Prevalence—percentage of students age 13–15 years who used tobacco: Global Youth Tobacco Survey 1999–2001
| All students | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Ever smoked cigarettes, even one or two puffs | Currently use any tobacco product | Currently smoke cigarettes | Currently use other tobacco products | Ever smokers, smoked first cigarette before age 10 | Current smokers, smoke > 6 cigarettes per day |
| ( ) Data presented as 95% confidence intervals [SE*1.96]. | ||||||
| *Smoked cigarettes or used other tobacco products on ≥1 of the 30 days preceding the survey. | ||||||
| †Sample size <35. | ||||||
| NA, Not available, question was not asked | ||||||
| Overall median | 33.0 | 18.7 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 23.9 | 9.4 |
| AFRO | ||||||
| Ghana 2000 | 10.2 (2.8) | 16.8 (3.5) | 4.2 (1.7) | 14.5 (3.4) | 39.8 (13.2) | 11.2 (11.2) |
| Malawi | ||||||
| Blantyre 2001 | 15.0 (7.1) | 16.7 (3.4) | 2.4 (2.2) | 14.7 (2.8) | 46.6 (11.3) | † |
| Lilongwe 2001 | 18.9 (5.2) | 16.9 (3.2) | 6.1 (1.9) | 12.9 (2.1) | 44.2 (8.6) | 5.9 (6.7) |
| Nigeria | ||||||
| Cross River State 2001 | 14.6 (5.4) | 18.1 (3.9) | 7.0 (3.0) | 14.0 (3.2) | 25.8 (7.0) | 22.6 (14.6) |
| South Africa 1999 | 44.2 (6.0) | 24.3 (3.0) | 17.6 (2.5) | 11.8 (3.4) | 19.9 (3.2) | 14.6 (4.7) |
| Zimbabwe | ||||||
| Harare 1999 | 26.5 (5.6) | 18.0 (5.0) | 10.7 (3.4) | 9.5 (3.4) | 27.3 (7.2) | 10.6 (7.0) |
| Manicaland 1999 | 20.4 (4.7) | 18.5 (4.9) | 10.0 (3.7) | 13.2 (4.5) | 31.2 (12.8) | 11.9 (7.6) |
| AMRO/PAHO | ||||||
| Antigua & Barbuda 2000 | 22.0 (3.3) | 13.0 (2.4) | 4.9 (1.5) | 9.6 (2.2) | 26.0 (5.4) | 1.8 (3.4) |
| Argentina | ||||||
| Buenos Aires 2000 | 55.1 (3.9) | 28.1 (3.4) | 25.3 (3.6) | 7.0 (1.1) | 6.1 (2.2) | 20.5 (4.1) |
| Bahamas 2000 | 28.9 (3.2) | 16.0 (2.6) | 7.1 (1.9) | 11.8 (2.2) | 24.6 (7.1) | 7.6 (6.3) |
| Barbados 1999 | 34.7 (6.1) | 16.9 (3.9) | 10.8 (4.0) | 9.0 (2.2) | 25.0 (4.3) | 9.7 (10.6) |
| Bolivia | ||||||
| Cochabamba 2000 | 50.3 (4.6) | 24.6 (2.8) | 20.8 (2.8) | 9.0 (1.7) | 14.7 (2.0) | 4.9 (1.9) |
