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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Healthy Days

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Respond.#
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 98,056 67,381 66.6 66.0-67.2 8,120 9.2 8.8- 9.6 10,107 11.5 11.1-11.9 7,531 8.1 7.8- 8.5 4,917 4.6 4.3- 4.8
Alaska 2,577 1,817 70.0 67.2-72.7 214 9.6 7.8-11.8 280 10.2 8.6-12.1 186 7.7 6.2- 9.6 80 2.4 1.7- 3.3
California 4,202 2,531 60.8 59.0-62.6 458 10.5 9.4-11.7 600 13.9 12.7-15.2 436 10.6 9.5-11.9 177 4.2 3.5- 5.0
Hawaii 5,947 4,523 77.4 75.9-78.8 351 6.1 5.3- 7.0 477 7.8 6.9- 8.9 403 5.9 5.2- 6.7 193 2.8 2.3- 3.3
Idaho 4,853 3,297 66.3 64.6-67.9 445 9.7 8.7-10.8 531 11.3 10.2-12.5 371 8.6 7.6- 9.8 209 4.1 3.4- 4.9
Illinois 2,564 1,738 68.0 65.8-70.1 253 9.8 8.5-11.2 272 10.5 9.2-11.9 198 8.0 6.7- 9.6 103 3.8 3.0- 4.7
Iowa 3,519 2,554 71.1 69.2-72.9 314 9.8 8.6-11.1 312 9.3 8.2-10.7 199 5.8 4.9- 6.8 140 4.0 3.3- 4.9
Kansas 4,405 3,068 70.6 69.0-72.1 418 9.5 8.5-10.5 441 9.9 8.9-11.0 305 6.6 5.8- 7.5 173 3.4 2.8- 4.0
Kentucky 6,445 4,356 67.4 65.5-69.3 147 3.2 2.4- 4.2 372 6.9 5.7- 8.4 690 10.3 9.2-11.5 880 12.2 11.0-13.4
Minnesota 4,380 2,934 65.5 63.8-67.1 483 11.5 10.4-12.7 503 12.5 11.3-13.7 299 7.1 6.2- 8.0 161 3.5 2.9- 4.2
Missouri 4,653 3,234 67.7 65.8-69.6 355 8.6 7.5- 9.9 434 10.0 8.8-11.2 338 7.9 6.8- 9.2 292 5.8 5.0- 6.8
New Jersey 5,841 4,036 68.9 66.4-71.4 518 9.1 7.7-10.9 593 9.8 8.4-11.5 445 7.8 6.4- 9.5 249 4.3 3.4- 5.4
New Mexico 4,455 3,096 69.0 67.3-70.7 348 8.7 7.7- 9.8 473 11.1 10.0-12.4 333 6.9 6.1- 7.9 205 4.2 3.6- 4.9
New York 4,218 2,844 67.3 65.6-69.0 377 9.1 8.1-10.2 532 12.3 11.2-13.6 264 6.4 5.6- 7.4 201 4.8 4.1- 5.7
North Carolina 6,529 4,882 75.4 73.8-77.0 422 6.4 5.5- 7.5 511 7.9 6.9- 9.0 384 5.5 4.8- 6.3 330 4.8 4.1- 5.6
Oregon 2,947 1,959 65.6 63.6-67.6 282 10.1 8.9-11.5 347 11.8 10.5-13.2 232 8.2 7.1- 9.5 127 4.3 3.4- 5.3
Rhode Island 3,656 2,462 68.2 66.4-70.0 311 8.3 7.3- 9.4 401 10.5 9.4-11.7 297 7.9 7.0- 9.0 185 5.0 4.2- 6.0
South Carolina 4,128 2,828 68.9 66.9-70.7 286 7.3 6.3- 8.5 460 11.1 9.8-12.6 312 7.4 6.4- 8.5 242 5.3 4.5- 6.3
Texas 5,746 4,061 70.9 69.5-72.3 433 7.8 7.0- 8.7 575 10.0 9.1-11.0 424 7.1 6.3- 7.9 253 4.2 3.6- 4.9
Utah 3,988 2,590 62.4 60.3-64.5 427 11.4 10.1-12.9 483 13.2 11.7-14.8 359 9.9 8.7-11.3 129 3.1 2.4- 3.9
Virginia 4,027 2,549 62.2 59.9-64.4 420 10.8 9.4-12.4 464 12.1 10.6-13.7 374 9.8 8.6-11.1 220 5.1 4.2- 6.2
Washington 4,752 3,123 65.0 63.3-66.7 497 11.1 10.0-12.3 576 12.8 11.6-14.1 366 7.3 6.5- 8.3 190 3.8 3.2- 4.5
Wyoming 3,443 2,366 67.7 65.7-69.5 289 8.9 7.9-10.1 390 11.8 10.5-13.2 260 8.3 7.1- 9.5 138 3.4 2.8- 4.1
Guam 781 533 69.2 65.1-73.0 72 9.4 7.2-12.1 80 10.0 7.6-13.1 56 6.8 4.9- 9.3 40 4.7 3.3- 6.6

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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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