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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics per country by gender showing number of respondents, age standardized smoking prevalence rates and GDP per capita in 49 countries

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in low and mid income countries: positive gradients among women?

  

N

Smoking prevalence %

GDP per capita (US $)

Response rate

Women

Men

Women

Men

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Burkina Faso

2,551

2,274

10.7

25.6

890

95.6

Chad

2,457

2,199

2.8

19.4

890

91.9

Comoros

972

787

19.5

31.0

1,040

94.6

Congo

1,328

1,169

3.3

19.1

2,070

79.1

Côte d’Ivoire

1,364

1,820

3.7

21.8

1,450

96.5

Ethiopia

2,546

2,392

0.7

9.3

500

96.2

Ghana

2,164

1,774

2.0

15.1

950

69.6

Kenya

2,547

1,870

3.1

27.5

1,190

82.3

Malawi

3,091

2,213

6.0

27.6

550

92.7

Mali

1,818

2,427

4.7

25.5

810

78.7

Mauritania

2,331

1,481

4.3

24.7

1,610

97.8

Namibia

2,526

1,724

15.2

32.2

3,870

91.3

Senegal

1,537

1,665

2.1

23.7

1,270

88.4

South Africa

1,236

1,115

14.4

41.7

6,970

89.2

Zambia

2,090

1,722

6.9

27.3

940

NA

Zimbabwe

2,608

1,492

3.9

29.2

2,386

94.4

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil

2,812

2,188

18.9

28.6

7,150

100.0

Dominican Republic

2,430

2,104

16.3

22.6

4,370

73.8

Ecuador

2,603

2,054

7.8

31.8

5,150

77.4

Guatemala

2,939

1,831

3.7

24.2

4,460

97.6

Mexico

22,369

16,377

14.3

36.1

9,800

96.9

Paraguay

2,789

2,354

15.4

45.8

3,390

97.1

Uruguay

1,530

1,449

26.8

37.2

6,950

99.7

EASTERN EUROPE

Bosnia Herzegovina

594

434

27.4

53.5

5,160

93.6

Croatia

589

401

19.8

32.3

10,430

99.7

Czech Republic

516

419

22.4

37.9

15,560

48.8

Estonia

645

367

23.2

53.3

11,260

99.1

Georgia

1,590

1,165

5.1

55.3

2,480

92.4

Hungary

828

591

27.9

38.3

12,980

100.0

Kazakhstan

2,952

1,544

6.4

51.5

5,950

99.9

Latvia

570

286

20.0

56.8

9,350

92.1

Russia

2,829

1,593

10.8

56.0

8,650

99.9

Slovakia

1,545

969

29.3

46.7

12,390

99.2

Slovenia

314

271

18.2

26.9

18,600

44.3

Ukraine

1,847

1,003

10.2

51.3

3,940

99.3

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Morocco

2,926

2,074

0.5

32.8

2,900

79.4

Pakistan

2,812

3,567

6.7

35.2

1,800

93.4

Tunisia

2,725

2,344

2.9

51.5

4,950

95.6

United Arab Emirates

563

617

3.6

30.3

26,750

99.7

SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Bangladesh

2,968

2,584

31.3

63.8

920

85.4

India

5,145

4,849

18.3

54.2

1,660

93.0

Myanmar

3,335

2,551

19.1

50.9

510

97.3

Nepal

4,990

3,698

32.3

61.5

840

98.3

Sri Lanka

3,596

3,136

3.0

40.3

2,720

98.7

EAST ASIA

China

2,039

1,954

4.2

59.3

2,850

99.8

Lao PDR

2,594

2,295

16.5

68.8

1,400

97.8

Malaysia

3,367

2,637

2.7

51.2

8,960

80.2

Philippines

5,417

4,661

13.2

59.6

2,640

99.9

Vietnam

1,920

1,572

2.7

54.9

1,620

83.7

TOTAL

129,854

104,063

11.8

39.6

2,850*

93.4

  1. *Median.