Tobacco use: adult smoking by SIMD quintile
Chart 1 (view chart) shows a strong gradient in deprivation across the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles in 2011. Smoking rates increased from 12% in the least deprived quintile to 38% in the most deprived quintile. (Please note that the data presented have not been age- or sex-standardised.)
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