Table 2.
Percentage of Patients Who Were Current Smokers at the End of 2007 (Note. These Percentages Were Calculated for a Population of 238 185 Patients Aged 18 or Older in 2007, Who Had At Least One Primary Care or Internal Medicine Visit in Each Year From 2007 Through 2011)
| Patient characteristics | Percent “current smoker” |
|---|---|
| Total (n = 238 185) | 14.4% |
| Sex | |
| Men | 17.6 |
| Women | 12.0 |
| Age | |
| 18–34 | 16.5 |
| 35–64 | 17.0 |
| ≥65 | 7.6 |
| Race | |
| Black | 14.1 |
| White | 14.8 |
| Hawaiian/Pacific I | 16.5 |
| Native American | 36.2 |
| Asian | 8.4 |
| Not recorded | 15.3 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 8.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 8.8 |
| Not recorded | 40.6 |
| Comorbidity | |
| Cancer (all non-skin) | 9.5 |
| Cardiovascular disease (CVD) | 18.7 |
| Asthma | 25.1 |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | 30.8 |
| Diabetes (all types) | 16.2 |
| Hypertension | 17.1 |
| Stroke | 12.7 |
| Organizations | |
| Baylor | 9.8 |
| KP Georgia | 11.4 |
| KP Hawaii | 11.4 |
| KP Northwest | 13.8 |
| OCHIN | 28.8 |
| VA Seattle | 25.5 |
KP = Kaiser Permanente.