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Hunter & New England
Current daily or occasional smoking by age,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2001-2006

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Hunter & New EnglandNew South Wales
Age
(years)		 Males Females Persons Males Females Persons
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( 95% CI)
All Ages
19.4 (14.5-24.4)
15.4 (11.9-18.8)
17.4 (14.4-20.4)
19.2 (17.3-21.1)
16.2 (14.8-17.7)
17.7 (16.5-18.9)
16-24
25.1 (6.6-43.7)
14.9 (4.0-25.7)
20.0 (9.1-31.0)
19.1 (13.8-24.4)
17.3 (12.8-21.9)
18.2 (14.7-21.7)
25-34
21.0 (5.6-36.4)
22.2 (10.6-33.8)
21.6 (12.0-31.2)
29.4 (23.1-35.8)
22.3 (17.7-27.0)
25.9 (21.9-29.8)
35-44
21.2 (9.4-32.9)
21.6 (10.7-32.4)
21.4 (13.4-29.4)
22.0 (17.4-26.5)
19.8 (16.2-23.5)
20.9 (18.0-23.8)
45-54
24.8 (13.7-35.9)
18.3 (10.8-25.9)
21.6 (14.8-28.3)
20.6 (16.6-24.5)
16.8 (13.8-19.8)
18.7 (16.2-21.2)
55-64
20.9 (11.4-30.4)
11.8 (6.4-17.2)
16.3 (10.8-21.8)
14.2 (11.1-17.3)
14.9 (12.1-17.8)
14.6 (12.5-16.7)
65-74
9.7 (2.3-17.2)
7.1 (2.8-11.5)
8.4 (4.1-12.7)
9.4 (6.6-12.2)
7.6 (5.6-9.5)
8.5 (6.8-10.1)
75+
0.0 (0.0-0.0)
4.8 (0.0-9.7)
2.8 (0.0-5.7)
3.1 (1.3-4.8)
4.6 (2.7-6.5)
4.0 (2.6-5.3)

Note: Estimates are based on 1,042 respondents in Hunter & New England and 7,957 in NSW. For this indicator 0 (0.00%) were ‘not stated’ (Don't know or Refused) in Hunter & New England and 5 (0.06%) were ‘not stated’ (Don't know or Refused) in NSW.
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 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
Print version: Although this page can be printed directly from your web browser, a higher quality version is available as a PDF file that can be printed or viewed on screen.
Downloadable files: The data contained in the table are available for download as a CSV file and the graph is available for download as an GIF file.
Produced by: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 1 August 2006
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