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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Weight Control

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Respond.#		 Fewer calories Less fat Fewer cals & less fat Neither of them
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 198970 33,446 17.0 16.7-17.4 45,231 25.4 25.0-25.8 64,873 30.1 29.7-30.4 55,420 27.5 27.1-27.9
Alabama 2,577 479 18.9 17.1-20.8 689 25.3 23.4-27.3 718 27.9 25.9-30.0 691 27.9 25.8-29.9
Alaska 1,939 324 15.4 13.4-17.7 403 20.4 18.0-23.1 554 29.2 26.4-32.1 658 35.0 32.0-38.2
Arizona 2,442 426 17.0 15.0-19.3 604 25.3 22.8-28.1 765 30.1 27.5-32.8 647 27.5 24.9-30.3
Arkansas 3,092 647 20.3 18.7-21.9 770 25.2 23.5-27.1 862 26.9 25.2-28.7 813 27.6 25.8-29.5
California 3,525 677 18.3 16.9-19.9 1,219 37.9 35.9-39.9 860 23.0 21.4-24.6 769 20.9 19.3-22.5
Colorado 3,049 534 16.7 15.3-18.2 627 21.2 19.6-23.0 937 30.3 28.5-32.1 951 31.8 29.9-33.7
Connecticut 4,245 696 16.1 14.9-17.4 846 20.0 18.7-21.5 1,534 35.7 34.0-37.4 1,169 28.1 26.6-29.7
Delaware 3,245 544 16.9 15.2-18.8 649 19.7 17.9-21.6 1,060 31.4 29.4-33.6 992 31.9 29.8-34.2
District of Columbia 1,586 280 16.7 14.6-19.1 320 21.9 19.4-24.6 523 32.5 29.6-35.7 463 28.9 26.0-31.9
Florida 3,651 625 17.1 15.3-19.0 886 24.3 22.3-26.5 1,139 30.2 28.0-32.5 1,001 28.4 26.1-30.8
Georgia 5,820 947 16.0 14.7-17.3 1,394 24.2 22.7-25.9 1,919 32.3 30.6-34.0 1,560 27.5 25.8-29.2
Hawaii 3,390 397 12.0 10.7-13.5 706 20.4 18.8-22.2 1,309 38.6 36.6-40.7 978 28.9 27.0-30.9
Idaho 3,869 719 18.2 16.8-19.7 867 21.5 20.0-23.1 1,196 30.9 29.1-32.7 1,087 29.4 27.6-31.2
Illinois 2,029 374 19.4 17.1-22.0 455 21.3 19.2-23.7 604 28.5 25.9-31.2 596 30.7 28.1-33.5
Indiana 4,259 815 18.3 17.1-19.6 1,021 23.3 21.9-24.7 1,304 30.0 28.4-31.5 1,119 28.4 26.9-30.0
Iowa 3,896 689 16.7 15.3-18.0 738 18.5 17.1-20.0 1,233 31.2 29.5-33.0 1,236 33.6 31.8-35.4
Kansas 3,372 501 14.7 13.4-16.2 656 18.7 17.2-20.2 1,259 35.9 34.1-37.8 956 30.7 28.8-32.6
Kentucky 4,895 677 15.4 13.8-17.1 1,068 20.9 19.2-22.6 1,449 29.0 27.1-31.0 1,701 34.7 32.7-36.9
Louisiana 3,704 627 16.5 15.2-18.0 815 21.8 20.3-23.4 1,177 30.2 28.5-31.9 1,085 31.4 29.7-33.2
Maine 1,871 269 13.4 11.8-15.2 394 21.1 19.1-23.3 684 34.2 31.9-36.7 524 31.3 28.8-33.8
Maryland 3,522 554 15.8 14.4-17.4 771 23.0 21.2-24.9 1,274 34.6 32.7-36.6 923 26.6 24.8-28.4
Massachusetts 5,955 892 14.8 13.7-16.0 1,307 21.7 20.3-23.0 2,125 34.0 32.5-35.5 1,631 29.5 28.0-31.1
Michigan 2,854 577 19.8 18.2-21.5 795 27.8 25.9-29.8 790 26.8 25.0-28.7 692 25.5 23.7-27.5
Minnesota 3,075 585 19.5 17.9-21.2 585 18.4 16.9-19.9 1,171 36.6 34.7-38.5 734 25.6 23.9-27.5
Mississippi 3,254 573 17.8 16.3-19.4 813 23.5 21.9-25.2 964 28.6 26.8-30.5 904 30.0 28.2-32.0
Missouri 3,231 621 19.9 18.0-21.9 717 21.6 19.8-23.6 923 28.4 26.2-30.7 970 30.1 28.0-32.3
