National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.35a: Percent of current smokers age 18 and over with a checkup who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, United States, 2000 and 2001

	2001					2000
				Told to Stop					Told to Stop
Population group	Total population (in thousands)^e	Percent smoker	Percent smokers with checkup^f	Percent^g	Standard error	Total population (in thousands)^e	Percent smoker	Percent smokers with checkup^f	Percent^g	Standard error

Total	208,272.0	23.1	11.6	60.9	1.2	202,738.0	23.1	12.0	61.9	1.4

Race
White	174,920.0	23.1	11.3	61.9	1.3	170,084.0	23.2	12.0	62.7	1.5
Black	23,881.0	24.5	14.8	56.9	3.5	24,518.0	23.4	13.0	58.5	3.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	24,431.0	16.8	7.1	57.1	3.4	21,738.0	17.0	7.6	50.1	4.0
Non-Hispanic	183,841.0	23.9	12.2	61.2	1.3	180,999.0	23.8	12.5	62.8	1.4
White	151,641.0	24.1	11.9	62.3	1.4	150,153.0	24.0	12.6	63.7	1.5
Black	23,305.0	24.6	14.9	57.1	3.5	23,466.0	23.6	13.2	58.1	3.5
Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Gender
Male	99,824.0	26.8	11.5	56.1	1.7	97,198.0	26.6	11.9	59.2	2.1
Female	108,448.0	19.6	11.7	65.3	1.5	105,540.0	19.9	12.1	64.4	1.8

Age
18-44	109,467.0	26.2	10.9	56.4	1.8	108,439.0	26.2	11.7	56.5	1.9
45-64	64,978.0	23.4	14.1	65.4	2.0	61,509.0	23.5	14.0	68.9	2.1
65 and over	33,827.0	11.7	8.9	65.7	3.3	32,791.0	12.2	9.3	65.4	3.5

Education^a
Less than high school	42,842.0	30.9	14.5	59.7	2.0	40,860.0	32.6	15.9	61.7	2.4
High school graduate	69,077.0	27.8	13.6	59.5	2.1	66,421.0	27.5	13.8	63.8	2.2
At least some college	95,076.0	16.2	8.9	63.1	2.0	93,918.0	16.0	9.1	60.2	2.2

Employment status^b
Employed	142,602.0	24.6	11.3	59.5	1.4	140,394.0	24.5	11.7	60.0	1.8
Not employed	31,762.0	27.7	15.8	62.6	2.5	29,534.0	28.6	16.7	66.3	3.5

Insurance
Age 18-64
Any private	135,308.0	21.5	11.2	60.2	1.6	132,072.0	21.6	11.4	61.6	1.7
Public only	13,189.0	43.1	24.9	70.0	2.9	13,122.0	42.1	25.6	70.6	3.7
Uninsured	25,947.0	35.6	10.4	48.7	3.7	24,753.0	35.8	11.9	49.9	4.1
Age 65 and over
Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Medicare and private	19,461.0	10.8	8.3	60.1	5.0	18,453.0	11.8	8.7	65.0	5.1
Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
No insurance/private only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

Family income^c
Negative or poor	20,753.0	34.3	16.0	65.0	2.8	19,351.0	35.7	18.9	63.5	3.6
Near poor/low income	35,506.0	26.8	13.0	58.1	2.7	33,104.0	27.2	14.0	54.6	3.1
Middle income	65,619.0	25.3	12.5	58.2	2.2	65,142.0	24.3	12.0	62.3	2.2
High income	86,394.0	17.2	9.3	63.5	2.2	85,141.0	17.8	9.7	65.1	2.4

Residence location^d
Metropolitan-large	114,742.0	20.9	10.7	62.2	1.8	113,291.0	21.4	10.8	61.6	2.1
Metropolitan-small	59,021.0	24.9	12.4	59.2	2.2	53,724.0	25.0	13.7	61.7	2.4
Micropolitan	22,037.0	27.1	13.9	57.5	2.6	20,879.0	26.0	12.7	63.4	3.3
Noncore	12,472.0	26.8	11.8	65.9	5.2	14,844.0	25.6	14.0	63.2	4.2

Perceived health status
Excellent, very good or good	181,543.0	22.0	10.5	57.8	1.4	177,944.0	22.2	10.9	59.2	1.6
Fair or poor	26,729.0	30.3	19.4	73.2	2.2	24,794.0	29.7	20.4	72.7	2.3

^a"Less than high school" refers to fewer than 12 years of education; "high school graduate", 12 years of education; and "at least some college", more than 12 years of education. Number of persons does not add to overall total because data on this variable were not available for some sample persons.

^b Employment status for persons age 18-64 only.

^c "Negative or poor" refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; "near poor/low income", over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; "middle income", 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and "high income", 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^d See the MEPS entry in the Data Sources section of the Measures Specifications Appendix for more information.

^eTotal adult population, age 18 and over. Numbers may not add to Total due to missing or rounding.

^fDenominator is total adult population, excluding missing values. Numerator is current smokers with checkup within the year.

^gDenominator includes adult smokers with checkup.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

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