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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

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Respond.#		 1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 19,621 11,443 56.9 55.5-58.3 4,161 20.9 19.7-22.0 1,282 6.5 5.8- 7.3 610 3.0 2.6- 3.6 2,125 12.7 11.7-13.8
Alabama 333 216 64.4 58.2-70.1 67 21.5 16.7-27.2 14 4.0 2.2- 6.9 6 2.9 1.2- 6.8 30 7.2 4.9-10.6
Alaska 122 76 58.5 46.0-70.0 19 20.1 11.7-32.2 9 8.1 3.6-17.3 7 5.9 2.5-13.1 11 7.5 3.8-14.1
Arizona 255 147 52.2 43.0-61.2 45 21.6 13.8-32.1 17 7.1 3.7-13.3 19 7.1 4.0-12.5 27 12.0 7.3-19.2
Arkansas 341 195 57.8 51.8-63.6 68 20.3 15.9-25.6 29 7.0 4.7-10.3 11 3.7 1.8- 7.2 38 11.2 8.0-15.5
California 314 172 51.2 44.4-57.9 65 20.8 15.9-26.8 17 6.0 3.4-10.5 10 3.0 1.5- 6.1 50 18.9 13.6-25.7
Colorado 209 123 60.4 52.8-67.5 51 20.7 15.6-27.0 12 7.8 4.1-14.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 22 10.6 6.8-16.1
Connecticut 331 181 55.3 49.2-61.3 74 20.2 16.0-25.3 21 5.5 3.5- 8.4 18 5.6 3.5- 8.9 37 13.4 9.6-18.4
Delaware 345 206 62.8 56.0-69.2 75 18.4 13.9-24.0 16 4.4 2.3- 8.2 10 2.8 1.3- 6.3 38 11.5 7.8-16.7
Florida 484 301 60.2 53.4-66.7 95 19.4 14.5-25.5 32 7.9 4.4-13.7 19 4.0 2.2- 7.0 37 8.5 5.5-12.8
Georgia 730 422 56.5 51.4-61.6 194 26.1 22.0-30.7 37 6.5 4.0-10.4 12 2.3 1.1- 5.0 65 8.5 6.2-11.6
Hawaii 329 177 52.6 45.6-59.6 45 13.6 9.5-19.1 43 13.0 8.9-18.7 20 7.9 4.6-13.5 44 12.8 8.9-18.3
Idaho 351 211 58.8 52.0-65.2 70 21.3 15.8-27.9 14 5.0 2.7- 9.1 9 2.3 1.0- 5.3 47 12.6 9.0-17.4
Indiana 465 263 56.8 51.6-61.8 108 23.5 19.4-28.2 38 8.7 6.1-12.1 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7 45 8.5 6.2-11.6
Iowa 376 232 62.5 56.8-67.9 69 17.4 13.6-22.0 29 8.0 5.4-11.7 13 2.8 1.5- 5.2 33 9.3 6.3-13.5
Kansas 310 192 60.8 54.6-66.8 60 21.6 16.7-27.5 23 7.1 4.7-10.7 11 4.2 2.2- 8.0 24 6.2 4.0- 9.7
Kentucky 745 477 64.0 58.9-68.7 173 21.9 18.2-26.2 46 7.8 5.4-11.4 23 2.9 1.6- 5.2 26 3.3 2.1- 5.4
Louisiana 439 259 60.6 55.2-65.7 92 20.5 16.5-25.1 27 5.1 3.4- 7.7 15 2.8 1.6- 5.0 46 11.0 7.9-15.2
Maine 193 114 60.3 52.5-67.6 32 16.0 11.2-22.4 11 5.2 2.7- 9.6 13 5.6 3.1- 9.9 23 12.9 8.4-19.3
Maryland 335 204 60.9 54.1-67.3 66 19.7 14.9-25.6 21 6.5 3.9-10.7 17 5.3 2.9- 9.2 27 7.6 4.8-11.9
Massachusetts 468 269 61.4 55.7-66.7 85 14.9 11.6-19.1 35 7.4 5.0-10.8 26 6.2 3.9- 9.7 53 10.1 7.2-14.0
Minnesota 244 165 69.1 62.6-74.9 46 18.5 13.9-24.2 5 1.9 0.8- 4.6 6 2.0 0.9- 4.6 22 8.5 5.4-13.0
Missouri 356 203 60.4 53.6-66.9 88 22.2 17.1-28.3 19 4.6 2.7- 7.9 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3 38 10.8 7.2-15.8
Montana 280 169 58.7 50.9-66.2 68 23.4 17.5-30.6 16 9.5 5.2-16.6 5 2.1 0.8- 5.3 22 6.3 3.8-10.2
Nebraska 359 216 60.1 54.3-65.5 86 25.0 20.3-30.4 15 4.3 2.5- 7.2 12 2.7 1.4- 5.2 30 8.0 5.4-11.5
