Bedford local authority · 2025
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8.5%
Adults who currently smoke.
Smoking prevalence in adults (aged 18 and over) — current smokers (APS) · Persons, 18+ yrs
England: 9.5% · 2025 — Similar
healthcards · Bedford · 2025
What this means
8.5% of adults aged 18 and over in Bedford reported currently smoking in the Annual Population Survey. This is a survey estimate, not proof that no one smokes when the estimate is zero.
95% confidence interval: 3.6–13.4 %. Source denominator: 126,161 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 18+ yrs); not the unweighted sample size.
Fingertips comparison: Similar England.
Recent observations (Bedford)
- 2023: 12.8%
- 2024: 12.4%
- 2025: 8.5%
These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.
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Source & provenance
- Indicator:
- Smoking prevalence in adults (aged 18 and over) — current smokers (APS) (ID 92443)
- Source:
- OHID, based on Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey
- Area:
- Bedford (E06000055), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
- Period:
- 2025; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
- Population:
- Persons, 18+ yrs
Caveats
- Self-reported survey; some people under-report smoking.
- Single-year survey estimate with a wide interval (3.6%–13.4%).
- Lower means fewer adults smoke. No moral judgement — support to quit matters.
Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.