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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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  Total
Respond.#
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 259611 13,404 4.6 4.5- 4.7 167622 64.3 64.0-64.7 59,510 23.8 23.5-24.1 3,602 1.4 1.3- 1.5 15,473 5.9 5.7- 6.1
Alabama 3,308 214 6.7 5.7- 7.8 2,077 63.4 61.4-65.3 800 23.7 22.0-25.5 38 0.9 0.6- 1.3 179 5.3 4.4- 6.4
Alaska 2,637 92 4.0 3.0- 5.3 1,672 60.6 57.9-63.3 700 29.5 27.0-32.1 54 1.8 1.3- 2.6 119 4.1 3.2- 5.3
Arizona 3,194 177 5.5 4.5- 6.8 1,928 59.3 56.7-61.9 789 25.1 22.8-27.4 54 1.8 1.1- 2.9 246 8.3 6.7-10.1
Arkansas 4,146 206 4.9 4.2- 5.8 2,713 65.3 63.6-67.0 929 22.9 21.4-24.5 67 1.4 1.0- 1.8 231 5.4 4.7- 6.3
California 4,470 96 2.3 1.8- 2.9 2,631 59.8 58.0-61.5 1,341 29.5 27.9-31.1 134 2.5 2.1- 3.1 268 6.0 5.2- 6.9
Colorado 4,043 153 3.9 3.2- 4.6 2,503 62.6 60.9-64.3 1,077 26.6 25.1-28.2 82 1.9 1.4- 2.4 228 5.0 4.3- 5.8
Connecticut 5,282 223 4.4 3.8- 5.0 3,449 65.6 64.1-67.1 1,182 22.5 21.2-23.9 86 1.6 1.2- 2.0 342 6.0 5.3- 6.8
Delaware 4,012 172 4.6 3.7- 5.7 2,617 63.2 61.2-65.3 892 23.4 21.6-25.3 38 1.1 0.7- 1.6 293 7.7 6.6- 8.9
District of Columbia 2,023 82 4.1 3.2- 5.3 1,055 53.0 50.2-55.8 660 32.5 29.9-35.2 59 2.8 2.0- 3.9 167 7.6 6.3- 9.1
Florida 4,971 251 4.9 4.1- 6.0 3,155 62.8 60.7-64.9 1,126 23.5 21.7-25.4 48 0.9 0.6- 1.4 391 7.9 6.8- 9.1
Georgia 7,458 245 3.3 2.8- 4.0 4,638 61.6 60.0-63.2 2,016 27.4 26.0-28.9 97 1.3 1.0- 1.7 462 6.4 5.6- 7.2
Hawaii 5,819 163 2.5 2.1- 3.1 2,064 34.4 32.9-35.9 2,555 44.6 43.0-46.3 252 4.3 3.7- 5.0 785 14.1 13.0-15.3
Idaho 4,951 220 4.3 3.7- 5.1 3,406 69.7 68.1-71.3 1,064 21.2 19.8-22.6 51 1.0 0.6- 1.4 210 3.8 3.2- 4.6
Illinois 2,639 148 6.0 4.8- 7.3 1,749 67.1 64.6-69.5 563 21.0 18.9-23.1 34 1.3 0.8- 2.3 145 4.7 3.8- 5.7
Indiana 5,426 265 5.0 4.4- 5.7 3,673 67.8 66.3-69.2 1,157 21.1 19.9-22.4 60 1.1 0.8- 1.6 271 4.9 4.3- 5.6
Iowa 4,935 412 8.4 7.5- 9.3 3,352 67.3 65.6-68.9 938 19.6 18.2-21.0 32 0.5 0.3- 0.8 201 4.3 3.6- 5.1
Kansas 4,560 465 10.2 9.2-11.3 2,885 64.6 62.9-66.2 893 19.1 17.8-20.4 21 0.4 0.3- 0.7 296 5.7 5.0- 6.5
Kentucky 7,349 890 10.8 9.9-11.9 5,198 70.9 69.3-72.5 811 11.9 10.8-13.1 25 0.6 0.3- 1.1 425 5.7 5.0- 6.6
Louisiana 4,817 171 4.6 3.9- 5.4 2,927 60.2 58.6-61.9 1,267 26.2 24.8-27.7 34 0.7 0.5- 1.0 418 8.3 7.4- 9.3
Maine 2,381 167 7.0 5.9- 8.2 1,655 70.3 68.1-72.3 417 17.3 15.6-19.1 34 1.3 0.9- 1.9 108 4.2 3.4- 5.1
Maryland 4,403 199 4.5 3.8- 5.4 2,811 62.6 60.8-64.4 1,079 25.4 23.7-27.0 63 1.3 1.0- 1.8 251 6.2 5.3- 7.3
Massachusetts 7,520 335 4.8 4.1- 5.5 4,866 66.2 64.8-67.6 1,717 22.0 20.9-23.3 118 1.3 1.0- 1.6 484 5.7 5.1- 6.4
Michigan 3,536 159 4.8 4.0- 5.7 2,377 67.2 65.4-69.0 763 22.0 20.5-23.7 49 1.5 1.1- 2.1 188 4.5 3.8- 5.3
Minnesota 3,854 222 5.5 4.8- 6.4 2,589 67.9 66.2-69.6 853 22.0 20.5-23.5 50 1.2 0.9- 1.7 140 3.4 2.8- 4.1
