Table 4.7

Prevalence of chewing tobacco, by age within South Asian minority ethnic group

 

South Asian aged 16 and over										1999
Proportions using chewing tobacco		Age group
		Men					Women
		16-34	35-54	55 +	All men		16-34	35-54	55 +	All women
Observed %
Indian
Uses chewing tobacco	7		6	6	6	1		2	4	2
Uses chewing tobacco, and smokes
cigarettes	5		2	1	3	-		-	-	-
Uses chewing tobacco, but doesn't
smoke cigarettes	2		4	5	4	1		2	4	2
Doesn't use chewing tobacco	93		94	94	94	99		98	96	98
Pakistani
Uses chewing tobacco	2		1	5	2	2		2	-	2
Uses chewing tobacco, and smokes
cigarettes	1		-	1	1	-		1	-	0
Uses chewing tobacco, but doesn't
smoke cigarettes	1		1	4	2	2		2	-	2
Doesn't use chewing tobacco	98		99	95	98	98		98	100	98
Bangladeshi
Uses chewing tobacco	14		23	28	19	15		43	56	26
Uses chewing tobacco, and smokes
cigarettes	10		11	17	12	0		-	2	0
Uses chewing tobacco, but doesn't
smoke cigarettes	4		12	11	8	14		43	53	26
Doesn't use chewing tobacco	86		77	72	81	85		57	44	74
Bases (weighted):
Indian	213		251	124	588	248		255	108	611
Pakistani	179		119	47	345	213		117	31	360
Bangladeshi	65		37	29	132	87		33	14	135
Bases (unweighted):
Indian	224		266	125	615	261		275	113	649
Pakistani	304		216	77	597	364		203	56	623
Bangladeshi	253		143	116	512	340		144	58	542

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