Montana 3,007 468 14.4 12.8-16.1 539 17.8 16.0-19.8 1,057 33.4 31.2-35.7 943 34.4 32.0-36.7
Nebraska 3,805 549 14.4 13.2-15.8 630 16.4 15.1-17.7 1,421 35.9 34.2-37.6 1,205 33.3 31.6-35.0
Nevada 2,165 431 19.7 17.4-22.2 562 27.0 24.3-29.8 630 26.5 23.9-29.2 542 26.9 24.2-29.8
New Hampshire 3,943 606 14.8 13.6-16.1 806 20.3 18.9-21.8 1,427 35.3 33.6-37.0 1,104 29.5 27.9-31.2
New Jersey 8,938 1,401 14.9 14.1-15.8 1,963 22.6 21.6-23.7 3,223 34.8 33.6-36.0 2,351 27.7 26.5-28.8
New Mexico 3,905 691 18.2 16.8-19.8 928 23.3 21.8-24.9 1,192 28.9 27.2-30.6 1,094 29.6 27.8-31.3
New York 4,318 701 15.5 14.3-16.8 1,129 28.0 26.4-29.6 1,382 30.5 28.9-32.2 1,106 26.0 24.5-27.6
North Carolina 7,046 945 13.0 11.9-14.3 1,453 20.2 18.8-21.7 2,744 37.4 35.6-39.2 1,904 29.4 27.6-31.2
North Dakota 2,356 470 20.1 18.3-21.9 496 20.6 18.8-22.4 666 26.9 24.9-29.0 724 32.5 30.3-34.7
Ohio 2,973 575 18.8 17.2-20.6 638 22.0 20.2-24.1 996 32.2 30.2-34.3 764 26.9 24.9-29.0
Oklahoma 5,570 822 14.1 13.1-15.2 1,049 18.9 17.7-20.1 1,923 33.5 32.1-34.9 1,776 33.5 32.0-35.0
Oregon 3,021 529 17.5 16.0-19.1 682 23.3 21.6-25.0 874 26.9 25.2-28.7 936 32.3 30.4-34.2
Pennsylvania 2,921 507 16.6 15.2-18.2 707 24.6 22.8-26.4 939 31.6 29.7-33.5 768 27.2 25.4-29.1
Rhode Island 3,211 460 14.3 12.9-15.8 785 24.4 22.7-26.2 1,118 33.6 31.7-35.5 848 27.7 25.8-29.7
South Carolina 4,584 851 18.5 17.2-19.9 1,214 25.8 24.4-27.4 1,415 29.9 28.4-31.5 1,104 25.7 24.2-27.3
South Dakota 3,815 574 14.9 13.6-16.3 675 17.2 15.8-18.7 1,609 41.3 39.4-43.2 957 26.6 24.9-28.4
Tennessee 1,905 303 15.3 13.5-17.3 380 19.3 17.3-21.4 585 30.5 28.1-32.9 637 34.9 32.4-37.5
Texas 4,602 790 17.0 15.8-18.4 1,238 27.1 25.6-28.7 1,397 28.9 27.4-30.4 1,177 26.9 25.4-28.5
Utah 3,114 626 19.0 17.2-20.9 675 21.7 19.8-23.7 818 26.3 24.3-28.4 995 33.1 30.9-35.4
Vermont 3,254 557 16.9 15.4-18.4 740 22.2 20.6-23.9 1,019 29.9 28.1-31.7 938 31.0 29.2-33.0
Virginia 4,262 815 18.1 16.6-19.7 1,164 26.3 24.5-28.2 1,227 27.9 26.1-29.8 1,056 27.7 25.8-29.6
Washington 14,343 2,584 17.6 16.9-18.4 3,193 22.6 21.7-23.5 4,331 28.9 28.0-29.9 4,235 30.8 29.9-31.8
West Virginia 2,350 336 14.4 12.8-16.1 473 19.7 18.0-21.6 866 36.0 33.8-38.2 675 29.9 27.8-32.1
Wisconsin 3,257 634 18.7 17.2-20.3 778 23.4 21.6-25.2 941 29.0 27.1-31.0 904 29.0 27.1-30.9
Wyoming 3,003 556 18.4 16.9-20.0 669 22.2 20.6-23.9 885 28.3 26.5-30.1 893 31.2 29.3-33.1
Guam 645 90 14.6 11.6-18.3 182 27.0 23.3-31.0 212 33.0 28.9-37.3 161 25.4 21.8-29.5
Puerto Rico 2,738 257 9.5 8.1-11.0 826 29.9 27.7-32.2 1,206 42.6 40.2-45.0 449 18.0 16.1-20.1
Virgin Islands 1,572 269 16.4 14.2-19.0 542 34.6 31.6-37.7 437 27.9 25.0-31.0 324 21.1 18.6-23.8

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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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