Prevalence of smoking by age, sex, social class, and reported symptoms
| Men (%) | Women (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men* (n) | Never smoked | Formerly smoked | Currently smoke | Women* (n) | Never smoked | Formerly smoked | Currently smoke | |
| *Maximum number—a few subjects failed to answer all the questions. | ||||||||
| †Includes 33 men and 39 women who were 64 years old when the questionnaire was mailed but 65 at the time of response. | ||||||||
| Age: | ||||||||
| 16–24 | 814 | 63.3 | 10.9 | 25.8 | 787 | 59.2 | 12.2 | 28.6 |
| 25–34 | 1516 | 53.7 | 17.7 | 28.6 | 1395 | 55.1 | 18.5 | 26.5 |
| 35–44 | 1609 | 48.6 | 25.3 | 26.1 | 1424 | 57.0 | 21.7 | 21.3 |
| 45–54 | 1652 | 37.0 | 36.3 | 26.8 | 1299 | 50.4 | 27.9 | 21.6 |
| 55–64† | 1317 | 30.6 | 48.8 | 20.7 | 1089 | 52.0 | 27.2 | 20.8 |
| Social class: | ||||||||
| I, II, IIINM | 2279 | 55.0 | 28.4 | 16.6 | 2610 | 57.7 | 23.6 | 18.8 |
| IIIM, IV,V | 2499 | 40.5 | 29.2 | 30.4 | 1100 | 49.8 | 22.2 | 28.0 |
| Unemployed | 1423 | 36.8 | 32.0 | 31.2 | 2116 | 52.7 | 20.6 | 26.8 |
| Armed forces | 560 | 48.6 | 23.9 | 27.5 | 67 | 56.7 | 11.9 | 31.3 |
| Often feeling tired or stressed: | ||||||||
| No | 4879 | 48.3 | 28.9 | 22.8 | 3698 | 58.0 | 22.4 | 19.6 |
| Yes | 1961 | 37.5 | 29.4 | 33.1 | 2231 | 48.9 | 21.3 | 29.9 |
| Frequent headaches: | ||||||||
| No | 6107 | 46.0 | 29.4 | 24.7 | 4723 | 55.9 | 22.1 | 22.0 |
| Yes | 653 | 38.1 | 26.3 | 35.5 | 1188 | 49.6 | 22.1 | 28.4 |