| La Paz 2000 | 52.4 (4.0) | 27.3 (3.0) | 23.2 (2.9) | 9.8 (1.6) | 11.8 (1.7) | 4.3 (1.5) |
| Santa Cruz 2000 | 53.6 (3.2) | 27.4 (1.8) | 22.9 (2.0) | 8.8 (1.4) | 16.3 (3.2) | 4.1 (2.0) |
| Chile | ||||||
| Coquimbo 2000 | 69.6 (6.8) | 40.2 (5.6) | 39.6 (6.4) | 6.4 (1.1) | 11.9 (2.1) | 4.4 (2.6) |
| Santiago 2000 | 71.5 (3.7) | 38.3 (3.7) | 38.4 (3.7) | 6.6 (1.1) | 15.8 (2.6) | 5.6 (1.7) |
| Valparaíso—Viña del Mar 2000 | 68.4 (4.2) | 35.3 (6.7) | 36.1 (6.0) | 5.3 (2.2) | 15.8 (3.4) | 4.5 (2.8) |
| Costa Rica 1999 | 44.4 (2.8) | 20.8 (2.0) | 17.8 (2.1) | 6.4 (0.9) | 10.9 (1.5) | 13.8 (4.1) |
| Cuba | ||||||
| Havana 2001 | 33.9 (6.8) | 19.2 (3.3) | 14.9 (3.6) | 6.1 (1.2) | 10.1 (3.8) | 9.3 (4.5) |
| Dominica 2000 | 31.5 (4.3) | 19.3 (3.2) | 11.6 (2.8) | 10.7 (2.3) | 22.5 (6.6) | 5.8 (5.2) |
| Grenada 2000 | 26.9 (3.4) | 14.4 (1.9) | 8.3 (1.7) | 8.7 (1.8) | 32.4 (5.0) | 7.3 (5.2) |
| Guyana 2000 | 26.9 (6.3) | 15.3 (3.9) | 8.2 (3.1) | 8.4 (2.2) | 38.2 (9.6) | 8.8 (9.1) |
| Haiti | ||||||
| Port-au-Prince 2001 | 25.7 (7.8) | 20.7 (4.8) | 12.7 (3.8) | 10.7 (4.6) | 15.9 (6.2) | 3.7 (5.4) |
| Jamaica 2001 | 33.0 (4.6) | 19.3 (3.6) | 15.8 (3.4) | 7.8 (1.8) | 36.0 (5.8) | 3.9 (3.2) |
| Mexico | ||||||
| Monterrey 2000 | 52.0 (4.5) | 21.7 (3.1) | 19.0 (3.0) | 7.3 (1.6) | 11.9 (3.3) | 6.2 (2.9) |
| Montserrat 2000 | 20.6 (10.9) | 12.5 (7.8) | 5.6 (7.5) | 9.4 (5.2) | † | † |
| Peru | ||||||
| Huancayo 2000 | 47.1 (6.0) | 20.1 (3.9) | 15.6 (3.7) | 7.6 (2.1) | 18.1 (4.7) | 3.1 (2.6) |
| Lima 2000 | 54.6 (4.8) | 21.8 (3.4) | 18.6 (3.5) | 6.3 (1.9) | 13.5 (2.5) | 2.6 (2.2) |
| Tarapoto 2000 | 42.5 (6.7) | 17.5 (3.0) | 14.3 (3.3) | 5.6 (2.1) | 10.9 (3.6) | 1.0 (1.9) |
| Trujillo 2000 | 46.5 (7.3) | 18.7 (2.6) | 16.3 (3.6) | 5.3 (1.8) | 12.3 (3.3) | 4.2 (3.2) |
| St Lucia 2001 | 34.7 (2.6) | 13.4 (2.8) | 9.5 (2.4) | 7.1 (2.1) | 31.2 (5.8) | 10.9 (8.2) |
| St Vincent & the Grenadines 2001 | 32.6 (3.6) | 13.8 (2.6) | 13.8 (2.6) | NA | 35.0 (6.2) | 6.6 (5.3) |
| Suriname 2000 | 48.3 (5.4) | 14.3 (3.2) | 10.8 (3.1) | 6.0 (1.7) | 23.8 (6.0) | 15.9 (16.2) |
