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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, not stomach related Yes, stomach problems
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 9,738 4,546 47.5 45.9-49.0 5,192 52.5 51.0-54.1
Alabama 275 132 48.7 42.1-55.3 143 51.3 44.7-57.9
Alaska 187 94 44.6 35.6-54.1 93 55.4 45.9-64.4
Arkansas 383 189 47.3 41.7-52.9 194 52.7 47.1-58.3
Colorado 248 128 51.4 44.7-58.1 120 48.6 41.9-55.3
Connecticut 378 184 49.9 44.3-55.6 194 50.1 44.4-55.7
District of Columbia 120 59 45.3 35.3-55.6 61 54.7 44.4-64.7
Georgia 654 293 45.4 40.4-50.6 361 54.6 49.4-59.6
Hawaii 370 95 23.2 18.3-28.9 275 76.8 71.1-81.7
Kentucky 805 292 36.9 32.1-42.1 513 63.1 57.9-67.9
Louisiana 424 212 49.9 44.4-55.4 212 50.1 44.6-55.6
Maine 193 95 52.3 44.6-59.9 98 47.7 40.1-55.4
Maryland 336 165 46.9 40.2-53.7 171 53.1 46.3-59.8
Minnesota 346 192 52.7 47.0-58.4 154 47.3 41.6-53.0
Mississippi 426 187 45.1 39.8-50.5 239 54.9 49.5-60.2
Montana 322 162 50.7 43.4-58.0 160 49.3 42.0-56.6
Nebraska 369 204 54.4 48.8-60.0 165 45.6 40.0-51.2
New York 431 202 46.4 40.9-52.0 229 53.6 48.0-59.1
North Carolina 880 389 43.2 38.4-48.2 491 56.8 51.8-61.6
North Dakota 206 109 53.0 45.6-60.3 97 47.0 39.7-54.4
Ohio 289 137 46.6 39.7-53.8 152 53.4 46.2-60.3
South Carolina 494 213 42.6 37.8-47.5 281 57.4 52.5-62.2
Tennessee 239 141 58.0 50.8-64.9 98 42.0 35.1-49.2
Virginia 418 186 44.2 37.6-51.0 232 55.8 49.0-62.4
West Virginia 388 180 47.4 42.0-52.9 208 52.6 47.1-58.0
Puerto Rico 557 306 56.5 51.2-61.7 251 43.5 38.3-48.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being age 35 or older.

#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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