Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adolescents

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Indicator name: 
 Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adolescents 
Data type: 
 Percent 
Indicator Id: 
 5340 

                            Topic:
                        

                                Risk factors
                            

Rationale:

Prevalence rates from youth surveys can be used to gauge the future prospects for cigarette smoking in a country.

Definition:

Percentage of school-going adolescents of a specified age range who report smoking cigarettes either daily or occasionally, usually with reference to the 30 days prior to the survey. Numerator: Number of school going adolescents of a specified are range who report having smoked cigarettes either daily or occasionally. Denominator: Total number of school-going adolescents of this specified age range.

Disaggregation:

Sex

Method of estimation:

Country reported data

Unit of Measure:

Percent

Expected frequency of data dissemination:

Continuous

Links:

https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/en/

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/gtss/gtssdata/index.html