Table 4

Patient characteristics with respect to response

	All	Non-responding (%)	Responding (%)
N	20 588	4211 (100%)	16 377 (100%)
Setting
Hospital/midwifery	2299	10	11
Pharmacies	5214	25	25
Municipality/county	12 891	64	62
Other and missing information	184	0	1
Format
Individual	1841	9	9
Group	18 642	90	91
Other and missing information	105	0	1
Medication for free
No free medication	10 913	50	54
Free medication for a few days	7785	41	37
Free medication for <5 weeks	1588	8	8
Free medication for 5 weeks	302	1	1
Region
Living in the capital	8419	45	40
Living in other regions	12 169	55	60
Midtjylland	4067	17	20
Nordjylland	814	4	4
Sjælland	3043	15	15
Syddanmark	4245	19	21
Gender
Male	7936	39	39
Female	12 652	61	61
Age (years)
18–39	5344	32	24
40–49	5082	25	25
50–59	5366	24	27
59–98	4796	20	24
Smoking
0–20 pack-years	7816	43	37
>20 pack-years	12 772	57	63
Fagerström 1–4 points	7806	36	38
Fagerström 5–10 points	12 782	64	62
0 to <10 cigarettes per day	1815	9	9
10 to <20	7213	34	35
20 to <30	8533	41	42
30 to <40	2107	11	10
40+	920	5	4
Compliance with programme
Compliant	12 170	47	62
Not compliant	8006	51	36
Missing information	412	2	2
Living with a smoker
Yes	7039	33	35
No	13 393	66	65
Missing information	156	1	1
Attempts to quit
Never attempted to quit	8051	40	39
1–3 attempts	10 230	49	50
>3 attempts	1926	9	10
Missing information	381	2	2
Professional recommendation
Yes	11 458	54	56
No	9130	46	44
Education
Low level	5738	32	27
High level	14 082	64	70
Missing information	768	4	4
Unemployment
Unemployed	840	6	4
Not unemployed	19 233	91	94
Missing information	515	3	2