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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants according to smoking status

From: Smoking and use of primary care services: findings from a population-based cohort study linked with administrative claims data

  

Current smoker N (%)

Previous smoker <5 yrs N (%)

Previous smoker

5 + yrs N (%)

Never smoker

N (%)

Total

N (%)

Sex

Male

9,061 (48.6)

5,273 (51.3)

47,003 (57.4)

55,991 (39.0)

117,328 (46.1)

 

Female

9,595 (51.4)

5,011 (48.7)

34,867 (42.6)

87,581 (61.0)

137,054 (53.9)

Age

45 – 64 years

15,002 (80.4)

7,843 (76.3)

45,758 (55.9)

89,071 (62.0)

157,674 (62)

 

65 – 79 years

3,182 (17.1)

2,052 (20.0)

27,038 (33.0)

40,091 (27.9)

72,363 (28.4)

 

80 + years

472 (2.5)

389 (3.8)

9,074 (11.1)

14,410 (10.0)

24,345 (9.6)

Country of birth

Australia

13,874 (75.2)

7,476 (73.4)

59,526 (73.4)

110,045 (77.3)

190,921 (75.1)

Overseas

4,564 (24.8)

2,710 (26.6)

21,552 (26.6)

32,275 (22.7)

61,101 (24)

LOTE*

No

16,691 (89.5)

9,290 (90.3)

75,556 (92.3)

128,865 (89.8)

230,402 (90.6)

 

Yes

1,965 (10.5)

994 (9.7)

6,314 (7.7)

14,707 (10.2)

23,980 (9.4)

Highest qualification

University degree

2,485 (13.6)

1,660 (16.5)

17,318 (21.5)

37,315 (26.4)

58,778 (23.1)

Post school qualification

6,042 (33.0)

3,525 (34.9)

28,533 (35.4)

42,954 (30.4)

81,054 (31.9)

 

Higher school/leaving cert.

2,133 (11.6)

1,097 (10.9)

7,959 (9.9)

13,695 (9.7)

24,884 (9.8)

 

School/intermediate cert.

4,374 (23.9)

2,306 (22.9)

16,804 (20.9)

32,688 (23.1)

56,172 (22.1)

 

No qualification

3,299 (18.0)

1,501 (14.9)

9,926 (12.3)

14,726 (10.4)

29,452 (11.6)

Annual household income

$70,000 or more

3,051 (20.5)

2,219 (27.2)

18,822 (28.7)

36,423 (32.8)

60,515 (23.8)

$40,000-$69,999

3,374 (22.6)

1,950 (23.9)

14,948 (22.8)

25,050 (22.5)

45,322 (17.8)

$20,000-$39,999

3,382 (22.7)

1,754 (21.5)

15,474 (23.6)

24,048 (21.6)

44,658 (17.6)

 

Less then $20,000

5,092 (34.2)

2,229 (27.3)

16,295 (24.9)

25,673 (23.1)

49,289 (19.4)

Private health insurance

None

5,270 (28.2)

2,467 (24.0)

13,600 (16.6)

21,835 (15.2)

43,172 (17)

Health care card

5,682 (30.5)

2,453 (23.9)

15,277 (18.7)

21,351 (14.9)

44,763 (17.6)

Private no extras

1,626 (8.7)

1,167 (11.3)

11,594 (14.2)

22,293 (15.5)

36,680 (14.4)

 

Private with extras

5,892 (31.6)

4,067 (39.5)

39,277 (48.0)

76,264 (53.1)

125,500 (49.3)

 

Veterans health care

186 (1.0)

130 (1.3)

2,122 (2.6)

1,829 (1.3)

4,267 (1.7)

Working status

Not working

8,144 (44.5)

4,534 (44.8)

43,319 (53.5)

68,850 (48.9)

124,847 (49.1)

Part time

3,674 (20.1)

1,940 (19.2)

14,738 (18.2)

28,125 (20.0)

48,477 (19.1)

 

Full time

6,470 (35.4)

3,656 (36.1)

22,902 (28.3)

43,866 (31.1)

76,894 (30.2)

Remoteness of residence

Major Cities

7,581 (40.6)

4,249 (41.3)

35,615 (43.5)

66,555 (46.4)

114,000 (44.8)

Inner Regional

6,744 (36.2)

3,820 (37.2)

30,103 (36.8)

49,044 (34.2)

89,711 (35.3)

 

Outer Regional

3,780 (20.3)

1,943 (18.9)

14,533 (17.8)

25,184 (17.6)

45,440 (17.9)

 

Remote

545 (2.9)

266 (2.6)

1,566 (1.9)

2,690 (1.9)

5,067 (2)

Alcoholic drinks/week

0 - 1 drinks

6,889 (37.8)

3,550 (35.0)

21,878 (27.0)

62,025 (44.2)

94,342 (37.1)

2 - 4 drinks

2,128 (11.7)

1,241 (12.3)

10,910 (13.5)

23,844 (17.0)

38,123 (15)

 

5 - 10 drinks

3,659 (20.1)

2,186 (21.6)

21,935 (27.1)

34,175 (24.4)

61,955 (24.4)

 

11 + drinks

5,571 (30.5)

3,153 (31.1)

26,218 (32.4)

20,234 (14.4)

55,176 (21.7)

Psychological distress

Low

11,740 (64.4)

6,971 (69.3)

62,942 (78.7)

112,094 (80.2)

193,747 (76.2)

Moderate

3,506 (19.2)

1,906 (18.9)

11,833 (14.8)

19,491 (13.9)

36,736 (14.4)

 

High

1,882 (10.3)

813 (8.1)

3,845 (4.8)

5,969 (4.3)

12,509 (4.9)

 

Very High

1,104 (6.1)

369 (3.7)

1,314 (1.6)

2,198 (1.6)

4,985 (2)

Functional limitation

No limitation

4,899 (29.5)

2,662 (28.6)

22,203 (29.9)

46,648 (36.1)

76,412 (30)

Minor limitation

2,588 (15.6)

1,476 (15.8)

12,263 (16.5)

21,968 (17.0)

38,295 (15.1)

 

Mild limitation

3,020 (18.2)

1,665 (17.9)

14,685 (19.8)

23,293 (18.0)

42,663 (16.8)

 

Moderate limitation

2,901 (17.5)

1,663 (17.8)

13,451 (18.1)

20,169 (15.6)

38,184 (15)

 

Severe limitation

3,208 (19.3)

1,851 (19.9)

11,666 (15.7)

17,223 (13.3)

33,948 (13.3)

Self rated health

Excellent

1,382 (7.7)

957 (9.7)

11,099 (14.0)

23,978 (17.3)

37,416 (14.7)

Very good

5,015 (28.0)

3,054 (30.9)

29,019 (36.6)

54,463 (39.3)

91,551 (36)

 

Good

7,158 (40.0)

3,793 (38.3)

27,553 (34.8)

44,430 (32.0)

82,934 (32.6)

 

Fair

3,537 (19.7)

1,702 (17.2)

9,782 (12.4)

13,731 (9.9)

28,752 (11.3)

 

Poor

818 (4.6)

389 (3.9)

1,744 (2.2)

2,057 (1.5)

5,008 (2)

Comorbidities count

0

11,225 (61.2)

5,571 (54.7)

41,382 (51.1)

82,487 (57.9)

140,665 (55.3)

1

4,934 (26.9)

3,094 (30.4)

25,461 (31.4)

41,437 (29.1)

74,926 (29.5)

 

2

1,538 (8.4)

1,094 (10.7)

9,996 (12.3)

13,356 (9.4)

25,984 (10.2)

 

3 or more

655 (3.6)

432 (4.2)

4,218 (5.2)

5,117 (3.6)

10,422 (4.1)

 

Total

18,658 (7.3)

10,284 (4.0)

81,870 (32.2)

143,572 (56.4)

254,382 (100)

  1. *Language other than English spoken at home.