South African smoking prevalence in 2003 by sex and ethnic group (83 persons missing ethnicity)
| Dose/age | Total (n=8090) | Asian (n=719) | Black (n=6024) | Coloured (n=959) | White (n=305) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex-smoker* | Current smoker† | Ex-smoker* | Current smoker† | Ex-smoker* | Current smoker† | Ex-smoker* | Current smoker† | Ex-smoker* | Current smoker† | |
| Men | ||||||||||
| 15–29 | 1.3 | 31.4 | 2.1 | 50.5 | 1.3 | 27.3 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 46.7 |
| 30–59 | 8.6 | 50.8 | 7.5 | 64.4 | 8.1 | 46.3 | 10.8 | 65.9 | 14.3 | 47.6 |
| 60+ | 17.6 | 32.1 | 25.8 | 41.9 | 14.8 | 32.1 | 18.2 | 42.4 | 37.9 | 6.9 |
| Total‡ | 5.3 | 27.4 | 5.5 | 38.4 | 4.8 | 24.8 | 6.2 | 38.4 | 9.1 | 26.0 |
| Mean cigarettes/day | 8.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 14.3 | |||||
| Mean age to start smoking | 18.2 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 17.1 | 17.4 | |||||
| Women | ||||||||||
| 15–29 | 0.2 | 9.6 | 0.9 | 20.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 32.7 |
| 30–59 | 3.6 | 16.2 | 5.7 | 12.7 | 2.6 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 54.5 | 4.1 | 34.7 |
| 60+ | 6.1 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 12.0 | 36.0 | 13.9 | 25.0 |
| Total‡ | 1.9 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 9.6 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 30.7 | 2.5 | 20.9 |
| Mean cigarettes/day | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 10.8 | |||||
| Mean age to start smoking | 18.6 | 18.1 | 20.3 | 17.8 | 17.7 | |||||
*Restricted to individuals who stopped smoking for at least 5 years.
†Includes individuals who stopped smoking for less than 5 years.
‡Age-adjusted to world standard.