Key findings from the 2009 New Zealand ... - Ministry of Health
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For Māori, <strong>the</strong>re was no change in <strong>the</strong> age-standardised current smoking rate for males<br />
or females between 2006 and <strong>2009</strong> (Figure 8).<br />
Figure 8: Current smoking among 15–64-year-olds, for Māori, by sex, 2006–<strong>2009</strong><br />
(age-standardised prevalence)<br />
60<br />
50<br />
Percent<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
<strong>2009</strong><br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
41.0 40.3 41.5 39.3<br />
48.9 47.3 49.1 48.3<br />
Māori males<br />
Māori females<br />
Sex<br />
Sources: 2006 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Tobacco Use Survey (NZTUS); 2006/07 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Survey; 2008 NZTUS and<br />
<strong>2009</strong> NZTUS.<br />
Note: Age standardised to <strong>the</strong> WHO world population.<br />
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