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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 145863 99,530 63.6 63.1-64.0 46,333 36.4 36.0-36.9
Alabama 2,045 1,459 66.6 64.1-68.9 586 33.4 31.1-35.9
Alaska 1,499 930 58.5 54.9-62.1 569 41.5 37.9-45.1
Arizona 1,930 1,373 66.1 62.8-69.2 557 33.9 30.8-37.2
Arkansas 2,380 1,617 62.0 59.6-64.3 763 38.0 35.7-40.4
California 2,412 1,537 59.1 56.6-61.5 875 40.9 38.5-43.4
Colorado 2,375 1,569 61.3 59.0-63.7 806 38.7 36.3-41.0
Connecticut 3,239 2,332 67.7 65.5-69.8 907 32.3 30.2-34.5
Delaware 2,427 1,783 69.1 66.2-71.8 644 30.9 28.2-33.8
District of Columbia 1,388 870 61.4 57.9-64.8 518 38.6 35.2-42.1
Florida 3,685 2,705 69.5 67.6-71.3 980 30.5 28.7-32.4
Georgia 3,185 2,157 62.9 60.7-65.0 1,028 37.1 35.0-39.3
Hawaii 3,382 2,252 60.1 57.9-62.2 1,130 39.9 37.8-42.1
Idaho 2,909 1,837 57.8 55.5-60.0 1,072 42.2 40.0-44.5
Illinois 1,534 1,034 62.9 59.5-66.2 500 37.1 33.8-40.5
Indiana 3,470 2,362 63.3 61.4-65.2 1,108 36.7 34.8-38.6
Iowa 2,180 1,565 64.9 62.3-67.4 615 35.1 32.6-37.7
Kansas 2,714 1,822 62.2 60.0-64.3 892 37.8 35.7-40.0
Kentucky 4,533 3,230 64.8 62.2-67.3 1,303 35.2 32.7-37.8
Louisiana 3,196 2,163 64.1 62.1-66.0 1,033 35.9 34.0-37.9
Maine 1,475 1,050 67.4 64.6-70.1 425 32.6 29.9-35.4
Maryland 2,642 1,850 65.5 63.1-67.8 792 34.5 32.2-36.9
Massachusetts 4,378 2,929 64.4 62.6-66.2 1,449 35.6 33.8-37.4
Michigan 3,508 2,478 66.2 64.1-68.2 1,030 33.8 31.8-35.9
Minnesota 2,601 1,819 63.4 61.1-65.7 782 36.6 34.3-38.9
Mississippi 2,684 1,836 63.4 61.2-65.6 848 36.6 34.4-38.8
Missouri 2,863 1,942 64.0 61.5-66.5 921 36.0 33.5-38.5
Montana 2,261 1,544 63.8 60.9-66.5 717 36.2 33.5-39.1
Nebraska 2,706 1,823 62.2 59.9-64.4 883 37.8 35.6-40.1
Nevada 1,594 1,065 63.0 59.6-66.4 529 37.0 33.6-40.4
New Hampshire 2,905 2,016 64.9 62.8-66.9 889 35.1 33.1-37.2
New Jersey 3,635 2,527 63.9 60.5-67.2 1,108 36.1 32.8-39.5
New Mexico 2,719 1,806 60.4 58.0-62.7 913 39.6 37.3-42.0
New York 2,681 1,785 63.5 61.2-65.6 896 36.5 34.4-38.8
North Carolina 4,112 2,892 64.9 62.5-67.1 1,220 35.1 32.9-37.5
North Dakota 1,720 1,199 64.5 61.9-67.1 521 35.5 32.9-38.1
Ohio 2,429 1,710 66.4 64.0-68.6 719 33.6 31.4-36.0
Oklahoma 4,123 2,804 62.2 60.4-64.0 1,319 37.8 36.0-39.6
Oregon 1,836 1,290 65.1 62.5-67.6 546 34.9 32.4-37.5
Pennsylvania 8,052 5,684 66.9 65.4-68.3 2,368 33.1 31.7-34.6
Rhode Island 2,332 1,618 66.8 64.6-69.0 714 33.2 31.0-35.4
South Carolina 2,714 1,948 67.3 64.9-69.7 766 32.7 30.3-35.1
South Dakota 2,793 1,922 62.4 60.2-64.6 871 37.6 35.4-39.8
Tennessee 1,876 1,280 63.5 60.8-66.0 596 36.5 34.0-39.2
Texas 3,659 2,330 60.2 58.3-62.0 1,329 39.8 38.0-41.7
Utah 2,198 1,288 51.4 48.5-54.3 910 48.6 45.7-51.5
Vermont 2,400 1,614 62.7 60.4-64.9 786 37.3 35.1-39.6
Virginia 2,546 1,730 63.7 61.0-66.3 816 36.3 33.7-39.0
Washington 2,900 1,947 62.6 60.3-64.8 953 37.4 35.2-39.7
West Virginia 2,051 1,455 67.3 64.8-69.6 596 32.7 30.4-35.2
Wisconsin 2,508 1,682 62.7 60.3-65.0 826 37.3 35.0-39.7
Wyoming 2,053 1,366 60.5 58.0-63.0 687 39.5 37.0-42.0
Guam 478 207 46.1 40.9-51.3 271 53.9 48.7-59.1
Puerto Rico 2,579 1,700 59.0 56.5-61.5 879 41.0 38.5-43.5
Virgin Islands 1,369 797 53.2 49.7-56.6 572 46.8 43.4-50.3

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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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