Health determiners. Absolute figures Main reasons of ex-smokers to quit smoking by sex and Autonomous Community. Population aged 15 years old and over that currently does not smoke but did smoke before Units: thousands of persons Total Medical advise Discomfort caused by tobacco Health risk Pregnancy Decrease of physical and/or psychological performance Other reasons No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 7,572.2 1,041.9 1,972.7 2,692.0 394.6 937.8 1,750.9 76.9 Andalucía 1,270.4 173.8 448.3 565.1 35.3 153.7 130.8 20.1 Aragón 295.1 26.6 76.7 59.5 29.5 14.4 109.6 1.0 Asturias, Principado de 183.3 41.6 30.8 64.7 12.6 22.4 30.4 2.4 Balears, Illes 186.8 25.6 56.9 63.5 11.0 19.5 29.7 1.3 Canarias 336.6 32.5 79.2 171.9 12.8 27.8 94.9 8.0 Cantabria 110.2 14.0 51.4 41.3 8.1 5.9 4.7 0.0 Castilla y León 491.4 70.3 114.9 156.4 13.9 129.4 104.0 0.0 Castilla-La Mancha 293.2 31.0 58.8 114.5 11.4 115.3 26.4 2.2 Cataluña 1,221.6 181.9 314.6 464.7 74.2 171.1 202.9 2.1 Comunitat Valenciana 856.9 110.7 237.4 222.2 73.7 67.7 340.2 13.4 Extremadura 177.2 28.2 32.3 86.0 7.3 15.1 40.3 0.0 Galicia 391.2 82.5 87.2 157.0 17.7 51.2 9.3 3.0 Madrid, Comunidad de 1,092.8 131.9 230.1 198.5 54.4 58.3 517.6 19.4 Murcia, Región de 99.4 32.0 22.0 43.9 7.0 20.7 14.4 0.9 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 72.9 5.1 19.1 39.7 2.6 7.6 12.0 0.0 País Vasco 426.1 45.0 99.9 228.3 21.7 36.9 64.7 3.0 Rioja, La 54.4 7.1 10.8 13.1 1.4 19.0 12.9 0.3 Ceuta 11.1 1.6 2.1 1.1 0.0 1.2 5.5 0.0 Melilla 1.5 . . . . . . . MALES Total 5,050.8 850.1 1,451.9 1,831.6 . 669.3 1,123.5 68.7 Andalucía 923.4 153.6 365.1 374.8 . 117.8 84.9 20.1 Aragón 197.8 22.6 63.0 50.4 . 12.8 64.5 0.0 Asturias, Principado de 115.1 32.9 21.2 37.8 . 18.0 19.5 1.6 Balears, Illes 124.4 18.8 37.7 44.3 . 13.7 23.3 1.3 Canarias 234.4 24.5 68.5 109.9 . 14.6 74.4 5.5 Cantabria 70.5 10.0 37.8 30.5 . 3.4 2.5 0.0 Castilla y León 320.6 60.0 69.4 104.5 . 90.7 65.4 0.0 Castilla-La Mancha 207.9 23.4 39.4 79.2 . 85.1 21.4 2.2 Cataluña 782.2 153.9 227.6 314.5 . 114.0 130.3 2.1 Comunitat Valenciana 545.0 84.3 186.0 150.0 . 46.0 210.9 13.4 Extremadura 133.4 21.7 25.2 68.1 . 12.9 28.3 0.0 Galicia 268.7 69.8 62.2 106.1 . 29.3 5.6 3.0 Madrid, Comunidad de 694.7 99.7 143.7 138.1 . 47.0 325.7 15.6 Murcia, Región de 68.9 25.5 19.2 28.1 . 17.6 9.1 0.9 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 47.8 2.4 13.7 25.0 . 5.6 8.2 0.0 País Vasco 272.9 39.5 62.5 159.7 . 27.0 39.3 3.0 Rioja, La 34.5 5.9 8.5 9.6 . 12.5 6.3 0.0 Ceuta 7.5 . . . . . . . Melilla 0.9 . . . . . . . FEMALES Total 2,521.4 191.8 520.8 860.4 389.0 268.5 627.4 8.2 Andalucía 347.1 20.2 83.3 190.3 35.3 35.9 45.8 0.0 Aragón 97.2 4.0 13.8 9.2 26.3 1.6 45.1 1.0 Asturias, Principado de 68.2 8.7 9.6 26.9 12.6 4.4 10.9 0.8 Balears, Illes 62.4 6.8 19.2 19.2 11.0 5.8 6.3 0.0 Canarias 102.3 8.1 10.7 62.0 11.2 13.2 20.5 2.4 Cantabria 39.8 4.0 13.6 10.8 8.1 2.6 2.2 0.0 Castilla y León 170.8 10.3 45.6 52.0 13.9 38.8 38.6 0.0 Castilla-La Mancha 85.3 7.6 19.4 35.3 11.4 30.2 4.9 0.0 Cataluña 439.3 28.0 86.9 150.1 74.2 57.1 72.6 0.0 Comunitat Valenciana 311.9 26.4 51.4 72.2 73.7 21.7 129.3 0.0 Extremadura 43.7 6.5 7.1 17.9 7.3 2.3 12.0 0.0 Galicia 122.6 12.7 25.1 50.9 17.7 21.9 3.8 0.0 Madrid, Comunidad de 398.1 32.2 86.4 60.4 54.4 11.3 191.9 3.8 Murcia, Región de 30.5 . . . . . . . Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 25.1 2.7 5.4 14.8 1.8 2.0 3.8 0.0 País Vasco 153.2 5.5 37.4 68.6 21.7 9.9 25.4 0.0 Rioja, La 19.8 1.2 2.3 3.5 1.4 6.5 6.7 0.3 Ceuta 3.6 . . . . . . . Melilla 0.6 . . . . . . . Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The same person may be in several categories of reasons for quitting smoking. 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