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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

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Respond.#		 1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 19,338 13,610 67.0 65.7-68.4 2,768 15.9 14.8-16.9 737 4.1 3.6- 4.7 237 1.4 1.1- 1.7 1,986 11.6 10.7-12.7
Alabama 334 237 66.6 60.1-72.4 52 17.0 12.6-22.4 15 5.8 3.3-10.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3 28 9.2 5.9-14.0
Alaska 122 81 64.4 51.7-75.3 16 13.1 6.6-24.3 7 4.1 1.5-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 18 18.4 10.6-30.0
Arizona 256 172 68.2 59.3-75.9 43 18.1 11.8-26.8 10 3.3 1.5- 7.0 2 1.1 0.2- 6.0 29 9.3 5.9-14.4
Arkansas 333 234 70.7 65.0-75.8 59 18.0 13.7-23.2 13 3.8 2.2- 6.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 26 7.3 4.8-10.8
California 314 188 58.7 51.9-65.1 53 17.0 12.6-22.6 22 5.9 3.7- 9.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.0 46 16.9 12.2-22.8
Colorado 210 133 62.6 55.1-69.6 45 21.1 15.6-27.8 11 4.7 2.5- 8.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 20 11.3 7.1-17.4
Connecticut 322 208 63.1 56.9-69.0 49 16.7 12.4-22.2 17 4.4 2.7- 7.2 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1 42 13.6 9.8-18.6
Delaware 342 246 68.9 62.0-75.0 40 12.5 8.4-18.3 9 4.2 1.9- 9.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 45 14.2 10.2-19.3
Florida 464 329 70.6 64.1-76.3 52 9.9 6.7-14.6 21 5.2 2.9- 9.1 8 1.5 0.5- 4.1 54 12.8 9.0-18.0
Georgia 720 510 67.8 62.4-72.8 132 19.7 15.6-24.6 18 4.6 2.4- 8.7 3 0.7 0.1- 3.9 57 7.2 4.8-10.5
Hawaii 322 206 63.9 56.8-70.4 35 9.6 6.4-14.1 18 3.9 2.2- 6.8 14 7.1 3.8-12.9 49 15.5 10.9-21.6
Idaho 347 233 64.6 57.9-70.8 53 15.1 11.1-20.3 10 3.5 1.8- 6.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 48 15.7 11.0-21.9
Indiana 456 307 63.5 58.3-68.5 84 20.9 16.8-25.6 18 4.1 2.5- 6.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7 44 10.8 7.8-14.8
Iowa 362 259 70.8 65.2-75.9 54 15.5 11.7-20.2 13 3.2 1.8- 5.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 35 10.3 7.1-14.7
Kansas 311 240 77.0 71.5-81.7 34 12.2 8.7-17.0 10 3.0 1.5- 5.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 25 7.3 4.8-10.9
Kentucky 727 613 84.4 80.3-87.8 50 6.7 4.5- 9.7 13 2.1 1.0- 4.3 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 47 6.6 4.5- 9.5
Louisiana 435 302 68.1 62.8-73.0 62 15.1 11.5-19.5 11 2.5 1.3- 4.9 8 1.7 0.8- 3.6 52 12.6 9.4-16.8
Maine 189 118 64.7 56.9-71.7 35 17.0 12.1-23.3 9 2.9 1.4- 5.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.2 23 13.0 8.4-19.6
Maryland 331 226 66.9 60.3-73.0 57 17.7 13.1-23.3 12 3.2 1.6- 6.5 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 32 9.7 6.4-14.4
Massachusetts 462 304 64.8 59.1-70.2 61 14.4 10.9-18.8 19 3.2 1.7- 5.7 8 1.4 0.6- 3.0 70 16.3 12.2-21.3
Minnesota 239 179 73.0 66.3-78.9 36 16.8 12.0-23.0 5 2.4 0.9- 6.0 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 16 7.0 4.2-11.5
Missouri 361 243 68.6 61.8-74.6 53 15.8 11.0-22.0 16 4.2 2.3- 7.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 45 10.1 6.9-14.5
Montana 279 198 70.5 63.0-77.0 44 16.0 11.1-22.4 11 3.7 1.7- 7.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 24 9.5 5.8-15.3
