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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Cholesterol Awareness

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 260974 213119 77.8 77.4-78.1 47,855 22.2 21.9-22.6
Alabama 3,279 2,660 76.3 74.3-78.1 619 23.7 21.9-25.7
Alaska 2,588 1,937 74.0 71.5-76.3 651 26.0 23.7-28.5
Arizona 3,176 2,557 74.8 72.1-77.4 619 25.2 22.6-27.9
Arkansas 4,091 3,252 75.1 73.4-76.7 839 24.9 23.3-26.6
California 4,436 3,543 74.8 73.1-76.5 893 25.2 23.5-26.9
Colorado 3,985 3,249 76.2 74.5-77.9 736 23.8 22.1-25.5
Connecticut 5,234 4,529 83.6 82.3-84.8 705 16.4 15.2-17.7
Delaware 3,990 3,409 82.5 80.7-84.1 581 17.5 15.9-19.3
District of Columbia 1,999 1,746 84.6 82.2-86.6 253 15.4 13.4-17.8
Florida 4,963 4,180 81.6 79.8-83.4 783 18.4 16.6-20.2
Georgia 7,451 6,208 79.1 77.6-80.5 1,243 20.9 19.5-22.4
Hawaii 5,809 3,525 56.8 55.2-58.4 2,284 43.2 41.6-44.8
Idaho 4,852 3,749 73.8 72.2-75.3 1,103 26.2 24.7-27.8
Illinois 5,198 4,091 75.7 74.0-77.3 1,107 24.3 22.7-26.0
Indiana 5,359 4,299 76.8 75.4-78.1 1,060 23.2 21.9-24.6
Iowa 4,924 4,015 76.5 74.9-78.1 909 23.5 21.9-25.1
Kansas 4,520 3,561 74.0 72.3-75.6 959 26.0 24.4-27.7
Kentucky 7,461 6,069 77.0 75.4-78.6 1,392 23.0 21.4-24.6
Louisiana 4,972 3,881 74.0 72.4-75.5 1,091 26.0 24.5-27.6
Maine 2,352 2,021 82.7 80.7-84.5 331 17.3 15.5-19.3
Maryland 4,366 3,759 82.5 80.9-84.1 607 17.5 15.9-19.1
Massachusetts 7,463 6,460 85.2 84.0-86.3 1,003 14.8 13.7-16.0
Michigan 3,495 2,952 79.5 77.7-81.2 543 20.5 18.8-22.3
Minnesota 3,766 3,227 81.7 80.1-83.2 539 18.3 16.8-19.9
Mississippi 4,296 3,377 74.1 72.4-75.8 919 25.9 24.2-27.6
Missouri 4,178 3,322 76.4 74.4-78.2 856 23.6 21.8-25.6
Montana 3,958 3,113 75.8 73.8-77.8 845 24.2 22.2-26.2
Nebraska 4,895 3,820 73.5 71.9-75.0 1,075 26.5 25.0-28.1
Nevada 2,872 2,211 73.3 70.7-75.7 661 26.7 24.3-29.3
New Hampshire 4,963 4,329 83.7 82.3-85.1 634 16.3 14.9-17.7
New Jersey 11,152 9,627 81.4 80.4-82.4 1,525 18.6 17.6-19.6
New Mexico 5,405 4,193 72.4 70.9-74.0 1,212 27.6 26.0-29.1
New York 5,449 4,610 79.9 78.4-81.3 839 20.1 18.7-21.6
North Carolina 9,232 7,677 77.9 76.3-79.4 1,555 22.1 20.6-23.7
North Dakota 2,956 2,365 75.1 73.1-77.0 591 24.9 23.0-26.9
Ohio 3,752 3,042 77.9 76.1-79.7 710 22.1 20.3-23.9
Oklahoma 7,416 6,019 75.6 74.3-76.9 1,397 24.4 23.1-25.7
Oregon 3,913 3,148 74.9 73.2-76.6 765 25.1 23.4-26.8
Pennsylvania 3,589 2,966 79.7 78.1-81.3 623 20.3 18.7-21.9
Rhode Island 3,963 3,484 85.0 83.3-86.5 479 15.0 13.5-16.7
South Carolina 5,802 4,942 81.1 79.7-82.4 860 18.9 17.6-20.3
South Dakota 5,166 4,115 73.5 71.8-75.1 1,051 26.5 24.9-28.2
Tennessee 2,528 2,115 78.9 76.7-80.9 413 21.1 19.1-23.3
Texas 5,923 4,616 72.4 70.9-73.8 1,307 27.6 26.2-29.1
Utah 3,939 2,950 70.5 68.4-72.5 989 29.5 27.5-31.6
Vermont 4,178 3,611 82.3 80.7-83.8 567 17.7 16.2-19.3
Virginia 5,350 4,540 82.3 80.7-83.7 810 17.7 16.3-19.3
Washington 18,218 14,868 77.7 76.9-78.5 3,350 22.3 21.5-23.1
West Virginia 3,267 2,744 79.6 77.8-81.3 523 20.4 18.7-22.2
Wisconsin 3,995 3,278 79.3 77.5-81.0 717 20.7 19.0-22.5
Wyoming 3,931 3,243 77.7 76.1-79.3 688 22.3 20.7-23.9
Guam 795 588 70.5 66.6-74.2 207 29.5 25.8-33.4
Puerto Rico 4,131 3,698 85.1 83.4-86.7 433 14.9 13.3-16.6
Virgin Islands 2,033 1,629 76.1 73.4-78.7 404 23.9 21.3-26.6

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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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