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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 242372 15,290 5.6 5.5- 5.8 167224 68.1 67.7-68.5 46,948 20.6 20.3-20.9 2,739 1.3 1.2- 1.4 10,171 4.4 4.2- 4.6
Alabama 3,072 161 5.3 4.4- 6.4 2,126 69.0 67.0-71.0 628 20.3 18.6-22.1 38 1.3 0.9- 1.9 119 4.1 3.3- 5.2
Alaska 2,671 134 5.3 4.1- 6.8 1,807 68.8 66.0-71.4 594 20.8 18.6-23.2 48 1.6 1.0- 2.8 88 3.5 2.6- 4.7
Arizona 3,206 210 5.6 4.6- 6.8 2,131 66.1 63.4-68.7 669 22.0 19.9-24.3 66 1.6 1.1- 2.3 130 4.7 3.3- 6.7
Arkansas 3,865 255 6.5 5.7- 7.4 2,669 69.5 67.7-71.2 735 19.5 18.0-21.1 43 1.0 0.7- 1.6 163 3.5 2.9- 4.1
California 4,205 103 2.5 2.0- 3.1 2,555 61.7 59.9-63.5 1,234 28.7 27.0-30.4 102 2.1 1.7- 2.7 211 5.0 4.2- 5.9
Colorado 4,031 165 3.8 3.2- 4.5 2,699 68.4 66.7-70.0 963 23.0 21.6-24.6 54 1.5 1.1- 2.0 150 3.3 2.8- 4.0
Connecticut 5,517 331 6.5 5.7- 7.4 3,877 69.4 67.8-70.9 1,021 18.9 17.6-20.2 64 1.1 0.8- 1.5 224 4.0 3.4- 4.7
Delaware 4,006 222 5.9 4.8- 7.2 2,910 70.4 68.0-72.6 653 16.9 15.2-18.7 49 2.0 1.0- 3.9 172 4.9 3.9- 6.0
District of Columbia 2,373 104 5.5 4.2- 7.1 1,327 54.5 51.7-57.2 741 31.2 28.6-34.0 43 1.5 1.1- 2.2 158 7.3 5.9- 9.1
Florida 6,058 403 7.1 6.3- 7.9 3,956 65.6 64.2-67.1 1,220 19.9 18.7-21.2 81 1.2 0.9- 1.5 398 6.2 5.5- 6.9
Georgia 4,966 205 4.1 3.4- 4.9 3,322 66.4 64.4-68.2 1,135 23.5 21.7-25.4 62 1.3 0.9- 1.8 242 4.8 4.1- 5.6
Hawaii 5,912 126 2.2 1.7- 2.9 2,901 48.3 46.6-50.0 2,381 41.3 39.7-43.0 93 1.5 1.2- 2.0 411 6.6 5.8- 7.5
Idaho 5,013 324 5.6 4.9- 6.4 3,620 72.8 71.2-74.3 897 18.5 17.1-19.9 45 0.8 0.6- 1.2 127 2.3 1.8- 2.9
Illinois 2,640 176 6.3 5.4- 7.5 1,832 69.1 66.8-71.3 502 19.2 17.2-21.3 33 1.6 1.0- 2.7 97 3.7 2.9- 4.8
Indiana 5,754 353 6.0 5.3- 6.7 4,097 71.2 69.8-72.5 1,042 18.7 17.5-19.9 66 1.0 0.8- 1.4 196 3.2 2.7- 3.7
Iowa 3,621 343 9.1 8.0-10.2 2,600 72.0 70.2-73.7 542 15.4 14.0-16.9 19 0.5 0.3- 0.9 117 3.0 2.4- 3.8
Kansas 4,558 376 8.3 7.4- 9.3 3,201 71.0 69.4-72.5 785 17.0 15.8-18.3 38 0.7 0.5- 1.0 158 3.1 2.6- 3.7
