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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Weight Control

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 154111 93,257 60.4 59.9-60.9 60,854 39.6 39.1-40.1
Alabama 1,991 1,265 62.1 59.4-64.6 726 37.9 35.4-40.6
Alaska 1,573 889 56.1 52.6-59.5 684 43.9 40.5-47.4
Arizona 1,848 1,119 57.5 53.9-61.1 729 42.5 38.9-46.1
Arkansas 2,589 1,549 57.0 54.7-59.2 1,040 43.0 40.8-45.3
California 2,599 1,662 61.6 59.2-63.8 937 38.4 36.2-40.8
Colorado 2,455 1,466 57.2 54.8-59.4 989 42.8 40.6-45.2
Connecticut 2,964 1,972 64.8 62.7-66.8 992 35.2 33.2-37.3
Delaware 2,216 1,439 64.1 61.3-66.7 777 35.9 33.3-38.7
District of Columbia 1,273 845 64.8 61.3-68.1 428 35.2 31.9-38.7
Florida 2,969 1,705 58.5 55.7-61.3 1,264 41.5 38.7-44.3
Georgia 4,499 2,806 61.2 59.1-63.3 1,693 38.8 36.7-40.9
Hawaii 3,790 1,547 39.9 38.0-41.9 2,243 60.1 58.1-62.0
Idaho 2,863 1,808 61.1 58.9-63.4 1,055 38.9 36.6-41.1
Illinois 1,587 977 59.3 56.0-62.6 610 40.7 37.4-44.0
Indiana 3,116 1,959 61.9 60.0-63.8 1,157 38.1 36.2-40.0
Iowa 2,962 1,898 63.3 61.2-65.4 1,064 36.7 34.6-38.8
Kansas 2,664 1,522 55.6 53.4-57.9 1,142 44.4 42.1-46.6
Kentucky 4,722 2,028 44.5 42.2-46.7 2,694 55.5 53.3-57.8
Louisiana 3,068 1,768 56.1 54.0-58.2 1,300 43.9 41.8-46.0
Maine 1,389 905 64.3 61.3-67.2 484 35.7 32.8-38.7
Maryland 2,495 1,643 63.5 61.0-66.0 852 36.5 34.0-39.0
Massachusetts 4,300 2,788 64.7 62.8-66.5 1,512 35.3 33.5-37.2
Michigan 1,911 1,240 63.0 60.3-65.5 671 37.0 34.5-39.7
Minnesota 2,252 1,515 67.4 65.1-69.5 737 32.6 30.5-34.9
Mississippi 2,728 1,649 58.9 56.7-61.1 1,079 41.1 38.9-43.3
Missouri 2,579 1,587 60.3 57.5-63.0 992 39.7 37.0-42.5
Montana 2,430 1,465 58.7 55.9-61.4 965 41.3 38.6-44.1
Nebraska 2,865 1,747 58.4 56.2-60.5 1,118 41.6 39.5-43.8
Nevada 1,720 1,010 58.1 54.6-61.5 710 41.9 38.5-45.4
New Hampshire 2,843 1,814 62.4 60.3-64.5 1,029 37.6 35.5-39.7
New Jersey 6,156 4,001 63.2 61.7-64.6 2,155 36.8 35.4-38.3
New Mexico 3,429 1,878 53.3 51.2-55.3 1,551 46.7 44.7-48.8
New York 3,105 1,975 60.3 58.2-62.4 1,130 39.7 37.6-41.8
North Carolina 5,679 3,380 59.1 57.0-61.1 2,299 40.9 38.9-43.0
North Dakota 1,807 1,191 65.4 62.8-67.9 616 34.6 32.1-37.2
Ohio 2,204 1,407 63.2 60.7-65.7 797 36.8 34.3-39.3
Oklahoma 4,777 2,753 55.8 54.1-57.5 2,024 44.2 42.5-45.9
Oregon 2,407 1,480 60.2 57.9-62.5 927 39.8 37.5-42.1
Pennsylvania 2,128 1,421 65.1 62.7-67.4 707 34.9 32.6-37.3
Rhode Island 2,193 1,418 62.7 60.1-65.2 775 37.3 34.8-39.9
South Carolina 3,491 2,225 61.0 58.9-62.9 1,266 39.0 37.1-41.1
South Dakota 3,064 1,636 53.2 51.0-55.3 1,428 46.8 44.7-49.0
Tennessee 1,574 931 57.7 54.7-60.6 643 42.3 39.4-45.3
Texas 3,443 2,100 59.3 57.3-61.2 1,343 40.7 38.8-42.7
Utah 2,365 1,512 62.8 60.0-65.5 853 37.2 34.5-40.0
Vermont 2,553 1,622 61.6 59.3-63.8 931 38.4 36.2-40.7
Virginia 3,098 2,007 64.7 62.3-67.0 1,091 35.3 33.0-37.7
Washington 10,501 6,533 60.8 59.6-62.0 3,968 39.2 38.0-40.4
West Virginia 1,992 1,019 51.8 49.3-54.3 973 48.2 45.7-50.7
Wisconsin 2,243 1,499 66.0 63.5-68.5 744 34.0 31.5-36.5
Wyoming 2,404 1,448 58.1 55.7-60.3 956 41.9 39.7-44.3
Guam 416 272 64.6 59.2-69.6 144 35.4 30.4-40.8
Puerto Rico 2,607 1,180 43.3 40.9-45.9 1,427 56.7 54.1-59.1
Virgin Islands 1,215 782 63.2 59.4-66.9 433 36.8 33.1-40.6

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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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