2005 National Healthcare Quality Report, Data Tables. Table 1.36a

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Table 1.36a
Percent of current smokers age 18 and over with a checkup who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, United States, 2000 and 2002

		2002					2000
		Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent smoker	Percent smokers with checkup^h	Told to quit		Total population (in thousands)^e	Percent smoker	Percent smokers with checkup^f	Told to quit
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^g	Percent smoker	Percent smokers with checkup^h	Percentⁱ	Standard error	Total population (in thousands)^e	Percent smoker	Percent smokers with checkup^f	Percent^g	Standard error
Total		211,389	22.1	11.4	63.5	1.1	202,738	23.1	12.0	61.9	1.4
Race^a	White	174,268	21.9	11.1	63.9	1.2	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Black	23,794	26.4	15.7	61.5	2.9	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
	American Indian/Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
Ethnicity^b	Hispanic, all races	25,849	17.8	7.5	48.7	3.5	21,738	17.0	7.6	50.1	4.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	185,541	22.7	11.9	64.8	1.1	180,999	23.8	12.5	62.8	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	149,367	22.7	11.7	65.5	1.3	150,153	24.0	12.6	63.7	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	23,442	26.4	15.8	61.7	2.9	23,466	23.6	13.2	58.1	3.5
	Non-Hispanic, other	12,731	16.5	8.35	63.8	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	101,486	24.9	11.0	61.9	1.7	97,198	26.6	11.9	59.2	2.1
Gender	Female	109,904	19.5	11.8	64.9	1.5	105,540	19.9	12.1	64.4	1.8
Age	18-44	109,805	24.6	10.6	57.1	1.7	108,439	26.2	11.7	56.5	1.9
	45-64	67,411	23.6	14.2	69.2	1.5	61,509	23.5	14.0	68.9	2.1
	65 and over	34,173	10.9	8.3	71.2	2.9	32,791	12.2	9.3	65.4	3.5
Education^c	Less than high school	44,519	29.6	14.2	62.6	2.4	40,860	32.6	15.9	61.7	2.4
	High school graduate	69,198	27.2	14.1	62.5	1.6	66,421	27.5	13.8	63.8	2.2
	At least some college	96,344	15.1	8.2	65.0	1.8	93,918	16.0	9.1	60.2	2.2
Employment status^d	Employed	142,664	23.4	11.1	61.0	1.3	140,394	24.5	11.7	60.0	1.8
Employment status^d	Not employed	34,543	27.6	15.7	67.3	2.2	29,534	28.6	16.7	66.3	3.5
Health insurance, age 18-64	Any private	134,592	20.7	11.2	63.8	1.4	132,072	21.6	11.4	61.6	1.7
	Public only	14,896	39.4	24.1	65.6	2.5	13,122	42.1	25.6	70.6	3.7
	Uninsured	27,728	33.5	9.4	51.3	3.2	24,753	35.8	11.9	49.9	4.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	20,417	10.0	8.0	71.8	3.8	18,453	11.8	8.7	65.0	5.1
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^e	Negative or poor	22,136	35.7	17.5	57.9	2.5	19,351	35.7	18.9	63.5	3.6
	Near poor/low income	36,048	27.2	13.4	62.6	2.3	33,104	27.2	14.0	54.6	3.1
	Middle income	66,429	22.8	11.7	63.2	1.9	65,142	24.3	12.0	62.3	2.2
	High income	86,776	16.1	8.9	67.3	2.1	85,141	17.8	9.7	65.1	2.4
Residence location^f	Metropolitan-large	114,937	20.5	10.7	65.2	1.6	113,291	21.4	10.8	61.6	2.1
	Metropolitan-small	61,731	23.1	11.4	61.4	2.1	53,724	25.0	13.7	61.7	2.4
	Micropolitan	23,250	25.9	14.3	63.4	2.8	20,879	26.0	12.7	63.4	3.3
	Noncore	11,471	26.0	12.5	59.8	5.7	14,844	25.6	14.0	63.2	4.2
Perceived health status	Excellent, very good or good	183,616	20.8	10.0	60.9	1.3	177,944	22.2	10.9	59.2	1.6
Perceived health status	Fair or poor	27,773	31.3	20.7	72.2	2.2	24,794	29.7	20.4	72.7	2.3

^a Prior to 2002, racial categories were not directly comparable to those used for 2002 data. Thus, race data for 2000 are not shown.

^b Beginning in 2002, individuals could report multiple races. For 2002 and later years, Non-Hispanic White and Black categories exclude multiple race individuals and are not directly comparable to data from previous years.

^c "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.

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

^e "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.

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

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

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

ⁱ Denominator includes adult smokers with checkup.

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

- - Data not shown. See footnote a.

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

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