Smokers by gender

Proportion of smokers in the population of countries that have published coronavirus deaths by gender

Country	Male	Female
Iran	21%	1%
China	48%	2%
South Korea	41%	6%
Japan	34%	11%
Portugal	30%	16%
Sweden	19%	19%
United States	25%	19%
Denmark	19%	19%
Italy	28%	20%
Switzerland	29%	23%
Ireland	26%	23%
Netherlands	27%	24%
Belgium	31%	25%
Spain	31%	27%
Germany	33%	28%
France	36%	30%

Data is for 2016

Table: The Times and The Sunday Times  Source: Our World in Data

The Sunday Times published this interesting table showing the proportion of smokers by gender - in the populations of countries reporting Coronavirus deaths.

China, Iran, and South Korea stand out like sore thumbs althoughSouth Korea has reported relatively few deaths from Covid-19.

 

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