BRFSS 2001- Nationwide: (During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Health Status

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	Total Respond.#	None	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	30 days
All Participants	210575	168574	80.3	80.0-80.6	13,231	6.4	6.2- 6.6	11,747	5.7	5.5- 5.9	9,321	4.3	4.2- 4.5	7,702	3.3	3.2- 3.5

Alabama	2,769	2,123	77.6	75.9-79.3	153	5.5	4.6- 6.5	182	6.5	5.6- 7.7	180	6.0	5.1- 7.0	131	4.4	3.6- 5.3
Alaska	2,842	2,168	76.5	74.1-78.8	245	8.9	7.3-10.7	193	6.3	5.2- 7.7	144	4.9	4.0- 6.2	92	3.4	2.5- 4.5
Arizona	3,217	2,505	78.8	76.7-80.9	221	6.6	5.4- 8.1	191	6.3	5.2- 7.7	162	4.1	3.1- 5.4	138	4.1	3.2- 5.2
Arkansas	2,900	2,270	78.7	77.0-80.4	167	5.5	4.7- 6.5	160	5.4	4.5- 6.4	169	5.8	4.8- 6.9	134	4.7	3.9- 5.6
California	4,235	3,284	78.0	76.4-79.5	298	6.6	5.8- 7.6	304	6.9	6.1- 7.9	215	5.1	4.3- 6.0	134	3.4	2.7- 4.2
Colorado	2,021	1,581	79.0	76.9-81.0	149	6.9	5.8- 8.3	139	6.7	5.5- 8.0	92	4.7	3.6- 6.2	60	2.6	2.0- 3.5
Connecticut	7,675	6,291	82.9	81.9-83.9	479	6.2	5.5- 6.9	370	4.4	3.9- 5.0	311	3.8	3.3- 4.3	224	2.8	2.3- 3.2
Delaware	3,442	2,790	82.1	80.5-83.7	190	5.7	4.8- 6.8	188	5.2	4.4- 6.2	132	3.1	2.5- 3.9	142	3.9	3.1- 4.8
District of Colum	1,871	1,492	80.6	78.4-82.6	151	7.2	6.0- 8.7	113	5.6	4.5- 7.0	73	3.9	3.0- 5.1	42	2.6	1.8- 3.8
Florida	4,625	3,783	82.2	80.8-83.4	233	5.0	4.3- 5.8	237	5.1	4.4- 5.9	207	4.2	3.6- 4.9	165	3.6	3.0- 4.2
Georgia	4,458	3,580	80.4	78.8-81.8	274	6.8	5.9- 7.8	245	5.6	4.8- 6.5	203	4.1	3.4- 5.0	156	3.1	2.6- 3.8
Hawaii	4,488	3,783	85.6	84.2-86.9	220	4.7	4.0- 5.7	260	5.6	4.8- 6.5	116	2.1	1.6- 2.8	109	2.0	1.5- 2.5
Idaho	4,793	3,802	78.8	77.3-80.2	325	7.1	6.3- 8.1	306	6.7	5.9- 7.7	218	4.5	3.8- 5.3	142	2.8	2.3- 3.4
Illinois	4,003	3,240	82.1	80.7-83.4	268	6.2	5.4- 7.1	226	5.7	4.9- 6.6	154	3.5	2.9- 4.2	115	2.4	2.0- 3.0
Indiana	3,971	3,187	81.4	80.1-82.7	259	6.5	5.7- 7.4	222	5.1	4.5- 5.9	193	4.4	3.7- 5.1	110	2.6	2.1- 3.1
Iowa	3,600	2,978	82.3	80.8-83.7	230	7.5	6.5- 8.7	176	4.8	4.1- 5.8	128	3.3	2.7- 4.0	88	2.1	1.6- 2.6
