Table 3. Attempt to Quit Smoking Cigarettes Among Adult Current Smokersa With and Without Coronary Heart Disease by Sex and Veteran Status — United States, 2011–2012b .
| Disease Status by Sex | Veterans and Active Duty |
Civilians |
Veterans or Active Duty Personnel vs Civilians, Difference (P Value)c | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Observations | Prevalence Rate (95% CI) | No. of Observations | Prevalence Rate (95% CI) | ||
| With coronary heart disease | |||||
| Women | 200 | 75.0 (68.4–81.7)d | 7,436 | 67.4 (63.9–70.9) | 7.7 (.04) |
| Men | 3,219 | 60.5 (51.1–69.9) | 4,696 | 63.7 (59.9–67.5) | −3.2 (.54) |
| Without coronary heart disease | |||||
| Women | 1,823 | 57.8 (53.6–62.0) | 78,612 | 58.9 (58.2–59.5) | 1.1 (.62) |
| Men | 14,676 | 55.9 (54.3–57.6) | 47,039 | 57.3 (56.3–58.3) | 1.3 (.18) |
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011 and 2012 primarily, with adjustments based on 2009 and 2010.
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
a
Current smokers who reported stopping smoking for at least 1 day in an attempt to quit during the past 12 months are defined as having a quit attempt.
b
Estimates are age-standardized.
c
Because of rounding, the difference presented in this column may differ from that the result obtained by subtracting the rate for civilians from the rate for veterans.
d
After adjustment to exclude active duty personnel, the point estimate is 69%.