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. 2010 Mar 1;60(572):e121–e127. doi: 10.3399/bjgp10X483544

Table 1.

Patients aged >15 years with smoking status recorded.

2001/2002 2006/2007


n (total n) % (95% CI) n (total n) % (95% CI) % change 2001–2007
All patients 1 263 496 (2 708 917) 46.64 (46.58 to 46.70) 2 154 658 (2 708 867) 79.54 (79.49 to 79.59) 32.90

Sex
 Female 726 917 (1 374 252) 52.90 (52.81 to 52.98) 1 176 377 (1 367 817) 86.00 (85.95 to 86.06) 33.10
 Male 536 579 (1 334 665) 40.20 (40.12 to 40.29) 978 281 (1 341 050) 72.95 (72.87 to 73.02) 32.75

Age-band, years
 16–24 129 809 (331 782) 39.12 (38.96 to 39.29) 243 516 (349 400) 69.70 (69.54 to 69.85) 30.58
 25–34 241 662 (450 280) 53.67 (53.52 to 53.81) 322 694 (412 811) 78.17 (78.04 to 78.30) 24.50
 35–44 241 387 (529 104) 45.62 (45.49 to 45.76) 390 805 (523 909) 74.59 (74.48 to 74.71) 28.97
 45–54 195 069 (441 617) 44.17 (44.03 to 44.32) 347 819 (450 530) 77.20 (77.08 to 77.32) 33.03
 55–64 186 339 (389 128) 47.89 (47.73 to 48.04) 340 240 (408 567) 83.28 (83.16 to 83.39) 35.39
 65–74 144 796 (288 339) 50.22 (50.03 to 50.40) 255 073 (283 923) 89.84 (89.73 to 89.95) 39.62
 ≥75 124 434 (278 667) 44.65 (44.47 to 44.84) 254 511 (279 727) 90.99 (90.88 to 91.09) 46.34

Socioeconomic statusa
 Quintile 1 276 107 (607 528) 45.45 (45.32 to 45.57) 489 931 (612 866) 79.94 (79.84 to 80.04) 34.49
 Quintile 2 247 693 (539 442) 45.92 (45.78 to 46.05) 435 846 (544 339) 80.07 (79.96 to 80.17) 34.15
 Quintile 3 236 964 (506 448) 46.79 (46.65 to 46.93) 412 719 (513 362) 80.40 (80.29 to 80.50) 33.61
 Quintile 4 224 884 (463 323) 48.54 (48.39 to 48.68) 375 533 (467 692) 80.29 (80.18 to 80.41) 31.75
 Quintile 5 236 925 (476 786) 49.69 (49.55 to 49.83) 395 645 (496 427) 79.70 (79.59 to 79.81) 30.01
a

Higher quintiles indicate areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation.