SS 16.00-17.30 Special sessions
TRENDS IN SMOKING AMONG RURAL POPULATION IN LITHUANIA, 1983-1993
- AUTHORS: V Grabauskas, J Klumbiene, I Miseviciene, J Petkeviciene, Z Milasauskiene
- INSTITUTIONS: Kaunas Medical Academy, Kaunas, Lithuania
Three cross-sectional surveys were carried out in a randomly selected samples of 1717, 2706 and 1558 rural inhabitants aged 25-64 in 1983, 1987 and 1993 within the framework of Lithuanian Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Programme (CINDI). Trends in prevalence of major NCD risk factors, including smoking, were evaluated. The data of all surveys showed that smoking was much more common among males than among females as well as among younger people than older. Smoking among males was inversely related to the level of education. In 1993 the age standardised smoking rate among males having high education (26,3%) was 1,6 times lower than among those with primary education (42,7%). No significant association was observed between smoking and education level among females. During 10 years the prevalence of smoking among males has not changed: it was 43,4% in 1983 and 44,4% in 1993. The number of regular smokers among females has increased slightly in all age groups. This increase was particularly high in age group 25-29 (from 7,9% to 17,9%, p<0,05).
Consistently high prevalence of smoking among males and its, increase among young females during 10 years call for the implementation of more intensive tobacco control measures in Lithuania.
Smoke Free Europe Conference Abstracts - 19 SEP 1996
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