Smoke-free households by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 65 years and over, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Persons | 1997 | 84.0 (79.8-88.3) | 79.0 (74.8-83.1) | 79.6 (76.0-83.2) | 76.4 (73.1-79.7) | 70.8 (66.1-75.5) | 78.2 (76.4-80.0) |
| 1998 | 85.0 (81.3-88.7) | 79.3 (74.3-84.2) | 79.9 (76.0-83.7) | 80.3 (77.2-83.4) | 74.0 (69.5-78.6) | 79.7 (78.0-81.5) | |
| 2002 | 85.3 (80.2-90.4) | 88.0 (84.0-92.1) | 85.1 (81.6-88.6) | 86.6 (83.7-89.4) | 83.0 (79.1-86.8) | 85.4 (83.7-87.1) | |
| 2003 | 86.6 (82.3-90.9) | 89.5 (85.9-93.1) | 85.1 (81.3-88.8) | 88.5 (86.4-90.6) | 84.5 (80.7-88.4) | 86.8 (85.2-88.3) | |
| 2004 | 91.5 (87.5-95.5) | 88.4 (84.9-91.9) | 90.4 (87.1-93.6) | 89.9 (87.1-92.7) | 83.5 (78.9-88.1) | 88.7 (87.1-90.4) | |
| 2005 | 92.3 (89.2-95.4) | 90.5 (87.6-93.4) | 90.0 (87.3-92.6) | 92.3 (90.3-94.4) | 88.0 (84.9-91.1) | 90.5 (89.3-91.7) | |
| 2006 | 96.3 (94.3-98.2) | 92.8 (90.2-95.5) | 92.8 (90.2-95.4) | 92.2 (89.9-94.5) | 89.2 (85.7-92.7) | 92.6 (91.4-93.8) | |
| 2007 | 94.4 (91.7-97.1) | 93.5 (91.0-96.1) | 91.9 (89.2-94.7) | 89.9 (86.9-92.9) | 89.8 (86.2-93.4) | 91.9 (90.6-93.2) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (3,283), 1998 (3,399), 2002 (3,416), 2003 (3,571), 2004 (2,587), 2005 (3,306), 2006 (2,385), 2007 (2,354). The indicator includes those who indicated their home was smoke-free. The question used to define the indicator was: Which of the following best describes your home situation: My home is smoke-free, People occasionally smoke in the house, or People frequently smoke in the house? |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 July 2008 |