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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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Respond.#		 1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 241030 162818 64.2 63.9-64.6 67,257 30.2 29.9-30.6 7,187 3.7 3.5- 3.9 447 0.2 0.2- 0.3 3,321 1.6 1.5- 1.7
Alabama 3,071 2,266 73.0 71.1-74.9 703 23.3 21.6-25.2 75 2.5 1.9- 3.2 7 0.2 0.1- 0.4 20 1.0 0.5- 1.9
Alaska 2,652 1,708 65.2 62.5-67.9 770 28.3 25.9-30.8 115 4.4 3.3- 5.8 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7 52 1.8 1.3- 2.7
Arizona 3,183 2,115 62.5 59.8-65.1 924 31.6 29.1-34.1 96 4.3 2.9- 6.4 8 0.3 0.1- 1.0 40 1.3 0.8- 2.1
Arkansas 3,838 2,726 70.1 68.3-71.8 942 25.3 23.7-27.0 109 3.0 2.5- 3.7 13 0.3 0.2- 0.6 48 1.3 0.9- 1.7
California 4,197 2,515 56.1 54.2-58.0 1,379 35.6 33.9-37.5 234 6.4 5.5- 7.4 13 0.2 0.1- 0.4 56 1.6 1.2- 2.3
Colorado 4,019 2,563 61.1 59.3-62.9 1,259 33.4 31.7-35.2 144 4.0 3.3- 4.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 52 1.4 1.1- 1.9
Connecticut 5,483 3,836 67.5 65.9-69.1 1,440 28.2 26.7-29.8 119 2.6 2.1- 3.3 10 0.1 0.1- 0.3 78 1.5 1.1- 2.0
Delaware 3,979 2,868 69.0 66.7-71.1 999 27.6 25.5-29.8 64 1.8 1.2- 2.8 6 0.1 0.1- 0.4 42 1.4 0.9- 2.2
District of Columbia 2,364 1,701 69.1 66.5-71.7 574 25.9 23.6-28.4 58 3.0 2.1- 4.2 7 0.6 0.2- 1.8 24 1.3 0.7- 2.2
Florida 6,015 4,081 66.2 64.7-67.7 1,643 29.0 27.6-30.4 176 2.9 2.4- 3.4 9 0.2 0.1- 0.3 106 1.7 1.4- 2.2
Georgia 4,955 3,677 73.4 71.7-75.1 1,126 22.7 21.2-24.3 92 2.3 1.7- 3.1 3 0.0 0.0- 0.2 57 1.5 1.1- 2.2
Hawaii 5,947 4,572 77.0 75.5-78.3 1,233 20.8 19.4-22.2 90 1.5 1.1- 1.9 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 48 0.7 0.5- 1.1
Idaho 4,971 3,207 63.3 61.6-64.9 1,528 31.9 30.3-33.6 182 3.8 3.2- 4.5 6 0.1 0.0- 0.3 48 0.9 0.7- 1.3
Illinois 2,615 1,771 65.2 62.8-67.6 725 29.1 27.0-31.3 78 3.5 2.7- 4.5 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6 35 1.9 0.9- 4.1
Indiana 5,693 3,596 61.5 60.0-63.0 1,790 32.5 31.1-34.0 215 4.3 3.7- 5.0 11 0.3 0.1- 0.6 81 1.4 1.1- 1.8
Iowa 3,600 2,258 61.5 59.6-63.5 1,166 33.3 31.4-35.2 124 3.6 3.0- 4.4 3 0.1 0.0- 0.5 49 1.4 1.0- 2.0
Kansas 4,544 2,971 65.1 63.5-66.6 1,425 31.6 30.1-33.2 99 2.1 1.7- 2.6 2 0.0 0.0- 0.1 47 1.2 0.8- 1.6
Kentucky 6,860 5,372 78.6 76.8-80.3 1,350 19.3 17.7-21.0 86 1.4 1.0- 1.9 3 0.0 0.0- 0.0 49 0.7 0.4- 1.3
Louisiana 4,861 3,578 72.6 71.1-74.1 1,093 23.0 21.6-24.5 93 2.1 1.6- 2.7 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 96 2.2 1.8- 2.8
Maine 2,407 1,746 72.2 70.1-74.1 589 24.8 22.9-26.8 47 2.0 1.5- 2.7 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 21 0.9 0.6- 1.5
Maryland 4,353 3,179 71.2 69.4-73.0 1,016 25.1 23.4-26.8 90 2.3 1.8- 3.1 8 0.3 0.1- 0.6 60 1.1 0.8- 1.6
Massachusetts 7,309 4,916 67.8 66.4-69.2 2,028 27.6 26.3-28.9 218 2.7 2.3- 3.3 16 0.2 0.1- 0.3 131 1.7 1.3- 2.1
Michigan 5,861 3,508 59.0 57.3-60.6 2,043 35.5 34.0-37.1 212 3.7 3.1- 4.4 13 0.2 0.1- 0.4 85 1.6 1.2- 2.0
Minnesota 4,434 2,840 63.5 61.8-65.2 1,354 30.2 28.7-31.8 174 4.4 3.6- 5.2 4 0.1 0.0- 0.5 62 1.8 1.3- 2.4
Mississippi 3,987 2,896 70.3 68.4-72.1 975 25.9 24.2-27.6 66 2.2 1.5- 3.2 5 0.2 0.1- 0.6 45 1.5 1.0- 2.1
Missouri 4,634 3,222 67.7 65.7-69.6 1,179 27.0 25.1-28.9 154 3.6 2.9- 4.5 10 0.2 0.1- 0.4 69 1.5 1.1- 2.2
