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Data sourced: 2019.   Page updated: 2023-02-24

Prevalence

Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence:
9.5%
1
Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence (female):
2.2%
1
Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence (male):
16.8%
1
Adult daily tobacco smoking prevalence (female):
10.2%
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Adult daily tobacco smoking prevalence (male):
21.2%
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Number of current smokers:
574.0 thousand
2
References:
  1. WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, third edition. (2019). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-global-report-on-trends-in-prevalence-of-tobacco-use-2000-2025-third-edition.
  2. 1. WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000-2025, third edition. (2019). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-global-report-on-trends-in-prevalence-of-tobacco-use-2000-2025-third-edition. 2. Calculation based on population size data of people over 15 years of age (16+). Source of population data: World Population Prospects 2019 [Internet]. United Nations; 2019. (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, editor. Population Division). Report No.: Rev. 1. Available from: https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/
Comments:
  1. Age range varies from majority of WHO prevalence estimates. Data comes from the Demographic and health survey, 2010. Age range 15 - 59.

Smoking-related mortality

Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking:
2.7 thousand
1
Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (female):
666
1
Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (male):
2.0 thousand
1
Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking:
3.21%
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Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (female):
1.4%
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Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (male):
3.8%
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References:
  1. The Tobacco Atlas. Available at: https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/deaths/ Data source: GBD 2016 Risk Factors Collaborators.
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