Health determiners. Absolute figures Average age of smoke use initiation of ex-smokers by sex and Autonomous Community. Average and Standard deviation. Population aged 15 years old and over that does not currently smoke but did smoke before. Units: average and standard deviation Average Standard deviation BOTH SEXES Total 17.03 3.97 Andalucía 16.70 3.82 Aragón 17.15 4.26 Asturias, Principado de 17.75 5.32 Balears, Illes 16.74 3.89 Canarias 16.78 4.12 Cantabria 17.09 3.16 Castilla y León 17.58 4.98 Castilla-La Mancha 16.59 2.68 Cataluña 16.99 3.50 Comunitat Valenciana 17.22 4.60 Extremadura 16.30 3.41 Galicia 16.95 3.65 Madrid, Comunidad de 17.42 3.82 Murcia, Región de 16.29 3.19 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 16.71 3.85 País Vasco 16.89 3.68 Rioja, La 16.90 3.73 Ceuta 16.59 2.89 Melilla . . MALES Total 16.61 3.48 Andalucía 16.04 3.02 Aragón 17.10 4.23 Asturias, Principado de 16.91 3.98 Balears, Illes 16.17 3.64 Canarias 16.30 3.21 Cantabria 16.99 3.29 Castilla y León 17.21 3.97 Castilla-La Mancha 16.38 2.71 Cataluña 16.52 3.36 Comunitat Valenciana 17.03 3.83 Extremadura 16.28 3.49 Galicia 16.65 3.30 Madrid, Comunidad de 16.82 3.06 Murcia, Región de 16.20 3.47 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 16.66 4.16 País Vasco 16.95 4.20 Rioja, La 16.76 3.75 Ceuta . . Melilla . . FEMALES Total 17.85 4.69 Andalucía 18.46 5.00 Aragón 17.25 4.33 Asturias, Principado de 19.15 6.76 Balears, Illes 17.87 4.13 Canarias 17.82 5.45 Cantabria 17.25 2.94 Castilla y León 18.27 6.42 Castilla-La Mancha 17.07 2.55 Cataluña 17.85 3.58 Comunitat Valenciana 17.54 5.67 Extremadura 16.34 3.16 Galicia 17.57 4.23 Madrid, Comunidad de 18.46 4.66 Murcia, Región de 16.49 2.45 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 16.80 3.20 País Vasco 16.80 2.60 Rioja, La 17.16 3.67 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