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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Cardiovascular Disease

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 110444 72,035 67.3 66.8-67.7 38,409 32.7 32.3-33.2
Alabama 3,205 2,044 64.6 62.6-66.5 1,161 35.4 33.5-37.4
Alaska 2,573 1,580 60.8 58.1-63.5 993 39.2 36.5-41.9
Arkansas 3,925 2,469 63.1 61.4-64.9 1,456 36.9 35.1-38.6
Colorado 3,957 2,565 65.9 64.1-67.5 1,392 34.1 32.5-35.9
Connecticut 4,980 3,346 67.7 66.2-69.2 1,634 32.3 30.8-33.8
District of Columbia 1,910 1,337 72.6 70.1-75.0 573 27.4 25.0-29.9
Georgia 7,249 4,933 69.5 68.0-71.0 2,316 30.5 29.0-32.0
Hawaii 5,931 3,384 55.2 53.6-56.8 2,547 44.8 43.2-46.4
Kentucky 7,251 3,707 54.0 52.3-55.8 3,544 46.0 44.2-47.7
Louisiana 4,871 3,408 71.2 69.7-72.7 1,463 28.8 27.3-30.3
Maine 2,284 1,501 65.3 63.0-67.5 783 34.7 32.5-37.0
Maryland 4,170 2,795 67.2 65.4-69.0 1,375 32.8 31.0-34.6
Minnesota 3,807 2,506 66.1 64.4-67.8 1,301 33.9 32.2-35.6
Mississippi 4,240 2,726 65.6 63.9-67.3 1,514 34.4 32.7-36.1
Montana 3,833 2,572 69.0 67.0-70.9 1,261 31.0 29.1-33.0
Nebraska 4,802 3,318 69.7 68.2-71.2 1,484 30.3 28.8-31.8
New York 5,204 3,487 68.7 67.2-70.1 1,717 31.3 29.9-32.8
North Carolina 9,259 6,336 70.0 68.5-71.5 2,923 30.0 28.5-31.5
North Dakota 2,883 1,879 66.2 64.3-68.1 1,004 33.8 31.9-35.7
Ohio 3,576 2,425 68.2 66.2-70.0 1,151 31.8 30.0-33.8
South Carolina 5,502 3,806 70.3 68.9-71.7 1,696 29.7 28.3-31.1
Tennessee 2,516 1,662 67.8 65.6-69.9 854 32.2 30.1-34.4
Virginia 5,066 3,360 67.3 65.5-69.0 1,706 32.7 31.0-34.5
West Virginia 3,307 2,022 61.8 59.9-63.7 1,285 38.2 36.3-40.1
Puerto Rico 4,143 2,867 69.3 67.4-71.1 1,276 30.7 28.9-32.6

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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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