Table 3.
Patients aged >15 years recorded as smokers in the last 12 months who were provided with smoking cessation advice from primary care.
| 2001/2002 | 2006/2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (total n) | % (95% CI) | n (total n) | % (95% CI) | % change 2001–2007 | |
| All patients | 62 393 (142 695) | 43.64 (43.39 to 43.90) | 252 042 (300 064) | 84.00 (83.87 to 84.13) | 40.36 |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 37 441 (87 176) | 42.95 (42.62 to 43.28) | 138 328 (162 614) | 85.07 (84.89 to 85.24) | 42.12 |
| Male | 24 952 (55 789) | 44.73 (44.31 to 45.14) | 113 714 (137 450) | 82.73 (82.53 to 82.93) | 38.00 |
| Age-band, years | |||||
| 16–24 | 7 644 (19 307) | 39.59 (38.90 to 40.28) | 31 554 (38 358) | 82.26 (81.88 to 82.64) | 42.67 |
| 25–34 | 11 833 (28 154) | 42.03 (41.45 to 42.61) | 41 401 (51 078) | 81.05 (80.71 to 81.39) | 39.02 |
| 35–44 | 11 428 (25 859) | 44.19 (43.59 to 44.80) | 48 613 (59 697) | 81.43 (81.12 to 81.74) | 37.24 |
| 45–54 | 11 039 (24 452) | 45.15 (44.52 to 45.77) | 45 020 (53 541) | 84.09 (83.78 to 84.39) | 38.94 |
| 55–64 | 10 772 (22 973) | 46.89 (46.24 to 47.54) | 43 054 (49 556) | 86.88 (86.58 to 87.18) | 39.99 |
| 65–74 | 6852 (14 551) | 47.09 (46.28 to 47.90) | 26 886 (30 197) | 89.03 (88.68 to 89.39) | 41.94 |
| ≥75 | 2825 (7 669) | 36.84 (35.76 to 37.92) | 15 514 (17 637) | 87.96 (87.48 to 88.44) | 51.12 |
| Socioeconomic statusa | |||||
| Quintile 1 | 8943 (20 885) | 42.82 (42.15 to 43.49) | 36 219 (43 492) | 83.27 (82.93 to 83.63) | 40.45 |
| Quintile 2 | 9726 (22 646) | 42.95 (42.30 to 43.59) | 39 586 (47 273) | 83.74 (83.41 to 84.07) | 40.79 |
| Quintile 3 | 11 430 (26 699) | 42.81 (42.21 to 43.40) | 47 559 (56 809) | 83.71 (83.41 to 84.02) | 40.90 |
| Quintile 4 | 13 449 (30 386) | 44.26 (43.70 to 44.82) | 54 600 (64 663) | 84.44 (84.16 to 84.72) | 40.18 |
| Quintile 5 | 16 819 (37 278) | 45.12 (44.61 to 45.62) | 68 516 (81 598) | 83.97 (83.72 to 84.22) | 38.85 |
a
Higher quintiles indicate areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation.