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Asked smoking status by a general practitioner, by neighbourhood deprivation
People living in the more deprived areas who had seen a GP in the past 12 months
(NZDep2006 quintiles 4 and 5) were significantly more likely to have been asked if they
had ever been or currently were a smoker by a GP in the past 12 months than those
living in the least deprived areas (NZDep2006 quintiles 1 and 2) (p-values < 0.05)
(Figure 54).
Figure 54: Asked smoking status by a GP, among the total population aged 15–64 years who
had seen a GP in the past 12 months, by NZDep2006 quintile, 2009
(age-standardised prevalence)
100
Percent
80
60
40
20
0
35.3 42.4 48.8 50.0 59.8
1
Least deprived
2 3 4 5
Most deprived
NZDep2006 quintile
Source: 2009 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey
Note: Age standardised to the WHO world population.
Time trends in being asked smoking status by a general practitioner
There were no statistically significant differences between 2008 and 2009 in the agestandardised
prevalence of being asked smoking status by a GP in the past 12 months
(for those 15–64-year-olds who had seen a GP in past 12 months) (graphs not shown).
Provided with quitting advice and referral by a general practitioner
Nearly one-third (30.9%, 27.0–34.8) of 15–64-year-old current smokers who had seen a
GP in the past year were provided with quitting advice or information and referred to
quitting programmes or given quitting products by a GP in the past 12 months. There
was no significant difference by sex.
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