Swaziland:
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Data sourced:
2019.
Page updated:
2023-02-24
Prevalence
Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence:
8.9%
1
Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence (female):
1.4%
1
Adult current tobacco smoking prevalence (male):
16.3%
1
Adult daily tobacco smoking prevalence:
6.3%
2
A
Adult daily tobacco smoking prevalence (female):
1.3%
2
A
Adult daily tobacco smoking prevalence (male):
11.6%
2
A
Countries with increasing tobacco smoking prevalence:
1%
2
A
Number of current smokers:
61.1 thousand
3
Number of daily smokers:
40.7 thousand
4
B
References:
- 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.
- WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017, Country profiles http://www.who.int/tobacco/surveillance/policy/country_profile/en/
- 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/
- 1. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017, Country profiles http://www.who.int/tobacco/surveillance/policy/country_profile/en/ 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:
- These rates are modelled using all national survey data published since 1990 to estimate the underlying prevalence trends by sex, then applying age-standardization to allow comparison with other countries. They do not necessarily resemble country data from 2015
- These rates are modelled using all national survey data published since 1990 to estimate the underlying prevalence trends by sex, then applying age-standardization to allow comparison with other countries. They do not necessarily resemble country data from 2015 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/
Smoking-related mortality
Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking:
737
1
Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (female):
172
1
Annual number of deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (male):
565
1
Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking:
6.12%
1
Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (female):
2.9%
1
Annual percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking (male):
7.1%
1
References:
- The Tobacco Atlas. Available at: https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/deaths/ Data source: GBD 2016 Risk Factors Collaborators.
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