Pacific Statistics
Pacific Peoples' Smoking Prevalence
In 2008 almost one third (31%) of Pacific people identified themselves as current smokers. Under one third (29%) identified themselves as daily smokers. In contrast, one fifth of non-Pacific people identified themselves as current (23%) and daily smokers (21%). More than half of the Pacific population had tried smoking, and only 38% had never tried smoking. The percentage of ex-smokers in the Pacific population was relatively low at 15 percent.
Prevalence of Pacific and non-Pacific Population (age standardised)
|
|
Pacific |
Non-Pacific |
|
% (CI) |
% (CI) | |
|
Current Smoker | ||
|
Men |
35.0 (25.4 - 44.5) |
25.2 (22.9 - 27.4) |
|
Women |
28.1 (22.8 - 33.4) |
21.8 (19.8 - 23.9) |
|
Total |
31.4 (26.3 - 36.5) |
23.4 (22.0 - 24.9) |
|
Daily smoker | ||
|
Men |
31.7 (22.4 - 40.9) |
21.7 (19.5 - 23.9) |
|
Women |
27.4 (21.9 - 33.0) |
20.0 (17.9 - 22.0) |
|
Total |
29.4 (24.3 - 34.6) |
20.8 (19.3 - 22.3) |
|
Non-daily smoker | ||
|
Men |
3.3 (1.2 - 7.2) |
3.5 (2.4 - 4.6) |
|
Women |
0.7 (0.1 - 2.1) |
1.9 (1.3 - 2.4) |
|
Total |
1.9 (0.8 - 3.9) |
2.6 (2.0 - 3.3) |
|
Never tried smoking | ||
|
Men |
33.1 (24.0 - 42.3) |
27.2 (24.7 - 29.6) |
|
Women |
41.7 (34.5 - 49.0) |
34.7 (32.4 - 37.1) |
|
Total |
37.6 (32.1 - 43.2) |
31.1 (29.3 - 32.9) |
|
Ex-smoker | ||
|
Men |
19.5 (13.5 - 25.5) |
21.0 (18.9 - 23.0) |
|
Women |
11.2 (6.8 - 15.6) |
18.4 (16.7 - 20.1) |
|
Total |
15.1 (11.4 - 18.9) |
19.6 (18.3 - 21.0) |
|
Non-smoker (including ex-smokers and never tried) | ||
|
Men |
64.7 (55.1 - 74.3) |
73.8 (71.6 - 76.0) |
|
Women |
71.3 (66.0 - 76.5) |
77.6 (75.6 - 79.7) |
|
Total |
68.1 (63.2 - 73.1) |
75.8 (74.3 - 77.3) |
Specific Pacific Smoking Rate
Prevalence of Pacific smokers by ethnic group
Source: 2006 census (data supplied by Ministry of Health)