| Trinidad & Tobago 2000 | 37.9 (3.0) | 14.3 (1.3) | 12.0 (1.3) | 4.8 (1.0) | 19.3 (4.0) | 2.2 (1.8) |
| USA 2000 | 49.5 (2.2) | 23.1 (1.7) | 17.7 (1.5) | 14.5 (1.3) | 23.6 (2.0) | 21.5 (2.2) |
| Uruguay | ||||||
| Colonia 2001 | 38.9 (8.1) | 18.6 (6.2) | 16.3 (6.6) | 6.5 (3.0) | 6.9 (4.5) | 17.1 (7.8) |
| Maldonado 2001 | 54.3 (4.8) | 24.1 (3.4) | 21.0 (3.5) | 8.4 (2.3) | 9.7 (2.6) | 18.5 (6.3) |
| Montevideo 2001 | 57.4 (4.6) | 29.9 (3.9) | 26.5 (3.7) | 10.2 (2.1) | 8.6 (2.3) | 16.8 (6.2) |
| Rivera 2001 | 49.0 (4.6) | 23.1 (3.7) | 21.0 (3.6) | 7.3 (2.0) | 9.6 (3.4) | 16.7 (6.4) |
| Venezuela 1999 | 21.9 (3.2) | 14.8 (2.3) | 7.4 (1.7) | 8.7 (1.5) | 12.1 (3.7) | 4.0 (2.8) |
| Virgin Islands (Am.) 2001 | 25.3 (3.0) | 8.5 (1.7) | 3.6 (1.2) | 6.7 (1.5) | 25.9 (7.6) | 11.7 (8.4) |
| EMRO | ||||||
| Gaza Strip and West Bank | ||||||
| Gaza Strip 2001 | 35.5 (7.8) | 10.4 (3.3) | 9.0 (2.8) | 5.5 (2.8) | 26.1 (4.7) | 12.8 (5.1) |
| North West Bank 2001 | 50.4 (8.4) | 16.8 (6.0) | 14.1 (5.9) | 9.9 (3.7) | 24.0 (4.7) | 7.3 (3.7) |
| Middle West Bank 2001 | 47.6 (6.3) | 17.9 (6.2) | 14.7 (5.9) | 11.2 (4.0) | 20.4 (3.8) | 16.9 (6.2) |
| South West Bank 2001 | 49.7 (7.3) | 16.8 (3.7) | 13.9 (3.6) | 9.7 (2.5) | 22.7 (2.8) | 11.6 (1.8) |
| Jordan 1999 | 34.3 (4.0) | 20.6 (3.2) | 16.6 (2.9) | 11.2 (2.2) | 26.1 (3.5) | 13.2 (3.1) |
| EURO | ||||||
| Poland | ||||||
| Urban 1999 | 66.5 (3.2) | 30.3 (3.4) | 25.0 (3.2) | 11.4 (2.9) | 25.2 (3.4) | 27.6 (6.0) |
| Rural 1999 | 57.6 (4.5) | 18.4 (2.7) | 15.2 (2.6) | 5.4 (1.4) | 36.5 (4.0) | 19.5 (5.7) |
| Russian Federation | ||||||
| Moscow 1999 | 67.2 (2.7) | 35.1 (2.5) | 33.4 (2.8) | 10.7 (1.3) | 22.4 (1.9) | 29.9 (3.8) |
| Ukraine | ||||||
| Kiev 1999 | 73.6 (2.7) | 34.6 (2.9) | 33.9 (3.1) | 6.8 (1.2) | 26.6 (2.5) | NA |
| SEARO | ||||||
| India | ||||||
| Assam 2001 | 16.9 (4.1) | 36.1 (5.5) | 10.0 (3.2) | 26.8 (5.1) | 84.5 (6.3) | 2.8 (3.0) |
| Arunachal Pradesh 2001 | 20.3 (2.3) | 50.1 (5.6) | 13.5 (2.9) | 37.2 (5.9) | 65.0 (10.0) | 16.8 (6.4) |
| Bihar 2000 | 19.5 (4.2) | 59.9 (7.8) | 13.9 (4.0) | 46.7 (6.7) | 39.5 (9.2) | 2.3 (2.3) |
