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Wakefield local authority · 2025

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12.5%

Adults who currently smoke.

Smoking prevalence in adults (aged 18 and over) — current smokers (APS) · Persons, 18+ yrs

England: 9.5% · 2025 — Worse

healthcards · Wakefield · 2025

What this means

12.5% of adults aged 18 and over in Wakefield 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: 9.7–15.3 %. Source denominator: 256,312 weighted survey respondents (Persons, 18+ yrs); not the unweighted sample size.

Fingertips comparison: Worse England.

Recent observations (Wakefield)

  1. 2023: 12.1%
  2. 2024: 11.5%
  3. 2025: 12.5%

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:
Wakefield (E08000036), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2025; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:
Persons, 18+ yrs

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Caveats

  • Self-reported survey; some people under-report smoking.
  • Single-year survey estimate with a wide interval (9.7%–15.3%).
  • 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.