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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 110696 80,031 72.1 71.7-72.5 30,665 27.9 27.5-28.3
Alabama 3,217 2,380 71.5 69.5-73.4 837 28.5 26.6-30.5
Alaska 2,575 1,664 62.8 60.1-65.5 911 37.2 34.5-39.9
Arkansas 3,950 2,821 68.9 67.1-70.6 1,129 31.1 29.4-32.9
Colorado 3,971 2,737 67.7 65.9-69.3 1,234 32.3 30.7-34.1
Connecticut 4,997 3,805 74.9 73.5-76.3 1,192 25.1 23.7-26.5
District of Columbia 1,915 1,417 74.6 72.0-77.1 498 25.4 22.9-28.0
Georgia 7,279 5,529 74.7 73.2-76.2 1,750 25.3 23.8-26.8
Hawaii 5,930 3,650 58.4 56.8-60.0 2,280 41.6 40.0-43.2
Kentucky 7,251 4,569 62.2 60.5-64.0 2,682 37.8 36.0-39.5
Louisiana 4,886 3,704 74.0 72.4-75.4 1,182 26.0 24.6-27.6
Maine 2,290 1,752 74.9 72.7-76.9 538 25.1 23.1-27.3
Maryland 4,172 3,189 76.1 74.4-77.7 983 23.9 22.3-25.6
Minnesota 3,817 2,566 64.7 62.9-66.5 1,251 35.3 33.5-37.1
Mississippi 4,256 3,095 71.3 69.6-72.9 1,161 28.7 27.1-30.4
Montana 3,861 2,804 70.8 68.7-72.8 1,057 29.2 27.2-31.3
Nebraska 4,807 3,539 71.5 70.0-73.0 1,268 28.5 27.0-30.0
New York 5,241 3,986 74.7 73.3-76.1 1,255 25.3 23.9-26.7
North Carolina 9,264 6,969 73.6 72.1-75.0 2,295 26.4 25.0-27.9
North Dakota 2,893 2,111 70.7 68.7-72.6 782 29.3 27.4-31.3
Ohio 3,587 2,678 73.0 71.2-74.9 909 27.0 25.1-28.8
South Carolina 5,515 4,134 72.8 71.3-74.3 1,381 27.2 25.7-28.7
Tennessee 2,508 1,889 73.9 71.7-75.9 619 26.1 24.1-28.3
Virginia 5,076 3,745 73.4 71.7-75.1 1,331 26.6 24.9-28.3
West Virginia 3,296 2,356 69.5 67.6-71.3 940 30.5 28.7-32.4
Puerto Rico 4,142 2,942 68.2 66.3-70.1 1,200 31.8 29.9-33.7

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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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