52. Smoking
Prevalence of smoking
(a) all adults (b) 'routine and manual' socio-economic groups, 2001 to
2006
| Difference in prevalence of smoking since: |
1990 |
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2001 |
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- Between 2001 and 2006 the prevalence of smoking in the routine and manual socio-economic group showed a reduction of 4 percentage points compared with the population as a whole which showed a reduction of 3 percentage points.
- Smoking was more common in lower socio-economic groups. In 2006, 28 per cent of ‘routine and manual’ workers smoked compared with 22 per cent of the population as a whole.
- This difference in prevalence (6 percentage points) showed little change since 2001 (7 percentage points), but had varied between 4 and 7 percentage points over this period.
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