Current smoking by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 31.5 (21.7-41.2) | 29.0 (21.4-36.7) | 30.8 (23.4-38.2) | 27.5 (20.1-34.9) | 36.4 (28.4-44.4) | 31.3 (27.6-34.9) |
| 1998 | 30.1 (20.3-39.9) | 20.6 (12.5-28.6) | 33.2 (25.0-41.4) | 29.3 (21.7-36.9) | 32.2 (23.9-40.5) | 29.5 (25.7-33.3) | |
| 2002 | 21.2 (10.4-31.9) | 25.1 (13.0-37.3) | 26.2 (15.1-37.4) | 27.4 (18.3-36.5) | 20.1 (12.0-28.2) | 24.3 (19.7-28.8) | |
| 2003 | 25.6 (13.4-37.9) | 25.4 (15.3-35.5) | 25.3 (15.6-34.9) | 34.1 (24.5-43.7) | 27.3 (18.0-36.6) | 27.8 (23.3-32.3) | |
| 2004 | 37.0 (21.2-52.8) | 18.8 (8.9-28.7) | 26.6 (15.4-37.7) | 21.7 (10.2-33.2) | 32.6 (18.3-46.9) | 27.9 (21.9-33.9) | |
| 2005 | 21.7 (10.6-32.9) | 10.4 (3.7-17.0) | 33.0 (21.2-44.9) | 25.4 (13.5-37.3) | 32.7 (20.9-44.6) | 25.4 (20.5-30.2) | |
| 2006 | 15.6 (3.8-27.5) | 15.8 (5.5-26.2) | 21.5 (10.4-32.6) | 22.5 (9.4-35.6) | 16.0 (4.1-27.8) | 19.1 (13.8-24.4) | |
| 2007 | 10.6 (0.7-20.6) | 23.6 (10.1-37.1) | 22.1 (11.1-33.0) | 24.0 (10.4-37.6) | 27.4 (14.1-40.7) | 21.4 (15.9-26.9) | |
| Females | 1997 | 32.7 (23.2-42.2) | 22.6 (15.4-29.8) | 31.4 (24.1-38.8) | 30.4 (22.9-37.9) | 28.9 (21.7-36.1) | 29.2 (25.6-32.7) |
| 1998 | 22.3 (13.4-31.3) | 27.7 (19.8-35.7) | 27.9 (20.6-35.1) | 35.0 (26.7-43.3) | 26.6 (18.7-34.5) | 28.0 (24.3-31.6) | |
| 2002 | 18.6 (5.6-31.7) | 30.0 (18.0-42.1) | 24.8 (16.2-33.3) | 30.7 (22.0-39.4) | 27.8 (19.2-36.5) | 27.1 (22.6-31.6) | |
| 2003 | 32.5 (18.9-46.0) | 30.9 (20.5-41.2) | 27.2 (19.1-35.3) | 17.7 (12.0-23.3) | 19.3 (10.2-28.3) | 24.8 (20.7-28.9) | |
| 2004 | 24.1 (11.0-37.1) | 25.2 (14.0-36.4) | 25.3 (13.8-36.8) | 25.8 (15.9-35.6) | 22.8 (11.9-33.7) | 24.5 (19.4-29.5) | |
| 2005 | 21.5 (11.7-31.3) | 16.3 (9.0-23.7) | 15.7 (5.5-25.9) | 21.4 (10.9-31.9) | 28.1 (17.8-38.4) | 21.3 (17.1-25.5) | |
| 2006 | 10.6 (1.9-19.4) | 12.3 (4.2-20.3) | 15.3 (5.7-24.9) | 13.6 (5.8-21.3) | 32.2 (20.1-44.4) | 17.3 (12.8-21.9) | |
| 2007 | 4.9 (0.0-10.5) | 15.5 (5.8-25.1) | 15.8 (7.2-24.4) | 13.9 (2.8-25.1) | 16.0 (6.5-25.5) | 13.8 (9.7-17.9) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 32.1 (25.3-38.9) | 26.0 (20.7-31.3) | 31.1 (25.9-36.3) | 29.0 (23.7-34.2) | 32.8 (27.3-38.2) | 30.2 (27.7-32.8) |
| 1998 | 26.2 (19.5-32.9) | 24.4 (18.7-30.0) | 30.7 (25.1-36.3) | 32.2 (26.5-37.8) | 29.6 (23.8-35.4) | 28.8 (26.1-31.4) | |
| 2002 | 20.0 (11.7-28.4) | 27.9 (19.2-36.5) | 25.5 (18.4-32.6) | 28.9 (22.6-35.3) | 24.0 (18.0-30.0) | 25.6 (22.4-28.8) | |
| 2003 | 29.0 (19.9-38.2) | 28.1 (20.9-35.4) | 26.3 (20.0-32.5) | 25.6 (19.8-31.4) | 23.5 (17.0-30.1) | 26.9 (23.8-30.0) | |
| 2004 | 31.6 (20.8-42.5) | 22.1 (14.5-29.7) | 26.0 (17.9-34.1) | 24.0 (16.4-31.5) | 27.1 (18.3-35.9) | 26.2 (22.3-30.2) | |
| 2005 | 21.6 (14.2-29.1) | 13.5 (8.5-18.5) | 24.6 (16.6-32.6) | 23.4 (15.5-31.3) | 30.3 (22.5-38.1) | 23.3 (20.1-26.5) | |
| 2006 | 13.2 (5.8-20.6) | 14.0 (7.5-20.6) | 18.5 (11.1-25.9) | 18.5 (10.3-26.7) | 24.0 (15.4-32.6) | 18.2 (14.7-21.7) | |
| 2007 | 8.2 (2.0-14.4) | 19.6 (11.2-28.0) | 18.8 (11.9-25.7) | 19.2 (10.3-28.0) | 21.7 (13.4-29.9) | 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 |