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