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Table 5 Smoking prevalence among females ages 65–69 years in 1990 and 2000 compared to cancer rates for adults ages 15+ (1998–2007)

From: Geographic trends of tobacco-related cancers in Cyprus

Country

Proportion of female daily smokers % (UI)

Lunga

Bladdera

 

1990

2000

  

Cyprus

6 % (2-14 %)

7 % (3-14 %)

7.3

3.3

Swedenbc

18 % (12-23 %)

15 % (12-19 %)

15.9

5.0

Sloveniabc

8 % (3-17 %)

7 % (3-13 %)

14.2

3.8

Finlandbc

6 % (4-9 %)

8 % (6-10 %)

10.2

2.9

Maltabc

8 % (3-17 %)

6 % (3-11 %)

6.4

5.3

Slovakiac

5 % (2-11 %)

5 % (2-9 %)

9.4

3.5

Denmarkbc

33 % (28-39 %)

30 % (25-34 %)

33.4

7.7

Netherlandsbc

14 % (11-17 %)

14 % (11-18 %)

22.6

3.4

United Kingdombc

24 % (20-29 %)

19 % (17-22 %)

24.6

6.1

Germanybc

10 % (7-14 %)

10 % (7-12 %)

19.2d

5.1d

Italybc

12 % (9-15 %)

10 % (8-11 %)

12.7

6.2

Austriabc

9 % (6-14 %)

12 % (8-17 %)

15.4

5.7

Francebc

10 % (8-13 %)

9 % (6-12 %)

11.1

2.9

Czech Republicbc

14 % (6-26 %)

12 % (8-18 %)

14.9

5.3

Estoniac

4 % (2-10 %)

5 % (2-11 %)

8.8

2.9

Spainc

6 % (4-8 %)

4 % (3-5 %)

6.0

4.5

Lithuania

2 % (1-5 %)

2 % (1-5 %)

6.6

3.0

Latviac

5 % (2-11 %)

6 % (3-12 %)

7.7

2.7

  1. UI Uncertainty intervals
  2. aPer 100,000. Cancer rates for Cyprus are derived from the present study. Cancer rates from all other countries are from CI5 (1998–2007)
  3. bThese countries had a higher smoking prevalence than Cyprus for 1990 and/or 2000
  4. cThese countries had higher lung and/or bladder cancer rates than Cyprus
  5. dOnly includes the German state of Saarland