Kentucky 6,893 945 12.7 11.4-14.1 5,017 72.6 70.7-74.4 649 11.1 9.7-12.7 12 0.3 0.1- 0.6 270 3.3 2.7- 4.1
Louisiana 4,826 225 5.2 4.4- 6.1 3,114 64.5 62.8-66.1 1,068 21.8 20.4-23.2 20 0.4 0.2- 0.7 399 8.1 7.2- 9.1
Maine 2,428 220 9.3 8.1-10.7 1,761 72.5 70.5-74.5 336 13.7 12.2-15.2 15 0.5 0.2- 0.8 96 4.0 3.2- 5.1
Maryland 4,357 248 5.9 5.0- 7.0 2,952 66.0 64.1-67.8 924 22.7 21.1-24.4 59 1.4 1.0- 1.9 174 4.0 3.3- 4.9
Massachusetts 7,357 450 5.9 5.3- 6.6 5,032 70.2 68.9-71.5 1,465 19.0 17.9-20.1 111 1.3 1.0- 1.6 299 3.6 3.2- 4.1
Michigan 5,907 320 5.5 4.8- 6.4 4,270 72.1 70.6-73.6 1,085 18.5 17.3-19.8 50 0.9 0.6- 1.3 182 2.9 2.4- 3.6
Minnesota 4,461 250 5.0 4.4- 5.7 3,210 72.3 70.8-73.8 834 19.1 17.8-20.5 65 1.3 1.0- 1.7 102 2.2 1.8- 2.8
Mississippi 3,972 170 5.3 4.4- 6.4 2,698 65.8 63.9-67.6 817 21.4 19.8-23.0 48 1.3 0.9- 1.8 239 6.3 5.3- 7.4
Missouri 4,696 392 7.4 6.5- 8.5 3,230 68.8 67.0-70.6 859 19.1 17.7-20.7 50 1.2 0.9- 1.6 165 3.4 2.8- 4.2
Montana 4,013 373 7.5 6.3- 8.9 2,868 73.2 71.2-75.1 602 15.5 14.0-17.1 42 1.0 0.7- 1.6 128 2.7 2.1- 3.4
Nebraska 4,314 511 11.2 10.1-12.4 3,075 71.8 70.1-73.5 510 12.3 11.1-13.8 12 0.3 0.1- 0.5 206 4.3 3.7- 5.1
Nevada 3,124 128 4.1 3.2- 5.2 2,014 63.3 60.7-65.7 767 25.0 22.8-27.3 43 1.5 1.0- 2.3 172 6.2 5.0- 7.6
New Hampshire 5,006 325 6.6 5.8- 7.4 3,583 72.2 70.8-73.6 852 16.4 15.3-17.7 55 1.1 0.8- 1.5 191 3.7 3.1- 4.3
New Jersey 6,122 345 6.6 5.3- 8.1 4,090 67.5 65.0-69.9 1,238 19.6 17.6-21.7 87 1.5 1.0- 2.2 362 4.9 4.0- 5.9
New Mexico 4,643 253 5.4 4.7- 6.2 3,091 66.7 65.0-68.4 971 21.3 19.8-22.8 66 1.4 1.0- 1.9 262 5.2 4.5- 6.0
New York 4,429 206 5.3 4.5- 6.3 2,949 66.7 65.0-68.4 960 21.0 19.6-22.5 88 2.0 1.5- 2.5 226 5.0 4.3- 5.8
North Carolina 6,592 388 5.8 5.0- 6.6 4,738 72.3 70.6-74.0 1,160 17.0 15.7-18.5 68 1.0 0.7- 1.4 238 3.9 3.1- 4.9
North Dakota 2,984 304 9.7 8.6-11.0 2,243 75.5 73.7-77.3 361 12.5 11.2-14.0 22 0.6 0.4- 0.9 54 1.6 1.2- 2.2
Ohio 4,064 246 6.4 5.4- 7.4 2,959 73.3 71.6-75.0 668 15.8 14.5-17.2 48 1.0 0.7- 1.4 143 3.6 2.9- 4.4
