North America - Smoking prevalence

Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+)

The value for Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+) in North America was 21.94 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.25 in 2000 and a minimum value of 21.94 in 2020.

Definition: Prevalence of smoking is the percentage of men and women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 33.25
2005 29.86
2010 27.10
2015 24.31
2018 22.37
2019 22.36
2020 21.94

Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults)

The value for Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults) in North America was 16.78 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.94 in 2000 and a minimum value of 16.78 in 2020.

Definition: Prevalence of smoking, female is the percentage of women ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 26.94
2005 23.89
2010 21.31
2015 18.97
2018 17.62
2019 17.11
2020 16.78

Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults)

The value for Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults) in North America was 27.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.55 in 2000 and a minimum value of 27.01 in 2020.

Definition: Prevalence of smoking, male is the percentage of men ages 15 and over who currently smoke any tobacco product on a daily or non-daily basis. It excludes smokeless tobacco use. The rates are age-standardized.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 39.55
2005 35.82
2010 32.80
2015 29.66
2018 28.11
2019 27.51
2020 27.01

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors