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