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Table 2 Weighted prevalence estimates (95% confidence intervals) of smoking (cigarettes, pipe, and others) and smokeless tobacco use (chewing tobacco, snuff) among men and women of 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

From: Prevalence, distribution, and social determinants of tobacco use in 30 sub-Saharan African countries

 

MEN

WOMEN

Country (survey year)

Smoking

SLT use

Smoking

SLT use

EASTERN AFRICA

Burundi (2011)

21.24 (19.75, 22.73)

0.03 (−0.03,0.08)

9.89 (9.02, 10.75)

0.31 (0.18, 0.44)

Comoros (2012)

18.83 (16.67, 20.99)

7.72 (5.91, 9.55)

1.72 (1.22, 2.21)

2.99 (2.15, 3.85)

Ethiopia (2011)

6.75 (5.89, 7.61)

1.94 (1.47, 2.41)

0.57 (0.37, 0.77)

0.20 (0.09, 0.30)

Kenya (2008)

18.65 (16.42, 20.88)

2.05 (1.28, 2.83)

0.35 (0.21, 0.48)

1.29 (0.61, 1.97)

Madagascar (2009)

28.54 (27.15, 29.94)

24.66 (23.00, 26.32)

1.56 (1.18, 1.95)

19.63 (17.86, 21.40)

Malawi (2010)

17.73 (16.49, 18.98)

0.47 (0.27, 0.68)

0.38 (0.27, 0.49)

0.80 (0.62, 0.97)

Mozambique (2011)

20.73 (19.02, 22.43)

10.94 (9.62, 12.25)

2.76 (2.29, 3.23)

0.82 (0.59, 1.05)

Rwanda (2011)

12.91 (11.96, 13.86)

5.80 (5.14, 6.47)

1.01 (0.83, 1.19)

2.73 (2.39, 3.07)

Tanzania (2010)

19.60 (17.57, 21.62)

2.03 (1.27, 2.80)

0.54 (0.35, 0.73)

0.83 (0.56, 1.10)

Uganda (2011)

14.24 (12.42, 16.05)

2.94 (1.93, 3.96)

1.21 (0.89, 1.52)

1.50 (0.89, 2.11)

Zambia (2007)

24.10 (22.51, 25.68)

0.30 (0.16, 0.43)

0.81 (0.57, 1.05)

1.21 (0.83, 1.58)

Zimbabwe (2011)

21.99 (20.63, 23.35)

1.59 (1.20, 1.99)

0.16 (0.09, 0.24)

0.38 (0.23, 0.52)

WESTERN AFRICA

Benin (2012)

8.47 (7.55, 9.38)

4.92 (4.17, 5.68)

0.28 (0.19, 0.36)

0.66 (0.52, 0.81)

Burkina Faso (2011)*

21.24 (19.97, 22.51)

–

0.09 (0.04, 0.14)

3.86 (3.22, 4.48)

Cote d’Ivoire (2012)

24.48 (22.67, 26.29)

0.61 (0.34, 0.89)

0.39 (0.19, 0.60)

1.27 (0.97, 1.58)

Ghana (2008)

7.55 (6.69, 8.40)

1.33 (0.95, 1.72)

0.17 (0.05, 0.29)

0.20 (0.08, 0.32)

Liberia (2007)

15.48 (13.86, 17.10)

2.34 (1.49, 3.19)

0.93 (0.63, 1.24)

2.37 (1.68, 3.06)

Mali (2012)*

15.86 (14.63, 17.09)

5.06 (3.96, 6.16)

0.19 (0.01, 0.28)

1.03 (0.69, 1.38)

Niger (2012)

14.02 (12.49, 15.55)

4.55 (3.60, 5.49)

0.02 (0.01, 0.06)

2.30 (1.59, 3.01)

Nigeria (2013)

9.20 (8.56, 9.84)

3.78 (3.33, 4.23)

0.22 (0.15, 0.29)

0.46 (0.31, 0.60)

Senegal (2011)

14.85 (13.43, 16.26)

6.63 (5.20, 8.06)

0.19 (0.09, 0.30)

0.23 (0.12, 0.34)

Sierra Leone (2013)

37.68 (35.16, 40.20)

1.54 (0.99, 2.09)

6.06 (5.37, 6.74)

4.74 (3.97, 5.51)

CENTRAL AFRICA

Cameroon (2011)

14.77 (13.71, 15.82)

1.94 (1.52, 2.36)

0.57 (0.41, 0.74)

0.94 (0.59, 1.28)

Congo (Brazzaville) (2012)

19.91 (18.02, 21.81)

8.30 (6.97, 9.63)

0.54 (0.35, 0.72)

1.54 (1.22, 1.86)

Congo (Republic) (2013)

20.68 (18.81, 22.55)

8.67 (7.19, 10.16)

0.99 (0.78, 1.22)

3.22 (2.88, 3.56)

Gabon (2012)

22.38 (20.11, 24.66)

0.48 (0.21, 0.75)

3.11 (2.49, 3.73)

0.34 (0.18, 0.51)

Sao Tome & Principe (2009)

5.39 (4.23, 6.55)

2.59 (1.57, 3.62)

0.77 (0.38, 1.16)

0.73 (0.34, 1.19)

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Lesotho (2010)

34.14 (32.13, 36.14)

1.40 (0.94, 1.86)

0.34 (0.19, 0.49)

9.12 (8.37, 9.87)

Namibia (2007)

21.84 (20.03, 23.65)

1.83 (1.25, 2.40)

5.87 (5.04, 6.69)

2.31 (1.96, 2.65)

Swaziland (2007)

14.40 (13.00, 15.79)

2.81 (2.25, 3.37)

1.13 (0.78, 1.48)

1.03 (0.70, 1.35)

  1. *Data about SLT use was not collected from men.