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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

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Respond.#		 1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 15,365 8,582 55.8 54.1-57.4 3,378 22.2 20.8-23.6 1,117 7.2 6.4- 8.0 573 3.4 2.9- 4.0 1,715 11.5 10.4-12.6
Alabama 318 166 51.9 45.7-58.0 90 30.1 24.6-36.2 24 7.4 4.8-11.1 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 28 8.4 5.6-12.5
Alaska 127 68 47.8 36.5-59.3 21 19.1 10.8-31.7 14 9.0 4.9-16.1 5 5.3 1.8-14.8 19 18.8 11.1-30.0
Arizona 247 137 58.8 49.9-67.2 47 16.4 11.3-23.2 22 9.2 5.0-16.5 15 3.8 2.1- 6.8 26 11.7 6.8-19.5
Arkansas 349 200 57.8 51.9-63.5 74 21.3 16.9-26.4 19 5.6 3.4- 9.2 7 2.5 1.2- 5.3 49 12.8 9.4-17.2
California 288 159 54.0 46.4-61.4 55 20.9 15.3-27.9 18 6.3 3.5-11.0 6 2.2 0.9- 5.6 50 16.6 11.9-22.7
Colorado 202 119 54.7 46.3-62.8 33 15.7 10.9-22.0 11 5.9 3.1-10.9 9 6.1 3.0-12.0 30 17.6 11.1-26.9
Connecticut 348 200 55.8 49.2-62.3 61 19.3 14.7-24.9 23 8.4 4.8-14.3 20 5.6 3.4- 9.3 44 10.8 7.6-15.2
Delaware 336 191 58.8 51.3-65.9 77 20.8 15.8-27.0 27 6.5 4.1-10.2 16 5.5 3.1- 9.7 25 8.3 5.0-13.6
Florida 455 263 57.9 52.3-63.3 88 20.2 15.9-25.3 30 6.8 4.6-10.0 27 6.1 3.8- 9.6 47 9.0 6.5-12.4
Georgia 407 231 57.2 51.2-62.9 98 22.9 18.5-27.9 33 8.5 5.7-12.4 8 1.9 0.9- 3.8 37 9.6 6.2-14.5
Hawaii 371 181 44.9 38.3-51.6 52 15.2 11.2-20.4 35 11.8 7.2-18.8 26 6.8 4.3-10.6 77 21.3 16.4-27.1
Idaho 358 205 54.0 47.5-60.4 84 23.9 18.9-29.8 20 8.7 4.7-15.5 6 1.8 0.7- 4.3 43 11.6 8.1-16.2
Indiana 453 240 52.2 46.8-57.5 119 25.8 21.5-30.6 29 6.7 4.3-10.3 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 59 13.7 10.3-17.9
Iowa 279 162 59.2 52.3-65.9 59 21.3 16.2-27.4 16 5.6 3.2- 9.5 11 3.1 1.6- 5.8 31 10.8 7.4-15.5
Kansas 339 175 51.4 45.5-57.2 89 27.2 22.3-32.8 21 6.2 4.0- 9.7 16 5.3 3.1- 9.0 38 9.8 7.0-13.6
Kentucky 612 377 63.6 57.9-69.0 155 24.1 19.4-29.5 36 4.8 3.2- 7.1 12 1.4 0.6- 3.3 32 6.1 3.7- 9.7
Louisiana 360 214 58.1 51.5-64.5 82 25.2 19.6-31.7 25 6.2 3.9- 9.6 12 2.5 1.3- 4.6 27 8.0 5.3-12.1
Maine 185 105 54.9 46.7-62.9 44 25.1 18.6-32.9 7 3.9 1.7- 8.7 9 4.4 2.0- 9.1 20 11.7 7.2-18.7
Maryland 295 164 57.3 49.9-64.3 64 21.1 15.9-27.5 17 5.2 3.0- 9.1 15 4.9 2.7- 8.5 35 11.5 7.6-17.1
Massachusetts 484 282 56.9 51.1-62.5 91 18.1 14.3-22.7 28 6.8 4.2-10.6 23 4.9 3.1- 7.8 60 13.3 9.8-17.8
Minnesota 241 155 63.3 56.2-69.8 49 21.6 16.5-27.9 8 3.6 1.8- 7.1 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 25 10.2 6.4-16.0
Mississippi 402 230 56.0 50.4-61.5 101 26.4 21.7-31.7 27 6.8 4.5-10.1 8 2.7 1.2- 5.8 36 8.1 5.7-11.5
Montana 281 172 62.9 54.4-70.6 65 23.0 16.8-30.7 16 5.0 2.2-10.9 13 4.4 2.3- 8.3 15 4.7 2.3- 9.4
