Smoking status of platinum mine employees by race and age group
| Smoking status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never smokers, n (%) | Continuous smokers,n (%) | Ever smokers, n (%) | New smokers, n (%)* | Ex-smokers, n (%)* | ||
| Race, age group (years) | N | 14 046 (100) | 5831 (100) | 11 228 (100) | 1217 (100) | 4645 (100) |
| *These two categories are not mutually exclusive as someone could both start and quit during the 5-year period. | ||||||
| Black | ||||||
| <25 | 1629 | 1188 (72.9) | 245 (15.0) | 441 (27.1) | 93 (5.7) | 130 (8.0) |
| 25–34 | 5108 | 2996 (58.7) | 1097 (21.5) | 2112 (41.3) | 250 (4.9) | 859 (16.8) |
| 35–44 | 10 101 | 5263 (52.1) | 2350 (23.3) | 4838 (47.9) | 479 (4.7) | 2218 (22.0) |
| 45–54 | 4496 | 2499 (55.6) | 861 (19.2) | 1997 (44.4) | 229 (5.1) | 1005 (22.4) |
| 55–66 | 786 | 453 (57.6) | 163 (20.7) | 333 (42.4) | 44 (5.6) | 143 (18.2) |
| Total | 22 120 | 12 399 (56.1) | 4716 (21.3) | 9721 (43.9) | 1095 (5.0) | 4355 (19.7) |
| White | ||||||
| <25 | 975 | 526 (53.9) | 365 (37.4) | 449 (46.1) | 52 (5.3) | 40 (4.1) |
| 25–34 | 888 | 456 (51.4) | 322 (36.3) | 432 (48.6) | 34 (3.8) | 83 (9.3) |
| 35–44 | 826 | 403 (48.8) | 304 (36.8) | 423 (51.2) | 27 (3.3) | 95 (11.5) |
| 45–54 | 401 | 214 (53.4) | 117 (29.2) | 187 (46.6) | 7 (1.7) | 65 (16.2) |
| 55–66 | 64 | 48 (75.0) | 7 (10.9) | 16 (25.0) | 2 (3.1) | 7 (10.9) |
| Total | 3154 | 1647 (52.2) | 1115 (35.4) | 1507 (47.8) | 122 (3.9) | 290 (9.2) |