Nebraska 350 258 74.5 69.1-79.2 36 10.8 7.5-15.2 15 4.5 2.6- 7.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3 37 9.4 6.6-13.0
Nevada 186 110 61.2 50.9-70.5 33 15.1 9.7-22.8 19 8.6 4.6-15.6 4 3.1 0.7-11.9 20 12.0 6.8-20.5
New Hampshire 317 229 70.8 65.0-76.0 44 13.0 9.6-17.4 17 5.8 3.4- 9.6 3 1.4 0.5- 4.3 24 9.0 5.9-13.4
New Jersey 824 545 63.3 59.2-67.2 116 15.1 12.3-18.4 36 4.3 3.0- 6.3 24 2.7 1.7- 4.3 103 14.5 11.7-17.9
New Mexico 378 272 71.6 66.0-76.7 59 15.7 11.8-20.5 9 2.5 1.3- 5.0 9 2.4 1.1- 5.0 29 7.7 5.1-11.6
New York 405 260 61.9 55.9-67.6 75 19.4 15.1-24.6 18 4.6 2.6- 7.8 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 45 11.9 8.2-16.9
North Carolina 934 689 72.3 67.9-76.3 120 13.5 10.7-16.9 24 2.5 1.5- 4.2 12 1.0 0.5- 2.1 89 10.7 7.9-14.3
North Dakota 217 142 64.8 57.4-71.6 40 16.8 12.1-22.7 10 5.3 2.7-10.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 23 12.2 7.8-18.6
Ohio 341 235 67.6 60.7-73.8 56 16.8 12.0-23.0 15 4.3 2.4- 7.5 6 2.6 0.9- 6.9 29 8.7 5.5-13.7
Oklahoma 671 513 74.7 70.8-78.3 75 12.2 9.6-15.5 13 2.1 1.2- 3.8 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 66 10.1 7.8-13.0
Pennsylvania 289 202 69.3 62.9-75.0 43 17.2 12.6-23.2 10 2.8 1.4- 5.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.4 30 9.5 6.5-13.7
Rhode Island 299 207 69.5 62.8-75.5 51 16.0 11.5-21.8 9 3.2 1.6- 6.1 4 1.1 0.4- 3.5 28 10.1 6.7-15.1
South Carolina 568 404 70.3 65.6-74.5 87 15.8 12.6-19.7 24 3.8 2.5- 5.9 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 49 9.5 6.9-12.9
South Dakota 445 357 79.1 74.4-83.2 37 9.8 6.9-13.8 17 3.8 2.3- 6.2 8 1.7 0.8- 3.4 26 5.6 3.6- 8.6
Tennessee 245 192 74.7 67.4-80.8 24 9.6 6.3-14.4 3 2.6 0.6-10.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 25 12.5 8.2-18.5
Texas 512 342 64.5 59.5-69.2 99 19.5 15.8-24.0 22 3.9 2.5- 6.0 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 46 11.4 8.4-15.3
Utah 259 173 68.7 60.8-75.7 43 15.9 11.1-22.2 14 5.5 2.4-12.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 26 9.0 5.3-14.8
Vermont 259 156 57.7 50.8-64.3 54 23.6 18.1-30.1 13 4.6 2.6- 7.9 3 1.5 0.4- 5.5 33 12.7 8.8-17.9
Virginia 459 331 70.3 64.4-75.5 70 17.9 13.4-23.6 10 1.8 0.8- 4.0 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 43 8.8 6.3-12.3
Washington 1,396 895 62.3 59.0-65.5 259 18.4 15.9-21.1 73 6.0 4.5- 7.9 18 1.7 1.0- 2.9 151 11.7 9.6-14.1
West Virginia 373 288 76.0 70.8-80.6 26 5.6 3.7- 8.5 10 2.4 1.2- 4.7 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 43 13.8 10.2-18.4
Wisconsin 276 176 59.9 52.4-67.0 49 20.5 14.9-27.5 16 4.9 2.7- 8.5 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1 33 14.3 9.5-21.0
Wyoming 262 183 67.0 60.2-73.1 39 16.5 12.0-22.1 10 4.4 2.3- 8.3 5 1.7 0.6- 4.3 25 10.5 6.8-15.8
Guam 72 54 75.0 62.1-84.6 7 7.9 3.5-17.1 3 2.9 0.9- 9.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 7 12.6 5.7-25.7
Puerto Rico 580 514 87.1 83.0-90.4 8 2.0 0.7- 5.0 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 53 10.1 7.3-13.7
Virgin Islands 183 117 66.3 57.5-74.0 19 12.0 7.2-19.3 14 6.0 3.1-11.3 5 1.2 0.4- 3.0 28 14.6 9.5-21.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.

#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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