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FIND FREE RESOURCESIn 2018, 22.6% of the population in Ruapehu District were regular smokers.
Smoking is the major cause of preventable disease in New Zealand. Data on smoking prevalence is used by those working in the health sector to:
- monitor changes in smoking prevalence among the adult population of New Zealand
- understand the profile of smokers, to better target at-risk groups in the community with future health education programmes
- target health education programmes and evaluate the success of these
- monitor changes in smoking statistics amongst high-risk groups in New Zealand
- examine the inter-relationships between smoking and other socio-economic variables and how these change over time.
Q:
Derived from the Census questions:
'Do you smoke cigarettes regularly (that is, one or more a day)?', and 'Have you ever been a regular smoker of one or more cigarettes a day'
| Smoking behaviour | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruapehu District | 2018 | 2013 | Change | ||||
| Smoking behaviour | Number | % | Manawatu-Wanganui Region % | Number | % | Manawatu-Wanganui Region % | 2013 to 2018 |
| Regular smoker | 2,172 | 22.6 | 16.1 | 2,079 | 22.9 | 16.4 | +93 |
| Ex smoker | 2,415 | 25.2 | 24.5 | 2,013 | 22.2 | 22.2 | +402 |
| Never smoked regularly | 5,007 | 52.2 | 59.4 | 4,122 | 45.4 | 52.4 | +885 |
| Not stated / included | -- | -- | -- | 861 | 9.5 | 9.0 | -861 |
| Total population aged 15+ | 9,594 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 9,075 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +519 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of smoking behaviour in Ruapehu District in 2018 compared to Manawatu-Wanganui Region shows that there was a higher proportion of people were regular smokers, a higher proportion of people who were ex-smokers and a decreased by proportion of people who had never smoked regularly.
Overall, 22.6% of Ruapehu District's population were current smokers, 25.2% were ex-smokers and 52.2% had never smoked regularly, compared with 16.1%, 24.5% and 59.4% for Manawatu-Wanganui Region respectively.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the smoking behaviour of the population in Ruapehu District between 2013 and 2018 were for:
- Never smoked regularly (+885 persons)
- Ex smoker (+402 persons)
- Regular smoker (+93 persons)
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