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The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

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

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+	Total
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
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
Difference^a	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
Difference^a	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
Difference^a	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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