Kansas	4,557	3,763	83.4	82.1-84.6	303	6.5	5.7- 7.5	211	4.4	3.7- 5.2	152	3.1	2.6- 3.6	128	2.7	2.2- 3.2
Kentucky	7,432	5,845	81.0	79.8-82.2	238	3.6	3.0- 4.3	349	4.3	3.7- 5.0	354	4.4	3.8- 5.0	646	6.7	6.0- 7.5
Louisiana	4,895	3,998	82.6	81.4-83.7	225	4.7	4.0- 5.4	247	4.8	4.2- 5.5	214	4.0	3.4- 4.6	211	4.0	3.4- 4.6
Maine	2,400	1,949	81.5	79.7-83.2	133	6.2	5.1- 7.5	107	4.4	3.6- 5.5	106	4.0	3.3- 5.0	105	3.8	3.1- 4.7
Maryland	4,445	3,570	80.6	79.1-82.0	344	7.8	6.9- 8.9	246	5.7	4.9- 6.7	182	3.6	3.0- 4.3	103	2.3	1.8- 3.0
Massachusetts	8,579	6,808	79.9	78.8-80.9	583	7.1	6.4- 7.8	489	5.5	5.0- 6.1	384	4.1	3.7- 4.7	315	3.4	3.0- 3.9
Michigan	3,795	2,966	78.9	77.4-80.3	271	6.8	6.0- 7.8	237	6.3	5.4- 7.3	178	4.3	3.6- 5.0	143	3.7	3.1- 4.5
Minnesota	3,924	3,080	78.6	77.1-80.1	332	8.8	7.8- 9.9	255	6.5	5.6- 7.5	159	3.8	3.2- 4.5	98	2.3	1.8- 2.8
Mississippi	2,978	2,371	80.3	78.6-81.8	133	4.6	3.8- 5.6	155	5.5	4.6- 6.6	158	4.8	4.0- 5.7	161	4.8	4.1- 5.7
Missouri	4,143	3,264	78.0	76.2-79.7	291	8.0	6.9- 9.3	219	6.1	5.1- 7.2	207	4.6	3.8- 5.5	162	3.4	2.7- 4.1
Montana	3,318	2,672	81.5	79.6-83.2	165	5.0	4.1- 6.2	194	5.3	4.4- 6.5	142	4.3	3.5- 5.4	145	3.8	3.1- 4.7
Nebraska	3,672	3,072	84.5	83.1-85.9	214	5.9	5.1- 6.9	146	3.8	3.1- 4.7	101	2.3	1.9- 2.9	139	3.4	2.8- 4.1
Nevada	2,550	1,993	78.4	76.0-80.5	186	7.2	5.9- 8.8	169	7.0	5.8- 8.6	136	4.6	3.6- 5.8	66	2.8	2.0- 3.9
New Hampshire	4,033	3,284	82.2	80.8-83.5	287	7.1	6.2- 8.1	214	5.1	4.4- 5.9	153	3.4	2.9- 4.1	95	2.2	1.7- 2.7
New Jersey	5,974	4,837	81.4	80.1-82.7	320	5.8	5.0- 6.7	329	5.4	4.7- 6.2	263	4.0	3.4- 4.6	225	3.4	2.9- 4.0
New Mexico	3,594	2,834	79.5	77.8-81.0	217	6.7	5.7- 7.7	189	5.1	4.3- 6.1	208	5.1	4.4- 6.0	146	3.6	3.0- 4.4
New York	3,869	3,099	80.4	78.8-81.9	239	6.0	5.2- 6.9	216	5.7	4.8- 6.7	177	4.9	4.1- 5.8	138	3.1	2.6- 3.8
North Carolina	6,156	5,003	82.0	80.4-83.4	349	5.8	5.0- 6.9	306	4.6	3.9- 5.4	234	3.5	2.9- 4.2	264	4.1	3.4- 4.9
North Dakota	2,495	2,063	83.3	81.7-84.8	186	7.3	6.3- 8.5	111	4.1	3.3- 5.0	77	2.8	2.2- 3.6	58	2.5	1.9- 3.2
