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Table 2 Current prevalence of tobacco use among the adult population across regions, residence and gender in Ethiopia, 2011

From: Tobacco use and associated factors among adults in Ethiopia: further analysis of the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Basic characteristics

Weighted total number of respondents

Weighted prevalence of tobacco use 95 % CI

Administrative regions

  

Tigray

1,964

0.8(0.48–1.29)

Afar

256

15.7(11.56–20.46)

Amhara

8,334

1.5(1.26–1.78)

Oromiya

11,398

5.3(4.90–5.72)

Somali

596

12.6(10.10–15.43)

Benishangul-gumuz

323

9.4(6.47–12.83)

SNNPR*

5,758

4.4(3.89–4.95)

Gambella

132

16.9(11.02–23.76)

Harari

92

16.7(9.79–24.92)

Addis Ababa

1,620

3.9(3.03–4.92)

Dire Dawa

127

15.4(10.17–22.87)

Residence

  

Urban

7,032

4.3(3.84–4.79)

Rural

23,565

4.1(3.85–4.36)

Sex

  

Male

14,101

8.1(7.66–8.56)

Female

16,497

0.8(0.67–0.95)

Total

30,598

4.1(3.93–4.37)

  1. *Southern nation, nationalities and people region