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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Risk Factors

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 77,391 34,078 44.0 43.4-44.5 26,181 33.7 33.2-34.2 17,132 22.3 21.8-22.8
Arizona 3,117 1,349 43.2 40.4-45.9 1,034 33.4 30.8-36.1 734 23.5 21.2-25.9
Colorado 3,934 1,526 38.2 36.4-40.0 1,494 36.7 35.0-38.5 914 25.1 23.5-26.8
Connecticut 5,284 2,309 43.3 41.6-45.0 1,987 36.7 35.1-38.3 988 20.0 18.6-21.5
Florida 5,925 2,752 45.3 43.8-46.8 1,948 31.8 30.5-33.3 1,225 22.9 21.5-24.3
Hawaii 5,945 2,237 36.4 34.9-38.1 1,419 24.9 23.4-26.4 2,289 38.7 37.1-40.3
Iowa 3,532 1,649 45.1 43.1-47.1 1,168 34.1 32.2-36.0 715 20.8 19.3-22.5
Maryland 4,221 1,950 43.8 41.9-45.8 1,448 34.3 32.5-36.1 823 21.9 20.2-23.7
Michigan 5,785 2,629 44.7 43.0-46.3 2,180 37.0 35.4-38.6 976 18.4 17.1-19.7
Missouri 4,544 1,805 40.2 38.2-42.2 1,690 37.3 35.3-39.3 1,049 22.5 20.9-24.2
Montana 3,906 1,554 39.1 37.0-41.1 1,451 37.3 35.3-39.4 901 23.6 21.8-25.5
North Carolina 6,567 2,972 43.3 41.4-45.2 2,199 34.4 32.6-36.2 1,396 22.3 20.7-24.0
Ohio 3,911 1,802 44.6 42.7-46.5 1,338 34.5 32.7-36.3 771 20.9 19.3-22.6
South Carolina 4,132 1,914 44.9 42.9-47.0 1,458 34.5 32.5-36.4 760 20.6 18.9-22.4
South Dakota 4,680 2,078 42.8 41.2-44.5 1,477 31.9 30.3-33.5 1,125 25.3 23.8-26.9
Texas 5,796 2,617 43.7 42.2-45.2 1,849 31.2 29.8-32.7 1,330 25.1 23.6-26.5
Virginia 4,027 1,961 48.9 46.7-51.1 1,356 33.4 31.3-35.5 710 17.7 16.1-19.3
Virgin Islands 2,085 974 44.6 41.9-47.3 685 34.1 31.5-36.9 426 21.3 19.1-23.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.

#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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