Ohio	3,412	2,723	80.7	79.0-82.2	225	6.8	5.8- 7.8	186	5.2	4.4- 6.1	151	4.1	3.3- 5.1	127	3.3	2.7- 4.1
Oklahoma	4,495	3,545	80.7	79.2-82.1	247	5.2	4.4- 6.1	248	4.9	4.2- 5.8	220	4.3	3.6- 5.1	235	4.9	4.2- 5.8
Oregon	2,522	1,906	76.8	74.9-78.5	215	8.0	6.9- 9.2	180	7.1	6.1- 8.3	117	4.4	3.6- 5.3	104	3.8	3.1- 4.7
Pennsylvania	3,639	2,899	79.6	78.0-81.1	247	7.1	6.2- 8.3	199	5.4	4.6- 6.3	178	4.5	3.8- 5.3	116	3.3	2.7- 4.0
Rhode Island	4,085	3,204	78.7	77.1-80.2	280	7.1	6.1- 8.2	240	5.8	4.9- 6.9	204	4.8	4.1- 5.6	157	3.6	3.0- 4.3
South Carolina	3,173	2,541	80.7	79.0-82.2	165	5.2	4.3- 6.1	168	5.0	4.2- 5.9	152	4.7	3.9- 5.6	147	4.5	3.7- 5.4
South Dakota	5,096	4,275	84.1	82.8-85.2	306	6.1	5.4- 6.9	233	4.6	4.0- 5.3	164	3.1	2.5- 3.7	118	2.1	1.7- 2.7
Tennessee	2,894	2,383	83.2	81.6-84.8	146	4.7	3.9- 5.6	130	4.5	3.6- 5.6	130	4.2	3.3- 5.2	105	3.4	2.8- 4.3
Texas	5,875	4,700	80.7	79.6-81.9	372	6.4	5.7- 7.2	342	5.5	4.9- 6.1	262	4.1	3.6- 4.7	199	3.2	2.8- 3.8
Utah	3,640	2,863	78.5	76.6-80.2	290	8.8	7.6-10.2	226	6.4	5.4- 7.5	163	3.9	3.2- 4.7	98	2.4	1.9- 3.2
Vermont	4,268	3,413	80.6	79.3-82.0	311	7.3	6.5- 8.3	226	5.0	4.3- 5.8	168	3.9	3.3- 4.6	150	3.1	2.6- 3.7
Virginia	2,907	2,289	80.1	78.3-81.7	197	6.5	5.6- 7.6	178	6.1	5.0- 7.4	140	4.3	3.6- 5.1	103	3.1	2.5- 3.8
Washington	4,170	3,206	77.9	76.5-79.4	358	8.6	7.6- 9.7	272	6.0	5.3- 6.8	213	4.8	4.1- 5.5	121	2.7	2.2- 3.3
West Virginia	3,048	2,276	75.9	74.1-77.5	168	5.8	4.9- 6.9	184	5.9	5.0- 6.9	205	6.0	5.1- 7.0	215	6.5	5.6- 7.5
Wisconsin	3,337	2,632	80.4	78.8-81.9	269	7.5	6.5- 8.7	196	5.5	4.7- 6.4	147	4.2	3.5- 5.1	93	2.4	1.9- 3.0
Wyoming	3,023	2,474	82.5	81.0-83.9	193	6.3	5.4- 7.3	141	4.5	3.8- 5.4	126	3.7	3.1- 4.5	89	3.0	2.3- 3.7
Guam	855	664	78.0	74.6-81.0	52	5.4	4.0- 7.3	80	9.4	7.3-12.1	44	5.6	4.0- 7.8	15	1.5	0.9- 2.6
Puerto Rico	4,184	3,351	82.6	80.9-84.1	211	4.3	3.5- 5.3	298	6.8	5.8- 7.9	189	3.7	3.0- 4.5	135	2.7	2.2- 3.4
Virgin Islands	2,233	1,902	85.2	83.3-87.0	101	4.8	3.8- 6.1	119	5.0	4.0- 6.2	66	2.9	2.2- 3.9	45	2.0	1.4- 2.9