Montana 3,978 2,613 63.2 61.1-65.2 1,156 31.4 29.4-33.4 136 3.4 2.8- 4.2 6 0.2 0.1- 0.6 67 1.8 1.3- 2.5
Nebraska 4,323 3,142 71.0 69.3-72.7 1,050 26.0 24.4-27.7 78 1.9 1.5- 2.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 52 1.0 0.7- 1.4
Nevada 3,111 1,750 54.8 52.2-57.4 1,144 37.3 34.8-39.9 149 6.2 4.6- 8.2 10 0.4 0.1- 0.9 58 1.4 0.9- 2.0
New Hampshire 4,979 3,525 70.0 68.5-71.5 1,276 26.3 24.9-27.7 110 2.2 1.8- 2.8 4 0.1 0.0- 0.2 64 1.4 1.0- 1.9
New Jersey 6,096 4,164 66.9 64.4-69.4 1,657 28.1 25.8-30.6 170 3.0 2.2- 4.0 4 0.2 0.0- 0.9 101 1.7 1.2- 2.6
New Mexico 4,608 2,870 60.0 58.2-61.7 1,479 33.6 31.9-35.3 170 4.6 3.8- 5.6 6 0.1 0.0- 0.2 83 1.8 1.4- 2.2
New York 4,398 2,811 61.3 59.6-63.1 1,353 32.5 30.8-34.2 145 3.8 3.2- 4.7 17 0.5 0.3- 0.8 72 1.8 1.4- 2.4
North Carolina 6,614 4,797 70.4 68.6-72.1 1,609 25.7 24.0-27.4 91 1.5 1.1- 2.0 63 1.0 0.7- 1.5 54 1.5 1.0- 2.3
North Dakota 2,953 1,835 60.4 58.4-62.5 967 33.9 31.9-35.9 103 3.8 3.1- 4.8 5 0.2 0.1- 0.4 43 1.7 1.2- 2.4
Ohio 4,034 2,534 62.7 60.9-64.5 1,268 31.7 30.0-33.4 145 3.4 2.7- 4.1 14 0.3 0.2- 0.5 73 2.0 1.5- 2.6
Oklahoma 6,673 5,033 74.1 72.7-75.4 1,425 22.2 21.0-23.5 128 2.2 1.8- 2.7 6 0.2 0.1- 0.5 81 1.4 1.0- 1.8
Oregon 3,014 2,046 66.2 64.1-68.2 837 28.8 26.8-30.7 102 3.9 3.1- 4.9 7 0.2 0.1- 0.6 22 0.9 0.6- 1.5
Pennsylvania 13,325 8,796 64.4 63.3-65.5 3,918 30.4 29.3-31.4 421 3.6 3.1- 4.1 28 0.2 0.1- 0.4 162 1.4 1.1- 1.7
Rhode Island 3,788 2,481 64.9 63.0-66.7 1,132 30.6 28.8-32.4 102 2.4 1.9- 2.9 9 0.3 0.1- 0.7 64 1.9 1.4- 2.6
South Carolina 4,436 3,130 69.1 67.2-71.0 1,148 26.8 25.0-28.6 124 3.0 2.4- 3.8 11 0.4 0.2- 0.7 23 0.7 0.4- 1.2
South Dakota 4,744 3,386 71.0 69.5-72.6 1,192 25.4 23.9-26.9 89 1.8 1.4- 2.3 2 0.0 0.0- 0.1 75 1.7 1.3- 2.4
Tennessee 3,123 2,436 77.5 75.7-79.3 636 20.8 19.1-22.6 18 0.5 0.3- 0.9 0 0.0 . - . 33 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Texas 5,976 3,770 60.1 58.5-61.6 1,852 33.5 32.0-35.1 237 4.3 3.7- 5.0 14 0.3 0.2- 0.5 103 1.9 1.5- 2.3
Utah 4,039 2,225 54.4 52.2-56.5 1,564 39.2 37.1-41.3 182 4.9 4.0- 6.0 8 0.2 0.1- 0.4 60 1.4 1.0- 1.9
Vermont 4,190 3,056 71.9 70.3-73.5 1,008 25.1 23.6-26.6 85 2.0 1.5- 2.5 3 0.1 0.0- 0.2 38 1.0 0.7- 1.4
Virginia 4,319 3,185 71.6 69.6-73.6 968 24.0 22.2-25.9 109 2.8 2.0- 4.0 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 54 1.4 1.0- 2.1
Washington 4,829 3,184 64.9 63.1-66.5 1,395 29.9 28.3-31.5 169 3.8 3.2- 4.5 9 0.1 0.1- 0.3 72 1.4 1.0- 1.8
West Virginia 3,274 2,337 70.7 68.9-72.5 808 25.3 23.6-27.0 93 2.8 2.3- 3.6 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 34 1.1 0.7- 1.6
Wisconsin 4,317 2,564 58.3 56.5-60.1 1,480 35.7 34.0-37.4 187 4.0 3.3- 4.8 10 0.2 0.1- 0.4 76 1.8 1.4- 2.4
Wyoming 3,508 2,289 64.7 62.9-66.5 1,062 30.7 29.0-32.4 114 3.5 2.8- 4.4 5 0.1 0.0- 0.2 38 1.0 0.7- 1.5
Guam 807 532 64.7 60.5-68.6 220 28.5 24.8-32.5 33 4.5 3.0- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 22 2.3 1.4- 3.7
Puerto Rico 3,535 1,177 33.1 31.1-35.1 1,790 50.3 48.2-52.3 403 11.7 10.4-13.1 9 0.3 0.1- 0.6 156 4.7 3.9- 5.7
Virgin Islands 2,207 1,462 65.1 62.5-67.7 610 28.2 25.9-30.7 84 4.3 3.3- 5.5 11 0.4 0.2- 0.9 40 1.9 1.3- 2.9

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#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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