National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
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Effectiveness of Care<br />
Findings<br />
Prevention: Counseling Smokers To Quit Smoking<br />
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes or exacerbates many diseases. Smoking causes<br />
more than 80% of deaths from lung cancer and more than 90% of deaths from chronic obstructive<br />
pulmonary disease (MMWR, 2008). Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both<br />
men and women (Hoyert, et al., 2005), with approximately 135,000 deaths due to smoking. Cigarette<br />
smoking increases the risk of dying from CHD two- to threefold (MMWR, 2008).<br />
Quitting smoking has immediate and long-term health benefits. The risk of a heart attack and death from<br />
CHD is reduced by 50% in the first year after smoking cessation. The risk of mortality declines most rapidly<br />
in the first 3 years after smoking cessation, taking about 3 to 5 years of abstaining from smoking for<br />
cardiovascular risk to disappear (HHS, 2010). Smoking is a modifiable risk factor, and health care providers<br />
can help encourage patients to change their behavior and quit smoking.<br />
Figure 2.44. Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice from a<br />
doctor to quit smoking, by race/ethnicity and income, 2002-2008<br />
75<br />
Total<br />
White<br />
Black<br />
Hispanic<br />
75<br />
Poor<br />
Low Income<br />
Middle Income<br />
High Income<br />
Chapter 2 Lifestyle Modification<br />
70<br />
70<br />
Percent<br />
65<br />
Percent<br />
65<br />
60<br />
60<br />
55<br />
55<br />
50<br />
Z<br />
0<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
50<br />
Z<br />
0<br />
2002<br />
2003<br />
2004<br />
2005<br />
2006<br />
2007<br />
2008<br />
Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002-2008.<br />
Denominator: Civilian noninstitutionalized adult current smokers who had a checkup in the last 12 months.<br />
Note: Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using three age groups: 18-44, 45-64, and 65 and over. White and<br />
Black are non-Hispanic groups. Hispanic includes all races.<br />
n From 2002 to 2008, there were no statistically significant changes in the percentage of current adult<br />
smokers who were advised to quit smoking overall or by race/ethnicity or income (Figure 2.44).<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />
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