Total
Respond.#

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

All Participants

210575

168574

80.3

80.0-80.6

13,231

6.4

6.2- 6.6

11,747

5.7

5.5- 5.9

9,321

4.3

4.2- 4.5

7,702

3.3

3.2- 3.5

Alabama

2,769

2,123

77.6

75.9-79.3

153

5.5

4.6- 6.5

182

6.5

5.6- 7.7

180

6.0

5.1- 7.0

131

4.4

3.6- 5.3

Alaska

2,842

2,168

76.5

74.1-78.8

245

8.9

7.3-10.7

193

6.3

5.2- 7.7

144

4.9

4.0- 6.2

3.4

2.5- 4.5

Arizona

3,217

2,505

78.8

76.7-80.9

221

6.6

5.4- 8.1

191

6.3

5.2- 7.7

162

4.1

3.1- 5.4

138

4.1

3.2- 5.2

Arkansas

2,900

2,270

78.7

77.0-80.4

167

5.5

4.7- 6.5

160

5.4

4.5- 6.4

169

5.8

4.8- 6.9

134

4.7

3.9- 5.6

California

4,235

3,284

78.0

76.4-79.5

298

6.6

5.8- 7.6

304

6.9

6.1- 7.9

215

5.1

4.3- 6.0

134

3.4

2.7- 4.2

Colorado

2,021

1,581

79.0

76.9-81.0

149

6.9

5.8- 8.3

139

6.7

5.5- 8.0

4.7

3.6- 6.2

2.6

2.0- 3.5

Connecticut

7,675

6,291

82.9

81.9-83.9

479

6.2

5.5- 6.9

370

4.4

3.9- 5.0

311

3.8

3.3- 4.3

224

2.8

2.3- 3.2

Delaware

3,442

2,790

82.1

80.5-83.7

190

5.7

4.8- 6.8

188

5.2

4.4- 6.2

132

3.1

2.5- 3.9

142

3.9

3.1- 4.8

District of Colum

1,871

1,492

80.6

78.4-82.6

151

7.2

6.0- 8.7

113

5.6

4.5- 7.0

3.9

3.0- 5.1

2.6

1.8- 3.8

Florida

4,625

3,783

82.2

80.8-83.4

233

5.0

4.3- 5.8

237

5.1

4.4- 5.9

207

4.2

3.6- 4.9

165

3.6

3.0- 4.2

Georgia

4,458

3,580

80.4

78.8-81.8

274

6.8

5.9- 7.8

245

5.6

4.8- 6.5

203

4.1

3.4- 5.0

156

3.1

2.6- 3.8

Hawaii

4,488

3,783

85.6

84.2-86.9

220

4.7

4.0- 5.7

260

5.6

4.8- 6.5

116

2.1

1.6- 2.8

109

2.0

1.5- 2.5

Idaho

4,793

3,802

78.8

77.3-80.2

325

7.1

6.3- 8.1

306

6.7

5.9- 7.7

218

4.5

3.8- 5.3

142

2.8

2.3- 3.4

Illinois

4,003

3,240

82.1

80.7-83.4

268

6.2

5.4- 7.1

226

5.7

4.9- 6.6

154

3.5

2.9- 4.2

115

2.4

2.0- 3.0

Indiana

3,971

3,187

81.4

80.1-82.7

259

6.5

5.7- 7.4

222

5.1

4.5- 5.9

193

4.4

3.7- 5.1

110

2.6

2.1- 3.1

Iowa

3,600

2,978

82.3

80.8-83.7

230

7.5

6.5- 8.7

176

4.8

4.1- 5.8

128

3.3

2.7- 4.0

2.1

1.6- 2.6

Kansas

4,557

3,763

83.4

82.1-84.6

303

6.5

5.7- 7.5

211

4.4

3.7- 5.2

152

3.1

2.6- 3.6

128

2.7

2.2- 3.2

Kentucky

7,432

5,845

81.0

79.8-82.2

238

