L&B: Smoking: Local data unmet needs in Hackney

Figure 1 compares Hackney’s estimated number of smokers with known service use. It shows that more people are recorded by their GPs as current smokers than are suggested through survey data; this is typical for most areas and may be due to GP records not being updated when smokers quit. 1  Seven percent of the estimated number of smokers used SSS in 2015/16; just under half of these successfully quit.2

There are more people recorded as smokers by their GP than are estimated smokers. Only 7% of estimated smokers use stop smoking services, and only half of those quit smoking
Figure 1: Estimated number of Hackney residents who are current smokers compared to known service use (age 16+, 2015/16)

Source: For local data see Smoking – Hackney – Local data; for local estimates see Smoking – Hackney – Estimates.

References

  1. Public Health England, “Local Tobacco Control Profiles,” [Online]. Available: http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info/. [Accessed 26 August 2016].
  2. Based on four week smoking status.

Figure 1 compares Hackney’s estimated number of smokers with known service use. It shows that more people are recorded by their GPs as current smokers than are suggested through survey data; this is typical for most areas and may be due to GP records not being updated when smokers quit. 3  Seven percent of the estimated number of smokers used SSS in 2015/16; just under half of these successfully quit.4

There are more people recorded as smokers by their GP than are estimated smokers. Only 7% of estimated smokers use stop smoking services, and only half of those quit smoking
Figure 1: Estimated number of Hackney residents who are current smokers compared to known service use (age 16+, 2015/16)

Source: For local data see Smoking – Hackney – Local data; for local estimates see Smoking – Hackney – Estimates.

References

  1. Public Health England, “Local Tobacco Control Profiles,” [Online]. Available: http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info/. [Accessed 26 August 2016].
  2. Based on four week smoking status.
  3. Public Health England, “Local Tobacco Control Profiles,” [Online]. Available: http://www.tobaccoprofiles.info/. [Accessed 26 August 2016].
  4. Based on four week smoking status.