Table 2

Characteristics of patients who have and have not received nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or bupropion

	All smokers	Treated smokers
	Count n = 29492	Had NRT or bupropion Count n = 1892	% of smokers treated Row% 6.4%	Had NRT Count n = 1486	% of smokers treated with NRT Row % 5.0%	Had bupropion Count n = 514	% of smokers treated with bupropion Row % 1.7%
Age bands
18–24	2492	64	2.6%	57	2.3%	8	0.3%
25–34	5213	331	6.3%	257	4.9%	92	1.8%
35–44	6206	478	7.7%	351	5.7%	153	2.5%
45–54	5962	437	7.3%	336	5.6%	130	2.2%
55–64	5604	394	7.0%	321	5.7%	98	1.7%
65–74	2584	155	6.0%	136	5.3%	28	1.1%
75 plus	1431	33	2.3%	28	2.0%	5	0.3%
Sex
Female	14156	1099	7.8%	902	6.4%	266	1.9%
Male	15336	793	5.2%	584	3.8%	248	1.6%
Townsend quintile
1 (Most affluent)	4212	239	5.7%	169	4.0%	80	1.9%
2	5222	296	5.7%	244	4.7%	65	1.2%
3	6814	344	5.0%	267	3.9%	95	1.4%
4	6150	425	6.9%	321	5.2%	132	2.1%
5 (Most deprived)	6304	545	8.6%	460	7.3%	122	1.9%
Missing	790	43	5.4%	25	3.2%	20	2.5%
Morbidity
Asthma	4563	468	10.3%	387	8.5%	105	2.3%
Cardiovascular	909	113	12.4%	96	10.6%	27	3.0%
MI	394	46	11.7%	40	10.2%	10	2.5%
Hypertension	3649	244	6.7%	200	5.5%	58	1.6%
Stroke or TIA	496	56	11.3%	49	9.9%	7	1.4%
Diabetes	1103	78	7.1%	69	6.3%	12	1.1%
One or more contra-indications for bupropion	698	65	9.3%	61	8.7%	4	0.6%
Consultations
No consultations	4357	71	1.6%	51	1.2%	23	0.5%
1–4 consultations	8157	228	2.8%	161	2.0%	76	0.9%
5–10 consultations	8400	545	6.5%	413	4.9%	164	2.0%
11 plus consultations	8578	1048	12.2%	861	10.0%	251	2.9%