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Table 1 Percentage use by province

From: Comparisons of social and demographic determinants of tobacco use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Province

Men Cigarettes

Men Snuff

Men Natural tobacco/cigars

Women Snuff

Kinshasa

13.5

10.1

1.8

1.5

Kwango

19.8

37.1

2.2

10

Kwilu

22.4

17.4

4.2

8.8

Mai-Ndombe

24.9

14.2

7.5

7.2

Kongo Central

23

25.5

3.6

3.7

Equateur

25.7

5.2

5.2

4.7

Mongala

12.2

8.8

5.5

3.9

Nord-ubangi

22.9

1.5

2.6

1.7

Sud-ubangi

22.2

15.1

1

8.9

Tshuapa

26.5

5.9

4.4

4.2

Kasai

36.9

5.3

11.3

2.2

Kasai-central

25.8

0.3

5.2

0.7

Kasai-oriental

21.6

0.3

2.1

0

Lomami

19.8

0.9

7.7

0.6

Sankuru

12.2

2.6

3

0.9

Haut-katanga

20.1

0.4

5.8

0.2

Haut-lomami

16

0.7

4.3

0

Lualaba

21.1

0

15.3

0.2

Tanganyka

20.2

3.1

2.7

0

Maniema

18.1

1

2.4

0

Nord-kivu

17

0.4

6.6

0.1

Bas-uele

31.3

8.2

3

3.9

Haut-uele

35.5

8.2

2.7

2.1

Ituri

37.7

4

15.6

0.7

Tshopo

17.3

9

2.9

9.5

Sud-kivu

13.9

0.6

3.4

0

Total

21.2

7.7

4.7

2.8