Nevada 188 112 63.8 53.6-72.9 28 12.2 6.9-20.7 14 7.4 3.7-14.1 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 31 15.5 9.6-24.2
New Hampshire 326 194 58.0 52.0-63.7 62 20.3 15.9-25.7 23 7.9 5.2-12.0 15 4.7 2.8- 8.1 32 9.0 6.3-12.9
New Jersey 842 485 56.0 51.9-60.0 168 21.4 18.1-25.2 57 6.9 5.1- 9.2 44 5.1 3.6- 7.0 88 10.6 8.3-13.6
New Mexico 380 239 62.4 56.4-68.1 77 19.8 15.6-24.8 27 8.4 5.0-13.6 9 3.1 1.5- 6.4 28 6.2 4.1- 9.3
New York 419 243 56.1 50.2-61.8 87 21.7 17.2-26.8 19 4.4 2.7- 7.2 6 1.3 0.5- 3.3 64 16.5 12.3-21.7
North Carolina 946 545 60.3 55.6-64.8 236 23.5 19.8-27.7 57 5.8 3.9- 8.4 18 1.2 0.6- 2.2 90 9.2 6.7-12.6
North Dakota 225 133 57.9 50.7-64.9 41 19.0 13.9-25.4 15 6.6 3.9-11.1 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1 34 15.4 10.8-21.4
Ohio 339 216 61.6 54.6-68.2 59 14.9 10.9-19.9 14 4.9 2.4- 9.6 13 6.6 3.3-12.9 37 12.0 8.1-17.6
Oklahoma 674 415 60.5 56.3-64.6 137 20.4 17.2-24.1 33 6.6 4.5- 9.6 15 1.9 1.1- 3.3 74 10.6 8.3-13.5
Pennsylvania 302 169 55.9 49.6-62.1 69 24.1 19.2-29.9 13 3.9 2.2- 7.0 4 1.3 0.5- 3.9 47 14.6 10.7-19.6
Rhode Island 305 171 55.8 48.9-62.5 47 13.5 9.9-18.2 25 8.0 5.2-11.9 20 6.2 3.3-11.1 42 16.5 11.9-22.5
South Carolina 576 356 63.0 58.3-67.5 131 21.0 17.5-25.1 33 6.5 4.4- 9.4 7 1.2 0.5- 2.4 49 8.3 6.1-11.2
South Dakota 448 266 59.5 54.3-64.6 101 22.3 18.4-26.9 30 7.2 4.8-10.7 29 6.3 4.2- 9.3 22 4.6 2.9- 7.2
Tennessee 247 170 66.5 59.3-73.0 39 16.6 11.9-22.6 15 6.5 3.7-11.0 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 20 9.0 5.5-14.3
Texas 519 279 51.4 46.4-56.3 107 21.2 17.5-25.6 41 8.5 6.1-11.9 12 2.5 1.4- 4.6 80 16.3 12.9-20.3
Utah 263 156 62.0 54.2-69.2 68 22.9 17.2-29.9 15 5.7 3.1-10.2 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0 18 7.4 4.4-12.4
Vermont 263 140 54.1 47.3-60.8 63 23.9 18.5-30.4 14 4.9 2.8- 8.4 8 4.1 1.9- 8.3 38 13.0 9.4-17.9
Virginia 468 247 50.5 44.4-56.5 117 24.7 19.7-30.5 37 8.9 6.0-13.0 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9 58 14.0 10.1-19.2
Washington 1,411 915 65.3 62.1-68.4 265 18.9 16.4-21.7 83 6.1 4.6- 8.0 16 1.1 0.6- 1.9 132 8.6 7.0-10.5
West Virginia 374 229 61.7 56.1-67.1 76 19.1 15.1-23.8 19 5.0 3.1- 7.9 9 2.4 1.2- 5.0 41 11.8 8.5-16.1
Wisconsin 274 158 56.7 49.3-63.9 56 20.5 15.2-27.0 10 4.5 2.3- 8.7 12 5.1 2.6-10.1 38 13.1 9.0-18.8
Wyoming 264 151 55.5 48.7-62.0 69 27.4 21.8-33.8 20 8.0 5.0-12.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.1 19 7.1 4.4-11.3
Guam 78 32 37.0 25.8-49.8 19 27.8 17.8-40.6 5 9.1 2.7-26.4 11 12.5 6.7-22.1 11 13.7 7.1-24.7
Puerto Rico 586 160 27.0 22.6-31.8 149 26.3 21.8-31.3 84 14.9 11.5-19.0 24 2.8 1.7- 4.5 169 29.1 24.6-34.0
Virgin Islands 190 72 41.3 32.9-50.2 49 25.9 19.0-34.2 33 16.1 10.6-23.7 8 3.1 1.4- 7.0 28 13.7 8.8-20.6

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

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