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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

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Respond.#		 Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 19,223 3,323 16.8 15.7-17.9 4,464 23.0 21.9-24.1 5,698 29.4 28.1-30.7 5,738 30.9 29.5-32.2
Alabama 326 49 13.2 9.7-17.7 87 24.8 20.0-30.3 105 33.6 27.9-40.0 85 28.4 22.9-34.7
Alaska 122 30 22.9 13.7-35.6 29 22.9 14.2-34.7 23 20.8 11.7-34.4 40 33.4 23.0-45.8
Arizona 253 57 16.7 12.2-22.5 59 23.2 16.6-31.4 59 24.6 17.2-34.0 78 35.4 26.9-45.1
Arkansas 331 52 14.9 11.2-19.4 67 21.0 16.4-26.5 75 22.6 17.8-28.3 137 41.5 35.6-47.6
California 311 52 16.7 11.9-22.9 67 19.8 15.3-25.3 71 24.1 18.7-30.6 121 39.4 33.0-46.1
Colorado 208 47 22.3 16.6-29.3 64 30.6 24.1-38.0 38 17.8 12.7-24.3 59 29.3 22.9-36.6
Connecticut 325 46 13.2 9.8-17.7 85 30.7 25.0-37.0 92 25.2 20.4-30.7 102 30.9 25.4-36.9
Delaware 342 52 18.3 13.2-24.8 95 26.6 20.8-33.3 116 33.4 27.3-40.1 79 21.7 16.7-27.7
Florida 469 72 14.5 10.4-19.9 92 23.6 18.0-30.2 155 31.9 25.8-38.6 150 30.1 24.4-36.4
Georgia 703 116 17.8 13.9-22.5 167 26.9 22.5-31.8 226 32.0 27.2-37.3 194 23.2 19.4-27.6
Hawaii 320 44 12.7 8.9-17.6 82 25.5 19.9-32.1 124 42.1 35.3-49.3 70 19.7 14.7-25.8
Idaho 347 75 24.7 18.8-31.7 84 22.2 17.4-27.9 71 21.1 16.3-26.9 117 32.0 26.4-38.1
Indiana 460 87 20.5 16.5-25.1 112 25.0 20.8-29.8 122 24.4 20.3-28.9 139 30.1 25.6-35.1
Iowa 362 70 19.5 15.4-24.5 84 25.0 20.0-30.6 103 29.5 24.3-35.2 105 26.0 21.3-31.3
Kansas 312 52 17.7 13.4-23.1 71 23.9 19.0-29.6 93 26.9 21.9-32.5 96 31.4 26.0-37.4
Kentucky 721 89 12.5 9.6-16.0 152 18.0 14.5-22.2 218 33.6 28.5-39.2 262 35.9 30.9-41.2
Louisiana 427 76 16.6 13.0-20.9 98 23.5 19.2-28.5 127 31.5 26.5-36.8 126 28.4 23.7-33.7
Maine 188 41 18.7 13.6-25.1 46 26.1 19.7-33.7 51 29.1 22.4-36.9 50 26.1 19.8-33.6
Maryland 331 60 19.9 15.0-25.9 72 21.3 16.3-27.3 102 31.1 25.2-37.7 97 27.7 21.8-34.6
Massachusetts 448 90 22.8 18.1-28.2 114 25.7 20.9-31.2 140 30.8 25.6-36.5 104 20.7 16.4-25.9
Minnesota 238 53 22.1 16.9-28.3 73 31.4 25.3-38.2 68 28.4 22.6-35.1 44 18.1 13.4-24.1
Missouri 357 56 15.8 11.5-21.2 79 25.1 19.4-31.8 118 34.3 28.0-41.1 104 24.9 19.7-31.0
Montana 276 53 17.2 12.1-23.9 68 27.8 21.2-35.6 82 28.0 21.6-35.6 73 26.9 20.7-34.3
Nebraska 355 71 19.1 15.1-23.9 70 21.2 16.8-26.4 107 29.8 24.8-35.4 107 29.9 24.8-35.4
