Table 1
Descriptive statistics of weighted sample, by sex, household population aged 25 or older without heart disease in 1994/1995

Table 1
Descriptive statistics of weighted sample, by sex, household population aged 25 or older without heart disease in 1994/1995
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of descriptive statistics of weighted sample men (n=4,712) and women (n=5,715) (appearing as column headers).
Men (n=4,712) Women (n=5,715)
Mean age (1994/1995) 44.9 46.4Note *
Incident heart disease during follow-upNote † (%) 18.1 13.6Note *
Died from heart disease during follow-up (%) 2.8 2.1
Smoking status distribution (1994/1995) (%)  
Current daily smoker 30.9 24.8Note *
Former daily smoker 38.5 28.1Note *
Never smoked daily 30.6 47.1Note *
Distribution of years since quitting daily smoking (among former daily smokers in 1994/1995) (%)  
4 or fewer 20.4 22.0
5 to 9 19.8 22.4
10 to 14 19.2 16.8
15 to 19 15.3 13.9
20 or more 25.3 24.9
Distribution of number of two-year changes in smoking status (1996/1997 to 2010/2011) (%)  
0 77.4 82.9Note *
1 12.1 9.2Note *
2 6.3 4.4Note *
3 or more 4.3 3.5
At least one two-year change in smoking status (1996/1997 to 2010/2011), by smoking status in 1994/1995 (%)  
Total 22.6 17.1Note *
Current daily smoker 55.6 53.6
Former daily smoker  
Years since quitting daily smoking  
4 or fewer 32.2 34.9
5 to 9 14.7E 11.9E
10 to 14 7.1E 5.3E
15 to 19 Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.1E
20 or more Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Never smoked daily 2.5E 0.9Note * E
Average number of cigarettes smoked per day, by smoking status in 1994/1995  
Current daily smoker 20.6 17.3Note *
Former daily smoker 19.5 14.0Note *Note ‡
Years since quitting daily smoking  
4 or fewer 20.6 15.5Note *Note ‡
5 to 9 20.5 15.2Note *Note ‡
10 to 14 20.6 14.8Note *Note ‡
15 to 19 17.9Note ‡ 14.6Note *Note ‡
20 or more 18.2Note ‡ 10.8Note *Note ‡
Average age started daily smoking, by smoking status in 1994/1995  
Current daily smoker 16.8 17.7Note *
Former daily smoker 17.2 18.8Note *Note ‡
Years since quitting daily smoking  
4 or fewer 17.6 18.7
5 to 9 17.6 18.3
10 to 14 16.9 18.3Note *
15 to 19 16.4 17.9Note *
20 or more 17.2 20.3Note *Note ‡
† self-reported heart disease, medication for heart disease, or death from heart disease
* significantly different from men (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from current daily smoker (p<0.05)
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Source: 1994/95 to 2010/11 National Population Health Survey, longitudinal sample.