Table 2

Weighted prevalence of reporting poor health and social determinants of health by deprivation group and survey wave

	Smoker					Poor mental health					Poor self-rated health
	2002	2004	2006	2008	2008–2002 diff	2002	2004	2006	2008	2008–2002 change	2002	2004	2006	2008	2008–2002 change
Area	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent
NDC intervention areas	39.5	37.7	36.4	34.2	−5.3	16.1	15.7	14.6	14.5	−1.6	22.9	22.9	22.2	21.4	−1.5
NDC comparator areas	33.1	32.0	31.0	29.7	−3.4	14.3	12.9	12.7	13.1	−1.2	21.3	21.0	20.8	20.1	−1.2
HSE high deprivation	31.5	31.0	30.0	30.1	−1.4	19.5	15.8	17.4	16.3	−3.2	33.8	31.1	28.0	30.8	−3.0
HSE medium deprivation	22.0	22.9	20.4	19.1	−2.9	13.7	11.9	11.6	13.4	−0.4	22.4	23.2	22.2	23.5	1.1
HSE low deprivation	18.5	16.8	15.8	15.1	−3.4	12.7	11.2	10.3	10.8	−1.9	20.6	19.4	18.4	18.3	−2.3
	Not in paid work*					Living in rented accommodation					No qualifications†
	2002	2004	2006	2008	2008–2002 diff	2002	2004	2006	2008	2008–2002 diff	2002	2004	2006	2008	2008–2002 diff
Area	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent	Per cent
NDC intervention areas	54.3	53.8	52.9	52.2	−2.1	64.1	59.5	57.8	58.2	−5.9	47.2	47.3	45.9	44.5	−2.7
NDC comparator areas	47.0	47.7	44.7	48.1	1.1	47.3	45.6	44.2	44.5	−2.8	43.4	42.5	43.4	40.1	−3.3
HSE high deprivation	39.1	40.4	37.5	40.7	1.6	32.7	41.2	40.9	45.4	12.7	37.5	39.6	34.7	36.2	−1.3
HSE medium deprivation	30.3	31.1	29.8	28.8	−1.5	19.9	20.6	22.4	25.3	5.4	27.4	29.6	26.8	25.2	−2.2
HSE low deprivation	32.2	28.5	29.6	26.7	−5.5	13.3	11.6	14.2	13.7	0.4	20.0	23.1	20.8	19.3	−0.7