NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsTable TA.2: Age at first use of cigarettes and frequency of usePercentage of women aged 15–49 years who smoked a whole cigarette before the age of 15 years, and percentage of current smokers bythe number of cigarettes smoked in the 24 hours preceding the survey, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionPercentwhosmoked awholecigarettebefore theage of 15years [1]No. ofwomenaged 15–49yearsPercent of smokers by number of cigarettes in the 24 hourspreceding the surveyLess than 5 5–9 10–19 20+ TotalNo. ofwomenaged 15–49years whoare currentcigarettesmokersMid-Western 5.7 4,036 50.1 28.5 15.0 6.4 100.0 544Far Western 5.8 3,336 49.3 22.4 17.8 10.6 100.0 424SubregionAgeAreaMid-Western Mountains 9.4 408 50.2 24.0 21.7 4.1 100.0 80Mid-Western Hills 6.0 1,998 54.2 28.8 13.3 3.7 100.0 291Mid-Western Terai 4.5 1,630 43.1 30.1 14.8 11.9 100.0 174Far Western Mountains 8.9 508 48.6 21.7 16.2 13.5 100.0 95Far Western Hills 7.1 961 34.4 23.8 23.1 18.7 100.0 146Far Western Terai 4.4 1,867 61.4 21.6 14.4 2.6 100.0 18415–19 years 1.0 1,511 * * * * 100.0 1720–24 years 1.4 1,387 (71.9) (16.1) (8.4) (3.6) 100.0 3825–29 years 4.4 1,235 38.9 40.7 11.9 8.5 100.0 10830–34 years 7.1 994 51.9 21.7 19.6 6.8 100.0 19335–39 years 11.4 861 50.2 20.6 19.7 9.6 100.0 20340–44 years 11.0 802 47.3 29.8 13.2 9.7 100.0 22045–49 years 13.9 582 49.2 26.5 16.5 7.8 100.0 189Urban 4.3 848 43.1 20.4 21.4 15.0 100.0 58Rural 6.0 6,524 50.1 26.2 15.9 7.8 100.0 910EducationNone 9.6 4,042 49.4 25.0 16.9 8.7 100.0 904Primary 2.7 1,036 47.6 43.4 8.2 0.8 100.0 53Secondary + 0.5 2,291 * * * * 100.0 12Maternity statusPregnant 5.1 349 (59.5) (19.2) (14.4) (6.9) 100.0 32Breastfeeding (notpregnant)3.1 383 (45.6) (36.4) (12.1) (5.8) 100.0 32Neither 6.0 6,641 49.5 25.7 16.5 8.3 100.0 905Wealth index quintilePoorest 9.5 1,230 45.3 27.1 17.7 9.8 100.0 274Second 6.8 1,412 48.7 25.1 19.1 7.2 100.0 234Middle 5.4 1,519 54.9 27.9 11.9 5.3 100.0 231Fourth 5.1 1,594 46.0 21.7 18.2 14.2 100.0 141Richest 3.1 1,618 58.4 24.9 12.4 4.3 100.0 88Total 5.8 7,372 49.7 25.8 16.2 8.2 100.0 969[1] MICS Indicator TA.2Four cases missing with ‘education’ not shownFigures in parenthesis indicate that the percentage is based on denominators of 25–49 unweighted cases* An asterisk indicates that the percentage or proportion is calculated on fewer than 25 unweighted casesInformation on the use of alcohol by women aged 15–49 years in the MFWR is shown in Table TA.3.Overall, 85 percent of women had never had an alcoholic drink, seven percent had had at least onedrink of alcohol before the age of 15 years, and 10 percent had had at least one drink of alcohol on187