Health determiners. Absolute figures Average age of smoke use initiation of daily smokers by sex and Autonomous Community. Average and Standard deviation. Population aged 15 years old and over that smokes daily. Units: average and standard deviation Average Standard deviation BOTH SEXES Total 17.19 4.55 Andalucía 17.12 4.82 Aragón 17.02 4.83 Asturias, Principado de 16.93 4.54 Balears, Illes 16.94 4.62 Canarias 17.69 5.99 Cantabria 17.70 3.84 Castilla y León 17.40 4.44 Castilla-La Mancha 17.24 3.69 Cataluña 17.30 4.46 Comunitat Valenciana 17.05 4.96 Extremadura 16.60 3.16 Galicia 17.27 4.03 Madrid, Comunidad de 17.22 4.02 Murcia, Región de 17.39 4.88 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 17.06 3.85 País Vasco 17.08 3.82 Rioja, La 17.46 5.17 Ceuta . . Melilla 16.83 1.72 MALES Total 16.67 3.87 Andalucía 16.17 3.41 Aragón 16.60 4.59 Asturias, Principado de 16.88 5.73 Balears, Illes 16.53 5.26 Canarias 17.23 4.99 Cantabria 17.23 3.70 Castilla y León 16.89 4.48 Castilla-La Mancha 17.21 3.90 Cataluña 16.96 3.94 Comunitat Valenciana 16.55 3.76 Extremadura 15.95 2.72 Galicia 16.92 3.35 Madrid, Comunidad de 16.53 3.09 Murcia, Región de 16.81 4.04 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 16.67 3.61 País Vasco 17.09 4.06 Rioja, La 16.44 3.56 Ceuta . . Melilla . . FEMALES Total 17.87 5.21 Andalucía 18.22 5.86 Aragón 17.60 5.09 Asturias, Principado de 16.98 2.96 Balears, Illes 17.40 3.71 Canarias 18.17 6.85 Cantabria 18.28 3.94 Castilla y León 18.18 4.27 Castilla-La Mancha 17.29 3.37 Cataluña 17.79 5.09 Comunitat Valenciana 17.73 6.17 Extremadura 17.59 3.50 Galicia 17.73 4.75 Madrid, Comunidad de 18.03 4.77 Murcia, Región de 18.30 5.86 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 17.49 4.07 País Vasco 17.07 3.51 Rioja, La 18.92 6.57 Ceuta . . Melilla . . Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample. The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: Ministry of Public Health, Social Services and Equality and INE