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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 263105 194006 70.6 70.2-70.9 25,549 9.0 8.7- 9.2 43,550 20.5 20.2-20.8
Alabama 3,336 2,346 68.5 66.5-70.4 480 12.5 11.3-13.8 510 19.0 17.3-20.8
Alaska 2,649 1,338 50.1 47.4-52.8 583 21.8 19.6-24.0 728 28.2 25.7-30.7
Arizona 3,223 2,240 66.6 63.9-69.2 272 7.0 5.9- 8.2 711 26.5 24.0-29.2
Arkansas 4,196 3,284 75.4 73.8-76.9 327 7.9 7.1- 8.9 585 16.7 15.3-18.2
California 4,469 2,953 61.8 60.1-63.6 496 11.0 10.0-12.2 1,020 27.1 25.5-28.8
Colorado 4,055 2,985 69.2 67.4-70.9 355 9.4 8.4-10.5 715 21.4 19.9-23.0
Connecticut 5,310 4,129 76.4 75.0-77.7 551 9.9 9.0-10.9 630 13.7 12.6-14.8
Delaware 4,038 3,369 82.7 80.9-84.2 254 5.4 4.6- 6.4 415 11.9 10.5-13.5
District of Columbia 2,032 1,401 67.8 65.1-70.5 219 9.9 8.4-11.7 412 22.2 19.8-24.8
Florida 5,019 3,691 70.4 68.4-72.4 329 5.3 4.5- 6.2 999 24.3 22.4-26.3
Georgia 7,630 5,395 66.8 65.2-68.4 919 10.4 9.5-11.4 1,316 22.7 21.3-24.3
Hawaii 5,993 4,706 77.7 76.3-79.0 316 5.3 4.7- 6.1 971 17.0 15.8-18.2
Idaho 4,971 3,348 63.6 61.9-65.3 526 10.5 9.5-11.6 1,097 25.8 24.3-27.4
Illinois 2,651 2,104 75.7 73.2-78.0 184 7.3 6.0- 8.8 363 17.1 15.0-19.3
Indiana 5,469 4,283 76.1 74.7-77.4 437 7.6 6.9- 8.4 749 16.3 15.1-17.6
Iowa 4,998 3,940 76.4 74.9-77.9 428 8.8 7.9- 9.9 630 14.7 13.5-16.1
Kansas 4,615 3,782 79.2 77.6-80.6 208 4.5 3.9- 5.2 625 16.3 15.0-17.8
Kentucky 7,622 5,877 74.0 72.3-75.5 716 8.2 7.3- 9.2 1,029 17.8 16.4-19.3
Louisiana 5,069 3,690 69.1 67.5-70.6 359 6.9 6.1- 7.8 1,020 24.0 22.5-25.5
Maine 2,386 1,951 81.1 79.3-82.9 168 6.8 5.7- 8.0 267 12.1 10.6-13.7
Maryland 4,428 3,362 73.3 71.5-75.0 480 10.0 9.0-11.2 586 16.7 15.2-18.3
Massachusetts 7,567 6,110 79.5 78.3-80.7 581 7.5 6.7- 8.2 876 13.0 12.0-14.1
Michigan 3,548 2,721 74.8 73.0-76.5 344 8.7 7.7- 9.8 483 16.5 15.0-18.2
Minnesota 3,877 2,759 68.1 66.4-69.8 304 7.4 6.5- 8.4 814 24.5 22.9-26.2
Mississippi 4,411 3,012 66.4 64.7-68.1 600 12.0 11.0-13.1 799 21.6 20.1-23.2
Missouri 4,246 3,191 75.4 73.5-77.2 415 8.5 7.5- 9.7 640 16.1 14.5-17.8
Montana 4,012 2,613 63.2 61.1-65.3 424 10.1 8.9-11.5 975 26.7 24.7-28.7
Nebraska 4,974 3,923 75.8 74.4-77.3 364 7.0 6.2- 7.8 687 17.2 15.9-18.6
Nevada 2,958 1,466 45.9 43.4-48.6 635 19.3 17.4-21.3 857 34.7 32.2-37.4
New Hampshire 5,037 4,116 80.3 79.0-81.6 390 7.5 6.7- 8.4 531 12.1 11.0-13.3
New Jersey 11,274 8,543 72.6 71.5-73.6 1,209 10.1 9.4-10.8 1,522 17.3 16.4-18.3
New Mexico 5,486 3,907 67.6 66.0-69.2 397 7.2 6.3- 8.1 1,182 25.2 23.8-26.7
New York 5,524 4,237 73.5 72.0-74.9 508 8.8 7.9- 9.7 779 17.7 16.4-19.1
North Carolina 9,444 6,439 64.9 63.3-66.4 1,587 15.8 14.7-17.0 1,418 19.4 18.0-20.8
North Dakota 3,013 2,077 65.2 63.2-67.1 315 11.2 9.9-12.6 621 23.6 21.9-25.5
Ohio 3,815 2,931 74.9 73.1-76.7 377 10.2 9.0-11.5 507 14.9 13.5-16.4
Oklahoma 7,624 5,469 68.1 66.8-69.4 853 10.6 9.8-11.4 1,302 21.3 20.1-22.5
Oregon 4,002 2,944 69.8 68.1-71.5 295 7.2 6.3- 8.1 763 23.0 21.4-24.6
Pennsylvania 3,668 3,047 82.1 80.6-83.5 282 7.4 6.5- 8.4 339 10.5 9.4-11.8
Rhode Island 4,045 3,172 76.5 74.7-78.1 357 8.3 7.3- 9.3 516 15.3 13.8-16.9
South Carolina 5,908 4,425 71.6 70.1-73.0 609 9.9 9.1-10.9 874 18.5 17.2-19.8
South Dakota 5,259 3,410 65.0 63.4-66.5 1,043 18.6 17.4-19.9 806 16.4 15.2-17.7
Tennessee 2,586 2,136 79.3 77.2-81.2 71 2.7 2.0- 3.5 379 18.1 16.2-20.1
Texas 6,013 4,116 63.6 62.1-65.1 511 8.3 7.5- 9.1 1,386 28.1 26.7-29.6
Utah 4,034 2,756 65.7 63.6-67.7 332 7.1 6.2- 8.1 946 27.2 25.3-29.3
Vermont 4,238 3,473 80.5 79.0-81.9 309 7.1 6.3- 8.0 456 12.4 11.2-13.7
Virginia 5,423 4,127 72.2 70.4-74.0 528 10.6 9.4-11.9 768 17.2 15.7-18.8
Washington 18,573 13,659 71.4 70.5-72.3 1,571 7.7 7.2- 8.2 3,343 20.9 20.1-21.7
West Virginia 3,346 2,472 70.4 68.5-72.2 279 7.9 7.0- 9.0 595 21.6 19.9-23.4
Wisconsin 4,049 3,104 74.1 72.3-75.8 309 8.1 7.1- 9.3 636 17.8 16.3-19.4
Wyoming 3,990 2,712 65.0 63.3-66.7 451 11.1 10.0-12.2 827 23.9 22.4-25.5
Guam 804 511 60.9 57.0-64.8 75 7.9 6.2-10.1 218 31.1 27.5-35.1
Puerto Rico 4,163 3,021 68.7 66.7-70.6 350 7.8 6.8- 8.9 792 23.5 21.7-25.4
Virgin Islands 2,035 1,233 57.3 54.3-60.2 267 13.3 11.4-15.5 535 29.4 26.7-32.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* Data in this table were derived from health insurance question and only those under age 65 and employed for wages included

#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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