Nevada 191 40 14.4 9.4-21.6 49 28.8 20.2-39.3 36 22.9 14.8-33.8 66 33.8 25.2-43.6
New Hampshire 318 75 24.0 19.3-29.5 83 24.4 19.7-29.8 88 27.1 22.2-32.7 72 24.5 19.5-30.3
New Jersey 815 117 13.6 11.2-16.5 180 22.4 19.2-26.0 286 34.6 30.7-38.7 232 29.3 25.7-33.2
New Mexico 378 93 27.6 22.5-33.5 90 25.5 20.3-31.6 97 23.8 19.3-28.9 98 23.1 18.8-28.0
New York 404 56 16.6 12.4-21.8 95 23.2 18.8-28.4 166 39.8 34.1-45.7 87 20.4 16.2-25.4
North Carolina 913 129 14.5 11.5-18.0 223 24.2 20.2-28.7 338 37.7 33.2-42.6 223 23.6 19.7-27.9
North Dakota 220 49 20.5 15.4-26.7 57 27.5 21.3-34.7 59 26.8 20.8-33.7 55 25.2 19.5-32.0
Ohio 333 56 16.5 12.3-21.8 73 20.1 15.4-25.8 95 26.2 20.8-32.4 109 37.2 30.6-44.4
Oklahoma 652 110 18.2 15.0-22.0 129 20.0 16.7-23.7 196 28.4 24.7-32.4 217 33.4 29.5-37.6
Pennsylvania 294 37 12.8 9.2-17.7 74 26.2 20.9-32.4 114 37.9 31.9-44.4 69 23.0 18.1-28.7
Rhode Island 299 45 19.3 13.3-27.1 69 20.2 15.6-25.6 98 31.1 25.4-37.5 87 29.4 23.5-36.1
South Carolina 567 90 17.2 13.8-21.3 137 24.1 20.2-28.5 176 29.0 24.9-33.5 164 29.7 25.3-34.5
South Dakota 445 90 20.8 16.8-25.5 104 23.2 19.1-27.8 134 30.4 25.7-35.7 117 25.6 21.3-30.4
Tennessee 249 39 15.9 11.2-22.1 65 26.0 20.1-32.9 65 23.8 18.4-30.1 80 34.3 27.6-41.8
Texas 496 92 18.3 14.6-22.7 92 18.7 15.1-23.0 138 25.5 21.4-30.1 174 37.5 32.6-42.6
Utah 257 51 22.5 16.2-30.4 66 32.1 24.8-40.4 54 19.1 13.8-26.0 86 26.3 20.1-33.6
Vermont 256 48 18.9 14.2-24.7 68 27.2 21.5-33.7 68 24.4 19.2-30.6 72 29.5 23.4-36.3
Virginia 458 81 19.3 14.7-24.9 120 28.4 23.2-34.2 136 25.0 20.3-30.4 121 27.3 22.2-33.1
Washington 1,406 308 22.0 19.3-25.0 326 24.4 21.6-27.3 364 25.3 22.5-28.2 408 28.3 25.4-31.5
West Virginia 369 30 8.1 5.6-11.7 71 19.4 15.3-24.3 139 37.0 31.6-42.9 129 35.4 30.1-41.1
Wisconsin 275 57 22.9 17.3-29.8 74 24.7 19.1-31.2 64 20.2 14.9-26.8 80 32.2 25.6-39.5
Wyoming 258 54 24.8 19.0-31.7 62 24.4 19.1-30.6 56 19.3 14.7-24.9 86 31.5 25.7-37.9
Guam 75 18 21.2 13.0-32.5 14 16.9 9.8-27.7 26 36.6 25.4-49.5 17 25.3 15.4-38.6
Puerto Rico 584 37 7.0 4.7-10.3 83 12.7 9.9-16.2 170 30.3 25.5-35.5 294 50.0 44.8-55.2
Virgin Islands 179 31 18.2 12.3-26.2 43 25.0 18.0-33.8 49 22.4 16.1-30.3 56 34.3 26.3-43.4

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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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