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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 209930 52,311 23.0 22.7-23.3 157619 77.0 76.7-77.3
Alabama 2,788 917 30.3 28.5-32.3 1,871 69.7 67.7-71.5
Alaska 2,863 545 16.8 15.0-18.7 2,318 83.2 81.3-85.0
Arizona 3,248 826 23.7 21.6-25.9 2,422 76.3 74.1-78.4
Arkansas 2,921 861 27.4 25.6-29.2 2,060 72.6 70.8-74.4
California 4,248 913 18.9 17.5-20.3 3,335 81.1 79.7-82.5
Colorado 2,026 389 19.9 18.0-21.9 1,637 80.1 78.1-82.0
Connecticut 7,723 1,742 20.8 19.7-21.8 5,981 79.2 78.2-80.3
Delaware 3,511 980 23.4 21.7-25.2 2,531 76.6 74.8-78.3
District of Colum 1,874 373 20.5 18.4-22.7 1,501 79.5 77.3-81.6
Florida 4,657 1,241 25.5 24.1-26.9 3,416 74.5 73.1-75.9
Georgia 4,516 1,137 23.2 21.7-24.7 3,379 76.8 75.3-78.3
Hawaii 4,485 596 11.8 10.7-13.1 3,889 88.2 86.9-89.3
Idaho 4,819 1,143 21.9 20.5-23.4 3,676 78.1 76.6-79.5
Illinois 2,164 536 22.1 20.3-24.0 1,628 77.9 76.0-79.7
Indiana 3,981 1,149 26.8 25.4-28.3 2,832 73.2 71.7-74.6
Iowa 3,618 889 21.2 19.8-22.6 2,729 78.8 77.4-80.2
Kansas 4,585 1,127 23.5 22.1-24.8 3,458 76.5 75.2-77.9
Kentucky 7,502 2,660 30.0 28.5-31.5 4,842 70.0 68.5-71.5
Louisiana 4,982 1,243 23.0 21.7-24.3 3,739 77.0 75.7-78.3
Maine 2,406 677 25.6 23.7-27.6 1,729 74.4 72.4-76.3
Maryland 4,453 1,076 21.5 20.1-23.0 3,377 78.5 77.0-79.9
Massachusetts 8,595 1,842 20.7 19.7-21.8 6,753 79.3 78.2-80.3
Michigan 3,824 1,183 28.7 27.1-30.3 2,641 71.3 69.7-72.9
Minnesota 3,939 861 20.3 18.9-21.7 3,078 79.7 78.3-81.1
Mississippi 3,033 888 26.0 24.3-27.8 2,145 74.0 72.2-75.7
Missouri 4,161 1,201 27.0 25.2-28.8 2,960 73.0 71.2-74.8
Montana 3,332 893 24.2 22.3-26.1 2,439 75.8 73.9-77.7
Nebraska 3,691 886 20.4 19.0-21.8 2,805 79.6 78.2-81.0
Nevada 2,561 582 21.3 19.2-23.6 1,979 78.7 76.4-80.8
New Hampshire 4,048 921 21.1 19.8-22.5 3,127 78.9 77.5-80.2
New Jersey 5,984 1,315 21.3 20.0-22.7 4,669 78.7 77.3-80.0
New Mexico 3,611 900 21.8 20.3-23.4 2,711 78.2 76.6-79.7
New York 3,884 878 22.6 21.1-24.2 3,006 77.4 75.8-78.9
North Carolina 6,193 1,543 23.3 21.8-24.9 4,650 76.7 75.1-78.2
North Dakota 2,504 563 21.0 19.3-22.7 1,941 79.0 77.3-80.7
Ohio 3,418 926 25.8 24.2-27.5 2,492 74.2 72.5-75.8
Oklahoma 4,535 1,408 27.0 25.4-28.6 3,127 73.0 71.4-74.6
Oregon 2,532 585 21.9 20.3-23.7 1,947 78.1 76.3-79.7
Pennsylvania 3,650 1,037 26.4 24.8-28.0 2,613 73.6 72.0-75.2
Rhode Island 4,102 1,134 26.1 24.6-27.7 2,968 73.9 72.3-75.4
South Carolina 3,190 822 24.1 22.5-25.8 2,368 75.9 74.2-77.5
South Dakota 5,107 1,272 22.1 20.9-23.4 3,835 77.9 76.6-79.1
Tennessee 2,920 825 26.4 24.6-28.3 2,095 73.6 71.7-75.4
Texas 5,891 1,304 19.8 18.7-20.9 4,587 80.2 79.1-81.3
Utah 3,645 766 19.8 18.2-21.5 2,879 80.2 78.5-81.8
Vermont 4,286 1,028 21.6 20.4-23.0 3,258 78.4 77.0-79.6
Virginia 2,925 724 23.0 21.3-24.7 2,201 77.0 75.3-78.7
Washington 4,182 920 20.6 19.3-21.9 3,262 79.4 78.1-80.7
West Virginia 3,085 1,039 30.5 28.8-32.3 2,046 69.5 67.7-71.2
Wisconsin 3,342 861 24.8 23.2-26.5 2,481 75.2 73.5-76.8
Wyoming 3,035 651 19.7 18.3-21.3 2,384 80.3 78.7-81.7
Guam 868 98 12.5 10.1-15.5 770 87.5 84.5-89.9
Puerto Rico 4,231 1,067 18.0 16.6-19.4 3,164 82.0 80.6-83.4
Virgin Islands 2,256 368 15.4 13.7-17.3 1,888 84.6 82.7-86.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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