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Provided with quitting advice and referral by a general practitioner, by neighbourhood<br />
deprivation<br />
Current smokers aged 15–64 years living in <strong>the</strong> most deprived areas who had seen a<br />
GP in <strong>the</strong> past 12 months were more likely than those living in <strong>the</strong> less deprived areas<br />
to have been provided with quitting advice and referral by a GP in <strong>the</strong> past 12 months<br />
(Figure 57). These differences were only significant between NZDep2006 quintile 5 and<br />
NZDep2006 quintile 2 (p-value < 0.05).<br />
Figure 57: Provided with quitting advice and referral by a GP in <strong>the</strong> past 12 months, among<br />
current smokers aged 15–64 years who had seen a GP in <strong>the</strong> past 12 months, by<br />
NZDep2006 quintile, <strong>2009</strong> (age-standardised prevalence)<br />
60<br />
Percent<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
22.9 22.1 29.1 31.6 35.4<br />
1<br />
Least deprived<br />
2 3 4 5<br />
Most deprived<br />
NZDep2006 quintile<br />
Source: <strong>2009</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Tobacco Use Survey<br />
Note: Age standardised to <strong>the</strong> WHO world population.<br />
Tobacco Use in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> 83