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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in male smokers between 2009 and 2012, by smoking cessation

From: Socio-demographic and clinical factors contributing to smoking cessation among men: a four-year follow up study of the Korean Health Panel Survey

 

2009 (baseline)

2010

2011

2012

 

Smoking

Smoking

Smoking cessation

Smoking

Smoking cessation

Smoking

Smoking cessation

 

N

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Age

 18–44

1,436

1,158

(93.4)

82

(6.61)

1044**

(91.6)

96**

(8.42)

942***

(90.0)

104***

(9.9)

 45–64

1,134

926

(92.6)

74

(7.40)

841

(89.0)

104

(11.0)

764

(87.6)

108

(12.4)

  ≥65

401

338

(91.6)

31

(8.40)

311

(86.2)

50

(13.9)

267

(79.2)

70

(20.8)

Marital status

 Never married

598

466*

(95.5)

22*

(4.51)

410

(92.8)

32

(7.2)

383***

(93.0)

29***

(7.04)

 Married

2,216

1,830

(92.2)

155

(7.81)

1,671

(89.1)

205

(10.9)

1,486

(86.1)

239

(13.9)

 Widowed/ divorced/ separated

157

126

(92.7)

10

(7.35)

115

(89.8)

13

(10.2)

104

(88.1)

14

(11.9)

Health insurance type

 NHI

2,868

2,334

(92.7)

184

(7.31)

2,111

(89.6)

245

(10.4)

1,898

(87.4)

273

(12.6)

 Medical aid

103

88

(96.7)

3

(3.30)

85

(94.4)

5

(5.6)

75

(89.3)

9

(10.7)

Residential area

 Metropolitan area

1,329

1,064

(92.6)

85

(7.40)

968

(89.7)

111

(10.3)

869

(88.3)

115

(11.7)

 Others

1,642

1,358

(93.0)

102

(6.99)

1,228

(89.8)

139

(10.2)

1,104

(86.9)

167

(13.1)

Education

  ≤ Middle school

675

565

(93.2)

41

(6.77)

522

(89.4)

62

(10.6)

459**

(83.5)

91**

(16.6)

 High school

1,146

951

(93.5)

66

(6.49)

865

(91.1)

85

(9.0)

778

(89.2)

94

(10.8)

  ≥ College

1,150

906

(91.9)

80

(8.11)

809

(88.7)

103

(11.3)

736

(88.4)

97

(11.6)

Income level

 Low

982

830

(94.4)

49

(5.57)

756

(90.8)

77

(9.2)

687

(88.2)

92

(11.8)

 Middle

1,010

813

(92.6)

65

(7.40)

739

(89.7)

85

(10.3)

675

(88.7)

86

(11.3)

 High

979

779

(91.4)

73

(8.57)

701

(88.9)

88

(11.2)

611

(85.5)

104

(14.6)

Job

 No

540

438

(94.0)

28

(6.01)

399

(89.7)

46

(10.3)

360

(87.4)

52

(12.6)

 Yes

2,431

1,984

(92.6)

159

(7.42)

1,797

(89.8)

204

(10.2)

1,613

(87.5)

230

(12.5)

Number of chronic disease

 0

1,724

1397*

(93.8)

92*

(6.18)

1259**

(91.7)

114**

(8.30)

1144***

(90.8)

116***

(9.2)

 1 ~ 2

923

758

(91.0)

75

(9.00)

692

(87.8)

96

(12.2)

621

(85.0)

110

(15.1)

  ≥3

324

267

(93.0)

20

(6.97)

245

(86.0)

40

(14.0)

208

(78.8)

56

(21.2)

Cancers

 No

2,953

2,408

(92.9)

185

(7.13)

2,186

(89.9)

246

(10.1)

1,962

(87.6)

279

(12.5)

 Yes

18

14

(87.5)

2

(12.50)

10

(71.4)

4

(28.6)

11

(78.6)

3

(21.4)

Disease of the circulatory system

 No

2,617

2,131

(92.8)

165

(7.19)

1,935

(90.1)

213

(9.9)

1,738

(88.0)

237

(12.0)

 Yes

354

291

(93.0)

22

(7.03)

261

(87.6)

37

(12.4)

235

(83.9)

45

(16.1)

BMI

  <23

1,392

1138*

(94.1)

71*

(5.87)

1,027

(90.9)

103

(9.1)

930

(88.5)

121

(11.5)

  ≥23

1,579

1,284

(91.7)

116

(8.29)

1,169

(88.8)

147

(11.2)

1,043

(86.6)

161

(13.4)

Drinking frequency

 Never

347

278

(93.6)

19

(6.40)

244

(86.2)

39

(13.8)

212**

(81.9)

47**

(18.2)

 Monthly or less

439

371

(95.9)

16

(4.13)

325

(90.8)

33

(9.2)

309

(90.1)

34

(9.9)

 2 to 4 times a month

840

664

(91.7)

60

(8.3)

597

(88.7)

76

(11.3)

525

(86.0)

86

(14.0)

 2 to 3 times a week

916

752

(92.3)

63

(7.7)

701

(91.5)

65

(8.5)

630

(89.9)

71

(10.1)

 4 or more times a week

429

357

(92.5)

29

(7.5)

329

(89.9)

37

(10.1)

297

(87.1)

44

(12.9)

Total

2,971

2,422

(92.8)

187

(7.17)

2,196

(89.8)

250

(10.2)

1,973

(87.5)

282

(12.5)

  1. *p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, ***p < 0.05
  2. P-values are for chi-square tests