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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 244292 14,587 6.6 6.4- 6.8 229705 93.4 93.2-93.6
Alabama 2,902 211 6.7 5.7- 7.9 2,691 93.3 92.1-94.3
Alaska 2,682 224 7.5 6.1- 9.2 2,458 92.5 90.8-93.9
Arizona 3,217 263 8.1 6.7- 9.8 2,954 91.9 90.2-93.3
Arkansas 3,891 254 6.5 5.6- 7.4 3,637 93.5 92.6-94.4
California 4,212 363 8.8 7.8- 9.9 3,849 91.2 90.1-92.2
Colorado 4,048 242 6.2 5.3- 7.3 3,806 93.8 92.7-94.7
Connecticut 5,556 217 4.1 3.5- 4.9 5,339 95.9 95.1-96.5
Delaware 4,027 188 5.2 3.9- 7.0 3,839 94.8 93.0-96.1
District of Columbia 2,400 141 6.3 5.0- 7.8 2,259 93.7 92.2-95.0
Florida 6,134 447 7.5 6.8- 8.4 5,687 92.5 91.6-93.2
Georgia 5,055 336 6.8 6.0- 7.8 4,719 93.2 92.2-94.0
Hawaii 5,989 313 4.9 4.2- 5.7 5,676 95.1 94.3-95.8
Idaho 5,027 311 6.5 5.6- 7.5 4,716 93.5 92.5-94.4
Illinois 2,652 123 4.6 3.8- 5.7 2,529 95.4 94.3-96.2
Indiana 5,772 335 5.6 5.0- 6.4 5,437 94.4 93.6-95.0
Iowa 3,656 102 2.9 2.3- 3.7 3,554 97.1 96.3-97.7
Kansas 4,593 223 4.7 4.1- 5.5 4,370 95.3 94.5-95.9
Kentucky 7,002 788 9.8 8.8-10.9 6,214 90.2 89.1-91.2
Louisiana 4,785 357 7.9 7.0- 8.9 4,428 92.1 91.1-93.0
Maine 2,435 115 4.8 3.9- 5.8 2,320 95.2 94.2-96.1
Maryland 4,394 221 5.1 4.3- 6.0 4,173 94.9 94.0-95.7
Massachusetts 7,407 344 4.4 3.8- 5.0 7,063 95.6 95.0-96.2
Michigan 5,924 295 5.3 4.6- 6.2 5,629 94.7 93.8-95.4
Minnesota 4,489 216 5.1 4.4- 6.0 4,273 94.9 94.0-95.6
Mississippi 4,076 324 7.8 6.8- 8.9 3,752 92.2 91.1-93.2
Missouri 4,727 316 6.8 5.9- 8.0 4,411 93.2 92.0-94.1
Montana 4,028 210 4.7 3.9- 5.7 3,818 95.3 94.3-96.1
Nebraska 4,331 161 4.3 3.6- 5.2 4,170 95.7 94.8-96.4
Nevada 3,146 226 7.9 6.6- 9.5 2,920 92.1 90.5-93.4
New Hampshire 5,019 238 5.0 4.3- 5.8 4,781 95.0 94.2-95.7
New Jersey 6,160 320 5.7 4.6- 7.1 5,840 94.3 92.9-95.4
New Mexico 4,667 365 7.8 6.9- 8.8 4,302 92.2 91.2-93.1
New York 4,458 232 5.9 5.0- 6.8 4,226 94.1 93.2-95.0
North Carolina 6,730 563 8.5 7.5- 9.5 6,167 91.5 90.5-92.5
North Dakota 2,995 90 2.9 2.3- 3.6 2,905 97.1 96.4-97.7
Ohio 4,083 207 4.8 4.1- 5.6 3,876 95.2 94.4-95.9
Oklahoma 6,760 563 8.3 7.5- 9.1 6,197 91.7 90.9-92.5
Oregon 3,067 230 8.7 7.5-10.0 2,837 91.3 90.0-92.5
Pennsylvania 13,474 560 4.8 4.3- 5.4 12,914 95.2 94.6-95.7
Rhode Island 3,836 204 5.5 4.6- 6.4 3,632 94.5 93.6-95.4
South Carolina 4,490 292 6.5 5.6- 7.6 4,198 93.5 92.4-94.4
South Dakota 4,784 120 2.7 2.2- 3.3 4,664 97.3 96.7-97.8
Tennessee 3,200 186 6.2 5.3- 7.3 3,014 93.8 92.7-94.7
Texas 6,092 497 8.9 8.0- 9.8 5,595 91.1 90.2-92.0
Utah 4,075 208 5.1 4.3- 6.1 3,867 94.9 93.9-95.7
Vermont 4,230 193 5.3 4.5- 6.3 4,037 94.7 93.7-95.5
Virginia 4,386 282 6.2 5.3- 7.3 4,104 93.8 92.7-94.7
Washington 4,875 304 6.6 5.8- 7.6 4,571 93.4 92.4-94.2
West Virginia 3,255 279 8.9 7.8-10.1 2,976 91.1 89.9-92.2
Wisconsin 4,351 180 3.8 3.2- 4.6 4,171 96.2 95.4-96.8
Wyoming 3,544 176 5.2 4.3- 6.2 3,368 94.8 93.8-95.7
Guam 827 77 8.6 6.6-11.1 750 91.4 88.9-93.4
Puerto Rico 4,118 207 4.4 3.7- 5.2 3,911 95.6 94.8-96.3
Virgin Islands 2,259 148 6.8 5.6- 8.3 2,111 93.2 91.7-94.4

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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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