Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada Indice de progrs vritable Atlantique Results of GPI Atlan

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Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic CanadaIndice
de progrès véritable - AtlantiqueResults of
GPI AtlanticGlace Bay Community
SurveyTOBACCODecember 10, 2002Savoy
TheatreGlace Bay
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SMOKING RATES IN GLACE BAY

• Tobacco Use
• Relations to
• Age, Sex, and Employment Status

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The Survey

• 1,700 surveys - random, 15, confidential
• CI 95 /- 3 2 cross-tabulations
• Detailed 2 hrs Glace Bay 82 response
• Survey covers health, care-giving, time use,
  voluntary work, security, income employment,
  environmental issues
• Data entry and double checking complete for most
  sections
• Initial results are coming out

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Present Smoking Habits Regional Comparisons
Note Non-smokers include both those who have
quit smoking and those who have never smoked.
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Sex Differences in Health Status
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Health Status Regional Comparisons
Note Participants in Glace Bay were asked to
classify their health status as Poor, Fair,
Good, Very Good or Excellent. The latter
two of these categories were used to form the
Very Good or Perfect category shown here.
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Do you currently smoke? Sex by Age Differences
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Sex by Age Differences in Daily Cigarette
Consumption
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Do you currently smoke? Relation to Employment
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Daily Cigarette Consumption and Employment Status
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Do you currently smoke? Relation to Education
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Daily Cigarette Consumption and Education
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Nicotine Dependence
How soon, after you first wake up, do you smoke
your first cigarette?
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Key Results

• Glace Bay has a higher smoking rate than Canada,
  N.S., and Cape Breton.
• Self-rated health status in Glace Bay is good
  though it tends to be rated more favorably in
  other regions
• Males have a slightly higher rate of smokers and
  younger males smoke more per day than similar
  aged females.
• The smoking rate among unemployed is about 50
  higher, and the group smokes 40 more per than
  employed per day, compared with employed
• University graduates have lowest smoking rate
  community college the highest
• Glace Bay smokers show higher nicotine dependence
  (based on early morning smoking) compared with
  N.S. and Canada.

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Age of starting smoking (by current age group)
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64
65 Current Age
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Chronic ConditionsQuit Rates
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