Table 1 Cigarette use by key demographic variables amongst Pacific and NZ European adolescents
From: Predictors of cigarette use amongst Pacific youth in New Zealand
Pacific | NZ European | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 982) | (N = 4489) | |||||||
n | % | 95% CI | p-value | n | % | 95% CI | p-value | |
Smoking prevalence | 117 | 11.9 | 9.5 – 14.4 | 253 | 5.6 | 4.9 – 6.3 | <.0001 | |
Gender | ||||||||
Males | 43 | 8.6 | 5.5 – 11.7 | 114 | 4.7 | 3.7 – 5.7 | ||
Females | 74 | 15.5 | 12.3 – 18.6 | 0.001 | 139 | 6.6 | 5.5 – 7.7 | 0.02 |
Age | ||||||||
13 years | 19 | 7.8 | 4.0 – 11.7 | 23 | 2.6 | 1.5 – 3.8 | ||
14 years | 25 | 11.9 | 7.9 – 15.9 | 44 | 4.1 | 2.7 – 5.6 | ||
15 years | 20 | 9.7 | 6.0 – 13.3 | 68 | 6.9 | 5.1 – 8.6 | ||
16 years | 31 | 16.3 | 10.5 – 22.0 | 68 | 7.8 | 5.9 – 9.8 | ||
17 years | 22 | 16.7 | 9.2 – 24.2 | 0.02 | 50 | 7.1 | 5.3 – 8.8 | <.0001 |
NZ Deprivation | ||||||||
Low | 6 | 6.5 | 0.8 – 12.3 | 101 | 4.9 | 3.9 – 5.8 | ||
Mid | 30 | 12.2 | 7.7 – 16.6 | 107 | 5.9 | 4.8 – 6.9 | ||
High | 80 | 12.8 | 9.5 – 16.1 | 0.29 | 43 | 7.6 | 5.2 – 10.0 | <.0001 |