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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 145368 132487 89.2 88.9-89.6 12,881 10.8 10.4-11.1
Alabama 2,041 1,869 91.5 89.9-92.9 172 8.5 7.1-10.1
Alaska 1,490 1,401 94.5 92.7-95.9 89 5.5 4.1- 7.3
Arizona 1,931 1,760 91.1 88.8-92.9 171 8.9 7.1-11.2
Arkansas 2,373 2,124 90.0 88.5-91.3 249 10.0 8.7-11.5
California 2,413 2,172 85.8 83.7-87.6 241 14.2 12.4-16.3
Colorado 2,371 2,219 92.6 90.8-94.1 152 7.4 5.9- 9.2
Connecticut 3,225 2,977 91.1 89.6-92.4 248 8.9 7.6-10.4
Delaware 2,424 2,226 91.3 89.4-92.9 198 8.7 7.1-10.6
District of Columbia 1,380 1,285 91.5 89.4-93.3 95 8.5 6.7-10.6
Florida 3,675 3,301 87.7 86.1-89.1 374 12.3 10.9-13.9
Georgia 3,167 2,878 90.3 88.8-91.5 289 9.7 8.5-11.2
Hawaii 3,377 3,129 91.7 90.4-92.9 248 8.3 7.1- 9.6
Idaho 2,899 2,667 91.4 89.8-92.8 232 8.6 7.2-10.2
Illinois 1,528 1,350 86.8 84.2-89.1 178 13.2 10.9-15.8
Indiana 3,452 3,156 90.0 88.7-91.3 296 10.0 8.7-11.3
Iowa 2,174 2,023 93.3 91.9-94.5 151 6.7 5.5- 8.1
Kansas 2,702 2,486 90.9 89.5-92.1 216 9.1 7.9-10.5
Kentucky 4,515 3,967 87.8 85.5-89.7 548 12.2 10.3-14.5
Louisiana 3,180 2,780 86.2 84.6-87.6 400 13.8 12.4-15.4
Maine 1,474 1,366 92.0 90.0-93.6 108 8.0 6.4-10.0
Maryland 2,636 2,453 92.1 90.5-93.4 183 7.9 6.6- 9.5
Massachusetts 4,358 4,037 92.5 91.4-93.5 321 7.5 6.5- 8.6
Michigan 3,494 3,242 92.1 90.8-93.3 252 7.9 6.7- 9.2
Minnesota 2,593 2,483 95.0 93.7-96.0 110 5.0 4.0- 6.3
Mississippi 2,669 2,364 87.9 86.2-89.3 305 12.1 10.7-13.8
Missouri 2,857 2,580 91.3 89.7-92.7 277 8.7 7.3-10.3
Montana 2,254 2,086 92.2 90.3-93.7 168 7.8 6.3- 9.7
Nebraska 2,700 2,444 90.4 88.9-91.7 256 9.6 8.3-11.1
Nevada 1,591 1,444 87.4 84.5-89.9 147 12.6 10.1-15.5
New Hampshire 2,896 2,760 94.5 93.3-95.4 136 5.5 4.6- 6.7
New Jersey 3,625 3,223 87.5 84.8-89.8 402 12.5 10.2-15.2
New Mexico 2,710 2,435 88.5 86.7-90.0 275 11.5 10.0-13.3
New York 2,670 2,415 86.8 84.8-88.5 255 13.2 11.5-15.2
North Carolina 4,098 3,782 91.9 90.4-93.2 316 8.1 6.8- 9.6
North Dakota 1,714 1,594 92.4 90.8-93.8 120 7.6 6.2- 9.2
Ohio 2,419 2,206 90.1 88.4-91.5 213 9.9 8.5-11.6
Oklahoma 4,115 3,757 90.3 89.0-91.5 358 9.7 8.5-11.0
Oregon 1,826 1,710 92.9 91.4-94.2 116 7.1 5.8- 8.6
Pennsylvania 8,020 7,330 90.1 89.1-91.0 690 9.9 9.0-10.9
Rhode Island 2,321 2,125 90.9 89.3-92.2 196 9.1 7.8-10.7
South Carolina 2,701 2,478 91.6 90.0-93.0 223 8.4 7.0-10.0
South Dakota 2,789 2,566 90.9 89.2-92.3 223 9.1 7.7-10.8
Tennessee 1,866 1,649 88.8 87.1-90.4 217 11.2 9.6-12.9
Texas 3,644 3,222 86.6 85.2-87.9 422 13.4 12.1-14.8
Utah 2,193 2,022 89.7 87.4-91.6 171 10.3 8.4-12.6
Vermont 2,395 2,253 94.0 92.8-95.0 142 6.0 5.0- 7.2
Virginia 2,537 2,340 92.3 90.8-93.5 197 7.7 6.5- 9.2
Washington 2,887 2,713 93.0 91.5-94.3 174 7.0 5.7- 8.5
West Virginia 2,042 1,826 88.8 87.1-90.4 216 11.2 9.6-12.9
Wisconsin 2,496 2,312 92.9 91.4-94.1 184 7.1 5.9- 8.6
Wyoming 2,049 1,888 91.3 89.4-92.8 161 8.7 7.2-10.6
Guam 476 360 71.6 66.4-76.4 116 28.4 23.6-33.6
Puerto Rico 2,575 2,120 78.9 76.7-81.0 455 21.1 19.0-23.3
Virgin Islands 1,361 1,132 78.9 75.7-81.8 229 21.1 18.2-24.3

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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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