ACTGHS average cigarettes, adult age groups

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ACTGHS average cigarettes, adult age groups

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Daily/occasional smokers average number of cigarettes per day, 18 years and over, by age group, ACT General Health Survey, 2011 - 2022

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Of respondents to the 2022 ACT General Health Survey who reported that they are daily/occasional smokers, the average number of cigarettes smoked per day for respondents aged 18 to 24 years was 5.5, 7.3 for respondents aged 25 to 44 years, 9.8 for respondents aged 45 to 64 years and 13.1 for respondents aged 65 years and over. Respondents aged 65 years and over reported smoking more cigarettes per day on average than respondents aged 18 to 24 years and 25 to 44 years.

Question not asked in 2019.

For the purpose of reporting the ACT General Health Survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.

Note: The indicator shows self-reported data collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). Estimates were weighted to adjust for differences in the probability of selection among respondents and were benchmarked to the estimated residential population using the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics population estimates.

Respondents to the 2022 ACT General Health Survey were aged 18 years and over. Persons includes respondents who identified as male, female, other and those who refused to answer and may not always add to the sum of male and female.

The 2022 estimate for respondents aged 18 to 24 years has a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution.

The 2013/14, 2015/16, 2018, 2020 and 2021 estimates for respondents aged 18 to 24 years and the 2020 and 2021 estimates for respondents aged 65 years and over have not been published due to small numbers or a relative standard error greater than 50%.

Statistically significant differences are difficult to detect for smaller jurisdictions such as the Australian Capital Territory. Sometimes, even large apparent differences may not be statistically significant. This is particularly the case in breakdowns of small populations because the small sample size means that there is not enough power to identify even large differences as statistically significant.

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https://www.data.act.gov.au/Health/ACT-General-Health-Survey-2011-2022/cb3x-zfa8

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Q. On average how many cigarettes do you smoke per day or each week?

A copy of the ACT General Health Survey questionnaires can be found under the Epidemiology Survey Program tab within the Data Collection page: https://health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/data-and-publications/healthstats/data-collections.