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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Cardiovascular Disease

Why do you take aspirin...
To reduce the chance of a stroke?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 13,737 10,025 71.4 70.2-72.6 3,712 28.6 27.4-29.8
Alabama 588 407 69.6 65.1-73.8 181 30.4 26.2-34.9
Arkansas 615 423 69.4 65.3-73.2 192 30.6 26.8-34.7
Colorado 366 240 65.4 59.8-70.6 126 34.6 29.4-40.2
District of Colum 268 194 72.1 65.7-77.8 74 27.9 22.2-34.3
Iowa 810 651 81.3 78.2-84.0 159 18.7 16.0-21.8
Minnesota 731 513 68.4 64.4-72.1 218 31.6 27.9-35.6
Mississippi 613 394 62.3 57.9-66.5 219 37.7 33.5-42.1
Missouri 927 708 77.1 73.1-80.6 219 22.9 19.4-26.9
Montana 802 673 84.3 80.3-87.7 129 15.7 12.3-19.7
New York 624 438 71.1 67.0-74.9 186 28.9 25.1-33.0
North Carolina 621 473 76.5 71.3-81.1 148 23.5 18.9-28.7
North Dakota 560 419 75.8 71.8-79.4 141 24.2 20.6-28.2
Ohio 660 431 66.4 62.2-70.4 229 33.6 29.6-37.8
Oklahoma 1,120 883 79.3 76.2-82.1 237 20.7 17.9-23.8
South Carolina 567 401 69.3 64.9-73.4 166 30.7 26.6-35.1
Tennessee 608 409 68.1 63.6-72.3 199 31.9 27.7-36.4
Utah 579 402 72.3 67.3-76.8 177 27.7 23.2-32.7
Virginia 539 382 71.3 67.0-75.3 157 28.7 24.7-33.0
Washington 732 511 69.5 65.8-73.1 221 30.5 26.9-34.2
West Virginia 791 668 85.0 82.1-87.5 123 15.0 12.5-17.9
Wyoming 616 405 65.7 61.5-69.7 211 34.3 30.3-38.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported taking aspirin regularly.

#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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