| Goa 2000 | 3.7 (1.0) | 3.3 (1.3) | 0.5 (0.3) | 2.9 (1.1) | † | † |
| Maharashtra 2000 | 8.6 (2.7) | 9.6 (2.6) | 2.5 (1.2) | 7.7 (2.1) | 52.5 (14.9) | 9.4 (10.0) |
| Manipur 2001 | 21.2 (3.2) | 62.3 (13.4) | 15.7 (3.6) | 47.4 (10.6) | 87.8 (9.7) | 13.1 (6.0) |
| Meghalay 2001 | 17.9 (4.3) | 43.9 (10.1) | 11.0 (4.7) | 33.9 (7.6) | 53.6 (20.6) | 9.1 (3.2) |
| Mizoram 2001 | 30.1 (2.7) | 53.3 (4.3) | 22.8 (3.3) | 32.4 (3.5) | 27.0 (6.7) | 11.7 (5.2) |
| Nagaland 2001 | 28.5 (7.2) | 62.8 (3.4) | 18.8 (4.4) | 45.5 (5.6) | 54.4 (8.1) | 10.7 (5.7) |
| Sikkim 2001 | 24.6 (3.6) | 54.7 (5.0) | 18.1 (4.2) | 38.0 (4.5) | 86.8 (3.9) | 17.4 (14.9) |
| Tamil Nadu 2000 | 3.4 (0.9) | 4.8 (1.0) | 0.9 (0.4) | 4.0 (0.9) | 21.5 (12.0) | † |
| Tripura 2001 | 12.5 (5.4) | 44.6 (10.1) | 10.4 (5.0) | 34.8 (8.9) | 81.4 (13.2) | 9.4 (7.1) |
| West Bengal 2000 | 9.8 (1.8) | 11.5 (2.2) | 3.1 (1.0) | 8.6 (1.8) | 12.0 (5.1) | 8.2 (8.9) |
| Indonesia | ||||||
| Jakarta 2000 | 46.7 (4.2) | 22.0 (3.8) | 21.8 (3.9) | 2.5 (0.9) | 19.0 (3.9) | 3.0 (2.1) |
| Nepal 2001 | 6.5 (2.8) | 7.8 (3.0) | 2.6 (1.2) | 5.9 (2.4) | 23.1 (10.1) | † |
| Sri Lanka 1999 | 12.1 (2.9) | 9.9 (1.5) | 4.0 (1.4) | 7.2 (1.1) | 25.4 (8.7) | NA |
| WPRO | ||||||
| China | ||||||
| Chongqing 1999 | 30.1 (3.8) | 14.6 (2.3) | 6.3 (1.5) | 9.6 (1.4) | 39.2 (5.1) | 7.1 (3.4) |
| Guangdong 1999 | 21.6 (1.7) | 10.3 (1.2) | 4.5 (1.0) | 6.7 (1.0) | 37.7 (4.9) | 19.4 (9.6) |
| Shandong 1999 | 16.2 (4.0) | 8.6 (1.7) | 2.4 (0.9) | 6.9 (1.6) | 20.5 (7.7) | 3.3 (3.6) |
| Tianjin 1999 | 21.6 (2.5) | 9.7 (1.7) | 5.7 (1.6) | 4.9 (1.1) | 27.3 (3.8) | 10.8 (7.7) |
| Fiji 1999 | 32.8 (5.6) | 15.1 (3.8) | 10.4 (3.4) | 7.9 (2.2) | 21.6 (5.0) | 6.8 (5.8) |
| Northern Mariana Islands 2000 | 79.8 (6.4) | 62.4 (5.5) | 39.2 (4.9) | 52.7 (4.7) | 31.0 (4.4) | 16.0 (4.5) |
| Palau 2000 | 61.4 (4.6) | 58.5 (3.6) | 21.6 (3.5) | 53.5 (3.5) | 31.9 (6.1) | 7.2 (4.4) |
| Philippines 2000 | 39.0 (3.3) | 23.3 (2.4) | 18.2 (2.5) | 11.1 (1.2) | 14.1 (3.0) | 6.5 (2.4) |
| Singapore 2000 | 21.5 (1.4) | 9.1 (1.1) | 9.1 (1.1) | NA | 22.7 (1.8) | 21.3 (2.8) |