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Table 1 Percentage distribution of background characteristics of deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases

From: A retrospective analysis of the association between tobacco smoking and deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana

Variable

Number

Respiratory diseases

Cardiovascular diseases

(%)

N=3,492

n (%)

n (%)

Smoking status

   

Smokers

1,106 (31.7)

184 (16.6)

118 (10.7)

Non-smokers

2,386 (68.3)

193 (8.1)

253 (10.6)

Age group

   

15-29

560 (16.0)

33 (5.9)

19 (3.4)

30-49

1,604 (45.9)

160 (10.0)

137 (8.5)

50-59

1,328 (38.0)

184 (13.9)

215 (16.2)

Sex

   

Female

1,367 (39.2)

116 (8.5)

151 (11.1)

Male

2,125 (60.9)

261 (12.3)

220 (10.4)

Education

   

No education

1,584 (45.4)

175 (11.1)

194 (12.3)

Primary/JSS

1,336 (38.3)

150 (11.2)

108 (8.1)

Secondary/tertiary

391 (11.2)

30 (7.7)

51 (13.0)

Missing

180(5.2)

22 (12.2)

18 (10.0)

Place of residence

   

Rural

2,970 (85.1)

340 (11.5)

302 (10.2)

Urban

522 (15.90)

37 (7.1)

69 (13.2)

Socio-economic status

   

Poorest

751 (21.6)

85 (11.3)

77 (10.2)

Poorer

729 (21.0)

87 (11.9)

71 (9.7)

Poor

749 (21.6)

100 (13.4)

69 (9.2)

Less poor

763 (22.0)

70 (9.2)

83 (10.9)

Least poor

483 (13.9)

4 (7.0)

69 (14.3)

Frequency of smoking

   

Chain or hourly smoking

177 (5.1)

37 (20.9)

17 (9.6)

Daily smoking

858 (24.6)

138 (16.1)

90 (10.5)

Occasional smoking

71 (2.0)

9 (12.7)

11 (15.5)

No smoking

2,386 (68.3)

193 (8.1)

253 (10.6)

Duration of smoking

   

1-5 years

531 (15.2)

81 (15.3)

62 (11.7)

6-15 years

73 (2.1)

11 (15.1)

8 (11.0)

>15 years

502 (14.4)

92 (18.3)

48 (9.6)

Non-smokers

2,386 (68.3)

193 (8.1)

253 (10.6)

Total

3,492

377 (10.8)

371 (10.6)