Takahiro Tabuchi|Naoki Kondo
Educational inequalities in smoking among Japanese adults aged 25–94 years: Nationally representative sex- and age-specific statistics
Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases|The University of Tokyo
studies investigated differences age genderspecific educational gradients tobacco smoking among whole range adult age groups examined educational inequality smoking among japanese adults aged 2594 yearsusing large nationally representative sample 167925 men 186588 women 2010 prevalence current smoking heavy smoking among daily smokers inequalities attributable educational attainment analyzed according sex age groupsamong men aged 2534 years junior high school graduates highest current smoking prevalence 684 95 confidence interval ci 660706 graduate school graduates lowest 194 95 ci 172219 high school graduates second highest current smoking prevalence eg 559 95 ci 549568 men aged 2534 years among men aged 7594 years difference current smoking across educational categories small similar steeper educational gradient current smoking observed among women among women aged 2534 years junior high school graduates highest current smoking prevalence 493 95 ci 463523 graduate school graduates lowest 48 95 ci 2974 compared older age groups 6594 years younger age groups 2554 years higher estimates inequality indicators educational inequality current heavy smoking sexeseducational inequalities current heavy smoking apparent large young population compared older generations current study provides basic data educational inequalities smoking among japanese adults