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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#		 Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 19,076 1,809 11.8 10.8-12.9 6,446 35.9 34.6-37.3 4,924 24.4 23.2-25.6 5,897 27.9 26.7-29.1
Alabama 318 27 12.2 8.1-18.0 119 36.1 30.2-42.5 87 24.0 19.2-29.5 85 27.7 22.4-33.7
Alaska 122 15 17.0 8.3-31.7 45 39.0 27.4-52.1 36 20.5 13.6-29.7 26 23.4 14.5-35.5
Arizona 255 27 18.2 11.1-28.5 73 25.5 18.8-33.4 58 21.2 14.7-29.7 97 35.1 27.3-43.7
Arkansas 326 26 8.4 5.5-12.6 128 41.2 35.3-47.4 83 24.8 20.0-30.3 89 25.6 20.7-31.2
California 310 41 15.3 10.7-21.6 98 34.9 28.6-41.8 75 24.1 18.7-30.4 96 25.7 20.5-31.6
Colorado 207 26 14.5 9.7-21.2 62 29.3 22.9-36.6 56 27.5 21.3-34.8 63 28.7 22.4-35.9
Connecticut 313 26 11.0 7.2-16.2 99 29.8 24.4-35.8 84 27.4 22.1-33.5 104 31.8 26.3-37.8
Delaware 336 25 6.2 3.6-10.4 115 39.3 32.4-46.6 97 28.6 22.7-35.3 99 26.0 20.7-32.1
Florida 468 48 13.4 9.0-19.5 159 34.2 28.1-40.9 118 23.7 18.6-29.8 143 28.6 23.0-35.1
Georgia 700 64 10.8 7.2-15.7 301 43.2 38.1-48.5 161 23.5 19.4-28.1 174 22.5 18.7-26.9
Hawaii 296 34 12.9 8.5-19.1 104 37.2 30.4-44.7 75 22.7 17.5-28.8 83 27.2 21.1-34.2
Idaho 345 36 11.8 7.9-17.0 111 35.4 29.1-42.3 88 24.7 19.5-30.7 110 28.2 23.1-33.9
Indiana 456 37 8.1 5.6-11.5 164 37.3 32.4-42.4 116 25.1 20.9-29.8 139 29.5 25.0-34.4
Iowa 362 25 8.1 5.2-12.5 95 26.5 21.7-31.9 97 25.2 20.4-30.6 145 40.2 34.6-46.1
Kansas 304 27 10.7 7.2-15.6 100 31.2 25.8-37.1 76 25.1 20.0-31.0 101 33.0 27.4-39.1
Kentucky 734 58 8.9 6.4-12.3 249 38.4 33.2-43.9 212 27.7 23.3-32.5 215 25.0 20.8-29.8
Louisiana 422 41 10.6 7.5-14.8 158 38.8 33.5-44.4 126 26.9 22.5-31.9 97 23.6 19.3-28.6
Maine 191 19 10.9 6.8-17.1 55 28.0 21.6-35.5 51 24.5 18.5-31.7 66 36.5 29.3-44.4
Maryland 323 27 10.1 6.0-16.7 119 41.3 34.6-48.3 82 22.1 17.3-27.8 95 26.5 21.0-32.9
Massachusetts 457 57 12.6 9.2-17.0 147 29.5 24.5-35.1 114 27.3 22.3-33.0 139 30.6 25.6-36.1
Minnesota 245 22 10.7 7.0-16.2 76 32.4 26.3-39.2 53 22.6 17.3-28.9 94 34.3 28.3-40.8
Missouri 351 20 7.9 4.7-13.0 97 30.2 24.2-37.0 98 28.2 22.3-34.9 136 33.7 27.8-40.2
Montana 280 30 12.5 8.2-18.8 86 32.3 25.3-40.1 71 24.1 18.2-31.2 93 31.1 24.5-38.6
Nebraska 359 39 12.6 9.0-17.5 97 26.3 21.6-31.6 87 25.2 20.5-30.6 136 35.9 30.7-41.5
