Social Determinants of Successful Smoking Cessation: An Eight-Year Analysis of Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Data

Table 1.

Descriptive Data of Current Smokers that WereFollowed for eight Years

  Proportion SE 95% CI

Census Region

    Northeast 16.54 0.01 14.34 19.00

    Midwest 24.00 0.01 21.60 26.58

    South 40.50 0.01 37.91 43.14

    West 18.96 0.01 16.99 21.11

Age

    18 to 24 years old 15.48 0.00 14.73 16.27

    25 to 34 years old 24.08 0.00 23.19 25.01

    35 to 44 years old 18.95 0.00 18.11 19.82

    45 to 54 years old 19.46 0.00 18.68 20.27

    55 to 64 years old 15.06 0.00 14.27 15.89

    65 to 74 years old 5.51 0.00 5.03 6.03

    75 years old or older 1.45 0.00 1.21 1.75

Sex        

    Female 44.21 0.00 43.29 45.13

    Male 55.79 0.00 54.87 56.71

Race        

    White 75.11 0.01 72.20 77.81

    Black 16.34 0.01 13.95 19.05

    Other 8.55 0.01 7.57 9.64

Latino        

    No 86.71 0.01 84.89 88.34

    Yes 13.29 0.01 11.66 15.11

Education

     Less than high school 16.82 0.00 15.95 17.73

    GED 10.68 0.00 10.01 11.39

    High school graduate 28.55 0.01 27.45 29.68

    Some college (no degree) or associate degree 32.77 0.01 31.71 33.85

    Bachelor's degree 8.57 0.00 7.80 9.41

    Advanced degree 2.61 0.00 2.27 2.98

Poverty

    No 60.41 0.01 58.93 61.86

    Yes 39.59 0.01 38.14 41.07

Health Insurance

    Some private insurance 49.06 0.01 47.72 50.40

    Private insurance, some Medicare 8.92 0.00 8.25 9.64

    Private insurance or Medicare, s 13.00 0.00 12.10 13.95

    Other insurance only 3.44 0.00 3.09 3.84

    No insurance 25.58 0.01 24.58 26.61


Successful Quit (wave 1 to wave 6)

    No 91.17 0.00 90.53 91.77

    Yes 8.83 0.00 8.23 9.47