Tobacco and Public Health - TCSC Indonesia

Table 14.1 Tobacco use prevalence among adults from population-based studies in rural and urban India
Area Population type Reference Sample size % Tobacco users
Men Women Overall
Rural
Maharashtra & Karnataka Village Khanolkar (1959) 9996 84 a a
Uttar Pradesh Village Khanolkar (1959) 12 637 82 a a
Andhra Pradesh Village Khanolkar (1959) 7249 86 a a
Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh Village Wahi (1968) 34 997 82 21 57
Bhavnagar, Gujarat Village Mehta et al. (1969) 10 071 71 15 44
Ernakulam, Kerala Village Mehta et al. (1969) 10 287 81 39 59
Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh Village Mehta et al. (1969) 10 169 81 67 74
Singbhum, Bihar Village Mehta et al. (1969) 10 048 81 33 56
Darbhanga, Bihar Village Mehta et al. (1969) 10 340 78 51 64
Pune, Maharashtra Village Mehta et al. (1972) 101 761 62 49 64
Punjab Village Mohan et al. (1986) 24 villages 19 Very small b
Goa Village Vaidya et al. (1992) 29 713 33 20 27
Bihar schools School personnel Sinha et al. (2002) 637 78 77 77
60 rural Smokeless: 59 53 57
40 urban Smoking: 47 31 43
Urban
Bombay Policemen Mehta et al. (1961) 4734 76.5 a a
Ahmedabad Mill workers Malaowalla et al. (1976) 57 518 b b 85 (mostly men)
Mumbai Lower SES group Gupta (1996) 99 598 69 57.5 b
Delhi All SES groups Narayan et al. (1996) 13 558 45 c 7 c b
Delhi Mid-high SES group Bhattacharjee et al. (1994) 508 31 c a a
a Women were not interviewed in these areas. b Not reported. c Only Smoking habits were assessed. SES = Socio-Economic Status.