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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.#		 Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 14,946 2,521 17.5 16.2-18.9 3,432 22.5 21.2-23.8 4,411 28.2 26.6-29.7 4,582 31.8 30.3-33.5
Alabama 311 40 12.5 9.1-17.1 64 19.4 15.1-24.6 111 36.5 30.7-42.7 96 31.5 25.9-37.8
Alaska 123 25 19.1 11.7-29.6 20 18.2 10.5-29.5 24 14.8 9.0-23.3 54 48.0 36.4-59.8
Arizona 240 51 20.0 13.5-28.6 57 25.4 18.4-33.8 58 21.7 15.4-29.6 74 33.0 24.9-42.2
Arkansas 344 51 15.7 11.7-20.8 72 22.1 17.5-27.5 81 20.3 16.1-25.2 140 41.9 36.1-47.8
California 286 44 17.5 12.3-24.3 54 16.9 12.3-22.6 73 26.3 19.7-34.2 115 39.3 32.2-46.8
Colorado 194 35 22.3 15.2-31.6 51 23.2 17.4-30.2 55 28.6 21.9-36.4 53 25.9 19.5-33.5
Connecticut 335 62 17.0 12.8-22.2 70 18.9 14.4-24.4 119 38.3 31.8-45.2 84 25.8 20.2-32.3
Delaware 334 59 17.5 12.7-23.4 64 20.7 14.9-27.9 130 39.1 31.6-47.1 81 22.8 17.5-29.2
Florida 435 87 21.2 16.7-26.7 107 22.5 18.2-27.4 112 27.6 22.7-33.2 129 28.6 23.8-34.0
Georgia 384 75 20.6 16.2-25.9 88 23.0 18.1-28.7 102 24.5 19.7-30.1 119 31.9 26.2-38.2
Hawaii 368 45 11.5 8.0-16.2 76 21.8 16.8-27.8 193 53.2 46.4-59.8 54 13.5 9.8-18.4
Idaho 347 64 20.8 15.3-27.6 67 19.5 15.0-25.0 68 17.8 13.7-22.7 148 41.9 35.7-48.4
Indiana 439 78 19.1 15.0-24.0 94 23.9 19.4-29.0 108 23.6 19.5-28.3 159 33.4 28.7-38.5
Iowa 272 39 14.8 10.6-20.3 66 24.1 18.6-30.5 76 29.6 23.6-36.5 91 31.5 25.1-38.7
Kansas 329 50 16.2 12.2-21.2 76 25.7 20.7-31.6 86 23.9 19.3-29.1 117 34.2 28.8-40.0
Kentucky 593 62 9.7 7.2-13.1 130 22.4 17.6-28.0 177 30.2 25.0-36.0 224 37.7 32.1-43.7
Louisiana 351 67 21.5 16.0-28.2 90 26.4 21.0-32.6 98 25.3 20.4-30.9 96 26.8 21.5-33.0
Maine 183 48 25.9 19.5-33.5 46 25.5 19.0-33.4 50 25.2 18.7-32.9 39 23.5 17.1-31.3
Maryland 290 60 19.6 14.5-26.0 71 23.3 17.9-29.7 85 33.1 26.0-41.1 74 24.0 18.3-30.7
Massachusetts 458 82 19.1 14.9-24.1 131 28.8 23.7-34.4 122 27.2 22.2-32.7 123 25.0 20.4-30.2
Minnesota 236 60 26.8 20.9-33.6 76 32.3 26.2-39.1 52 20.2 15.3-26.3 48 20.6 15.3-27.2
Mississippi 378 57 15.2 11.4-19.9 99 27.3 22.4-32.8 100 27.8 22.9-33.3 122 29.8 24.9-35.1
Montana 273 68 31.7 23.3-41.5 71 26.4 19.6-34.5 61 21.9 16.1-29.2 73 20.0 14.6-26.8
Nebraska 273 39 15.5 11.0-21.3 56 21.8 16.3-28.5 86 30.6 24.5-37.4 92 32.1 26.1-38.8
Nevada 205 38 18.7 11.8-28.3 50 26.5 18.3-36.9 47 23.0 15.7-32.4 70 31.8 23.4-41.5
New Hampshire 332 61 19.8 15.2-25.4 82 23.1 18.5-28.5 121 35.4 29.9-41.4 68 21.7 16.9-27.4
New Jersey 376 55 13.6 8.5-20.9 76 21.9 15.2-30.5 128 28.8 21.9-36.8 117 35.8 27.2-45.5
New Mexico 314 57 20.1 14.9-26.5 77 25.9 20.5-32.2 95 30.0 24.5-36.2 85 24.0 19.2-29.7
North Carolina 501 67 14.8 10.9-19.8 125 25.1 20.0-31.0 191 36.4 30.6-42.7 118 23.7 18.9-29.3
North Dakota 205 44 24.2 18.2-31.5 66 32.4 25.6-40.0 54 27.4 21.0-34.8 41 16.0 11.6-21.7
Ohio 310 46 16.5 11.7-22.7 72 22.2 17.2-28.2 97 34.4 28.3-41.0 95 26.9 21.8-32.7
Oklahoma 546 72 14.9 11.6-19.0 124 23.9 20.1-28.3 175 30.8 26.6-35.3 175 30.3 26.2-34.7
Rhode Island 223 32 15.6 10.8-22.0 60 26.2 20.3-33.0 73 30.2 24.1-37.1 58 28.1 21.9-35.3
South Carolina 409 86 24.1 18.7-30.5 99 29.1 23.5-35.3 108 23.0 18.0-28.8 116 23.9 19.0-29.6
South Dakota 336 68 22.9 17.6-29.3 78 24.4 19.4-30.2 112 32.7 26.6-39.4 78 20.0 15.8-25.0
Tennessee 274 49 16.1 11.9-21.4 65 23.6 18.4-29.7 65 26.8 20.7-33.8 95 33.5 27.5-40.2
Texas 461 71 15.4 12.1-19.5 107 23.3 19.1-28.0 132 26.4 22.2-31.1 151 34.9 29.8-40.4
Utah 202 39 21.2 14.3-30.3 51 28.3 20.4-37.7 54 24.5 17.5-33.3 58 26.0 17.1-37.5
Vermont 232 53 24.2 18.6-30.9 55 24.7 18.5-32.3 52 20.8 15.8-26.9 72 30.2 24.1-37.0
Virginia 309 48 15.2 11.0-20.6 81 26.4 20.7-33.0 96 28.7 23.0-35.2 84 29.7 22.4-38.2
Washington 303 60 19.0 14.4-24.6 86 27.9 21.8-34.9 77 27.0 21.1-33.8 80 26.2 20.1-33.3
West Virginia 348 52 18.0 13.6-23.6 69 18.4 14.5-23.1 116 33.2 27.9-38.9 111 30.4 25.4-35.9
Wisconsin 258 57 22.9 17.2-29.7 64 28.1 21.9-35.4 62 20.1 15.1-26.4 75 28.9 22.8-35.7
Wyoming 231 43 19.8 14.6-26.2 53 21.7 16.5-28.1 43 19.7 14.2-26.8 92 38.8 31.8-46.2
Guam 57 12 17.3 8.1-33.0 8 16.4 7.8-31.0 17 28.5 16.2-45.0 20 37.9 24.0-54.1
Puerto Rico 530 29 4.7 3.1- 7.1 51 9.3 6.5-13.0 201 38.2 33.0-43.6 249 47.8 42.4-53.3
Virgin Islands 208 34 18.6 12.7-26.5 37 15.8 10.9-22.3 68 33.4 26.1-41.6 69 32.2 24.8-40.6

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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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