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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Tobacco Indicators

In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advised you to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 17,496 12,389 69.9 68.7-71.0 5,107 30.1 29.0-31.3
Alaska 531 360 68.7 62.9-74.0 171 31.3 26.0-37.1
Arizona 419 307 70.9 64.5-76.5 112 29.1 23.5-35.5
Arkansas 485 334 69.2 64.3-73.7 151 30.8 26.3-35.7
Connecticut 1,313 813 60.2 56.8-63.6 500 39.8 36.4-43.2
Delaware 670 488 69.7 64.7-74.3 182 30.3 25.7-35.3
Indiana 770 535 69.2 65.5-72.8 235 30.8 27.2-34.5
Kentucky 1,704 1,210 69.8 66.4-72.9 494 30.2 27.1-33.6
Louisiana 851 620 73.0 69.5-76.3 231 27.0 23.7-30.5
Maine 374 312 82.0 76.9-86.1 62 18.0 13.9-23.1
Mississippi 451 308 66.6 61.1-71.6 143 33.4 28.4-38.9
Missouri 778 552 69.8 65.2-74.0 226 30.2 26.0-34.8
Montana 484 335 69.2 63.2-74.7 149 30.8 25.3-36.8
Nebraska 498 326 66.9 62.1-71.3 172 33.1 28.7-37.9
New Hampshire 724 548 75.8 72.0-79.2 176 24.2 20.8-28.0
New Jersey 745 568 74.8 70.5-78.7 177 25.2 21.3-29.5
North Carolina 594 433 73.1 67.5-78.1 161 26.9 21.9-32.5
Oklahoma 763 534 67.9 62.9-72.5 229 32.1 27.5-37.1
Pennsylvania 586 422 72.8 68.6-76.7 164 27.2 23.3-31.4
Rhode Island 765 585 77.3 73.4-80.8 180 22.7 19.2-26.6
South Carolina 474 335 69.1 63.9-73.8 139 30.9 26.2-36.1
South Dakota 647 453 70.5 66.3-74.4 194 29.5 25.6-33.7
Texas 819 537 63.6 59.7-67.4 282 36.4 32.6-40.3
Virginia 425 329 76.5 71.6-80.8 96 23.5 19.2-28.4
West Virginia 623 475 74.5 70.3-78.2 148 25.5 21.8-29.7
Wisconsin 559 365 63.3 58.3-68.0 194 36.7 32.0-41.7
Wyoming 444 305 69.8 65.0-74.3 139 30.2 25.7-35.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year and had received health care of some kind.

#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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