Table 5

Proportion of ‘at least weekly’ use of nicotine across each diagnostic category in N=2084 young (12–30 years) female and male patients

 Females (N=370/1119)Males (N=380/965)
Age% at least weeklyAge% at least weekly
Depression18.9±3.130.5 (147/482)19.2±3.639.2 (122/311)
Bipolar20.7±3.244.5 (49/110)20.6±3.640.4 (21/52)
Anxiety18.3±3.124.9 (54/217)19.6±3.024.8 (38/153)
Psychosis21.3±4.637.5 (18/48)21.7±3.553.8 (56/104)
Beh/Dev16.7±3.243.5 (30/69)17.0±3.239.9 (65/163)
Substance use19.8±3.284.6 (11/13)19.3±2.870.4 (19/27)
Personality18.1±3.145.8 (11/24)18.4±3.263.6 (7/11)
Eating disorder20.0±1.717.6 (3/17)19.5±0.740.0 (2/5)
Autistic spectrumnana15.7±3.016.7 (3/18)
Other18.6±3.326.9 (14/52)19.9±3.530.8 (16/52)
Unclear17.5±2.739.8 (33/83)18.6±3.544.9 (31/69)
  • ‘Beh/Dev’, behavioural/developmental.