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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_1_4.2b
Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
All races White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 64.5 1.3 65.0 1.4 65.8 1.6 61.9 2.6 58.8 3.6
Age 18–44 56.4 2.1 56.9 2.3 57.3 2.6 54.9 4.5 51.2 5.0
45–64 70.5 2.0 70.4 2.0 70.9 2.4 67.7 3.4 * *
65 and over 73.0 3.2 73.8 3.3 76.0 3.6 * * * *
Gender Male 61.7 2.2 61.5 2.3 61.9 2.6 59.5 4.6 64.3 5.1
Female 67.0 1.6 68.0 1.7 69.2 2.0 64.1 3.0 52.2 5.2
Family incomea Negative/poor 65.5 2.9 66.4 3.2 69.9 4.1 64.3 5.5 * *
Near poor/low 61.5 2.9 61.1 3.2 58.9 3.9 61.4 5.0 * *
Middle 64.8 2.4 66.0 2.6 67.5 2.8 * * * *
High 65.4 2.7 65.4 2.8 65.9 3.0 * * * *
Educationb Less than high school 64.2 2.4 65.3 2.6 67.4 3.1 60.0 5.1 56.4 5.7
High school graduate 66.3 2.2 66.4 2.3 68.6 2.6 56.4 5.2 * *
At least some college 63.2 2.5 63.8 2.5 62.0 2.8 * * * *
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 60.9 1.8 61.2 1.9 61.2 2.1 61.8 3.9 56.8 4.8
Not employed 68.8 2.5 69.3 2.7 72.0 3.2 60.7 5.2 * *
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 64.0 2.0 64.2 2.1 64.5 2.3 61.1 4.1 61.3 5.3
Public only 70.4 2.9 70.0 3.1 72.6 4.1 67.4 5.3 * *
Uninsured 48.8 3.8 50.5 4.2 48.8 4.8 * * * *
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only * * * * * * * * * *
Medicare and private 74.7 4.0 74.4 4.1 75.1 4.5 * * * *
Medicare and other public * * * * * * * * * *
Residence locationc Metropolitan 65.0 1.5 65.7 1.6 66.3 1.8 62.7 2.8 58.0 3.7
  Large central metro 65.0 2.5 65.5 2.9 66.6 4.3 63.2 3.8 62.3 4.9
  Large fringe metro 64.5 2.5 66.2 2.6 67.3 2.9 * * * *
  Medium metro 63.4 3.3 63.0 3.4 61.9 3.9 * * * *
  Small metro 70.2 4.3 71.2 4.1 73.1 4.0 * * * *
Nonmetropolitan 62.5 2.8 62.3 2.8 64.1 3.3 * * * *
  Micropolitan 58.6 3.1 58.3 3.2 59.4 3.7 * * * *
  Noncore 70.4 4.7 70.1 4.7 72.7 5.1 * * * *
Language spoken most often at home English 65.1 1.4 65.2 1.4 66.1 1.6 62.0 2.6 62.3 5.3
Other 53.2 5.4 * * * * * * 53.6 5.6
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 62.0 1.5 62.6 1.6 63.6 1.8 57.2 2.9 54.7 4.4
Fair/poor 72.9 2.4 73.1 2.4 73.9 3.0 73.6 4.5 * *
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 75.9 2.3 76.4 2.4 76.0 2.8 * * * *
Complex activities 77.2 2.6 77.1 2.7 78.5 3.1 * * * *
Neither basic nor complex activities 61.3 1.6 61.7 1.7 63.0 1.8 57.2 3.3 57.3 4.3

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

b 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.

c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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