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청소년의 현재 흡연율 추이, 2007-2018
Trends in prevalence of current smoking among Korean adolescents, 2007-2018
[정의] 현재 흡연율 : 최근 30일 동안 1일 이상 흡연한 사람의 분율
우리나라 청소년의 현재 흡연율은 2007년 13.3%에서 2018년 6.7%로 6.6%p 감소하였음. 2018년 기준 남학생은 9.4%, 여학생은 3.7%로 남학생의 흡연율이 2.5배 더 높았으며(그림 A), 중학생(3.0%) 보다 고등학생(9.8%)이 3.3배 더 높은 흡연율을 보였음(그림 B).
The prevalence of current smoking among adolescents in Korea dropped 6.6 percentage point (%p), from 13.3% in 2007 to 6.7% in 2018. The 2018 data indicated that the prevalence of current smoking was 2.5 folds higher among schoolboys (9.4%) than among schoolgirls (3.7%) (Figure A), and 3.3 folds higher among high school students (9.8%) than among middle school students (3.0%) (Figure B).
Source: The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS), http://www.cdc.go.kr/yhs
* The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey is a national school-based survey to assess the prevalence of and monitor trends in health-risk behaviors among Korean adolescents.
Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Figure A-B. Trends in prevalence of current smoking among Korean adolescents, 2007-2018
*Prevalence of current smoking: proportion of those who smoked 1 day or more for the past 30 days ※ Survey population: middle school and high school students in Korea
13.3 12.8 12.8 12.1 12.1 11.4 9.7 9.2 7.8 6.3 6.4 6.7 17.4 16.8 17.4 16.6 17.2 16.3 14.4 14.0 11.9 9.6 9.5 9.4 8.8 8.2 7.6 7.1 6.5 5.9 4.6 4.0 3.2 2.7 3.1 3.7 0 5 10 15 20 25 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 Pe rc en ta ge (% ) Survey year Total Schoolboys Schoolgirls A 9.1 8.0 8.3 8.0 8.1 7.2 5.5 4.7 3.3 2.5 3.0 3.0 18.1 17.8 17.5 16.2 16.1 15.4 13.8 13.5 11.7 9.5 9.2 9.8 0 5 10 15 20 25 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 Pe rc en ta ge (% ) Survey year
Middle school students High school students B
