Table 4.5

Number of cigarettes smoked, by minority ethnic group

Aged 16 and over and currently smoke cigarettes							1999
Number of cigarettes smoked per day	Minority ethnic group						General population
	Black
Men	Caribbean	Indian	Pakistani	Bangladeshi	Chinese	Irish
Observed %
Light smoker, less than 10 cigarettes
per day	54	47	34	50	40	23	27
Moderate smoker, 10 to less than 20
cigarettes per day	32	38	42	36	40	36	35
Heavy smoker, 20 or more cigarettes
per day	13	14	21	14	19	40	37
Standardised risk ratios
Heavy smoker, 20 or more cigarettes
per day	0.41	0.40	0.58	0.36	0.49	1.06	1
Standard error	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.06	0.13	0.11
Women
Observed %
Light smoker, less than 10 cigarettes
per day	53	[66]	a	a	[54]	28	29
Moderate smoker, 10 to less than 20
cigarettes per day	38	[20]	a	a	[34]	41	44
Heavy smoker, 20 or more cigarettes
per day	9	[14]	a	a	[9]	31	27
Standardised risk ratios
Heavy smoker, 20 or more cigarettes
per day	0.38	[0.40]	a	a	[0.27]	1.18	1
Standard error	0.11	[0.16]	a	a	[0.15]	0.13
Bases (weighted):
Men	126	134	92	59	16	602	11581
Women	125	36	17	2	10	651	13725
Bases (unweighted):
Men	190	134	161	236	53	215	960
Women	181	40	29	7	32	241	1113

^a The sample base for these categories is too small for results to be shown.

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