Nebraska 273 174 66.6 59.8-72.7 45 14.3 10.3-19.6 17 6.1 3.4-10.6 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3 25 9.6 6.2-14.5
Nevada 204 113 53.3 43.2-63.2 32 21.7 14.5-31.2 24 9.3 5.0-16.7 7 3.0 1.0- 8.6 28 12.6 7.3-20.9
New Hampshire 346 197 56.8 50.7-62.6 70 20.2 15.8-25.4 23 5.6 3.6- 8.6 18 4.9 3.0- 8.0 38 12.5 8.8-17.6
New Jersey 394 212 55.6 46.7-64.1 64 15.5 10.1-22.8 34 8.5 4.8-14.7 30 8.2 4.4-14.9 54 12.2 7.8-18.7
New Mexico 330 193 58.9 52.4-65.1 77 23.5 18.3-29.6 23 7.1 4.4-11.3 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3 33 9.3 6.4-13.4
North Carolina 516 299 60.4 54.3-66.2 128 24.2 19.4-29.8 34 6.4 4.0-10.2 17 3.3 1.8- 6.1 38 5.6 3.5- 8.9
North Dakota 211 130 61.0 53.4-68.1 43 20.9 15.4-27.7 8 3.1 1.5- 6.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 28 14.0 9.4-20.5
Ohio 321 172 53.7 47.1-60.1 84 27.8 22.4-34.0 22 6.7 4.2-10.6 13 4.6 2.4- 8.5 30 7.3 4.9-10.6
Oklahoma 563 322 57.3 52.6-61.8 141 25.2 21.4-29.4 31 5.6 3.9- 8.1 22 3.6 2.2- 5.8 47 8.4 6.2-11.2
Rhode Island 231 126 52.9 45.7-60.1 40 17.7 12.7-24.1 26 13.0 8.6-19.2 13 6.0 3.4-10.3 26 10.3 6.9-15.2
South Carolina 428 253 55.8 49.4-62.1 102 25.9 20.6-31.9 28 8.9 5.5-14.1 7 0.9 0.3- 2.1 38 8.6 5.4-13.2
South Dakota 342 211 60.1 53.3-66.6 72 24.2 18.2-31.3 23 6.5 4.2-10.1 18 4.4 2.7- 7.3 18 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Tennessee 275 177 65.5 58.8-71.5 57 20.9 15.9-26.9 20 6.5 4.0-10.4 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 17 6.1 3.6-10.3
Texas 468 269 56.1 51.0-61.1 105 23.1 19.0-27.7 33 7.1 5.0-10.1 13 3.6 1.9- 7.0 48 10.1 7.4-13.6
Utah 206 128 63.1 52.5-72.6 38 16.8 11.4-24.0 12 4.2 2.0- 8.7 7 7.1 1.8-24.4 21 8.8 5.3-14.1
Vermont 235 134 53.5 46.2-60.7 53 27.9 21.3-35.8 12 4.7 2.6- 8.3 12 4.6 2.6- 8.2 24 9.2 6.1-13.8
Virginia 326 184 56.5 49.3-63.4 73 20.4 15.7-26.1 27 8.0 5.2-12.0 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 36 13.1 8.8-19.0
Washington 301 176 60.7 53.4-67.6 64 18.8 14.1-24.6 19 7.9 3.8-15.6 7 1.7 0.8- 3.8 35 10.9 7.4-15.6
West Virginia 360 207 57.8 52.0-63.4 94 26.3 21.6-31.6 16 4.3 2.5- 7.2 10 2.9 1.3- 6.4 33 8.7 6.1-12.4
Wisconsin 266 146 53.1 45.9-60.2 62 25.2 19.4-32.1 19 8.1 4.8-13.5 8 2.4 1.0- 5.5 31 11.2 7.4-16.5
Wyoming 234 136 59.4 52.0-66.4 43 16.9 12.3-22.7 17 8.0 4.3-14.5 8 2.8 1.3- 5.8 30 13.0 8.9-18.5
Guam 58 14 28.8 16.5-45.4 12 17.8 8.5-33.6 6 8.6 2.8-23.4 13 23.7 13.1-39.2 13 21.0 11.3-35.6
Puerto Rico 532 139 26.0 21.4-31.2 124 22.4 18.3-27.1 108 19.5 15.5-24.1 22 4.0 2.4- 6.5 139 28.1 23.4-33.2
Virgin Islands 208 74 37.2 29.4-45.6 57 27.4 20.5-35.7 29 12.8 8.3-19.3 16 5.9 3.4-10.1 32 16.6 11.2-23.9

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#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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