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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 247262 192934 77.4 77.1-77.7 54,328 22.6 22.3-22.9
Alabama 3,088 2,393 75.6 73.7-77.5 695 24.4 22.5-26.3
Alaska 2,690 1,936 70.7 67.8-73.3 754 29.3 26.7-32.2
Arizona 3,223 2,561 76.6 73.9-79.1 662 23.4 20.9-26.1
Arkansas 3,887 2,914 73.7 72.0-75.3 973 26.3 24.7-28.0
California 4,212 3,548 83.6 82.1-85.0 664 16.4 15.0-17.9
Colorado 4,048 3,248 79.6 78.1-81.0 800 20.4 19.0-21.9
Connecticut 5,540 4,488 80.6 79.2-81.9 1,052 19.4 18.1-20.8
Delaware 4,021 3,087 75.3 73.0-77.5 934 24.7 22.5-27.0
District of Columbia 2,397 1,922 79.6 77.4-81.6 475 20.4 18.4-22.6
Florida 6,125 4,793 78.0 76.7-79.2 1,332 22.0 20.8-23.3
Georgia 5,037 3,937 76.8 75.1-78.3 1,100 23.2 21.7-24.9
Hawaii 5,995 4,793 79.0 77.5-80.4 1,202 21.0 19.6-22.5
Idaho 5,024 4,036 79.4 78.0-80.8 988 20.6 19.2-22.0
Illinois 5,230 4,077 77.2 75.8-78.5 1,153 22.8 21.5-24.2
Indiana 5,784 4,251 72.4 71.0-73.7 1,533 27.6 26.3-29.0
Iowa 3,659 2,864 76.8 75.1-78.4 795 23.2 21.6-24.9
Kansas 4,590 3,595 77.9 76.5-79.3 995 22.1 20.7-23.5
Kentucky 7,037 4,851 67.4 65.6-69.2 2,186 32.6 30.8-34.4
Louisiana 5,013 3,875 76.1 74.7-77.5 1,138 23.9 22.5-25.3
Maine 2,433 1,876 76.4 74.4-78.3 557 23.6 21.7-25.6
Maryland 4,382 3,465 78.1 76.3-79.7 917 21.9 20.3-23.7
Massachusetts 7,398 5,934 81.1 79.9-82.2 1,464 18.9 17.8-20.1
Michigan 5,920 4,598 75.8 74.3-77.2 1,322 24.2 22.8-25.7
Minnesota 4,478 3,563 78.3 76.8-79.7 915 21.7 20.3-23.2
Mississippi 4,066 3,084 72.7 70.8-74.5 982 27.3 25.5-29.2
Missouri 4,715 3,508 73.5 71.7-75.2 1,207 26.5 24.8-28.3
Montana 4,021 3,118 78.8 77.1-80.4 903 21.2 19.6-22.9
Nebraska 4,374 3,477 77.3 75.5-78.9 897 22.7 21.1-24.5
Nevada 3,144 2,368 74.0 71.5-76.3 776 26.0 23.7-28.5
New Hampshire 5,021 3,902 76.8 75.4-78.2 1,119 23.2 21.8-24.6
New Jersey 6,152 5,073 81.0 78.8-83.0 1,079 19.0 17.0-21.2
New Mexico 4,663 3,687 78.8 77.2-80.2 976 21.2 19.8-22.8
New York 4,449 3,478 77.7 76.1-79.1 971 22.3 20.9-23.9
North Carolina 6,720 5,185 73.7 72.0-75.4 1,535 26.3 24.6-28.0
North Dakota 2,990 2,351 78.5 76.8-80.1 639 21.5 19.9-23.2
Ohio 4,080 3,027 73.4 71.7-75.0 1,053 26.6 25.0-28.3
Oklahoma 6,759 5,077 73.4 72.0-74.7 1,682 26.6 25.3-28.0
Oregon 3,069 2,436 77.6 75.7-79.3 633 22.4 20.7-24.3
Pennsylvania 13,464 10,334 75.5 74.4-76.5 3,130 24.5 23.5-25.6
Rhode Island 3,830 2,978 77.6 76.0-79.1 852 22.4 20.9-24.0
South Carolina 4,488 3,325 73.4 71.6-75.2 1,163 26.6 24.8-28.4
South Dakota 4,783 3,812 77.4 75.9-78.9 971 22.6 21.1-24.1
Tennessee 3,192 2,387 72.3 70.3-74.1 805 27.7 25.9-29.7
Texas 6,090 4,737 77.1 75.8-78.4 1,353 22.9 21.6-24.2
Utah 4,072 3,542 87.2 85.8-88.6 530 12.8 11.4-14.2
Vermont 4,224 3,387 78.9 77.4-80.3 837 21.1 19.7-22.6
Virginia 4,374 3,364 75.4 73.3-77.4 1,010 24.6 22.6-26.7
Washington 4,863 3,894 78.5 77.0-80.0 969 21.5 20.0-23.0
West Virginia 3,348 2,446 71.6 69.8-73.3 902 28.4 26.7-30.2
Wisconsin 4,350 3,373 76.7 75.1-78.2 977 23.3 21.8-24.9
Wyoming 3,538 2,736 76.3 74.6-78.0 802 23.7 22.0-25.4
Guam 824 575 68.1 64.1-71.8 249 31.9 28.2-35.9
Puerto Rico 4,116 3,626 86.8 85.3-88.1 490 13.2 11.9-14.7
Virgin Islands 2,272 2,042 90.6 89.0-91.9 230 9.4 8.1-11.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

#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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