Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Average age at beginning to use tobacco of daily smokers, by sex and age group. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 16 years old and over that smokes daily
Units: average and standard deviation

	Average	Standard deviation	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	17.35	4.55	
    16 to 24 years of age	15.84	2.16	
    25 to 34 years of age	16.98	3.06	
    35 to 44 years of age	17.45	4.31	
    45 to 54 years of age	17.36	4.46	
    55 to 64 years of age	18.72	6.21	
    65 to 74 years of age	19.99	8.87	
    75 years old and over	19.27	9.21	
MALES	
    Total	17.04	4.14	
    16 to 24 years of age	15.91	2.09	
    25 to 34 years of age	17.07	3.03	
    35 to 44 years of age	17.33	4.33	
    45 to 54 years of age	16.83	4.17	
    55 to 64 years of age	17.33	5.03	
    65 to 74 years of age	17.61	6.09	
    75 years old and over	17.80	7.40	
FEMALES	
    Total	17.78	5.05	
    16 to 24 years of age	15.76	2.22	
    25 to 34 years of age	16.86	3.08	
    35 to 44 years of age	17.60	4.28	
    45 to 54 years of age	18.07	4.74	
    55 to 64 years of age	21.89	7.38	
    65 to 74 years of age	28.82	11.54	
    75 years old and over	25.85	12.91	
Notes:
1) Population aged 16 years old and over that smokes daily
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors.
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected.
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'.
Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE