Current smoking* prevalence (%) (95% CI) by city, sex and age group
| Barquisimeto (n=1848) | Bogota (n=1553) | Buenos Aires (n=1482) | Lima (n=1652) | Mexico City (n=1722) | Quito (n=1638) | Santiago (n=1655) | |
| Overall | 21.8 (19.3–24.2) | 22.2 (19.1–25.2) | 38.6 (36.0–41.2) | 26.6 (23.9–29.4) | 27.3 (25.0–29.5) | 29.9 (27.0–32.7) | 45.4 (42.8–47.9) |
| M | 32.2 (27.7–36.7) | 31.3 (27.1–35.5) | 39.7 (36.2–43.2) | 38.0 (34.2–41.7) | 34.4 (30.2–38.5) | 49.4 (45.9–52.9) | 47.7 (44.2–51.1) |
| W | 14.9 (12.7–17.1) | 15.0 (11.1–18.9) | 37.7 (34.2–41.3) | 15.4 (12.6–18.2) | 21.0 (18.8–23.2) | 10.5 (7.8–13.2) | 43.3 (39.7–46.9) |
| 25–34 years | |||||||
| M | 39.9 (31.1–48.7) | 28.4 (21.6–35.2) | 40.2 (33.7–46.7) | 40.2 (33.8–46.6) | 36.7 (30.2–43.3) | 51.3 (44.2–58.4) | 50.5 (43.5–57.6) |
| W | 8.9 (5.2–12.6) | 13.2 (7.4–18.9) | 38.8 (32.8–44.9) | 16.3 (10.8–21.9) | 20.2 (14.5–25.9) | 9.5 (5.5–13.5) | 50.5 (43.1–57.9) |
| 35–44 years | |||||||
| M | 29.0 (21.7–36.3) | 40.2 (33.7–46.7) | 40.2 (33.7–46.7) | 40.2 (31.8–48.6) | 36.8 (29.4–44.2) | 51.4 (44.8–57.9) | 55.5 (49.2–61.8) |
| W | 22.9 (18.2–27.6) | 18.8 (12.1–25.4) | 39.4 (33.5–45.2) | 15.7 (10.9–20.5) | 24.5 (19.2–29.9) | 12.2 (7.1–17.2) | 41.7 (35.5–47.8) |
| 45–54 years | |||||||
| M | 25.9 (18.6–33.3) | 27.5 (20.1–34.9) | 35.5 (27.7–43.3) | 36.9 (30.1–43.7) | 29.8 (22.2–37.3) | 46.5 (39.0–54.1) | 42.2 (35.5–48.8) |
| W | 15.3 (11.3–19.3) | 14.7 (9.7–19.6) | 41.2 (33.2–49.2) | 17.4 (12.7–22.1) | 21.5 (17.2–25.8) | 12.4 (7.9–16.8) | 46.0 (38.6–53.3) |
| 55–64 years | |||||||
| M | 22.1 (15.2–29.0) | 24.5 (18.5–30.5) | 30.9 (23.7–38.1) | 29.6 (22.7–36.5) | 28.1 (21.5–34.7) | 43.0 (34.9–51.1) | 32.0 (26.4–37.6) |
| W | 9.4 (6.1–12.7) | 10.5 (5.6–15.4) | 28.1 (20.9–35.4) | 9.8 (5.8–13.8) | 14.6 (10.4–18.9) | 6.2 (2.8–9.5) | 28.1 (21.6–34.7) |
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
↵* Current smoking is defined as daily or occasional smoking of cigarettes, cigars or pipes.