Tobacco Usage in Uttarakhand: A Dangerous Combination of High Prevalence, Widespread Ignorance, and Resistance to Quitting

Table 2

(a) Prevalence of tobacco usage in Uttarakhand by occupation, education status, and household income. (b) Prevalence of tobacco usage in Uttarakhand by age.

(a)

Occupation	(%)	95% CI	Education level/students	(%)	95% CI	Income level^* (Rs.)	(%)	95% CI
Agriculture	26.2%	21.3–31.1	Higher studies	30.0%	22.3–37.4	0–2000	32.7%	27.7–37.6
Driver	62.2%	42.4–81.9	Higher Secondary	40.6%	31.7–49.5	2001–4000	39.2%	36.1–42.3
Government	76.6%	54.0–99.2	Upper primary	40.2%	35.1–45.2	4001–6000	39.9%	34.9–44.9
Labourer	75.1%	69.0–81.2	Primary	40.0%	33.3–46.7	6001–8000	44.3%	33.7–54.9
Housework	8.96%	5.2–12.8	None	42.2%	35.5–48.8	8000+	39.3%	28.6–49.9
Shopkeeper	57.2%	46.2–68.1
Student	22.6%	11.2–34.1

Household income is commonly estimated by food expenditure in Rupees/month.

(b)

Age	Prevalence of tobacco usage (smoking or chewing)	95% CI	Prevalence of smoking	95% CI	Prevalence of chewing	95% CI	Prevalence of both chewing and smoking	95% CI
18–34	25.7%	22.6–28.8	16.5%	13.9–19.16	16.9%	14.3–19.6	7.7%	5.9–9.6
35–51	41.0%	37.8–45.7	31.6%	28.0–35.4	17.2%	14.2–20.3	7.1%	5.1–9.2
52–67	54.2%	49.0–59.4	47.4%	42.2–52.2	10.7%	7.5–13.9	3.8%	1.9–5.8
>68	55.9%	46.5–65.2	45.9%	35.5–55.3	14.4%	7.8–21.0	4.5%	0.6–8.4