Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

The Scottish Health Survey: Topic Report UK Comparisons


Table 2.2 Self-reported cigarette a smoking status, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over
S, E & W 2008; NI 2005/6

Cigarette smoking status

Age

Total

16-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75+

Men

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Scotland

Never smoked cigarettes

62

44

48

46

38

34

35

45

Used to smoke cigarettes

9

20

21

28

37

49

55

28

Current smoker

28

36

31

26

25

17

10

27

England b

Never smoked cigarettes

62

46

47

45

36

33

31

44

Used to smoke cigarettes

11

20

24

32

46

54

63

32

Current smoker

28

34

30

22

18

13

6

24

Wales

Never smoked

68

46

46

46

35

31

32

45

Used to smoke

7

17

24

29

42

53

58

30

Current smoker

25

37

30

25

22

16

10

25

Northern Ireland

Never smoked cigarettes

50

37

41

34

33

30

35

38

Used to smoke cigarettes

25

28

29

35

49

55

59

36

Current smoker

23

35

30

30

18

14

5

25

Bases (weighted):

Men Scotland

444

479

563

554

480

327

218

3066

Men England

1084

1210

1407

1206

1085

725

539

7256

Men Wales c

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Men Northern Ireland

278

270

302

254

210

142

95

1550

Bases (unweighted):

Men Scotland

237

316

460

534

525

453

304

2829

Men England

738

952

1215

1097

1182

874

648

6706

Men Wales

704

663

959

988

1162

932

625

6033

Men Northern Ireland

153

278

346

305

276

237

152

1747

Women

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Scotland

Never smoked cigarettes

59

46

49

45

44

41

50

48

Used to smoke cigarettes

10

25

22

27

33

42

40

28

Current smoker

30

29

29

28

23

17

11

25

England b

Never smoked cigarettes

63

53

50

53

48

50

54

53

Used to smoke cigarettes

13

23

25

27

36

37

38

28

Current smoker

25

25

25

20

16

13

8

20

Wales

Never smoked

61

48

50

52

47

53

56

52

Used to smoke

12

23

22

23

33

34

35

25

Current smoker

27

30

28

25

21

13

9

22

Northern Ireland

Never smoked cigarettes

49

42

47

44

47

56

64

48

Used to smoke cigarettes

20

24

23

24

28

27

27

25

Current smoker

31

34

29

31

24

16

8

26

Bases (weighted):

Women Scotland

426

487

616

586

502

382

348

3348

Women England

1047

1212

1431

1233

1123

795

785

7626

Women Wales c

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Women Northern Ireland

280

291

331

272

234

175

172

1755

Bases (unweighted):

Women Scotland

321

451

648

628

631

513

408

3600

Women England

883

1217

1512

1374

1366

994

946

8292

Women Wales

779

831

1181

1122

1322

1010

852

7097

Women Northern Ireland

254

428

501

417

335

312

251

2498

a The Welsh Health Survey asks about smoking, the other three countries ask specifically about cigarette smoking.
b The HSE 2008 report Table 11.1 presents figures for regular current and ex-cigarette smoking, the figures in this table are for all smoking (regular or occasional), so they differ to those in the HSE report. See Appendix A for further details.
c Weighted bases are not included in the published Welsh Health Survey tables.

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