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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 263037 108358 40.0 39.6-40.3 154679 60.0 59.7-60.4
Alabama 3,338 1,339 38.3 36.4-40.3 1,999 61.7 59.7-63.6
Alaska 2,660 1,081 39.2 36.6-41.9 1,579 60.8 58.1-63.4
Arizona 3,230 1,368 39.4 36.9-42.0 1,862 60.6 58.0-63.1
Arkansas 4,199 1,595 36.4 34.7-38.1 2,604 63.6 61.9-65.3
California 4,474 1,874 39.9 38.2-41.7 2,600 60.1 58.3-61.8
Colorado 4,060 1,606 37.9 36.2-39.6 2,454 62.1 60.4-63.8
Connecticut 5,303 2,333 42.3 40.7-43.8 2,970 57.7 56.2-59.3
Delaware 4,041 1,824 42.1 40.1-44.2 2,217 57.9 55.8-59.9
District of Columbia 2,041 761 36.8 34.2-39.6 1,280 63.2 60.4-65.8
Florida 5,032 2,048 40.0 38.0-42.2 2,984 60.0 57.8-62.0
Georgia 7,638 3,114 39.2 37.7-40.8 4,524 60.8 59.2-62.3
Hawaii 5,688 1,892 32.6 31.1-34.1 3,796 67.4 65.9-68.9
Idaho 4,990 2,114 40.4 38.8-42.1 2,876 59.6 57.9-61.2
Illinois 2,653 1,066 38.9 36.5-41.5 1,587 61.1 58.5-63.5
Indiana 5,477 2,351 41.4 39.9-42.9 3,126 58.6 57.1-60.1
Iowa 4,999 2,037 39.0 37.4-40.6 2,962 61.0 59.4-62.6
Kansas 4,604 1,891 38.1 36.5-39.8 2,713 61.9 60.2-63.5
Kentucky 7,620 2,895 38.1 36.4-39.8 4,725 61.9 60.2-63.6
Louisiana 5,065 1,987 36.4 34.9-38.0 3,078 63.6 62.0-65.1
Maine 2,389 996 38.6 36.5-40.8 1,393 61.4 59.2-63.5
Maryland 4,431 1,929 41.2 39.4-43.1 2,502 58.8 56.9-60.6
Massachusetts 7,568 3,256 40.5 39.1-41.9 4,312 59.5 58.1-60.9
Michigan 3,549 1,633 45.3 43.4-47.2 1,916 54.7 52.8-56.6
Minnesota 3,879 1,619 40.4 38.7-42.2 2,260 59.6 57.8-61.3
Mississippi 4,415 1,675 36.8 35.2-38.5 2,740 63.2 61.5-64.8
Missouri 4,252 1,668 38.0 36.0-40.1 2,584 62.0 59.9-64.0
Montana 4,018 1,584 37.1 35.1-39.1 2,434 62.9 60.9-64.9
Nebraska 4,969 2,100 40.6 39.1-42.2 2,869 59.4 57.8-60.9
Nevada 2,963 1,230 41.1 38.6-43.7 1,733 58.9 56.3-61.4
New Hampshire 5,036 2,184 40.9 39.3-42.4 2,852 59.1 57.6-60.7
New Jersey 11,286 5,107 43.2 42.1-44.3 6,179 56.8 55.7-57.9
New Mexico 5,492 2,058 36.5 35.0-38.1 3,434 63.5 61.9-65.0
New York 5,539 2,410 41.3 39.8-42.9 3,129 58.7 57.1-60.2
North Carolina 9,445 3,758 38.6 37.0-40.2 5,687 61.4 59.8-63.0
North Dakota 3,019 1,201 37.5 35.5-39.4 1,818 62.5 60.6-64.5
Ohio 3,815 1,605 39.5 37.6-41.4 2,210 60.5 58.6-62.4
Oklahoma 7,624 2,841 35.9 34.7-37.2 4,783 64.1 62.8-65.3
Oregon 4,006 1,590 38.1 36.4-39.8 2,416 61.9 60.2-63.6
Pennsylvania 3,663 1,531 39.9 38.1-41.7 2,132 60.1 58.3-61.9
Rhode Island 4,045 1,843 43.7 41.9-45.6 2,202 56.3 54.4-58.1
South Carolina 5,919 2,417 39.3 37.9-40.8 3,502 60.7 59.2-62.1
South Dakota 5,260 2,189 39.4 37.9-41.0 3,071 60.6 59.0-62.1
Tennessee 2,585 999 36.9 34.8-39.1 1,586 63.1 60.9-65.2
Texas 6,027 2,567 40.2 38.8-41.7 3,460 59.8 58.3-61.2
Utah 4,046 1,661 40.7 38.6-42.7 2,385 59.3 57.3-61.4
Vermont 4,240 1,674 37.6 35.9-39.3 2,566 62.4 60.7-64.1
Virginia 5,433 2,319 41.0 39.2-42.8 3,114 59.0 57.2-60.8
Washington 18,599 8,041 41.3 40.4-42.2 10,558 58.7 57.8-59.6
West Virginia 3,346 1,348 38.9 37.1-40.8 1,998 61.1 59.2-62.9
Wisconsin 4,053 1,796 43.2 41.3-45.1 2,257 56.8 54.9-58.7
Wyoming 3,995 1,585 37.3 35.7-39.0 2,410 62.7 61.0-64.3
Guam 805 386 47.2 43.3-51.2 419 52.8 48.8-56.7
Puerto Rico 4,166 1,559 38.8 36.8-40.8 2,607 61.2 59.2-63.2
Virgin Islands 2,048 823 38.2 35.5-41.0 1,225 61.8 59.0-64.5

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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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