Table 2.
Descriptive analysis of prevalence, GP attendance and BI delivery rates for smokers and risky drinkers by socioeconomic position (weighted, 95% CIs in brackets)
| Past year smokers | Risky drinkers | |||||
| Prevalence in population | Who visited GP in past year | Who received BI | visited GP | Prevalence in population | Who visited GP in past year | Who received BI | visited GP | |
| Population | 20.5% (20.2 to 20.9) | 54.9% (53.8 to 56) | 48.3% (47.1 to 49.5) | 13.1% (12.8 to 13.3) | 64.8% (63.6 to 65.4) | 6.1% (5.4 to 6.5) |
| Social grade | ||||||
| AB | 11.5% (10.9 to 12.1) | 57.7% (54.5 to 60.9) | 45.8% (42.3 to 49.3) | 14.3% (13.6 to 14.6) | 67.6% (65.1 to 68.8) | 5.4% (4 to 6.1) |
| C1 | 17.8% (17.2 to 18.4) | 55.6% (53.4 to 57.7) | 47% (44.6 to 49.4) | 14.3% (13.8 to 14.6) | 65.5% (63.5 to 66.6) | 4.8% (3.7 to 5.3) |
| C2 | 24.2% (23.4 to 25.1) | 49.7% (47.4 to 52) | 45.7% (43.1 to 48.3) | 13.3% (12.7 to 13.7) | 60.8% (58 to 62.2) | 5% (3.4 to 5.8) |
| D | 27.8% (26.8 to 28.8) | 53.3% (50.9 to 55.8) | 50.3% (47.6 to 53) | 9.7% (9.1 to 10.1) | 65.2% (61.7 to 67) | 6.5% (4.2 to 7.6) |
| E | 35.7% (34.4 to 37) | 62.6% (60.1 to 65.1) | 53.9% (51.2 to 56.6) | 11.3% (10.4 to 11.7) | 61.6% (57.7 to 63.6) | 18.1% (14 to 20.1) |
| Education | ||||||
| University | 12.6% (12 to 13.1) | 53.7% (51 to 56.3) | 44.3% (41.3 to 47.3) | 13.6% (13 to 13.9) | 66.4% (64.2 to 67.6) | 4.9% (3.7 to 5.6) |
| A-level | 21% (20.1 to 21.8) | 53.5% (50.9 to 56) | 48% (45.2 to 50.9) | 18.6% (17.8 to 19) | 59.7% (57.3 to 60.9) | 4.7% (3.4 to 5.4) |
| GCSE | 26.1% (25.4 to 26.9) | 54.8% (53 to 56.7) | 47.5% (45.5 to 49.6) | 13.1% (12.5 to 13.4) | 65.1% (62.8 to 66.2) | 6.6% (5.1 to 7.3) |
| Other | 18.3% (17.1 to 19.5) | 56.8% (52.7 to 60.9) | 49.3% (44.8 to 53.8) | 11.4% (10.4 to 11.9) | 70.3% (65.9 to 72.5) | 7.9% (4.8 to 9.4) |
| None | 26.6% (25.6 to 27.5) | 57.1% (54.7 to 59.5) | 52.6% (50.1 to 55.2) | 6.6% (6.1 to 6.9) | 68.8% (64.9 to 70.8) | 11.4% (8.2 to 13) |
| Employment | ||||||
| Full-time | 21.8% (21.2 to 22.5) | 47.4% (45.6 to 49.3) | 46.1% (43.9 to 48.3) | 16.7% (16.1 to 17) | 60.2% (58.4 to 61.2) | 4.2% (3.2 to 4.7) |
| Other | 19.7% (19.3 to 20.1) | 60.3% (59 to 61.7) | 49.5% (48.1 to 51) | 10.9% (10.6 to 11.1) | 69% (67.5 to 69.8) | 7.6% (6.5 to 8.1) |
| Housing tenure | ||||||
| Owner | 13.6% (13.2 to 14) | 56.3% (54.5 to 58) | 48% (46.1 to 49.9) | 12.3% (11.9 to 12.5) | 67.5% (65.9 to 68.3) | 5.2% (4.3 to 5.7) |
| Renter | 33.7% (33 to 34.4) | 54.3% (52.8 to 55.7) | 48.7% (47.1 to 50.2) | 14.9% (14.4 to 15.2) | 60.8% (58.9 to 61.7) | 7.7% (6.4 to 8.4) |
Unweighted sample sizes can be found in online supplementary table S14.
BI, brief intervention; GP, general practitioner.