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Hunter & New England
Current daily or occasional smoking by year,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 1997-2006

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Hunter & New EnglandNew South Wales
Year Males Females Persons Males Females Persons
Prev
(95% CI)		Pred
%		Prev
(95% CI)
Pred
%
Prev
(95% CI)
Pred
%
Prev
(95% CI)		Prev
(95% CI)		Prev
(95% CI)
199727.1 (23.9-30.3)
26
23.9 (20.9-26.8)
22
25.5 (23.3-27.6)
24
27.1 (25.8-28.4)
21.1 (20.0-22.1)
24.0 (23.2-24.9)
199824.2 (20.8-27.5)
25
18.3 (15.9-20.7)
22
21.2 (19.1-23.3)
24
26.2 (24.8-27.5)
21.3 (20.2-22.4)
23.7 (22.8-24.6)
200222.2 (18.0-26.4)
23
23.4 (19.6-27.2)
20
22.8 (20.0-25.6)
21
23.9 (22.2-25.6)
19.2 (17.9-20.5)
21.5 (20.5-22.6)
200324.1 (20.0-28.1)
22
21.3 (17.9-24.7)
20
22.7 (20.0-25.3)
21
24.7 (23.0-26.4)
19.7 (18.5-21.0)
22.3 (21.2-23.3)
200417.5 (13.1-21.8)
22
17.9 (14.2-21.7)
19
17.7 (14.9-20.6)
21
22.5 (20.5-24.5)
19.3 (17.8-20.8)
20.9 (19.6-22.1)
200526.1 (21.5-30.7)
21
19.9 (16.7-23.1)
19
22.9 (20.1-25.7)
20
22.6 (20.9-24.3)
17.6 (16.3-18.8)
20.1 (19.0-21.1)
200619.4 (14.5-24.4)
21
15.4 (11.9-18.8)
18
17.4 (14.4-20.4)
20
19.2 (17.3-21.1)
16.2 (14.8-17.7)
17.7 (16.5-18.9)
2007 Forecast-
20
-
18
-
19
20
17
19

Note: Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW:
HNE : 1997 - 2359, 1998 - 2419, 2002 - 1674, 2003 - 1855, 2004 - 1141, 2005 - 1547 and 2006 - 1042.
NSW : 1997 - 17496, 1998 - 17457, 2002 - 12616, 2003 - 13002, 2004 - 9418, 2005 - 11490 and 2006 - 7957.
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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