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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 111012 35,815 32.2 31.7-32.6 75,197 67.8 67.4-68.3
Alabama 3,216 1,201 34.9 33.0-36.8 2,015 65.1 63.2-67.0
Alaska 2,601 650 24.8 22.6-27.2 1,951 75.2 72.8-77.4
Arkansas 3,961 1,266 30.1 28.5-31.8 2,695 69.9 68.2-71.5
Colorado 3,981 1,027 25.2 23.7-26.8 2,954 74.8 73.2-76.3
Connecticut 5,013 1,605 32.7 31.2-34.3 3,408 67.3 65.7-68.8
District of Columbia 1,927 643 36.1 33.4-39.0 1,284 63.9 61.0-66.6
Georgia 7,297 2,560 32.8 31.3-34.3 4,737 67.2 65.7-68.7
Hawaii 5,935 1,611 26.5 25.1-27.9 4,324 73.5 72.1-74.9
Kentucky 7,264 1,801 23.7 22.2-25.2 5,463 76.3 74.8-77.8
Louisiana 4,900 1,728 34.0 32.5-35.5 3,172 66.0 64.5-67.5
Maine 2,286 760 30.7 28.7-32.8 1,526 69.3 67.2-71.3
Maryland 4,183 1,300 30.7 28.9-32.5 2,883 69.3 67.5-71.1
Minnesota 3,839 1,136 27.8 26.3-29.4 2,703 72.2 70.6-73.7
Mississippi 4,278 1,338 29.3 27.8-30.9 2,940 70.7 69.1-72.2
Montana 3,871 1,055 24.2 22.5-26.0 2,816 75.8 74.0-77.5
Nebraska 4,830 1,320 25.7 24.4-27.1 3,510 74.3 72.9-75.6
New York 5,251 1,788 35.5 33.9-37.1 3,463 64.5 62.9-66.1
North Carolina 9,281 3,145 32.1 30.6-33.6 6,136 67.9 66.4-69.4
North Dakota 2,901 811 25.2 23.5-26.9 2,090 74.8 73.1-76.5
Ohio 3,591 1,157 31.1 29.2-33.0 2,434 68.9 67.0-70.8
South Carolina 5,530 1,992 35.9 34.4-37.4 3,538 64.1 62.6-65.6
Tennessee 2,514 810 30.7 28.6-32.8 1,704 69.3 67.2-71.4
Virginia 5,108 1,749 31.4 29.7-33.2 3,359 68.6 66.8-70.3
West Virginia 3,308 979 28.2 26.5-30.0 2,329 71.8 70.0-73.5
Puerto Rico 4,146 2,383 52.2 50.2-54.2 1,763 47.8 45.8-49.8

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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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