3.6

3.0- 4.3

349

4.3

3.7- 5.0

354

4.4

3.8- 5.0

646

6.7

6.0- 7.5

Louisiana

4,895

3,998

82.6

81.4-83.7

225

4.7

4.0- 5.4

247

4.8

4.2- 5.5

214

4.0

3.4- 4.6

211

4.0

3.4- 4.6

Maine

2,400

1,949

81.5

79.7-83.2

133

6.2

5.1- 7.5

107

4.4

3.6- 5.5

106

4.0

3.3- 5.0

105

3.8

3.1- 4.7

Maryland

4,445

3,570

80.6

79.1-82.0

344

7.8

6.9- 8.9

246

5.7

4.9- 6.7

182

3.6

3.0- 4.3

103

2.3

1.8- 3.0

Massachusetts

8,579

6,808

79.9

78.8-80.9

583

7.1

6.4- 7.8

489

5.5

5.0- 6.1

384

4.1

3.7- 4.7

315

3.4

3.0- 3.9

Michigan

3,795

2,966

78.9

77.4-80.3

271

6.8

6.0- 7.8

237

6.3

5.4- 7.3

178

4.3

3.6- 5.0

143

3.7

3.1- 4.5

Minnesota

3,924

3,080

78.6

77.1-80.1

332

8.8

7.8- 9.9

255

6.5

5.6- 7.5

159

3.8

3.2- 4.5

2.3

1.8- 2.8

Mississippi

2,978

2,371

80.3

78.6-81.8

133

4.6

3.8- 5.6

155

5.5

4.6- 6.6

158

4.8

4.0- 5.7

161

4.8

4.1- 5.7

Missouri

4,143

3,264

78.0

76.2-79.7

291

8.0

6.9- 9.3

219

6.1

5.1- 7.2

207

4.6

3.8- 5.5

162

3.4

2.7- 4.1

Montana

3,318

2,672

81.5

79.6-83.2

165

5.0

4.1- 6.2

194

5.3

4.4- 6.5

142

4.3

3.5- 5.4

145

3.8

3.1- 4.7

Nebraska

3,672

3,072

84.5

83.1-85.9

214

5.9

5.1- 6.9

146

3.8

3.1- 4.7

101

2.3

1.9- 2.9

139

3.4

2.8- 4.1

Nevada

2,550

1,993

78.4

76.0-80.5

186

7.2

5.9- 8.8

169

7.0

5.8- 8.6

136

4.6

3.6- 5.8

2.8

2.0- 3.9

New Hampshire

4,033

3,284

82.2

80.8-83.5

287

7.1

6.2- 8.1

214

5.1

4.4- 5.9

153

3.4

2.9- 4.1

2.2

1.7- 2.7

New Jersey

5,974

4,837

81.4

80.1-82.7

320

5.8

5.0- 6.7

329

5.4

4.7- 6.2

263

4.0

3.4- 4.6

225

3.4

2.9- 4.0

New Mexico

3,594

2,834

79.5

77.8-81.0

217

6.7

5.7- 7.7

189

5.1

4.3- 6.1

208

5.1

4.4- 6.0

146

3.6

3.0- 4.4

New York

3,869

3,099

80.4

78.8-81.9

239

6.0

5.2- 6.9

216

5.7

4.8- 6.7

177

4.9

4.1- 5.8

138

3.1

2.6- 3.8

North Carolina

6,156

5,003

82.0

80.4-83.4

349

5.8

5.0- 6.9

306

4.6

3.9- 5.4

234

3.5

2.9- 4.2

264

4.1

3.4- 4.9

North Dakota

2,495

2,063

83.3

81.7-84.8

186

7.3

6.3- 8.5

111

4.1

3.3- 5.0

2.8

2.2- 3.6

2.5

1.9- 3.2

Ohio

3,412

2,723

80.7

79.0-82.2

225

6.8

5.8- 7.8

186

5.2

4.4- 6.1

151

4.1

3.3- 5.1

127

3.3

2.7- 4.1

Oklahoma

4,495

3,545

80.7

79.2-82.1

