Table 1

Outputs from baseline model for various demographic groups over time—net annual cessation rates and annual percentage changes in 20–24-year-old current smoker prevalence (reflecting initiation levels) for non-Māori and Māori

 1981–19921993–20012002–2011Average over time
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
Non-Māori
Net cessation rates (years)
 20–343.8 (3.2 to 4.4)2.8 (2.1 to 3.6)−1.1 (−2.5 to 0.3)−0.2 (−1.7 to 1.3)3.2 (1.8 to 4.6)4.4 (3.0 to 5.8)2.02.3
 35–544.7 (4.0 to 5.4)2.4 (1.7 to 3.1)−1.2 (−2.4 to −0.2)1.0 (−0.2 to 2.1)3.8 (2.8 to 4.9)5.9 (5.0 to 6.9)2.43.1
 55+6.1 (5.2 to 6.9)3.7 (2.5 to 4.9)1.2 (−0.3 to 2.8)6.1 (4.4 to 7.8)4.5 (3.2 to 6.0)6.1 (4.7 to 7.2)3.95.3
Smoking prevalence in 20-year-olds*1.6 (0.3 to 2.9)2.5 (1.1 to 4.1)1.1 (−1.1 to 3.1)−0.9 (−3.2 to 1.4)3.1 (0.8 to 5.7)1.1 (−1.2 to 3.2)1.90.9
Māori
Net cessation rates (years)
 20–340.3 (−0.3 to 1.0)2.2 (1.5 to 3.0)0.3 (−1.3 to 1.7)−3.0 (−4.8 to −1.5)0.6 (−0.9 to 2.0)1.4 (0.3 to 2.5)0.40.2
 35–542.6 (1.6 to 3.9)5.1 (4.0 to 6.3)5.6 (3.8 to 7.2)−3.0 (−4.4 to −1.6)2.8 (1.4 to 4.2)3.5 (2.6 to 4.6)3.71.9
 55+2.2 (1.2 to 3.2)2.3 (1.0 to 3.5)9.1 (7.4 to 10.6)1.5 (−0.3 to 3.1)0.4 (−1.7 to 2.4)5.8 (4.2 to 7.3)3.93.2
Smoking prevalence in 20-year-olds*−0.3 (−1.5 to 1.4)4.5 (2.6 to 6.7)−0.3 (−2.6 to 1.6)−3.6 (−6.6 to −0.8)4.7 (2.2 to 7.1)0.0 (−2.2 to 1.8)1.40.3
  • *Percentage decline, not absolute percentage change. Thus, if smoking prevalence in 20-year-olds is 20% at t0 and the ‘percentage decline in initiation rate’ per annum is 3%, then the smoking prevalence in 20-year-olds in year t1 is 20%×(100%−3%)=19.4%. Furthermore, the smoking prevalence in year t10 is 20%×97%10=14.7%.