Table 1 Prevalence of smoking by age group and gender for Ellisras rural children aged 11 to 18 years
From: Current smoking behaviour among rural South African children: Ellisras Longitudinal Study
Age range (years) | Boys (total N = 854) | Girls (total N = 800) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | Cigarette | Pipe | Snuff | Total | N | Cigarette | Pipe | Snuff/ chew | Total |
| Â | Â | (n) % | (n) % | (n) % | (n) % | Â | (n) % | (n) % | (n) % | (n) % |
11-12 | 142 | (7)4.9 | (2)1.4 | (2)1.4 | (11)7.8 | 134 | 0(0) | (1)0.7 | (3)2.2 | (4)3.0 |
13-14 | 205 | (19)9.3 | (6)2.9 | (8)3.9 | (33)16.1 | 196 | 0(0) | (2)1.0 | (8)4.1 | (10)5.1 |
15-16 | 308 | (32)10.4 | (12)3.9 | (6)1.9 | (50)16.2 | 294 | 0(0) | (4)1.4 | (2)0.7 | (6)2.0 |
17-18 | 199 | (34)17.1 | (7)3.5 | (2)1.0 | (43)21.6 | 176 | 0(0) | (4)2.3 | (4)1.7 | (8)4.5 |