Korea survey showed lower income and education groups higher smoking rates

Tobacco According to South Korea, “Chosun Ilbo” website reported on September 1st Korea analysis reveals that in today’s Korean society, the existence of such a phenomenon: the lower levels of income and education of the population, smoking prevalence is higher. On the other hand, the government does not make use of the means implemented a variety of cost-smoking policy, but still to no avail. According to statistics, South Korea in 2007 after smoking rates did not decline trend.

Korean disease management department announced on September 1, in 2011 the National Health and Nutrition Survey (fifth), through to their income smokers findings showed that men in the crowd to receive low smoking rates as high as 72.5% ; income among the downstream population, 52.9% of people smoking; while revenue among the upper reaches of the crowd, the smoking rate was 43.2%, significantly higher rates of low-income people smoking. Women’s situation is among the upper income groups and income among the population downstream smoking rates were 3.7% and 10.5%, with 6.8 percentage points between the gap.

In addition, through the investigation found that primary school education and below average smoking rate of the population (53.4%) than university graduates and above average smoking rate of the population (47.0%) high by 5 percentage points. From this we can see that the higher the degree, the lower smoking rates. Similarly, women university graduates and above average smoking population was 2.4%, primary school education and below average smoking population was 13.4%, which is a huge difference between.

On the other hand, disease management department announced that Korea’s current adult smoking rates were: 47.3% of males, females 6.8%.

Adult male smoking rate of 66.3 percent from 1998 began to fall until 2007 was reduced to 45.0%, but then almost stay in between 47-48%. Adult female smoking rate in 1998 was 6.5%, after remaining at 5-7% range, not much change.

The release of the 2011 adult male smoking rate much less than the “National Health Comprehensive Plan 2020”, the so-called “HP 2020” proposed target (29.0%). In contrast, adult female smoking rates with the target (6%) basic agreement.

Disease management department, said: “The recent four-year period, the control of adult smoking rate basically no progress, which is formed with income levels contrasts.”