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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 109284 74,159 66.5 66.1-67.0 35,125 33.5 33.0-33.9
Alabama 3,162 2,065 62.6 60.5-64.6 1,097 37.4 35.4-39.5
Alaska 2,529 1,503 57.5 54.7-60.3 1,026 42.5 39.7-45.3
Arkansas 3,883 2,551 62.6 60.8-64.4 1,332 37.4 35.6-39.2
Colorado 3,946 2,655 65.3 63.5-67.0 1,291 34.7 33.0-36.5
Connecticut 4,952 3,408 66.9 65.4-68.4 1,544 33.1 31.6-34.6
District of Columbia 1,903 1,275 65.0 62.1-67.8 628 35.0 32.2-37.9
Georgia 7,110 5,085 68.5 66.9-70.1 2,025 31.5 29.9-33.1
Hawaii 5,878 2,910 47.2 45.7-48.8 2,968 52.8 51.2-54.3
Kentucky 7,178 4,376 58.1 56.3-59.9 2,802 41.9 40.1-43.7
Louisiana 4,798 3,208 64.5 62.8-66.1 1,590 35.5 33.9-37.2
Maine 2,274 1,533 65.1 62.8-67.4 741 34.9 32.6-37.2
Maryland 4,121 2,841 67.3 65.4-69.2 1,280 32.7 30.8-34.6
Minnesota 3,796 2,692 68.1 66.4-69.8 1,104 31.9 30.2-33.6
Mississippi 4,179 2,825 64.7 62.9-66.4 1,354 35.3 33.6-37.1
Montana 3,814 2,523 64.5 62.3-66.6 1,291 35.5 33.4-37.7
Nebraska 4,739 3,335 67.2 65.6-68.8 1,404 32.8 31.2-34.4
New York 5,193 3,632 66.8 65.1-68.3 1,561 33.2 31.7-34.9
North Carolina 9,161 6,667 71.4 69.8-72.9 2,494 28.6 27.1-30.2
North Dakota 2,850 1,950 65.5 63.5-67.5 900 34.5 32.5-36.5
Ohio 3,525 2,388 65.4 63.4-67.4 1,137 34.6 32.6-36.6
South Carolina 5,434 3,898 68.6 67.0-70.1 1,536 31.4 29.9-33.0
Tennessee 2,480 1,639 64.0 61.7-66.2 841 36.0 33.8-38.3
Virginia 4,989 3,586 69.8 68.0-71.6 1,403 30.2 28.4-32.0
West Virginia 3,249 2,340 68.9 67.0-70.7 909 31.1 29.3-33.0
Puerto Rico 4,141 3,274 74.8 72.9-76.6 867 25.2 23.4-27.1

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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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