Go to main contents Go to main menus

Archives

contents area

detail content area

<QuickStats> Trend of current smoking rates among Korean adults aged 19 and over, 2007-2017
  • Date2019-05-23 20:27
  • Update2021-04-15 17:44
  • DivisionDivision of Strategic Planning for Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Tel043-719-7271
Trend of current smoking rates among Korean adults aged 19 and over, 2007-2017

For the past 10 years (2007-2017), the overall current smoking rate among Korean adults aged 19 and over fell by a decrease of 3.0 percentage points (%p), from 25.3% in 2007 to 22.3% in 2017: 45.1% to 38.1% among men (7.0%p decease) and 5.3% to 6.0% among women (0.7%p increase). In 2017, the current smoking rate of men stood at 38.1%, 6.4 times higher than 6.0% of women (Figure A).

Figure A.

Source: Korea Health Statistics 2017, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, http://knhanes.kdca.go.kr/

Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This public work may be used under the terms of the public interest source + commercial use prohibition + nonrepudiation conditions This public work may be used under the terms of the public interest source + commercial use prohibition + nonrepudiation conditions
TOP