The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health


Table 4.5 Smoking prevalence estimates without and with saliva cotinine adjustment, 2008-2011 combined, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over with valid saliva cotinine measurement
2008-2011 combined

Smoking status Age Total
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
% % % % % % % %
Men
Unadjusted self report: smoke cigarettes 27 33 27 28 23 14 9 24
Adjusted estimate, adding self reported non-smokers with saliva cotinine of 12ng/ml or over 33 35 29 30 27 20 15 28
Differencea 6 2 2 2 4 6 6 4
Women
Unadjusted self report: smoke cigarettes 28 24 27 28 23 17 9 23
Adjusted estimate, adding self reported non-smokers with saliva cotinine of 12ng/ml or over 31 27 31 30 25 19 10 26
Differencea 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 3
All adults
Unadjusted self report: smoke cigarettes 28 28 27 28 23 16 9 24
Adjusted estimate, adding self reported non-smokers with saliva cotinine of 12ng/ml or over 32 31 30 30 26 20 12 27
Differencea 4 3 3 2 3 4 3 3
Bases (weighted):
Men 249 265 388 389 339 228 136 1994
Women 247 279 389 431 357 240 190 2133
All adults 496 544 777 820 696 469 325 4127
Bases (unweighted):
Men 121 176 284 312 325 276 164 1658
Women 167 256 369 413 388 291 204 2088
All adults 288 432 653 725 713 567 368 3746

a Because of rounding, the actual differences shown may be different from the apparent difference between the two percentages.

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