Patients aged >15 years with smoking status recorded as smokers.
| 2001/2002 | 2006/2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (total n) | % (95% CI) | n (total n) | % (95% CI) | % change 2001–2007 | |
| All patients | 358 956 (1 263 496) | 28.41 (28.33 to 28.49) | 483 239 (2 154 658) | 22.43 (22.37 to 22.48) | −5.98 |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 190 219 (726 917) | 26.17 (26.07 to 26.27) | 235 614 (1 176 377) | 20.03 (19.96 to 20.10) | −6.14 |
| Male | 168 737 (536 579) | 31.45 (31.32 to 31.57) | 247 625 (978 281) | 25.31 (25.23 to 25.40) | −6.14 |
| Age-band, years | |||||
| 16–24 | 43 089 (129 809) | 33.19 (32.94 to 33.45) | 63 565 (243 516) | 26.10 (25.93 to 26.28) | −7.09 |
| 25–34 | 86 209 (241 662) | 35.67 (35.48 to 35.86) | 99 748 (322 694) | 30.91 (30.75 to 31.07) | −4.76 |
| 35–44 | 76 722 (241 387) | 31.78 (31.60 to 31.97) | 107 714 (390 805) | 27.56 (27.42 to 27.70) | −4.22 |
| 45–54 | 60 954 (195 069) | 31.25 (31.04 to 31.45) | 87 310 (347 819) | 25.10 (24.96 to 25.25) | −6.15 |
| 55–64 | 49 122 (186 339) | 26.36 (26.16 to 26.56) | 69 307 (340 240) | 20.37 (20.23 to 20.51) | −5.99 |
| 65–74 | 27 551 (144 796) | 19.03 (18.83 to 19.23) | 35 608 (255 073) | 13.96 (13.83 to 14.09) | −5.07 |
| ≥75 | 15 309 (124 434) | 12.30 (12.12 to 12.49) | 19 987 (254 511) | 7.85 (7.75 to 7.96) | −4.45 |
| Socioeconomic statusa | |||||
| Quintile 1 | 51 861 (276 107) | 18.78 (18.64 to 18.93) | 69 242 (489 931) | 14.13 (14.04 to 14.23) | −4.65 |
| Quintile 2 | 55 252 (247 693) | 22.31 (22.14 to 22.47) | 75 370 (435 846) | 17.29 (17.18 to 17.41) | −5.02 |
| Quintile 3 | 65 491 (236 964) | 27.64 (27.46 to 27.82) | 90 364 (412 719) | 21.89 (21.77 to 22.02) | −5.70 |
| Quintile 4 | 76 279 (224 884) | 33.92 (33.72 to 34.11) | 104 718 (375 533) | 27.89 (27.74 to 28.03) | −6.03 |
| Quintile 5 | 97 221 (236 925) | 41.03 (40.84 to 41.23) | 133 806 (395 645) | 33.82 (33.67 to 33.97) | −7.21 |
↵a Higher quintiles indicate areas of greater socioeconomic deprivation.