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Table 2 Percentages of Indigenous women aged 18 and over who smoked in each survey

From: Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic

 

1994

2002

2004

Age (years)

   

18-24

52.6 (46.5-58.8)

56.9 (50.0-63.8)

51.6 (44.7-58.5)

25-34

60.4 (55.5-65.4)

57.2 (52.8-61.7)

55.0 (49.6-60.3)

35-44

53.2 (46.0-60.4)

55.0 (50.0-60.0)

58.7 (53.2-64.2)

45-54

45.7 (38.2-53.1)

46.4 (39.5-53.3)

52.3 (45.7-58.8)

55+

24.4 (15.5-33.3)

30.2 (23.9-36.5)

26.7 (20.1-33.3)

Region

   

Remote

45.0 (40.7-49.4)

50.7 (46.4-55.0)

49.5 (44.8-54.2)

Non-remote

53.5 (49.5-57.6)

51.8 (48.2-55.3)

51.6 (47.9-55.3)

Jurisdiction

   

New South Wales

56.3 (49.8-62.8)

54.7 (48.5-60.9)

54.1 (47.1-61.2)

Victoria

65.4 (53.1-77.7)

59.5 (53.4-65.6)

46.9 (35.4-58.4)

Queensland

49.8 (43.9-55.7)

49.5 (44.2-54.8)

49.0 (43.7-54.3)

South Australia

55.9 (45.5-66.3)

48.4 (40.5-56.4)

52.7 (45.8-59.7)

Western Australia

48.9 (41.8-56.0)

48.3 (41.3-55.2)

51.8 (45.5-58.1)

Northern Territory

39.1 (32.8-45.4)

51.5 (44.4-58.5)

47.8 (40.0-55.5)

Tasmania/ACT

44.4 (33.8-55.0)

45.3 (40.3-50.4)

53.1 (46.0-60.1)

Indigenous status (Queensland only)*

   

Torres Strait Islander

39.7 (27.4-52.0)

50.5 (41.0-60.1)

45.9 (36.8-55.0)

Aboriginal

52.0 (45.9-58.1)

49.0 (42.7-55.2)

49.8 (43.7-55.9)

  1. Sources: Weighted data from National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Survey 1994, the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Social Survey 2002 and the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2004.
  2. * Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland who also identified as Aboriginal were classified as Torres Strait Islander in 2002 and 2004, but slightly differently in 1994.