Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and smoking status in the study cohort

CharacteristicsMalesFemales
n(%)n(%)
Age (years)
 41–503 618(32.6)1402(42.5)
 51–603 946(35.5)1033(31.3)
 61–702 536(22.9)638(19.3)
 ⩾711 002(9.0)228(6.9)
Educational level
 No formal  education1 808(16.3)1857(56.3)
 Elementary school6 556(59.1)1196(36.2)
 High school2 016(18.2)184(5.6)
 College or above498 (4.5)24(0.7)
 Unknown218 (2.0)40(1.2)
Residence
 Metropolitan1 029 (9.3)965(29.2)
 Urban3 281(29.6)597(18.1)
 Rural6 198(55.9)1160(35.1)
 Unknown588 (5.3)579(17.5)
Smoking status
 Never-smoker4 613(41.6)3160(95.7)
 Former smoker1 258(11.3)11(0.3)
 Current smoker5 225(47.1)130(3.9)
Total11 096(100.0)3301(100.0)