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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.#
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 14,920 1,554 11.4 10.4-12.4 5,144 37.0 35.3-38.7 3,717 24.6 23.2-26.0 4,505 27.1 25.6-28.6
Alabama 306 33 12.1 8.4-17.1 112 36.6 30.8-42.9 63 20.7 16.1-26.3 98 30.6 25.2-36.6
Alaska 124 15 13.1 7.2-22.7 53 43.0 31.7-55.1 24 19.9 12.1-31.1 32 23.9 15.7-34.6
Arizona 240 20 9.4 4.8-17.8 81 37.3 28.9-46.4 53 22.0 15.3-30.7 86 31.3 23.7-40.0
Arkansas 341 27 9.8 6.5-14.5 125 40.6 34.7-46.7 77 19.6 15.5-24.5 112 30.0 25.0-35.4
California 281 30 10.8 7.1-16.1 99 39.8 32.4-47.7 70 23.4 17.9-30.1 82 25.9 19.7-33.3
Colorado 199 24 14.0 9.0-21.2 72 37.9 30.4-46.0 46 23.9 16.8-32.7 57 24.2 18.4-31.1
Connecticut 336 40 10.3 7.0-14.8 113 31.5 25.7-37.9 75 22.9 17.4-29.5 108 35.4 29.3-42.0
Delaware 332 37 10.6 6.7-16.4 100 35.9 28.3-44.3 91 24.5 19.0-31.0 104 29.0 23.0-35.9
Florida 448 40 9.5 6.6-13.5 140 31.4 26.2-37.1 123 28.2 23.4-33.5 145 30.9 26.2-36.1
Georgia 395 38 11.9 8.0-17.4 158 42.7 36.7-48.9 98 24.2 19.4-29.7 101 21.2 17.1-26.0
Hawaii 357 20 3.3 2.0- 5.6 148 42.4 35.8-49.3 91 26.8 20.6-33.9 98 27.5 21.9-33.8
Idaho 348 42 15.8 10.7-22.8 93 29.6 24.0-36.0 71 20.8 16.2-26.3 142 33.8 28.3-39.7
Indiana 439 55 12.1 9.2-15.7 141 34.3 29.2-39.8 122 29.0 24.4-34.0 121 24.7 20.4-29.5
Iowa 276 23 9.8 6.2-15.0 69 29.0 22.4-36.6 69 24.5 19.2-30.8 115 36.8 30.4-43.6
Kansas 326 33 10.8 7.4-15.5 111 31.3 26.1-37.1 86 27.6 22.6-33.2 96 30.2 25.0-36.0
Kentucky 592 55 15.7 11.0-22.1 229 39.6 33.9-45.5 145 24.2 19.4-29.7 163 20.4 16.7-24.8
Louisiana 351 47 14.1 10.3-19.1 127 40.8 34.3-47.7 77 20.7 16.3-25.9 100 24.4 19.4-30.2
Maine 177 21 12.6 8.0-19.5 62 29.7 22.9-37.4 39 24.0 17.3-32.2 55 33.8 26.4-42.1
Maryland 285 23 10.0 5.2-18.3 115 43.4 36.1-51.0 86 28.6 22.6-35.4 61 18.0 13.2-24.1
Massachusetts 474 69 14.8 11.1-19.5 158 34.0 28.6-39.8 112 25.4 20.7-30.8 135 25.8 21.3-30.9
Minnesota 240 28 14.5 10.0-20.5 73 30.8 24.6-37.7 50 21.4 16.2-27.8 89 33.3 27.3-40.0
Mississippi 366 43 11.8 8.5-16.1 129 38.0 32.5-43.9 108 28.9 23.9-34.4 86 21.3 17.1-26.2
Montana 278 33 15.6 10.2-23.0 96 28.9 22.3-36.5 65 26.2 18.2-36.1 84 29.4 22.5-37.4
Nebraska 267 26 14.0 9.4-20.2 71 32.0 25.4-39.4 75 26.4 20.8-32.9 95 27.7 22.3-33.7
Nevada 200 25 10.7 6.0-18.4 82 46.2 36.2-56.5 38 20.5 13.5-29.8 55 22.7 15.7-31.6
New Hampshire 337 42 13.1 9.4-18.0 108 31.4 26.1-37.3 87 25.7 20.7-31.4 100 29.7 24.5-35.5
New Jersey 386 42 9.9 5.6-16.9 129 29.8 22.5-38.2 79 21.8 14.9-30.8 136 38.5 30.1-47.7
New Mexico 325 24 7.8 4.9-12.0 124 43.3 37.0-49.9 91 27.4 21.9-33.7 86 21.5 16.9-27.0
North Carolina 499 50 10.6 6.9-15.9 158 35.5 29.7-41.8 122 23.5 18.7-29.1 169 30.4 25.0-36.3
North Dakota 203 21 12.8 8.2-19.5 63 30.1 23.6-37.5 48 23.7 17.8-30.8 71 33.4 26.6-40.9
Ohio 311 43 17.4 12.3-24.0 102 29.8 24.3-35.9 71 24.2 18.9-30.3 95 28.6 23.1-34.9
Oklahoma 539 55 12.9 9.6-17.2 162 34.3 29.9-39.1 166 28.3 24.4-32.5 156 24.5 20.8-28.5
Rhode Island 228 24 9.8 6.3-15.1 72 29.8 23.6-36.8 45 20.7 15.3-27.5 87 39.6 32.8-46.9
South Carolina 400 48 15.4 10.7-21.5 145 35.4 29.3-41.9 89 22.1 17.2-27.9 118 27.2 21.9-33.2
South Dakota 335 27 8.3 5.5-12.3 106 35.9 29.7-42.7 75 24.9 19.1-31.7 127 30.9 25.7-36.6
Tennessee 269 19 8.0 4.9-12.8 102 39.3 32.9-46.1 74 28.4 22.2-35.4 74 24.4 19.3-30.3
Texas 453 42 9.1 6.5-12.7 182 43.1 37.9-48.5 113 24.0 19.9-28.7 116 23.7 19.3-28.8
Utah 205 25 18.2 10.0-30.7 63 29.5 21.4-39.2 52 26.6 19.2-35.5 65 25.7 18.9-34.0
Vermont 231 25 12.1 7.2-19.6 74 32.1 25.8-39.2 68 30.8 24.6-37.7 64 25.0 19.5-31.3
Virginia 306 31 11.2 7.5-16.4 112 38.4 31.0-46.3 73 26.0 20.0-33.1 90 24.4 19.2-30.4
Washington 306 36 11.1 7.8-15.5 100 39.1 32.1-46.7 78 23.6 18.0-30.4 92 26.1 20.9-32.1
West Virginia 351 27 7.7 5.2-11.2 118 38.7 33.0-44.7 95 26.6 21.8-32.0 111 27.0 22.3-32.3
Wisconsin 258 33 12.2 8.1-17.8 82 29.5 23.2-36.8 51 20.5 15.3-26.9 92 37.8 31.1-45.0
Wyoming 232 28 16.9 11.1-25.0 68 30.8 24.5-38.0 57 21.8 16.7-27.9 79 30.5 24.4-37.2
Guam 56 9 18.0 8.0-35.7 29 43.1 28.5-59.0 13 27.0 15.3-43.3 5 11.8 4.5-27.8
Puerto Rico 512 40 9.0 6.3-12.7 203 44.0 38.5-49.7 154 27.4 22.9-32.5 115 19.6 15.7-24.1
Virgin Islands 200 16 6.7 3.7-11.5 85 45.6 37.4-54.1 62 28.1 21.5-35.8 37 19.7 13.5-27.7

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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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