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Table 1 Frequency of Students Responding “Yes” to Questions about Risk-Taking Behaviors among Iranian University Students, 2019

From: Health-risk behaviors among Iranian university students, 2019: a web-based survey

Items

Male (N = 2034)

Female (N = 1615)

Total (Standardized prevalence for sex)

n

% (CI 95%)

n

% (CI 95%)

% (CI 95%)

Smoking

734

36.4 (34.3–38.5)

121

7.6 (6.4–8.9)

18.5 (17.3–19.8)

Hookah use

359

17.7 (16.1–19.4)

62

3.9 (3.0–4.9)

9.1 (8.2–10.1)

Alcohol use

337

16.7 (15.1–18.4)

75

4.7 (3.7–5.8)

9.2 (8.3–10.2)

Substance abuse

299

15.3 (13.8–17.0)

65

4.1 (3.2–5.2)

8.3 (7.4–9.3)

Sexual risk behavior

408

20.5 (18.7–22.3)

168

10.7 (9.3–12.4)

14.5 (13.3–15.7)

  1. Note. CI Confidence Interval