Table 2 Observed prevalence of current smoking between 1980 and 2007 in Australian women aged 20+ years | 1980 | 1983 | 1986 | 1989 | 1992 | 1995 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 |
Age: | | | | | | | | | |
20–24 | 0.397 | 0.437 | 0.408 | 0.377 | 0.362 | 0.339 | 0.276 | 0.280 | 0.212 |
25–29 | 0.390 | 0.337 | 0.387 | 0.367 | 0.328 | 0.350 | 0.270 | 0.277 | 0.267 |
30–34 | 0.353 | 0.314 | 0.307 | 0.304 | 0.287 | 0.329 | 0.273 | 0.250 | 0.217 |
35–39 | 0.329 | 0.282 | 0.285 | 0.264 | 0.276 | 0.251 | 0.252 | 0.233 | 0.213 |
40–44 | 0.284 | 0.277 | 0.292 | 0.242 | 0.255 | 0.266 | 0.247 | 0.251 | 0.220 |
45–49 | 0.198 | 0.370 | 0.246 | 0.288 | 0.273 | 0.150 | 0.197 | 0.211 | 0.242 |
50–54 | 0.311 | 0.252 | 0.270 | 0.279 | 0.175 | 0.210 | 0.182 | 0.184 | 0.199 |
55–59 | 0.255 | 0.284 | 0.235 | 0.176 | 0.168 | 0.183 | 0.168 | 0.153 | 0.155 |
60–69 | 0.227 | 0.220 | 0.206 | 0.196 | 0.178 | 0.147 | 0.111 | 0.106 | 0.123 |
70+ | 0.099 | 0.082 | 0.115 | 0.105 | 0.062 | 0.080 | 0.049 | 0.058 | 0.060 |
overall | 0.290 | 0.286 | 0.278 | 0.261 | 0.239 | 0.231 | 0.197 | 0.194 | 0.184 |