Table 3.
Response rate and current smoker rates overall and by stratum.
| Smoking stratum
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Medium-high | Medium-low | Low | Overall | |
| Approximate number of households in stratum (×100) | 19,672 | 28,180 | 51,786 | 15,123 | 114,761 |
| Stratum-specific response rate | 34.6 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 33.0 |
| Observed smoking rate,a weighted, by stratum | 25.0 | 21.6 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 14.6 |
| 2003 BRFSS smoking rates used to define stratum (county level) | ≥25.1 | 21.2–25.0 | 15.0–21.1 | <15.0 | — |
Note. BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
a
The definition of a current smoker is someone who has smoked at least 100 cigarettes and is currently smoking every day or some days.