Missed opportunities: general practitioner identification of their patients’ smoking status

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Patient demographic and medical history characteristics (n = 1,573 ^# )

		n	%
Gender	Male	608	39
Gender	Female	965	61
Age	18-29	170	11
	30-44	329	21
	45-64	558	35
	≥65	516	33
Highest level of education*	High school or below	612	43
	Technical certificate or Diploma	211	15
	University or Postgraduate	562	39
	Other	47	3.3
Ethnicity	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	6	0.4
	Caucasian (i.e. White)	1369	87
	Other	198	13
Private health insurance	Yes	916	58
Private health insurance	No	657	42
Number of times seen this general practitioner in last 12 months^	0-3	465	31
	4-6	554	37
	7-10	235	16
	More than 10	261	17
Visited this clinic previously ^~	Yes	1436	97
Visited this clinic previously ^~	No	48	3
Health care concession card	Yes	339	22
Health care concession card	No	1234	78
History type 2 diabetes	Yes	134	9
History type 2 diabetes	No	1439	91
History high blood pressure	Yes	509	32
History high blood pressure	No	1064	68
History high cholesterol	Yes	390	25
History high cholesterol	No	1183	75
History heart problems	Yes	187	12
History heart problems	No	1386	88
Overweight or obese ⁺	Not at risk	681	46
Overweight or obese ⁺	At risk	791	54
Alcohol consumption ^†	Not at risk	667	44
Alcohol consumption ^†	At risk	854	56

^# Proportions may not add to 100 to due missing data. *n = 141 missing. ^n = 58 missing. ^~ n- = 89 missing. ⁺ n = 101 missing. ^† n = 52 missing.

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