247

5.2

4.4- 6.1

248

4.9

4.2- 5.8

220

4.3

3.6- 5.1

235

4.9

4.2- 5.8

Oregon

2,522

1,906

76.8

74.9-78.5

215

8.0

6.9- 9.2

180

7.1

6.1- 8.3

117

4.4

3.6- 5.3

104

3.8

3.1- 4.7

Pennsylvania

3,639

2,899

79.6

78.0-81.1

247

7.1

6.2- 8.3

199

5.4

4.6- 6.3

178

4.5

3.8- 5.3

116

3.3

2.7- 4.0

Rhode Island

4,085

3,204

78.7

77.1-80.2

280

7.1

6.1- 8.2

240

5.8

4.9- 6.9

204

4.8

4.1- 5.6

157

3.6

3.0- 4.3

South Carolina

3,173

2,541

80.7

79.0-82.2

165

5.2

4.3- 6.1

168

5.0

4.2- 5.9

152

4.7

3.9- 5.6

147

4.5

3.7- 5.4

South Dakota

5,096

4,275

84.1

82.8-85.2

306

6.1

5.4- 6.9

233

4.6

4.0- 5.3

164

3.1

2.5- 3.7

118

2.1

1.7- 2.7

Tennessee

2,894

2,383

83.2

81.6-84.8

146

4.7

3.9- 5.6

130

4.5

3.6- 5.6

130

4.2

3.3- 5.2

105

3.4

2.8- 4.3

Texas

5,875

4,700

80.7

79.6-81.9

372

6.4

5.7- 7.2

342

5.5

4.9- 6.1

262

4.1

3.6- 4.7

199

3.2

2.8- 3.8

Utah

3,640

2,863

78.5

76.6-80.2

290

8.8

7.6-10.2

226

6.4

5.4- 7.5

163

3.9

3.2- 4.7

2.4

1.9- 3.2

Vermont

4,268

3,413

80.6

79.3-82.0

311

7.3

6.5- 8.3

226

5.0

4.3- 5.8

168

3.9

3.3- 4.6

150

3.1

2.6- 3.7

Virginia

2,907

2,289

80.1

78.3-81.7

197

6.5

5.6- 7.6

178

6.1

5.0- 7.4

140

4.3

3.6- 5.1

103

3.1

2.5- 3.8

Washington

4,170

3,206

77.9

76.5-79.4

358

8.6

7.6- 9.7

272

6.0

5.3- 6.8

213

4.8

4.1- 5.5

121

2.7

2.2- 3.3

West Virginia

3,048

2,276

75.9

74.1-77.5

168

5.8

4.9- 6.9

184

5.9

5.0- 6.9

205

6.0

5.1- 7.0

215

6.5

5.6- 7.5

Wisconsin

3,337

2,632

80.4

78.8-81.9

269

7.5

6.5- 8.7

196

5.5

4.7- 6.4

147

4.2

3.5- 5.1

2.4

1.9- 3.0

Wyoming

3,023

2,474

82.5

81.0-83.9

193

6.3

5.4- 7.3

141

4.5

3.8- 5.4

126

3.7

3.1- 4.5

3.0

2.3- 3.7

Guam

855

664

78.0

74.6-81.0

5.4

4.0- 7.3

9.4

7.3-12.1

5.6

4.0- 7.8

1.5

0.9- 2.6

Puerto Rico

4,184

3,351

82.6

80.9-84.1

211

4.3

3.5- 5.3

298

6.8

5.8- 7.9

189

3.7

3.0- 4.5

135

2.7

2.2- 3.4

Virgin Islands

2,233

1,902

85.2

83.3-87.0

101

4.8

3.8- 6.1

119

5.0

4.0- 6.2

2.9

2.2- 3.9

2.0

1.4- 2.9

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category 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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