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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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Respond.#		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 144061 98,206 67.3 66.8-67.7 17,494 12.0 11.7-12.3 5,603 3.8 3.6- 4.0 3,869 2.6 2.5- 2.8 18,889 14.3 13.9-14.7
Alabama 2,032 1,403 69.2 66.9-71.5 235 11.7 10.1-13.4 81 3.9 3.1- 4.9 56 2.6 1.9- 3.4 257 12.7 11.1-14.5
Alaska 1,477 1,000 69.6 66.1-73.0 214 13.8 11.5-16.6 67 4.0 2.8- 5.5 43 2.9 1.8- 4.4 153 9.7 7.6-12.3
Arizona 1,918 1,257 69.3 66.3-72.2 240 11.6 9.8-13.7 83 3.8 2.8- 5.0 62 2.5 1.8- 3.5 276 12.8 10.7-15.2
Arkansas 2,347 1,445 63.0 60.7-65.2 303 12.4 10.9-14.0 117 5.0 4.0- 6.1 85 3.6 2.9- 4.6 397 16.0 14.4-17.8
California 2,411 1,536 61.2 58.7-63.6 357 13.4 11.9-15.1 100 4.1 3.2- 5.2 88 3.7 2.8- 4.7 330 17.7 15.7-19.9
Colorado 2,359 1,643 69.8 67.5-72.0 327 13.3 11.8-14.9 98 4.0 3.3- 5.0 61 2.6 2.0- 3.4 230 10.3 8.7-12.2
Connecticut 3,192 2,414 74.8 72.8-76.7 309 10.0 8.8-11.4 91 2.7 2.1- 3.4 59 1.5 1.1- 2.0 319 11.0 9.6-12.6
Delaware 2,411 1,792 74.5 71.9-76.9 251 10.4 8.9-12.1 71 2.7 2.1- 3.6 42 1.6 1.1- 2.4 255 10.8 9.0-12.9
District of Columbia 1,359 1,049 75.3 72.2-78.2 145 10.5 8.6-12.7 30 2.6 1.7- 4.0 22 2.0 1.1- 3.8 113 9.6 7.7-11.8
Florida 3,631 2,589 69.6 67.7-71.4 370 10.0 8.9-11.2 107 3.1 2.5- 3.8 71 1.9 1.5- 2.5 494 15.4 13.9-17.0
Georgia 3,116 2,123 68.7 66.7-70.7 397 12.2 10.9-13.7 116 3.4 2.7- 4.2 78 2.7 2.0- 3.6 402 13.0 11.6-14.6
Hawaii 3,355 2,079 61.9 59.8-64.0 541 16.1 14.6-17.7 185 5.7 4.7- 6.8 86 2.4 1.8- 3.1 464 14.0 12.4-15.6
Idaho 2,877 1,733 61.6 59.4-63.7 443 14.9 13.4-16.5 153 4.9 4.1- 5.8 132 4.6 3.8- 5.7 416 14.0 12.4-15.8
Illinois 1,516 1,007 66.4 63.3-69.3 174 11.1 9.5-13.0 59 3.7 2.8- 4.9 46 2.6 1.8- 3.6 230 16.3 13.9-19.0
Indiana 3,417 2,182 63.8 61.9-65.6 499 14.5 13.2-15.9 134 3.9 3.2- 4.8 119 3.1 2.5- 3.7 483 14.8 13.4-16.3
Iowa 2,156 1,545 73.7 71.5-75.9 236 10.8 9.3-12.5 67 2.7 2.1- 3.5 58 2.0 1.5- 2.7 250 10.7 9.3-12.3
Kansas 2,686 1,942 71.7 69.8-73.6 268 9.9 8.7-11.2 80 2.9 2.3- 3.7 83 3.1 2.5- 3.9 313 12.4 11.0-13.9
Kentucky 4,413 2,915 68.0 65.6-70.4 483 9.9 8.8-11.2 138 2.8 2.2- 3.5 110 2.2 1.6- 2.9 767 17.1 14.9-19.4
Louisiana 3,137 2,180 68.8 66.8-70.7 306 9.9 8.7-11.2 87 2.7 2.1- 3.4 73 2.2 1.7- 2.9 491 16.5 15.0-18.1
Maine 1,464 1,077 72.8 70.1-75.4 173 11.9 10.2-13.9 37 2.5 1.8- 3.6 29 2.1 1.5- 3.1 148 10.6 8.8-12.7
Maryland 2,626 2,000 74.3 72.0-76.5 275 11.6 10.0-13.5 76 2.7 2.0- 3.6 41 1.5 1.0- 2.2 234 9.9 8.5-11.5
Massachusetts 4,313 3,295 76.2 74.6-77.8 418 9.5 8.5-10.7 120 3.0 2.4- 3.8 71 1.6 1.2- 2.1 409 9.6 8.5-10.8
Michigan 3,465 2,423 70.1 68.0-72.1 437 11.9 10.6-13.3 144 3.9 3.2- 4.7 94 3.0 2.2- 4.2 367 11.1 9.8-12.6
Minnesota 2,572 1,872 71.9 69.8-73.9 349 14.4 12.9-16.0 89 3.6 2.8- 4.5 67 2.4 1.9- 3.2 195 7.7 6.5- 9.1
Mississippi 2,618 1,613 61.3 59.1-63.5 352 13.3 11.9-14.9 124 4.9 4.0- 6.0 83 3.3 2.6- 4.2 446 17.2 15.5-19.0
Missouri 2,836 1,870 67.5 65.0-69.8 314 11.6 10.0-13.5 96 3.7 2.8- 4.9 88 2.8 2.1- 3.6 468 14.4 12.7-16.3
Montana 2,232 1,444 67.6 64.9-70.2 283 11.8 10.2-13.7 102 4.2 3.1- 5.6 88 3.5 2.6- 4.7 315 12.9 11.1-14.9
