Table 9.6
Prevalence of ex-cigarette smokers by sex and age, 1983 to 2007-08
Persons aged 16+						Percentages
	1983	2002-03	2004-05	2006-07	2007-08	Base (2007-08)  = 100%1
All
16-19	10	18	3	2	15	100
20-24	13	16	7	5	29	171
25-34	13	16	10	12	31	555
35-49	15	18	14	14	30	965
50-59	18	25	22	21	24	523
60+	17	25	27	28	13	1,089
All	14	20	17	18	23	3,403
Males
16-19	11	17	3	4	18	57
20-24	14	19	5	4	20	69
25-34	13	14	11	14	33	209
35-49	15	19	16	16	32	418
50-59	14	26	30	24	25	228
60+	27	30	39	38	12	484
All Males	15	22	23	23	23	1,465
Females
16-19	9	20	4	1	[12]	43
20-24	13	13	8	6	35	102
25-34	14	17	10	10	29	346
35-49	15	17	12	13	28	547
50-59	19	25	16	18	24	295
60+	15	22	18	19	13	605
All Females	14	19	13	14	23	1,938
			Source: Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1Bases for earlier years are of a similar size
Where the base is 0-49, the percentages are shown in square brackets