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. 2015 Oct;105(10):2143–2149. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302444

TABLE 1—

Demographic Characteristics by Smoking Status: 10 New York City Community Health Centers, 2009–2012

Variablea No. (Overall %) Not Documented, No. (%) or % Documented, No. (%) or % P Current Smoker, No. (%) or % Former Smoker, No. (%) or % Nonsmoker, No. (%) or % P
Total 302 940 (100) 181 246 (59.9) 121 694 (40.1) 35 057 (28.8) 14 116 (11.6) 72 521 (59.6)
Gender
 Male 67 868 (22.4) 53.5 46.5 49.2 15.0 35.8
 Female 234 926 (77.6) 61.6 38.4 < .001 21.7 10.4 67.9 < .001
Age, y
 18–34 193 643 (65.0) 60.6 39.4 22.6 9.7 67.6
 35–64 94 652 (31.8) 56.3 43.7 41.1 13.8 45.1
  ≥ 65 9 867 (3.3) 58.3 41.7 < .001 19.8 23.7 56.5 < .001
Race/ethnicity
 American Indian 902 (0.4) 49.6 50.4 22.1 7.2 70.8
 Asian 8 613 (3.7) 49.0 51.0 18.6 12.4 69.0
 Black 98 828 (39.2) 46.5 53.5 31.7 10.6 57.7
 Hispanic 3 245 (34.6) 45.4 54.6 25.7 11.2 63.1
 Others 54 161 (6.2) 54.8 45.2 26.8 11.0 62.3
 White 51 771 (16.0) 48.6 51.4 < .001 30.8 15.3 54.0 < .001
Insuranceb
 Commercial 124 959 (41.3) 45.9 54.1 < .001 33.4 11.9 54.6 < .001
 Medicaid 125 852 (41.5) 43.0 57.0 < .001 34.0 11.2 54.8 < .001
 Medicare 8 438 (2.8) 41.9 58.1 < .001 35.9 19.6 44.5 < .001
 Self-pay 81 175 (26.8) 63.3 36.7 < .001 30.4 12.1 57.6 < .001
 Others 60 (0.0) 38.3 61.7 < .001 27.0 16.2 56.8 .68
Comorbidityc
 Cardiovascular 1 353 (0.5) 12.9 87.1 < .001 46.6 18.1 35.3 < .001
 Respiratory 1 114 (0.4) 12.2 87.8 < .001 74.9 17.4 7.8 < .001
 Osteoporosis 1 967 (0.7) 7.5 92.5 < .001 24.3 14.0 61.7 < .001
 Cardiovascular disease risks 30 587 (10.1) 18.0 82.0 < .001 38.8 16.4 44.7 < .001
 No comorbidity 271 192 (89.5) 64.7 35.3 < .001 26.0 10.3 63.7 < .001
 Any comorbidity 31 748 (10.5) 17.9 82.2 < .001 39.1 16.3 44.6 < .001
a

The “overall” column represents column percentages by demographic category. For example, under the “Gender” category, the rows for male and female demographics add to 100% of the category. Data in columns 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 represent row percentages. For example, current plus former plus nonsmoker add up to 100% for men.

b

More than 1 insurance type is possible for each patient.

c

More than 1 condition is possible for each patient.