Oklahoma 6,714 435 6.0 5.4- 6.7 4,826 72.7 71.4-74.0 1,190 17.3 16.3-18.4 48 0.7 0.5- 1.0 215 3.3 2.8- 3.9
Oregon 3,044 133 4.6 3.7- 5.7 2,026 66.6 64.5-68.5 719 24.0 22.3-25.9 56 1.5 1.1- 2.1 110 3.3 2.7- 4.1
Pennsylvania 13,392 733 5.8 5.2- 6.3 9,787 72.5 71.4-73.5 2,308 17.5 16.6-18.4 138 1.0 0.8- 1.3 426 3.3 2.9- 3.7
Rhode Island 3,817 184 5.2 4.4- 6.2 2,745 72.0 70.2-73.8 664 17.2 15.7-18.8 50 1.2 0.9- 1.6 174 4.4 3.7- 5.3
South Carolina 4,456 164 4.2 3.4- 5.1 3,065 67.5 65.5-69.3 960 21.7 20.1-23.4 70 1.5 1.1- 2.1 197 5.2 4.3- 6.2
South Dakota 4,771 621 12.7 11.7-13.8 3,499 73.7 72.2-75.2 505 10.8 9.8-12.0 17 0.3 0.2- 0.5 129 2.4 2.0- 3.0
Tennessee 3,126 414 13.6 12.2-15.1 2,200 69.9 67.9-71.8 346 11.4 10.1-12.9 8 0.2 0.1- 0.5 158 4.9 4.0- 6.0
Texas 6,050 250 4.4 3.8- 5.1 4,057 67.1 65.6-68.5 1,324 21.6 20.3-22.8 75 1.0 0.8- 1.3 344 6.0 5.1- 7.0
Utah 4,068 177 3.8 3.1- 4.6 2,904 69.9 67.8-71.9 835 22.4 20.6-24.4 30 0.7 0.4- 1.2 122 3.1 2.4- 4.0
Vermont 4,213 288 6.8 5.9- 7.7 3,044 72.9 71.3-74.4 710 16.6 15.3-17.9 43 1.2 0.8- 1.6 128 2.6 2.1- 3.2
Virginia 4,352 234 5.0 4.3- 5.9 3,052 70.2 68.2-72.2 869 20.1 18.5-21.9 38 0.9 0.6- 1.5 159 3.7 2.9- 4.8
Washington 4,853 173 3.4 2.8- 4.0 3,212 67.6 66.0-69.2 1,209 23.9 22.5-25.4 83 1.5 1.1- 1.9 176 3.6 3.0- 4.3
West Virginia 3,315 284 9.2 8.1-10.5 2,402 72.7 70.9-74.4 494 14.3 12.9-15.7 18 0.6 0.3- 1.0 117 3.3 2.7- 4.1
Wisconsin 4,338 307 7.1 6.3- 8.1 3,087 72.7 71.1-74.3 759 16.4 15.1-17.8 33 0.7 0.5- 1.0 152 3.1 2.5- 3.8
Wyoming 3,530 242 6.9 5.9- 8.1 2,546 72.6 70.9-74.4 609 16.8 15.4-18.2 27 0.6 0.4- 0.8 106 3.1 2.5- 3.9
Guam 823 29 3.5 2.3- 5.2 392 47.5 43.4-51.6 289 35.5 31.6-39.5 42 5.5 3.8- 7.8 71 8.0 6.2-10.3
Puerto Rico 3,647 262 7.2 6.2- 8.3 2,565 69.0 67.1-70.9 682 19.8 18.1-21.5 8 0.3 0.1- 0.8 130 3.7 3.0- 4.6
Virgin Islands 2,207 70 3.8 2.8- 5.1 1,291 58.9 56.2-61.5 608 26.8 24.5-29.3 50 2.2 1.6- 3.1 188 8.4 7.0-10.0

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#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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