Table 2

Distribution of smoking and alcohol consumption in the 3 Italian areas

Age-group (years)
20–39
40–59
> = 60

Italy
North No. %
Centre No. %
South No. %
p
North No. %
Centre No. %
Suth No. %
p
North No. %
Centre No. %
South No. %
p

Cigarettes per day (total no. of cases: 759)
< 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

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

> 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

Wine consumption (total no. of cases :857)
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

Beer consumption (total no. of cases: 233)
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

Spirits (total no. of cases: 178)
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


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