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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 201018 137071 69.1 68.7-69.5 63,947 30.9 30.5-31.3
Alabama 2,601 1,552 61.3 59.1-63.5 1,049 38.7 36.5-40.9
Alaska 1,963 1,475 76.8 74.1-79.3 488 23.2 20.7-25.9
Arizona 2,483 1,779 73.6 71.0-75.9 704 26.4 24.1-29.0
Arkansas 3,132 1,994 65.0 63.0-66.8 1,138 35.0 33.2-37.0
California 3,536 2,568 72.2 70.3-73.9 968 27.8 26.1-29.7
Colorado 3,066 2,331 76.1 74.3-77.8 735 23.9 22.2-25.7
Connecticut 4,293 3,039 70.5 68.9-72.0 1,254 29.5 28.0-31.1
Delaware 3,263 2,180 67.2 65.0-69.3 1,083 32.8 30.7-35.0
District of Columbia 1,597 1,210 74.2 71.4-76.9 387 25.8 23.1-28.6
Florida 3,737 2,425 66.2 63.8-68.5 1,312 33.8 31.5-36.2
Georgia 5,910 3,758 67.3 65.6-69.0 2,152 32.7 31.0-34.4
Hawaii 3,408 2,574 77.4 75.6-79.1 834 22.6 20.9-24.4
Idaho 3,899 2,817 74.6 73.0-76.2 1,082 25.4 23.8-27.0
Illinois 2,043 1,420 69.4 66.7-72.0 623 30.6 28.0-33.3
Indiana 4,295 2,858 67.7 66.1-69.2 1,437 32.3 30.8-33.9
Iowa 3,935 2,689 70.4 68.7-72.0 1,246 29.6 28.0-31.3
Kansas 3,393 2,312 68.4 66.5-70.2 1,081 31.6 29.8-33.5
Kentucky 4,920 2,859 62.6 60.5-64.6 2,061 37.4 35.4-39.5
Louisiana 3,747 2,359 64.6 62.8-66.4 1,388 35.4 33.6-37.2
Maine 1,895 1,391 74.2 71.9-76.3 504 25.8 23.7-28.1
Maryland 3,564 2,536 72.0 70.1-73.8 1,028 28.0 26.2-29.9
Massachusetts 6,034 4,223 71.3 69.8-72.7 1,811 28.7 27.3-30.2
Michigan 2,869 1,940 70.0 68.1-71.9 929 30.0 28.1-31.9
Minnesota 3,121 2,329 75.4 73.7-77.0 792 24.6 23.0-26.3
Mississippi 3,312 1,997 62.5 60.6-64.4 1,315 37.5 35.6-39.4
Missouri 3,253 2,054 66.7 64.4-69.0 1,199 33.3 31.0-35.6
Montana 3,031 2,169 73.9 71.8-75.9 862 26.1 24.1-28.2
Nebraska 3,843 2,670 71.2 69.6-72.7 1,173 28.8 27.3-30.4
Nevada 2,226 1,530 65.8 62.9-68.7 696 34.2 31.3-37.1
New Hampshire 3,984 2,868 72.2 70.6-73.8 1,116 27.8 26.2-29.4
New Jersey 9,076 6,050 66.7 65.5-67.8 3,026 33.3 32.2-34.5
New Mexico 3,935 2,781 73.6 72.0-75.2 1,154 26.4 24.8-28.0
New York 4,373 3,005 67.8 66.1-69.5 1,368 32.2 30.5-33.9
North Carolina 7,128 4,498 65.1 63.3-66.8 2,630 34.9 33.2-36.7
North Dakota 2,376 1,645 71.7 69.6-73.6 731 28.3 26.4-30.4
Ohio 2,999 2,036 66.8 64.6-68.9 963 33.2 31.1-35.4
Oklahoma 5,586 3,368 62.4 60.9-63.8 2,218 37.6 36.2-39.1
Oregon 3,057 2,139 70.4 68.5-72.2 918 29.6 27.8-31.5
Pennsylvania 2,939 2,022 70.1 68.2-71.9 917 29.9 28.1-31.8
Rhode Island 3,245 2,185 68.3 66.4-70.2 1,060 31.7 29.8-33.6
South Carolina 4,626 3,181 70.3 68.8-71.8 1,445 29.7 28.2-31.2
South Dakota 3,822 2,678 73.0 71.3-74.6 1,144 27.0 25.4-28.7
Tennessee 1,921 1,229 65.7 63.1-68.1 692 34.3 31.9-36.9
Texas 4,652 3,156 68.5 66.9-70.1 1,496 31.5 29.9-33.1
Utah 3,159 2,379 75.9 73.8-77.9 780 24.1 22.1-26.2
Vermont 3,284 2,394 74.2 72.5-75.8 890 25.8 24.2-27.5
Virginia 4,309 2,885 69.6 67.7-71.4 1,424 30.4 28.6-32.3
Washington 14,503 10,480 74.6 73.7-75.5 4,023 25.4 24.5-26.3
West Virginia 2,367 1,412 62.1 59.9-64.3 955 37.9 35.7-40.1
Wisconsin 3,292 2,368 72.9 71.0-74.7 924 27.1 25.3-29.0
Wyoming 3,023 2,178 73.7 72.0-75.4 845 26.3 24.6-28.0
Guam 658 494 74.7 70.7-78.4 164 25.3 21.6-29.3
Puerto Rico 2,739 1,544 59.3 56.9-61.7 1,195 40.7 38.3-43.1
Virgin Islands 1,596 1,058 66.7 63.5-69.7 538 33.3 30.3-36.5

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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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