Nebraska 2,682 1,836 68.4 66.3-70.5 330 12.6 11.2-14.2 96 3.9 3.1- 4.9 70 2.4 1.8- 3.1 350 12.7 11.2-14.2
Nevada 1,580 1,001 60.5 56.9-64.0 190 12.6 10.5-15.1 87 5.6 4.2- 7.4 63 3.9 2.8- 5.5 239 17.3 14.6-20.5
New Hampshire 2,878 2,176 75.4 73.6-77.2 351 11.9 10.7-13.3 84 2.9 2.3- 3.6 49 1.5 1.1- 2.0 218 8.3 7.1- 9.6
New Jersey 3,600 2,557 69.7 66.3-72.9 374 10.4 8.3-13.0 101 2.0 1.4- 3.1 62 1.8 1.1- 3.0 506 16.0 13.5-18.8
New Mexico 2,692 1,712 63.9 61.6-66.1 320 11.5 10.1-13.0 147 5.3 4.4- 6.4 90 3.2 2.5- 4.0 423 16.2 14.4-18.1
New York 2,648 1,876 68.7 66.5-70.9 304 11.0 9.7-12.5 94 3.0 2.4- 3.7 59 2.0 1.5- 2.7 315 15.2 13.5-17.2
North Carolina 4,063 3,007 73.3 71.1-75.4 409 10.9 9.5-12.6 113 2.7 2.1- 3.5 89 1.9 1.4- 2.6 445 11.1 9.6-12.8
North Dakota 1,692 1,141 67.9 65.3-70.4 229 13.4 11.7-15.3 77 4.4 3.4- 5.7 50 2.9 2.0- 4.1 195 11.4 9.8-13.2
Ohio 2,396 1,649 68.4 66.2-70.6 280 11.6 10.2-13.2 105 4.2 3.4- 5.1 59 2.3 1.7- 3.1 303 13.5 11.9-15.3
Oklahoma 4,075 2,584 64.3 62.5-66.0 480 11.3 10.2-12.5 210 4.9 4.2- 5.7 152 3.5 2.9- 4.2 649 16.0 14.7-17.5
Oregon 1,810 1,162 63.1 60.5-65.6 294 17.1 15.1-19.3 94 5.2 4.1- 6.5 65 3.3 2.5- 4.3 195 11.3 9.7-13.1
Pennsylvania 7,944 5,432 67.4 66.0-68.8 971 11.6 10.8-12.6 319 4.3 3.7- 5.0 200 2.5 2.1- 3.0 1,022 14.1 13.1-15.2
Rhode Island 2,304 1,778 76.5 74.4-78.5 215 9.3 8.0-10.7 51 2.2 1.6- 3.0 28 1.1 0.7- 1.6 232 10.9 9.4-12.5
South Carolina 2,673 1,772 66.6 64.2-68.9 375 14.4 12.8-16.2 127 4.4 3.5- 5.5 68 2.5 1.9- 3.3 331 12.1 10.5-13.9
South Dakota 2,777 2,031 72.6 70.5-74.6 277 10.0 8.8-11.3 63 2.0 1.6- 2.7 64 2.3 1.7- 3.1 342 13.1 11.5-14.9
Tennessee 1,848 1,351 74.0 71.7-76.2 156 8.3 7.0- 9.8 46 2.4 1.7- 3.3 23 1.4 0.9- 2.2 272 13.8 12.2-15.7
Texas 3,609 2,250 60.9 59.0-62.8 482 13.3 12.0-14.7 177 4.9 4.2- 5.8 122 3.5 2.8- 4.4 578 17.5 16.0-19.0
Utah 2,175 1,321 59.6 56.6-62.5 341 16.0 13.9-18.3 123 5.9 4.6- 7.5 80 3.1 2.4- 4.1 310 15.4 13.3-17.8
Vermont 2,376 1,767 74.6 72.6-76.5 251 10.9 9.5-12.4 82 3.1 2.4- 3.9 48 1.9 1.4- 2.6 228 9.5 8.2-11.0
Virginia 2,517 1,678 67.6 65.0-70.0 372 14.7 12.9-16.6 107 4.3 3.2- 5.7 73 2.6 2.0- 3.5 287 10.8 9.4-12.5
Washington 2,872 1,886 65.0 62.8-67.2 436 14.4 12.9-16.0 144 5.7 4.6- 7.0 114 4.0 3.1- 5.0 292 10.9 9.5-12.6
West Virginia 2,026 1,336 66.9 64.5-69.2 231 11.2 9.8-12.8 81 3.9 3.1- 5.0 52 2.1 1.6- 2.8 326 15.9 14.1-17.8
Wisconsin 2,481 1,738 70.5 68.3-72.6 305 12.2 10.7-13.8 90 3.5 2.7- 4.4 59 2.4 1.8- 3.2 289 11.4 10.0-13.1
Wyoming 2,040 1,265 62.1 59.6-64.5 302 15.1 13.4-16.9 108 5.2 4.2- 6.4 73 3.4 2.6- 4.4 292 14.3 12.4-16.3
Guam 474 273 55.9 50.6-61.0 40 7.0 5.0- 9.8 21 3.7 2.3- 5.8 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4 130 31.2 26.4-36.5
Puerto Rico 2,554 1,450 54.9 52.5-57.3 291 10.7 9.3-12.2 127 5.1 4.1- 6.3 73 2.8 2.1- 3.7 613 26.5 24.3-28.8
Virgin Islands 1,339 749 51.8 48.3-55.3 189 14.7 12.3-17.4 77 5.5 4.2- 7.1 39 2.3 1.5- 3.4 285 25.7 22.6-29.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a clinical breast exam and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

#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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