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Distribution of smoking and alcohol consumption in the 3 Italian areas |
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| Age-group (years) |
20–39 |
40–59 |
> = 60 |
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| Italy |
North No. % |
Centre No. % |
South No. % |
p |
North No. % |
Centre No. % |
Suth No. % |
p |
North No. % |
Centre No. % |
South No. % |
p |
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| Cigarettes per day (total no. of cases: 759) |
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| < 5 |
14 14.1 |
5 4.6 |
16 23.5 |
0.0005 |
6 6.1 |
18 15.4 |
12 9.2 |
0.11 |
6 11.8 |
3 13.6 |
9 15.0 |
0.90 |
| 5–15 |
61 61.6 |
58 53.7 |
24 35.3 |
43 43.9 |
42 35.9 |
55 42.0 |
21 41.2 |
11 50.0 |
23 38.3 |
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| 16–20 |
10 10.1 |
23 21.3 |
11 16.2 |
31 31.6 |
33 28.2 |
28 21.4 |
10 19.6 |
4 18.2 |
9 15.0 |
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| > 20 |
14 14.2 |
22 20.4 |
17 25.0 |
18 31.4 |
24 20.5 |
36 27.4 |
14 27.4 |
4 18.2 |
19 31.7 |
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| Wine consumption (total no. of cases :857) |
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| 1–2 glasses/day |
56 82.3 |
56 80.0 |
36 83.7 |
0.87 |
99 72.3 |
104 68.9 |
98 76.0 |
0.42 |
70 66.0 |
57 83.8 |
69 81.2 |
0.001 |
| > 2 glasses/day |
12 17.7 |
14 20.0 |
7 16.3 |
38 27.7 |
47 31.1 |
31 24.0 |
36 34.0 |
11 16.2 |
16 18.8 |
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| Beer consumption (total no. of cases: 233) |
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| 1–2 glasses/day |
36 87.8 |
33 91.7 |
16 84.2 |
- |
28 90.3 |
20 83.3 |
34 82.9 |
- |
11 91.7 |
5 100.0 |
20 83.3 |
- |
| > 2 glasses/day |
5 12.2 |
3 8.3 |
3 15.8 |
3 9.7 |
4 16.7 |
7 17.1 |
1 8.3 |
0 0.0 |
4 16.7 |
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| Spirits (total no. of cases: 178) |
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| 1 drink/day |
12 70.6 |
13 81.2 |
4 30.8 |
0.01 |
16 72.7 |
17 51.5 |
23 67.6 |
0.21 |
17 85.0 |
4 80.0 |
9 50.0 |
- |
| > 1 drink/day |
5 29.4 |
3 18.8 |
9 69.2 |
6 27.3 |
16 48.5 |
11 32.4 |
3 15.0 |
1 20.0 |
9 50.0 |
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P values were calculated for the items whose expected values were more than 5 for 80% of cells and none expected value less than 1. | ||||||||||||
Altobelli et al. BMC Public Health 2007 7:59 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-59 |
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