Tabagismo: prevalência e fatores associados na população adulta de Belém, Pará, 2007

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyse the prevalence of smoking in the city of Belém-PA along with their associated factors. Secondary data were used from Belem-PA collected in 2007 by the national system of surveillance and risk factors for chronic diseases protection by phone survey (VIGITEL), which monitors the risk factors for chronic diseases protection in 26 Brazilian States capital and in the Federal District. The sample were 2014 individuals with 18 or more years old, which replied to the questions concerning socioeconomic factors, behavioural and state of health and related diseases. The results show that the prevalence of smokers was 14,3% (11,7- 16,9) where 21,1% (16.5-25,6) were men and 8,5% (5,9-11,1) were women. The men presented among their associated factors a ratio of prevalence of 0,58 (0,4- 0,83) for those who have more than 8 years of study and 1,9 (1,26-2,88) for those who consume alcoholic beverage. The women presented as associated factor the abuse of alcohol with a ratio of prevalence of 2,23 (1,15-4,32). We concluded that the prevalence is higher in men than in women and the factors associated would be low school level and the abuse of alcohol for men while that for women it would be only the abuse of alcohol.