Table 1 Percentages of Indigenous men aged 18 and over who smoked in each survey

Age (years)

18-24

58.5 (51.1-65.9)

58.3 (50.5-66.1)

53.6 (47.0-60.3)

25-34

65.5 (58.7-72.2)

58.1 (52.4-63.7)

57.3 (50.3-64.2)

35-44

60.1 (54.0-66.2)

60.5 (54.2-66.8)

59.2 (54.1-64.3)

45-54

52.8 (45.5-60.0)

52.1 (45.1-59.1)

51.5 (43.6-59.5)

55+

42.4 (28.0-56.8)

41.6 (32.8-50.3)

36.2 (28.8-43.5)

Region

Remote

64.5 (60.9-68.1)

63.3 (60.0-66.6)

61.0 (56.4-65.7)

Non-remote

55.8 (50.8-60.7)

52.8 (48.7-56.8)

50.3 (46.2-54.5)

Jurisdiction

New South Wales

56.3 (47.5-65.1)

53.0 (45.9-60.1)

52.8 (45.6-60.1)

Victoria

54.4 (40.1-68.7)

52.1 (44.0-60.2)

57.4 (44.1-70.7)

Queensland

57.7 (50.4-65.0)

58.5 (52.3-64.8)

52.7 (46.5-58.9)

South Australia

64.7 (54.9-74.5)

51.5 (44.5-58.5)

59.1 (50.3-67.9)

Western Australia

56.9 (51.4-62.4)

52.2 (45.6-58.9)

43.5 (36.4-50.6)

Northern Territory

66.2 (60.5-71.9)

65.6 (59.9-71.2)

64.4 (57.1-71.8)

Tasmania/ACT

55.8 (46.8-64.8)

50.2 (43.9-56.5)

46.4 (38.7-54.1)

Indigenous status (Queensland only)*

Torres Strait Islander

48.5 (35.0-62.0)

50.4 (41.7-59.1)

45.9 (35.0-56.8)

Aboriginal

59.6 (51.4-67.8)

59.8 (52.0-67.5)

54.6 (47.6-61.6)