Nevada 188 22 11.9 6.8-20.0 67 39.7 30.1-50.1 40 19.9 12.9-29.5 59 28.5 20.2-38.5
New Hampshire 321 31 10.5 7.4-14.9 99 31.4 26.0-37.3 91 26.4 21.6-31.8 100 31.7 26.4-37.5
New Jersey 828 88 12.7 10.0-16.0 265 34.8 30.8-38.9 214 24.7 21.4-28.3 261 27.8 24.6-31.4
New Mexico 372 31 9.3 6.2-13.8 126 33.8 28.4-39.7 110 29.9 24.5-35.9 105 27.0 22.1-32.4
New York 404 41 9.1 6.5-12.8 140 38.6 33.0-44.6 106 25.6 20.6-31.3 117 26.6 22.0-31.9
North Carolina 909 84 8.3 6.1-11.1 316 38.8 34.1-43.8 222 25.6 21.6-30.0 287 27.3 23.3-31.7
North Dakota 211 20 10.7 6.7-16.6 54 25.0 19.2-32.0 45 19.9 14.8-26.3 92 44.3 37.1-51.8
Ohio 332 32 12.4 7.8-18.9 109 34.3 28.1-41.0 86 22.6 17.7-28.4 105 30.8 24.9-37.4
Oklahoma 645 52 10.3 7.7-13.7 203 35.1 31.0-39.5 177 25.8 22.3-29.6 213 28.8 25.2-32.7
Pennsylvania 290 28 11.6 7.8-17.0 89 31.3 25.4-37.8 66 22.0 17.3-27.6 107 35.2 29.4-41.4
Rhode Island 300 29 11.0 7.1-16.5 90 28.8 23.0-35.3 78 22.7 17.9-28.4 103 37.6 30.8-44.8
South Carolina 548 52 11.1 8.2-15.0 194 38.1 33.3-43.2 152 24.9 21.1-29.1 150 25.9 21.8-30.3
South Dakota 446 32 9.1 6.2-13.2 119 27.9 23.2-33.1 113 23.4 19.4-27.9 182 39.6 34.7-44.8
Tennessee 239 39 19.9 13.9-27.7 92 38.8 31.9-46.3 58 23.1 17.8-29.4 50 18.1 13.5-23.9
Texas 507 59 12.3 9.3-16.1 198 41.6 36.6-46.7 119 22.4 18.5-26.8 131 23.7 19.9-28.0
Utah 259 23 11.2 6.9-17.8 93 35.5 28.2-43.6 64 26.6 19.8-34.8 79 26.6 20.5-33.8
Vermont 254 25 11.3 7.3-17.1 81 34.0 27.7-40.9 58 21.2 16.4-27.0 90 33.5 27.4-40.3
Virginia 452 35 7.6 5.0-11.6 175 41.3 35.2-47.6 120 25.1 20.2-30.9 122 25.9 21.2-31.2
Washington 1,393 144 12.2 10.0-14.8 471 35.6 32.4-39.0 339 24.1 21.4-27.1 439 28.1 25.3-31.0
West Virginia 367 32 11.3 7.4-16.8 131 36.9 31.6-42.6 98 23.4 19.2-28.3 106 28.4 23.5-33.7
Wisconsin 272 21 8.2 5.0-13.2 88 28.7 22.5-35.8 65 27.0 20.8-34.2 98 36.2 29.5-43.4
Wyoming 258 23 10.3 6.4-16.2 86 33.7 27.6-40.4 74 27.3 21.8-33.6 75 28.7 23.0-35.1
Guam 74 17 15.8 9.2-25.7 29 42.9 30.2-56.6 15 24.1 14.4-37.4 13 17.2 9.8-28.5
Puerto Rico 553 32 6.2 4.1- 9.4 199 38.6 33.5-44.0 168 29.1 24.5-34.2 154 26.0 21.7-30.9
Virgin Islands 174 20 12.3 7.5-19.5 75 40.8 32.2-49.9 45 25.9 18.8-34.5 34 21.1 14.0-30.4

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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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