Table 6.

National estimates of tobacco use or exposure counseling during general and family medicine patient visits (in millions).*

	Counseling Provided
	Yes		No
Patient or Visit Characteristic	No.	%	No.	%	OR†	95% CI
Age, yr
≤24	1.3	9.8	64.9	19.8	0.85	0.45	-	1.59
25–44	4.2	30.4	79.1	24.1	2.31	1.40	-	3.82
45–64	6.4	46.3	107.8	32.9	2.44	1.51	-	3.93
≥65	1.9	13.5	76.0	23.2	1‡		...
Sex
Female	7.0	50.8	192.7	58.8	1‡		...
Male	6.8	49.2	135.0	41.2	1.39	1.08	-	1.79
Race
White	11.8	86.2	284.4	86.8	1‡		...
Black	1.6	11.7	31.7	9.7	1.07	0.56	-	2.03
Other	0.3	2.1	11.6	3.5	0.71	0.37	-	1.37
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	13.1	95.7	294.6	89.9	1‡		...
Hispanic	0.6	4.3	33.2	10.1	0.44	0.21	-	0.93
Geographic region
Northeast	2.1	15.4	50.1	15.3	1.23	0.64	-	2.36
Midwest	4.3	31.1	90.0	27.5	1.37	0.83	-	2.27
South	5.3	38.7	115.3	35.2	1.43	0.76	-	2.69
West	2.0	14.8	72.5	22.1	1‡		...
Residence in MSA
Yes	10.4	76.1	267.4	81.6	1‡		...
No	3.3	23.9	60.2	18.4	1.34	0.78	-	2.31
Episode of care
Initial visit	4.4	31.8	127.1	38.8	1‡		...
Follow-up visit	5.9	42.7	140.2	42.8	1.15	0.76	-	1.73
Unknown	3.5	25.6	60.2	18.4	2.49	1.39	-	4.45
Major reason for visit
Acute problem	5.7	41.4	151.1	46.1	1‡		...
Chronic problem	5.3	38.8	119.9	36.6	1.07	0.73	-	1.57
Preventive care	2.5	17.9	46.6	14.2	0.65	0.36	-	1.19
Other/unknown	0.3	1.9	10.3	3.1	0.56	0.19	-	1.63
Provider type
Allopathic physician	10.9	79.8	265.4	81.0	1‡		...
Osteopathic physician	2.8	20.2	62.1	19.0	1.09	0.63	-	1.88

*Derived from the 2003 and 2004 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey using population estimates based on patient visit weights. CI denotes confidence interval; MSA, metropolitan statistical area; OR, odds ratio.

†ORs are for provision of tobacco use or exposure counseling, and are adjusted for the other patient or visit characteristics in the table.

‡Reference category for OR.