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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

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