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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 111037 3,031 2.3 2.2- 2.4 108006 97.7 97.6-97.8
Alabama 3,216 128 3.5 2.9- 4.2 3,088 96.5 95.8-97.1
Alaska 2,603 39 1.2 0.8- 1.9 2,564 98.8 98.1-99.2
Arkansas 3,972 134 3.3 2.7- 4.0 3,838 96.7 96.0-97.3
Colorado 3,980 62 1.3 1.0- 1.7 3,918 98.7 98.3-99.0
Connecticut 5,017 85 1.5 1.2- 1.9 4,932 98.5 98.1-98.8
District of Columbia 1,922 52 3.1 2.2- 4.2 1,870 96.9 95.8-97.8
Georgia 7,310 220 2.1 1.8- 2.5 7,090 97.9 97.5-98.2
Hawaii 5,956 97 1.2 0.9- 1.6 5,859 98.8 98.4-99.1
Kentucky 7,257 270 2.8 2.4- 3.3 6,987 97.2 96.7-97.6
Louisiana 4,891 148 2.7 2.2- 3.3 4,743 97.3 96.7-97.8
Maine 2,281 40 1.6 1.1- 2.2 2,241 98.4 97.8-98.9
Maryland 4,182 91 1.8 1.4- 2.3 4,091 98.2 97.7-98.6
Minnesota 3,829 84 1.8 1.4- 2.3 3,745 98.2 97.7-98.6
Mississippi 4,277 169 3.4 2.9- 4.0 4,108 96.6 96.0-97.1
Montana 3,870 92 1.8 1.3- 2.3 3,778 98.2 97.7-98.7
Nebraska 4,834 123 2.2 1.8- 2.7 4,711 97.8 97.3-98.2
New York 5,251 113 2.1 1.7- 2.6 5,138 97.9 97.4-98.3
North Carolina 9,284 312 2.6 2.2- 3.0 8,972 97.4 97.0-97.8
North Dakota 2,902 58 1.8 1.3- 2.3 2,844 98.2 97.7-98.7
Ohio 3,586 98 2.3 1.8- 2.9 3,488 97.7 97.1-98.2
South Carolina 5,529 157 2.8 2.3- 3.3 5,372 97.2 96.7-97.7
Tennessee 2,524 81 2.7 2.1- 3.5 2,443 97.3 96.5-97.9
Virginia 5,107 149 2.3 1.9- 2.8 4,958 97.7 97.2-98.1
West Virginia 3,310 169 4.2 3.5- 4.9 3,141 95.8 95.1-96.5
Puerto Rico 4,147 60 1.2 0.9- 1.7 4,087 98.8 98.3-99.1

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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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