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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Use

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 247308 118552 46.8 46.4-47.1 128756 53.2 52.9-53.6
Alabama 3,088 1,426 47.6 45.5-49.7 1,662 52.4 50.3-54.5
Alaska 2,691 1,470 55.0 52.1-57.9 1,221 45.0 42.1-47.9
Arizona 3,223 1,584 47.8 45.1-50.6 1,639 52.2 49.4-54.9
Arkansas 3,887 1,989 51.2 49.3-53.0 1,898 48.8 47.0-50.7
California 4,212 1,793 40.4 38.6-42.2 2,419 59.6 57.8-61.4
Colorado 4,048 1,889 46.0 44.2-47.9 2,159 54.0 52.1-55.8
Connecticut 5,542 2,849 49.8 48.1-51.4 2,693 50.2 48.6-51.9
Delaware 4,022 2,091 51.0 48.7-53.3 1,931 49.0 46.7-51.3
District of Columbia 2,398 1,034 40.8 38.2-43.4 1,364 59.2 56.6-61.8
Florida 6,126 2,991 47.1 45.6-48.6 3,135 52.9 51.4-54.4
Georgia 5,038 2,282 45.7 43.9-47.5 2,756 54.3 52.5-56.1
Hawaii 5,995 2,756 45.3 43.6-47.0 3,239 54.7 53.0-56.4
Idaho 5,025 2,232 44.8 43.1-46.5 2,793 55.2 53.5-56.9
Illinois 5,231 2,444 45.7 44.1-47.3 2,787 54.3 52.7-55.9
Indiana 5,784 2,926 50.9 49.5-52.4 2,858 49.1 47.6-50.5
Iowa 3,659 1,698 46.6 44.7-48.5 1,961 53.4 51.5-55.3
Kansas 4,590 2,133 46.4 44.8-48.1 2,457 53.6 51.9-55.2
Kentucky 7,040 3,777 54.5 52.6-56.5 3,263 45.5 43.5-47.4
Louisiana 5,013 2,150 43.0 41.4-44.7 2,863 57.0 55.3-58.6
Maine 2,434 1,380 57.0 54.7-59.2 1,054 43.0 40.8-45.3
Maryland 4,384 2,043 45.7 43.8-47.7 2,341 54.3 52.3-56.2
Massachusetts 7,401 3,672 48.1 46.6-49.5 3,729 51.9 50.5-53.4
Michigan 5,920 3,009 51.3 49.6-53.0 2,911 48.7 47.0-50.4
Minnesota 4,478 2,186 48.6 46.9-50.3 2,292 51.4 49.7-53.1
Mississippi 4,066 1,847 47.3 45.4-49.2 2,219 52.7 50.8-54.6
Missouri 4,717 2,378 52.0 50.0-54.0 2,339 48.0 46.0-50.0
Montana 4,023 2,003 47.3 45.1-49.5 2,020 52.7 50.5-54.9
Nebraska 4,376 1,958 45.6 43.8-47.5 2,418 54.4 52.5-56.2
Nevada 3,145 1,692 50.8 48.2-53.4 1,453 49.2 46.6-51.8
New Hampshire 5,021 2,729 53.4 51.8-55.0 2,292 46.6 45.0-48.2
New Jersey 6,153 2,867 45.0 42.4-47.6 3,286 55.0 52.4-57.6
New Mexico 4,663 2,274 47.2 45.4-49.0 2,389 52.8 51.0-54.6
New York 4,450 2,185 47.3 45.6-49.1 2,265 52.7 50.9-54.4
North Carolina 6,721 3,272 50.3 48.5-52.2 3,449 49.7 47.8-51.5
North Dakota 2,991 1,428 48.1 46.0-50.1 1,563 51.9 49.9-54.0
Ohio 4,080 2,084 51.3 49.5-53.1 1,996 48.7 46.9-50.5
Oklahoma 6,759 3,282 48.4 46.9-49.8 3,477 51.6 50.2-53.1
Oregon 3,070 1,565 50.6 48.5-52.7 1,505 49.4 47.3-51.5
Pennsylvania 13,466 6,654 50.3 49.1-51.4 6,812 49.7 48.6-50.9
Rhode Island 3,833 2,042 52.1 50.2-53.9 1,791 47.9 46.1-49.8
South Carolina 4,490 2,257 49.1 47.1-51.1 2,233 50.9 48.9-52.9
South Dakota 4,783 2,136 45.0 43.3-46.7 2,647 55.0 53.3-56.7
Tennessee 3,193 1,447 46.4 44.4-48.5 1,746 53.6 51.5-55.6
Texas 6,092 2,680 43.8 42.3-45.4 3,412 56.2 54.6-57.7
Utah 4,074 1,336 29.9 28.1-31.8 2,738 70.1 68.2-71.9
Vermont 4,225 2,266 53.5 51.8-55.2 1,959 46.5 44.8-48.2
Virginia 4,375 2,079 47.1 44.9-49.3 2,296 52.9 50.7-55.1
Washington 4,864 2,419 49.9 48.2-51.7 2,445 50.1 48.3-51.8
West Virginia 3,349 1,763 52.7 50.7-54.6 1,586 47.3 45.4-49.3
Wisconsin 4,350 2,180 50.6 48.8-52.4 2,170 49.4 47.6-51.2
Wyoming 3,538 1,790 50.2 48.3-52.1 1,748 49.8 47.9-51.7
Guam 824 369 47.4 43.3-51.5 455 52.6 48.5-56.7
Puerto Rico 4,116 1,230 30.2 28.4-32.0 2,886 69.8 68.0-71.6
Virgin Islands 2,272 536 21.5 19.5-23.6 1,736 78.5 76.4-80.5

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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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