Table 4

Percentage of adults 15 and older in Egypt and Ukraine who believe that smoking waterpipe tobacco causes serious illness, by smoking status and selected demographic characteristics, GATS 2008–2010

EgyptUkraine
Demographic characteristicsYesNoDon't KnowYesNoDon't Know
% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)
Overall97.4 (97.0–97.8)0.6 (0.4–0.9)2.0 (1.7–2.3)31.4 (29.6–33.2)11.2 (10.1–12.5)57.4 (55.4–59.3)
Smoking Status
 Current smoker97.4 (96.7–98.0)1.0 (0.6–1.4)1.6 (1.2–2.2)24.9 (22.4–27.5)17.6 (15.3–20.2)57.5 (54.6–60.4)
 Non-smoker97.4 (97.0–97.8)0.5 (0.3–0.8)2.1 (1.8–2.4)34.0 (32.0–36.1)8.6 (7.6–9.9)57.3 (55.2–59.4)
Water Pipe Smoking Status
 Current smoker of water pipe95.4 (92.4–97.3)2.4 (1.1–5.1)2.2 (1.1–4.5)27.9 (19.4–38.3)51.3 (41.0–61.5)20.8 (13.4–31.0)
 Non-smoker of water pipe97.5 (97.1–97.8)0.5 (0.4–0.8)2.0 (1.7–2.3)31.5 (29.7–33.3)10.4 (9.3–11.6)58.1 (56.2–60.1)
Gender
 Male97.5 (96.9–98.0)0.8 (0.5–1.4)1.6 (1.3–2.0)31.3 (29.1–33.5)13.8 (12.3–15.5)54.9 (52.6–57.3)
 Female97.3 (96.8–97.7)0.3 (0.2–0.5)2.4 (2.0–2.8)31.5 (29.3–33.7)9.1 (7.8–10.6)59.4 (57.1–61.7)
Age
 15–1796.8 (94.9–98.0)0.9 (0.3–2.2)2.4 (1.4–3.8)32.2 (24.4–41.2)22.5 (16.0–30.6)45.3 (36.4–54.5)
 18–2498.3 (97.6–98.8)0.5 (0.2–1.0)1.3 (0.9–1.8)34.5 (29.9–39.4)27.7 (23.4–32.3)37.8 (33.3–42.6)
 25–3997.9 (97.4–98.3)0.5 (0.3–1.0)1.6 (1.2–2.0)33.8 (31.1–36.6)13.0 (11.1–15.2)53.2 (50.3–56.1)
 40–5497.3 (96.6–97.8)0.7 (0.4–1.1)2.1 (1.6–2.7)33.2 (30.6–36.0)7.3 (5.9–8.9)59.5 (56.7–62.3)
 55+95.3 (94.2–96.1)0.6 (0.4–1.0)4.1 (3.3–5.1)26.4 (24.1–28.9)3.8 (3.0–4.7)69.8 (67.2–72.2)
Place of residence
 Urban98.0 (97.6–98.4)0.5 (0.3–0.7)1.5 (1.2–1.8)33.5 (31.3–35.8)13.3 (11.7–15.0)53.2 (50.7–55.7)
 Rural96.9 (96.2–97.4)0.7 (0.4–1.2)2.4 (2.0–2.9)26.8 (24.2–29.6)7.0 (5.7–8.5)66.2 (63.3–69.0)
Education
 No formal education/Less than primary95.8 (95.1–96.4)0.8 (0.5–1.2)3.4 (2.9–4.0)18.5 (9.7–32.5)2.2 (0.8–6.2)79.3 (64.9–88.8)
 Completed primary/Less than secondary98.0 (96.7–98.8)0.6 (0.2–2.0)1.4 (0.8–2.4)14.9 (12.2–18.1)6.3 (4.4–8.9)78.8 (74.9–82.2)
 Completed secondary or high school98.6 (98.2–99.0)0.4 (0.2–0.7)1.0 (0.7–1.3)31.0 (29.1–33.1)10.6 (9.3–12.0)58.4 (56.2–60.5)
 Completed college/university or above98.4 (97.5–99.0)0.6 (0.3–1.1)1.0 (0.5–1.8)40.8 (37.7–44.0)15.4 (13.0–18.1)43.8 (40.4–47.2)