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Table 1 Trends in the prevalence difference (PD), prevalence ratio (PR), slope index of inequality (SII), and relative index of inequality (RII) of smoking and its 95% confidence intervals (CI) according to education, occupational class, and income tertile: Results from the Social Survey of Statistics Korea

From: Long-term trends in smoking prevalence and its socioeconomic inequalities in Korea, 1992–2016

 

1992

1995

1999

2003

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

P for trend

Men

 Education

  PD

11.3 (10.1–12.4)

12.5 (11.4–13.6)

13.2 (12.0–14.4)

15.2 (14.0–16.4)

14.6 (13.4–15.8)

14.3 (12.8–15.8)

14.0 (12.4–15.6)

13.8 (12.2–15.4)

15.5 (13.9–17.1)

12.9 (11.4–14.3)

0.003

  PR

1.17 (1.15–1.19)

1.19 (1.17–1.21)

1.21 (1.19–1.23)

1.31 (1.28–1.34)

1.33 (1.29–1.36)

1.32 (1.28–1.36)

1.35 (1.30–1.40)

1.36 (1.31–1.41)

1.46 (1.40–1.51)

1.43 (1.38–1.49)

< 0.0001

 Occupation

  PD

10.7 (9.5–11.9)

10.5 (9.2–11.8)

10.6 (9.3–11.9)

11.8 (10.4–13.1)

13.2 (11.8–14.5)

12.5 (10.8–14.1)

12.9 (11.0–14.7)

14.1 (12.3–16.0)

15.5 (13.7–17.3)

11.9 (10.1–13.6)

0.0034

  PR

1.16 (1.14–1.18)

1.15 (1.13–1.18)

1.16 (1.09–1.02)

1.22 (1.20–1.25)

1.28 (1.25–1.32)

1.26 (1.23–1.31)

1.3 (1.25–1.35)

1.35 (1.30–1.41)

1.43 (1.37–1.49)

1.36 (1.30–1.42)

< 0.0001

 Income

  SII

  

7.6 (5.6–9.5)

 

13.5 (11.4–15.6)

11.1 (8.5–13.7)

14.5 (11.7–17.3)

12.9 (10.1–15.7)

12.0 (9.3–14.8)

10.8 (8.1–13.5)

< 0.0001

  RII

  

1.11 (1.08–1.15)

 

1.28 (1.23–1.34)

1.23 (1.17–1.29)

1.34 (1.27–1.43)

1.32 (1.24–1.40)

1.31 (1.23–1.40)

1.31 (1.22–1.41)

< 0.0001

Women

 Education

  PD

1.3 (0.9–1.6)

1.6 (1.2–2.0)

1.9 (1.6–2.3)

2.4 (2.0–2.7)

2.7 (2.3–3.2)

2.4 (1.9–2.9)

2.2 (1.7–2.7)

3.0 (2.4–3.6)

3.4 (2.9–4.0)

2.3 (1.9–2.8)

< 0.0001

  PR

2.18 (1.68–2.82)

2.18 (1.76–2.69)

3.01 (2.32–3.92)

3.13 (2.59–3.79)

2.86 (2.40–3.42)

2.87 (2.32–3.55)

2.86 (2.29–3.58)

2.86 (2.36–3.48)

2.96 (2.41–3.64)

2.89 (2.37–3.53)

< 0.0001

 Occupation

  PD

2.1 (1.7–2.6)

2.4 (1.8–2.9)

2.4 (1.9–2.9)

2.4 (1.9–2.8)

2.0 (1.4–2.5)

3.3 (2.6–4.1)

2.1 (1.3–2.8)

3.5 (2.7–4.4)

3.3 (2.5–4.1)

3.0 (2.3–3.8)

< 0.0001

  PR

1.54 (1.20–1.98)

2.63 (1.84–3.77)

2.8 (2.06–3.82)

2.81 (2.22–3.56)

1.84 (1.52–2.24)

3.01 (2.33–3.88)

2.10 (1.60–2.75)

2.62 (2.06–3.34)

3.04 (2.33–3.98)

2.62 (2.05–3.34)

< 0.0001

 Income

  SII

  

0.1 (0.0–0.8)

 

3.2 (2.5–3.9)

2.8 (1.9–3.6)

2.4 (1.5–3.3)

4.5 (3.5–5.6)

3.2 (2.3–4.2)

2.4 (1.5–3.3)

0.0003

  RII

  

1.39 (1.16–1.66)

 

2.46 (2.01–3.00)

2.45 (1.85–3.23)

2.21 (1.63–2.98)

3.11 (2.36–4.11)

2.73 (2.04–3.66)

2.25 (1.68–3.03)

0.0008

  1. Notes: The reference in estimating prevalence difference and prevalence ratio was college or higher for education and non-manual for occupational class