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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 110975 33,840 30.6 30.2-31.0 77,135 69.4 69.0-69.8
Alabama 3,220 1,131 34.2 32.3-36.2 2,089 65.8 63.8-67.7
Alaska 2,600 562 21.5 19.3-23.8 2,038 78.5 76.2-80.7
Arkansas 3,966 1,159 28.4 26.8-30.1 2,807 71.6 69.9-73.2
Colorado 3,980 887 22.4 20.9-23.9 3,093 77.6 76.1-79.1
Connecticut 5,004 1,510 31.2 29.7-32.7 3,494 68.8 67.3-70.3
District of Columbia 1,932 606 35.6 32.9-38.4 1,326 64.4 61.6-67.1
Georgia 7,298 2,352 30.5 29.0-32.0 4,946 69.5 68.0-71.0
Hawaii 5,937 1,689 27.8 26.4-29.3 4,248 72.2 70.7-73.6
Kentucky 7,257 1,883 24.0 22.5-25.5 5,374 76.0 74.5-77.5
Louisiana 4,909 1,698 33.7 32.2-35.3 3,211 66.3 64.7-67.8
Maine 2,292 697 29.0 27.0-31.1 1,595 71.0 68.9-73.0
Maryland 4,181 1,217 30.1 28.4-32.0 2,964 69.9 68.0-71.6
Minnesota 3,833 981 24.1 22.6-25.6 2,852 75.9 74.4-77.4
Mississippi 4,270 1,327 29.0 27.5-30.6 2,943 71.0 69.4-72.5
Montana 3,866 967 22.3 20.6-24.0 2,899 77.7 76.0-79.4
Nebraska 4,826 1,157 22.8 21.5-24.2 3,669 77.2 75.8-78.5
New York 5,251 1,699 35.0 33.4-36.6 3,552 65.0 63.4-66.6
North Carolina 9,281 2,952 29.8 28.4-31.3 6,329 70.2 68.7-71.6
North Dakota 2,897 751 23.6 21.9-25.3 2,146 76.4 74.7-78.1
Ohio 3,587 1,062 29.0 27.2-30.9 2,525 71.0 69.1-72.8
South Carolina 5,537 1,845 33.3 31.8-34.8 3,692 66.7 65.2-68.2
Tennessee 2,511 782 29.5 27.5-31.7 1,729 70.5 68.3-72.5
Virginia 5,099 1,482 26.3 24.7-27.9 3,617 73.7 72.1-75.3
West Virginia 3,296 990 28.5 26.8-30.3 2,306 71.5 69.7-73.2
Puerto Rico 4,145 2,454 53.1 51.1-55.1 1,691 46.9 44.9-48.9

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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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