | 0.208 | 0.112 | 0.142 | 0.073 | 0.085 | 0.081 |
overall | 0.412 | 0.402 | 0.332 | 0.311 | 0.294 | 0.280 | 0.240 | 0.231 | 0.221 |