Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 4.2

Self-reported cigarette smoking status, by age within minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over
              1999

Self-reported cigarette smoking status
Age group
           
Men
     
Women
   
 
16-34
35-54 55 + All men  
16-34
35-54 55 + All women
Observed %
                   

Black Caribbean
Current cigarette smoker 32 48 29 35 35 27 8 25
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 9 18 28 18 11 13 7 11
Never regular cigarette smoker 59 34 43 47 54 60 86 64

Indian
Current cigarette smoker 25 23 19 23 10 3 2 6
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 8 10 24 12 2 0 3 1
Never regular cigarette smoker 68 67 57 65 88 96 95 93

Pakistani
Current cigarette smoker 24 31 23 26 5 4 4 5
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 5 9 11 7 2 0 - 1
Never regular cigarette smoker 71 60 65 67 93 95 96 94

Bangladeshi
Current cigarette smoker 37 50 54 44 0 2 4 1
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 4 11 25 10 0 1 4 1
Never regular cigarette smoker 60 39 20 46 99 97 92 98

Chinese
Current cigarette smoker 17 21 10 17 15 8 3 9
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 7 16 39 18 2 3 4 3
Never regular cigarette smoker 77 63 51 65 83 89 93 88

Irish
Current cigarette smoker 50 42 25 39 36 36 25 33
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 13 24 49 29 17 24 35 25
Never regular cigarette smoker 37 34 26 32 47 40 40 42

General population
Current cigarette smoker 35 30 17 27 36 30 15 27
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 11 28 51 31 12 22 30 22
Never regular cigarette smoker 54 42 32 42 52 49 55 52


Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean 141 92 129 362 186 190 122 498
Indian 215 251 124 591 249 255 108 612
Pakistani 184 119 47 349 218 117 31 365
Bangladeshi 68 37 29 134 89 33 14 136
Chinese 33 42 19 95 34 62 17 112
Irish 385 711 448 1544 566 876 543 1985
General population 12237 15705 15171 43113 14681 19174 17782 51637

Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean 207 141 192 540 278 285 178 741
Indian 229 266 125 620 263 275 113 651
Pakistani 312 216 77 605 375 203 56 634
Bangladeshi 261 143 116 520 347 144 58 549
Chinese 105 127 65 297 107 194 58 359
Irish 135 239 162 536 203 300 204 707
General population 1026 1298 1219 3543 1233 1583 1408 4224





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