Comparison of trends in smoking prevalence in the South African National population and platinum mine employees, by race, 1998–2002
| Year | Black men | White men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General population* | Data of mine employees | General population* | Data of mine employees | |||
| Crude | Standardised† | Crude | Standardised† | |||
| *Source: AMPS data. | ||||||
| †Standardised to 2001 general population.19 | ||||||
| 1998 | 46.2 | 42.9 | 39.6 | 43.1 | 47.2 | 44.3 |
| 1999 | 44.6 | 40.3 | 36.3 | 43.1 | 45.3 | 42.1 |
| 2000 | 42.3 | 32.4 | 29.9 | 39.5 | 38.4 | 36.3 |
| 2001 | 37.9 | 30.4 | 27.2 | 39.0 | 38.3 | 37.7 |
| 2002 | 38.2 | 29.8 | 26.1 | 42.2 | 44.7 | 42.4 |