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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 20,438 7,751 38.2 36.9-39.5 12,687 61.8 60.5-63.1
Alabama 275 108 39.6 33.3-46.2 167 60.4 53.8-66.7
Alaska 227 80 38.8 30.1-48.2 147 61.2 51.8-69.9
Arizona 268 108 36.0 28.7-44.1 160 64.0 55.9-71.3
Arkansas 334 119 36.3 30.7-42.2 215 63.7 57.8-69.3
California 311 141 42.5 35.8-49.5 170 57.5 50.5-64.2
Colorado 306 118 36.6 30.9-42.7 188 63.4 57.3-69.1
Connecticut 371 117 31.5 26.5-37.0 254 68.5 63.0-73.5
Delaware 256 107 44.5 36.5-52.8 149 55.5 47.2-63.5
District of Columbia 133 59 45.1 35.4-55.1 74 54.9 44.9-64.6
Florida 387 151 37.0 29.8-44.9 236 63.0 55.1-70.2
Georgia 577 229 37.4 32.3-42.7 348 62.6 57.3-67.7
Hawaii 278 157 53.8 46.1-61.2 121 46.2 38.8-53.9
Idaho 436 136 29.2 24.5-34.5 300 70.8 65.5-75.5
Illinois 157 49 30.3 22.0-40.1 108 69.7 59.9-78.0
Indiana 423 147 32.6 27.9-37.6 276 67.4 62.4-72.1
Iowa 335 113 32.1 26.8-38.0 222 67.9 62.0-73.2
Kansas 333 105 32.1 26.7-38.0 228 67.9 62.0-73.3
Kentucky 596 206 33.4 28.3-38.9 390 66.6 61.1-71.7
Louisiana 293 136 45.0 38.6-51.5 157 55.0 48.5-61.4
Maine 214 81 36.1 29.5-43.3 133 63.9 56.7-70.5
Maryland 278 102 42.4 35.0-50.2 176 57.6 49.8-65.0
Massachusetts 569 214 36.2 31.3-41.5 355 63.8 58.5-68.7
Michigan 291 90 29.7 24.2-35.8 201 70.3 64.2-75.8
Minnesota 259 102 38.3 32.1-44.8 157 61.7 55.2-67.9
Mississippi 370 149 39.3 33.9-45.0 221 60.7 55.0-66.1
Missouri 393 153 43.1 36.5-50.0 240 56.9 50.0-63.5
Montana 404 138 32.2 26.7-38.2 266 67.8 61.8-73.3
Nebraska 353 108 29.1 24.3-34.4 245 70.9 65.6-75.7
Nevada 214 93 44.0 34.0-54.6 121 56.0 45.4-66.0
New Hampshire 437 150 31.4 27.0-36.3 287 68.6 63.7-73.0
New Jersey 794 293 37.5 33.6-41.6 501 62.5 58.4-66.4
New Mexico 480 182 36.9 31.9-42.2 298 63.1 57.8-68.1
New York 404 167 44.4 38.8-50.2 237 55.6 49.8-61.2
North Carolina 704 296 39.2 33.9-44.8 408 60.8 55.2-66.1
North Dakota 244 83 32.2 26.3-38.8 161 67.8 61.2-73.7
Ohio 282 110 37.8 31.2-45.0 172 62.2 55.0-68.8
Oklahoma 650 261 39.2 35.1-43.5 389 60.8 56.5-64.9
Oregon 359 134 36.1 30.8-41.8 225 63.9 58.2-69.2
Pennsylvania 282 105 37.0 30.9-43.6 177 63.0 56.4-69.1
Rhode Island 292 120 42.3 35.8-49.2 172 57.7 50.8-64.2
South Carolina 444 195 44.7 39.4-50.1 249 55.3 49.9-60.6
South Dakota 432 176 38.3 33.4-43.4 256 61.7 56.6-66.6
Tennessee 204 79 36.9 29.9-44.5 125 63.1 55.5-70.1
Texas 427 184 43.4 38.2-48.8 243 56.6 51.2-61.8
Utah 292 100 34.1 27.2-41.6 192 65.9 58.4-72.8
Vermont 415 121 30.3 25.6-35.4 294 69.7 64.6-74.4
Virginia 399 129 27.6 22.7-33.0 270 72.4 67.0-77.3
Washington 1,791 664 35.9 33.1-38.7 1,127 64.1 61.3-66.9
West Virginia 336 134 37.4 32.0-43.2 202 62.6 56.8-68.0
Wisconsin 285 101 32.2 26.3-38.7 184 67.8 61.3-73.7
Wyoming 390 149 38.1 32.9-43.6 241 61.9 56.4-67.1
Guam 34 11 26.2 13.9-43.8 23 73.8 56.2-86.1
Puerto Rico 278 146 51.9 44.2-59.5 132 48.1 40.5-55.8
Virgin Islands 142 45 30.2 21.5-40.5 97 69.8 59.5-78.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked of respondents ages 45 or older and had a recent fall.

#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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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