Current smoking by region,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 31.1 (26.5-35.7) | 31.8 (26.3-37.3) | 31.3 (27.6-34.9) |
| 1998 | 29.2 (24.3-34.0) | 30.5 (25.0-36.0) | 29.5 (25.7-33.3) | |
| 2002 | 25.3 (19.5-31.1) | 21.7 (15.0-28.4) | 24.3 (19.7-28.8) | |
| 2003 | 26.4 (20.6-32.2) | 31.3 (24.8-37.9) | 27.8 (23.3-32.3) | |
| 2004 | 27.7 (20.0-35.3) | 28.5 (19.9-37.2) | 27.9 (21.9-33.9) | |
| 2005 | 23.0 (17.1-28.9) | 32.1 (24.1-40.1) | 25.4 (20.5-30.2) | |
| 2006 | 17.3 (11.2-23.4) | 23.9 (13.8-34.1) | 19.1 (13.8-24.4) | |
| 2007 | 20.5 (13.6-27.3) | 23.7 (14.8-32.5) | 21.4 (15.9-26.9) | |
| Females | 1997 | 27.9 (23.4-32.4) | 32.4 (27.2-37.6) | 29.2 (25.6-32.7) |
| 1998 | 28.5 (23.8-33.1) | 26.7 (21.7-31.6) | 28.0 (24.3-31.6) | |
| 2002 | 27.0 (21.4-32.7) | 27.1 (20.2-34.1) | 27.1 (22.6-31.6) | |
| 2003 | 22.4 (17.5-27.3) | 31.6 (24.5-38.8) | 24.8 (20.7-28.9) | |
| 2004 | 26.0 (19.4-32.5) | 20.6 (14.2-27.0) | 24.5 (19.4-29.5) | |
| 2005 | 21.1 (15.8-26.4) | 22.0 (15.9-28.1) | 21.3 (17.1-25.5) | |
| 2006 | 16.7 (11.0-22.3) | 19.1 (12.1-26.2) | 17.3 (12.8-21.9) | |
| 2007 | 14.9 (9.7-20.2) | 11.0 (4.9-17.0) | 13.8 (9.7-17.9) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 29.5 (26.3-32.7) | 32.1 (28.3-35.9) | 30.2 (27.7-32.8) |
| 1998 | 28.8 (25.5-32.2) | 28.6 (24.9-32.4) | 28.8 (26.1-31.4) | |
| 2002 | 26.2 (22.1-30.2) | 24.3 (19.4-29.2) | 25.6 (22.4-28.8) | |
| 2003 | 25.0 (21.2-28.8) | 31.8 (27.0-36.6) | 26.9 (23.8-30.0) | |
| 2004 | 26.8 (21.8-31.9) | 24.6 (19.2-30.0) | 26.2 (22.3-30.2) | |
| 2005 | 22.0 (18.1-26.0) | 26.9 (21.9-31.9) | 23.3 (20.1-26.5) | |
| 2006 | 17.0 (12.8-21.2) | 21.6 (15.3-27.9) | 18.2 (14.7-21.7) | |
| 2007 | 17.7 (13.4-22.1) | 17.6 (12.2-23.0) | 17.7 (14.2-21.2) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,867), 1998 (1,745), 2002 (1,177), 2003 (1,253), 2004 ( 815), 2005 ( 937), 2006 ( 644), 2007 ( 596). The indicator includes those who smoked daily or occasionally. The question used to define the indicator was: Which of the following best describes your smoking status: Smoke daily, Smoke occasionally, Do not smoke now, but I used to, I have tried it a few times but never smoked regularly, or I have never smoked? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 June 2008 |