Percentage of adults 15 and older in Egypt and Ukraine who believe that smoking waterpipe tobacco causes serious illness, by smoking status and selected demographic characteristics, GATS 2008–2010
| Egypt | Ukraine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | Yes | No | Don't Know | Yes | No | Don't Know |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Overall | 97.4 (97.0–97.8) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 2.0 (1.7–2.3) | 31.4 (29.6–33.2) | 11.2 (10.1–12.5) | 57.4 (55.4–59.3) |
| Smoking Status | ||||||
| Current smoker | 97.4 (96.7–98.0) | 1.0 (0.6–1.4) | 1.6 (1.2–2.2) | 24.9 (22.4–27.5) | 17.6 (15.3–20.2) | 57.5 (54.6–60.4) |
| Non-smoker | 97.4 (97.0–97.8) | 0.5 (0.3–0.8) | 2.1 (1.8–2.4) | 34.0 (32.0–36.1) | 8.6 (7.6–9.9) | 57.3 (55.2–59.4) |
| Water Pipe Smoking Status | ||||||
| Current smoker of water pipe | 95.4 (92.4–97.3) | 2.4 (1.1–5.1) | 2.2 (1.1–4.5) | 27.9 (19.4–38.3) | 51.3 (41.0–61.5) | 20.8 (13.4–31.0) |
| Non-smoker of water pipe | 97.5 (97.1–97.8) | 0.5 (0.4–0.8) | 2.0 (1.7–2.3) | 31.5 (29.7–33.3) | 10.4 (9.3–11.6) | 58.1 (56.2–60.1) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 97.5 (96.9–98.0) | 0.8 (0.5–1.4) | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) | 31.3 (29.1–33.5) | 13.8 (12.3–15.5) | 54.9 (52.6–57.3) |
| Female | 97.3 (96.8–97.7) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 2.4 (2.0–2.8) | 31.5 (29.3–33.7) | 9.1 (7.8–10.6) | 59.4 (57.1–61.7) |
| Age | ||||||
| 15–17 | 96.8 (94.9–98.0) | 0.9 (0.3–2.2) | 2.4 (1.4–3.8) | 32.2 (24.4–41.2) | 22.5 (16.0–30.6) | 45.3 (36.4–54.5) |
| 18–24 | 98.3 (97.6–98.8) | 0.5 (0.2–1.0) | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) | 34.5 (29.9–39.4) | 27.7 (23.4–32.3) | 37.8 (33.3–42.6) |
| 25–39 | 97.9 (97.4–98.3) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 1.6 (1.2–2.0) | 33.8 (31.1–36.6) | 13.0 (11.1–15.2) | 53.2 (50.3–56.1) |
| 40–54 | 97.3 (96.6–97.8) | 0.7 (0.4–1.1) | 2.1 (1.6–2.7) | 33.2 (30.6–36.0) | 7.3 (5.9–8.9) | 59.5 (56.7–62.3) |
| 55+ | 95.3 (94.2–96.1) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 4.1 (3.3–5.1) | 26.4 (24.1–28.9) | 3.8 (3.0–4.7) | 69.8 (67.2–72.2) |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 98.0 (97.6–98.4) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 1.5 (1.2–1.8) | 33.5 (31.3–35.8) | 13.3 (11.7–15.0) | 53.2 (50.7–55.7) |
| Rural | 96.9 (96.2–97.4) | 0.7 (0.4–1.2) | 2.4 (2.0–2.9) | 26.8 (24.2–29.6) | 7.0 (5.7–8.5) | 66.2 (63.3–69.0) |
| Education | ||||||
| No formal education/Less than primary | 95.8 (95.1–96.4) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 3.4 (2.9–4.0) | 18.5 (9.7–32.5) | 2.2 (0.8–6.2) | 79.3 (64.9–88.8) |
| Completed primary/Less than secondary | 98.0 (96.7–98.8) | 0.6 (0.2–2.0) | 1.4 (0.8–2.4) | 14.9 (12.2–18.1) | 6.3 (4.4–8.9) | 78.8 (74.9–82.2) |
| Completed secondary or high school | 98.6 (98.2–99.0) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | 1.0 (0.7–1.3) | 31.0 (29.1–33.1) | 10.6 (9.3–12.0) | 58.4 (56.2–60.5) |
| Completed college/university or above | 98.4 (97.5–99.0) | 0.6 (0.3–1.1) | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) | 40.8 (37.7–44.0) | 15.4 (13.0–18.1) | 43.8 (40.4–47.2) |