The provided table compares the rates of smokers among women and men from the age of 15 to 20 in Britian.
Overall, what stands out from the chart that there were significant increases in smoking in both genders, with males demonstrating more individuals who smoke than females during the whole period.
Looking at the details, as the regard men it is clear that there was a considerable rise from 10% in 1970 to 22% in 1975. During the next decade, it repeatedly rose growing by 15 percentage points. However, then it declined to 28% in the end of the period.
By contrast, regarding the women, they showed slightly another pattern, it grew dramatically from 5% in 1970 to 34% in 1985. In the following five years, it went up to 3 percentage points. Nevertheless, it went down notably, dropping to 27% in 2000.
