Health determiners. Relative 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: percentages Total Medical advise Discomfort caused by tobacco Health risk Pregnancy Decrease of physical and/or psychological performance Other reasons BOTH SEXES Total 100.00 13.90 26.32 35.92 5.26 12.51 23.36 Andalucía 100.00 13.90 35.86 45.19 2.82 12.29 10.46 Aragón 100.00 9.04 26.09 20.24 10.05 4.88 37.26 Asturias, Principado de 100.00 23.01 17.01 35.78 6.94 12.40 16.80 Balears, Illes 100.00 13.78 30.70 34.23 5.92 10.49 16.00 Canarias 100.00 9.90 24.09 52.30 3.88 8.45 28.86 Cantabria 100.00 12.71 46.60 37.45 7.35 5.39 4.28 Castilla y León 100.00 14.31 23.39 31.84 2.83 26.34 21.17 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 10.66 20.22 39.35 3.93 39.64 9.06 Cataluña 100.00 14.92 25.80 38.11 6.08 14.03 16.64 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 13.12 28.14 26.34 8.74 8.02 40.33 Extremadura 100.00 15.94 18.24 48.55 4.11 8.54 22.72 Galicia 100.00 21.25 22.47 40.44 4.57 13.20 2.40 Madrid, Comunidad de 100.00 12.28 21.44 18.49 5.07 5.44 48.22 Murcia, Región de 100.00 32.50 22.34 44.59 7.12 21.01 14.64 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 100.00 7.03 26.16 54.49 3.59 10.44 16.49 País Vasco 100.00 10.64 23.61 53.96 5.12 8.72 15.30 Rioja, La 100.00 13.08 20.04 24.28 2.51 35.18 23.85 Ceuta 100.00 14.42 18.94 9.92 0.00 11.12 49.82 Melilla 100.00 . . . . . . MALES Total 100.00 17.06 29.14 36.76 . 13.43 22.55 Andalucía 100.00 17.01 40.41 41.49 . 13.04 9.40 Aragón 100.00 11.41 31.82 25.45 . 6.47 32.61 Asturias, Principado de 100.00 29.00 18.65 33.33 . 15.88 17.16 Balears, Illes 100.00 15.27 30.63 35.97 . 11.12 18.97 Canarias 100.00 10.70 29.95 48.04 . 6.36 32.51 Cantabria 100.00 14.26 53.64 43.32 . 4.79 3.60 Castilla y León 100.00 18.72 21.63 32.58 . 28.28 20.40 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 11.37 19.16 38.53 . 41.38 10.42 Cataluña 100.00 19.73 29.18 40.32 . 14.61 16.71 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 15.85 34.98 28.21 . 8.66 39.68 Extremadura 100.00 16.30 18.92 51.05 . 9.64 21.17 Galicia 100.00 26.27 23.41 39.93 . 11.03 2.09 Madrid, Comunidad de 100.00 14.68 21.17 20.34 . 6.93 47.96 Murcia, Región de 100.00 37.55 28.19 41.40 . 25.88 13.38 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 100.00 5.07 28.60 52.18 . 11.79 17.16 País Vasco 100.00 14.65 23.14 59.17 . 10.02 14.57 Rioja, La 100.00 16.94 24.68 27.77 . 36.29 18.11 Ceuta 100.00 . . . . . . Melilla 100.00 . . . . . . FEMALES Total 100.00 7.63 20.72 34.23 15.48 10.68 24.96 Andalucía 100.00 5.82 23.99 54.83 10.17 10.35 13.21 Aragón 100.00 4.17 14.32 9.53 27.35 1.62 46.82 Asturias, Principado de 100.00 12.93 14.24 39.92 18.63 6.53 16.20 Balears, Illes 100.00 10.83 30.83 30.79 17.58 9.25 10.16 Canarias 100.00 8.06 10.67 62.06 11.22 13.26 20.50 Cantabria 100.00 9.97 34.12 27.06 20.37 6.44 5.49 Castilla y León 100.00 6.02 26.67 30.43 8.16 22.69 22.62 Castilla-La Mancha 100.00 8.93 22.79 41.34 13.42 35.44 5.78 Cataluña 100.00 6.37 19.79 34.18 16.89 13.00 16.52 Comunitat Valenciana 100.00 8.47 16.48 23.15 23.65 6.94 41.45 Extremadura 100.00 14.83 16.18 40.95 16.67 5.20 27.47 Galicia 100.00 10.37 20.44 41.54 14.48 17.89 3.06 Madrid, Comunidad de 100.00 8.16 21.90 15.30 13.79 2.87 48.66 Murcia, Región de 100.00 . . . . . . Navarra, Comunidad Foral de 100.00 10.77 21.49 58.87 7.20 7.85 15.21 País Vasco 100.00 3.58 24.44 44.78 14.15 6.44 16.57 Rioja, La 100.00 6.28 11.85 18.12 6.95 33.23 34.00 Ceuta 100.00 . . . . . . Melilla 100.00 . . . . . . 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