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Table 2 Survey-weighted means of tobacco use prevalence in men and women aged 15 to 49 years in East Africa, stratified by DHS survey periods and different population groups (national, urban, and rural)

From: Spatial and temporal trends of overweight/obesity and tobacco use in East Africa: subnational insights into cardiovascular disease risk factors

Country

Survey

National

Urban

Rural

% (SE)

n

% (SE)

n

% (SE)

n

Burundi

2010

13204

12.31 (0.41)***

3278

6.46 (0.66)***

9926

13.11 (0.46)***

2016

23966

7.1 (0.23)

5278

4 (0.45)

18688

7.58 (0.26)

Rwanda

2005

15734

8.73 (0.29)***

3671

6.95 (0.56)***

12063

9.1 (0.33)***

2010

19366

6.55 (0.21)

3449

5.94 (0.51)

15917

6.67 (0.23)

2015

19082

4.52 (0.18)

4934

3.46 (0.3)

14148

4.78 (0.22)

Uganda

2006

10917

7.73 (0.45)***

1831

5.33 (1.49)***

9086

8.22 (0.46)***

2011

10865

5.1 (0.31)

3176

2.52 (0.39)

7689

5.74 (0.37)

2016

23549

3.45 (0.17)

5485

2.42 (0.28)

18064

3.82 (0.21)

Tanzania

2005

12964

5.66 (0.31)***

3114

4.3 (0.6)***

9850

6.2 (0.36)***

2010

12666

5.22 (0.25)

3215

4.05 (0.42)

9451

5.68 (0.31)

2016

16780

3.77 (0.2)

5202

3.36 (0.36)

11578

4 (0.23)

Kenya

2003

11543

8.82 (0.4)***

3836

8.32 (0.6)*

7707

8.99 (0.5)*

2009

11700

6.41 (0.47)

3638

5.86 (0.88)

8062

6.6 (0.55)

2014

43093

5.36 (0.17)

16262

5.35 (0.3)

26831

5.37 (0.2)

  1. Kruskal–Wallis Test Significance
  2. ns not significant
  3. *p < 0.05
  4. **p < 0.01
  5. ***p < 0.001