Table 4

Number of cigarettes smoked per day in 1167 German adults (current and former smokers) by gender and age

Females

Age class (years)
≤ 10 cig./day
11–20 cig./day
21–30 cig./day
> 31 cig./day
Total

18 – 30
58 (57.4%)
36 (35.6%)
6 (5.9%)
1 (1.0%)
101 (19.3%)
31 – 40
71 (47.7%)
67 (45.0%)
6 (4.0%)
5 (3.4%)
149 (28.5%)
41 – 50
69 (48.9%)
59 (41.8%)
12 (8.5%)
1 (0.7%)
141 (27.0%)
51 – 65
73 (55.3%)
51 (38.6%)
4 (3.0%)
4 (3.0%)
132 (25.2%)
Total
271 (51.8%)
213 (40.7%)
28 (5.4%)
11 (2.1%)
523 (100.0%)

Males

Age class (years)
≤ 10 cig./day
11–20 cig./day
21–30 cig./day
> 31 cig./day
Total

18 – 30
51 (44.4%)
51 (44.4%)
12 (10.4%)
1 (0.9%)
115 (17.9%)
31 – 40
55 (31.1%)
84 (47.5%)
29 (16.4%)
9 (5.1%)
177 (27.5%)
41 – 50
42 (30.4%)
60 (43.5%)
22 (15.9%)
14 (10.1%)
138 (21.4%)
51 – 65
46 (21.5%)
106 (49.5%)
29 (13.6%)
33 (15.4%)
214 (33.2%)
Total
194 (30.1%)
301 (46.7%)
92 (14.3%)
57 (8.9%)
644 (100.0%)

Haenle et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:233   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-233