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Titre :	Estimates of global and regional smoking prevalence in 1995, by age and sex. (2002)
Auteurs :	Prabhat JHA ; Mkent RANSON ; Derek YACH
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 92, n° 6, 2002)
Pagination :	1002-1006
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Epidémiologie ; Tabagisme ; Homme ; Sexe ; Age ; Prévalence ; Evaluation
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xVM9Df. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We calculated regional and sex-and age-specific smoking prevalence estimates worldwide in 1995. Methods. Sex-specific smoking prevalence data from studies in 139 countries and age distribution data from 7 studies were analyzed. Results. Globally, 29% of persons aged 15 years or older were regular smokers in 1995. Four fifths of the world's 1.1 billion smokers lived in low-or middle-income countries. East Asian countries accounted for a disproportionately high percentage (38%) of the world's smokers. Males accounted for four fifths of all smokers, and prevalence among males and females was highest among those aged 30 to 49 years (34%). Conclusions. Future decades will see dramatic increases in tobacco-attributable deaths in low-and middle-income regions. Although much of this excess mortality can be prevented if smokers stop smoking, quitting remains rare in low-and middle-income countries.

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