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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Indicators

In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advised you to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 15,903 11,360 69.5 68.3-70.7 4,543 30.5 29.3-31.7
Alabama 518 383 70.0 64.7-74.8 135 30.0 25.2-35.3
Arizona 429 287 67.6 60.1-74.2 142 32.4 25.8-39.9
Arkansas 686 475 69.3 65.1-73.2 211 30.7 26.8-34.9
Colorado 517 359 68.4 63.7-72.8 158 31.6 27.2-36.3
Delaware 743 598 79.3 74.6-83.4 145 20.7 16.6-25.4
Florida 904 622 69.1 65.4-72.6 282 30.9 27.4-34.6
Indiana 1,034 746 70.9 67.5-74.0 288 29.1 26.0-32.5
Iowa 463 322 68.0 62.6-73.0 141 32.0 27.0-37.4
Louisiana 799 565 71.9 68.2-75.4 234 28.1 24.6-31.8
Maine 418 333 80.6 76.0-84.4 85 19.4 15.6-24.0
Nebraska 637 457 70.6 66.2-74.6 180 29.4 25.4-33.8
New Jersey 766 536 66.0 59.1-72.2 230 34.0 27.8-40.9
North Carolina 1,023 734 74.6 70.5-78.2 289 25.4 21.8-29.5
North Dakota 372 254 70.1 64.5-75.2 118 29.9 24.8-35.5
Ohio 692 474 67.7 63.3-71.9 218 32.3 28.1-36.7
Oklahoma 1,079 780 69.4 65.7-72.9 299 30.6 27.1-34.3
Rhode Island 642 496 74.5 70.2-78.3 146 25.5 21.7-29.8
South Carolina 751 516 68.7 64.0-73.1 235 31.3 26.9-36.0
Texas 805 541 65.7 61.5-69.6 264 34.3 30.4-38.5
Virginia 638 476 76.6 71.6-81.0 162 23.4 19.0-28.4
West Virginia 681 505 74.8 70.9-78.3 176 25.2 21.7-29.1
Wisconsin 619 418 63.1 58.2-67.8 201 36.9 32.2-41.8
Wyoming 555 397 71.1 66.5-75.3 158 28.9 24.7-33.5
Virgin Islands 132 86 61.9 51.3-71.4 46 38.1 28.6-48.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year and had received health care of some kind.

#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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