Mississippi 4,284 175 4.3 3.6- 5.2 2,624 61.2 59.5-63.0 1,150 27.1 25.5-28.8 62 1.2 0.9- 1.6 273 6.1 5.3- 7.0
Missouri 4,234 275 5.1 4.3- 6.0 2,869 67.5 65.5-69.4 861 22.4 20.7-24.2 58 1.3 0.9- 1.8 171 3.7 3.1- 4.5
Montana 3,998 307 6.8 5.8- 7.9 2,707 68.4 66.3-70.3 747 19.8 18.1-21.7 50 1.1 0.7- 1.6 187 4.0 3.3- 4.8
Nebraska 4,879 441 8.5 7.6- 9.3 3,373 70.0 68.5-71.4 793 16.4 15.3-17.7 32 0.6 0.4- 1.0 240 4.5 3.9- 5.2
Nevada 2,938 97 3.4 2.5- 4.6 1,783 59.1 56.5-61.7 825 28.5 26.2-30.9 43 1.5 1.0- 2.3 190 7.4 6.0- 9.2
New Hampshire 5,012 270 5.2 4.5- 5.9 3,390 68.5 67.0-70.0 1,013 20.2 19.0-21.6 67 1.2 0.9- 1.6 272 4.9 4.3- 5.6
New Jersey 11,202 543 5.3 4.8- 5.8 7,038 62.8 61.7-63.9 2,626 23.1 22.1-24.0 206 1.7 1.4- 2.0 789 7.2 6.6- 7.8
New Mexico 5,458 245 4.6 3.9- 5.3 3,506 64.8 63.3-66.4 1,262 22.8 21.5-24.2 83 1.5 1.1- 1.9 362 6.3 5.6- 7.2
New York 5,466 206 4.0 3.4- 4.8 3,451 63.9 62.3-65.4 1,339 24.0 22.6-25.4 104 1.6 1.3- 2.0 366 6.6 5.8- 7.4
North Carolina 9,225 433 4.9 4.2- 5.7 6,366 69.1 67.5-70.6 1,784 19.0 17.8-20.3 99 0.9 0.7- 1.3 543 6.1 5.3- 7.0
North Dakota 3,001 244 8.0 7.0- 9.2 2,127 70.8 68.9-72.6 507 17.1 15.6-18.8 21 0.7 0.4- 1.2 102 3.4 2.7- 4.2
Ohio 3,796 202 5.8 4.9- 6.8 2,510 67.8 65.9-69.6 833 20.3 18.8-22.0 52 1.1 0.8- 1.5 199 5.0 4.2- 6.0
Oklahoma 7,554 360 5.2 4.7- 5.9 5,160 68.6 67.4-69.9 1,590 21.0 19.9-22.1 88 1.1 0.8- 1.4 356 4.0 3.6- 4.5
Oregon 3,987 135 3.5 2.9- 4.2 2,459 62.3 60.6-64.0 1,058 26.2 24.7-27.8 79 1.9 1.5- 2.5 256 6.0 5.2- 7.0
Pennsylvania 3,638 138 4.0 3.3- 4.8 2,465 68.1 66.3-69.8 814 22.3 20.7-23.9 52 1.6 1.1- 2.2 169 4.1 3.4- 4.8
Rhode Island 4,012 191 5.3 4.5- 6.3 2,680 67.1 65.2-68.8 842 20.5 19.0-22.2 57 1.3 0.9- 1.8 242 5.8 5.0- 6.7
South Carolina 5,839 159 3.0 2.5- 3.6 3,723 62.9 61.4-64.4 1,542 27.4 26.0-28.8 78 1.2 0.9- 1.6 337 5.5 4.9- 6.2
South Dakota 5,238 600 11.2 10.2-12.2 3,736 72.3 70.8-73.7 689 13.0 11.9-14.2 27 0.4 0.3- 0.7 186 3.0 2.5- 3.6
Tennessee 2,531 193 7.7 6.6- 9.1 1,766 70.7 68.6-72.8 381 14.5 12.9-16.2 8 0.3 0.1- 0.6 183 6.8 5.7- 8.1
Texas 5,965 199 3.6 3.0- 4.2 3,610 61.0 59.6-62.5 1,600 26.6 25.3-27.9 105 1.5 1.2- 1.8 451 7.3 6.6- 8.2
Utah 4,017 140 3.1 2.4- 3.9 2,714 66.1 64.0-68.1 983 26.6 24.7-28.6 47 0.9 0.6- 1.3 133 3.3 2.6- 4.1
Vermont 4,204 196 4.7 4.0- 5.6 2,895 69.7 68.0-71.3 875 20.6 19.2-22.1 52 1.0 0.7- 1.4 186 4.0 3.4- 4.7
Virginia 5,396 230 3.8 3.2- 4.5 3,529 66.1 64.4-67.8 1,285 24.4 22.8-26.0 61 0.8 0.6- 1.1 291 4.8 4.2- 5.6
Washington 18,327 666 3.2 2.9- 3.5 11,563 62.5 61.6-63.4 4,655 26.6 25.8-27.4 309 1.7 1.5- 1.9 1,134 6.0 5.5- 6.5
West Virginia 3,293 287 8.5 7.5- 9.6 2,184 67.2 65.3-69.0 609 18.6 17.1-20.2 22 0.5 0.3- 0.8 191 5.2 4.4- 6.1
Wisconsin 4,039 209 5.3 4.6- 6.2 2,724 69.3 67.6-71.0 886 20.4 18.9-21.9 32 0.6 0.4- 1.0 188 4.4 3.6- 5.2
Wyoming 3,978 218 6.1 5.3- 7.1 2,681 67.1 65.4-68.8 848 21.8 20.3-23.3 46 1.0 0.7- 1.4 185 4.0 3.4- 4.7
Guam 799 40 4.5 3.1- 6.4 365 44.6 40.7-48.6 285 35.9 32.2-39.8 25 3.5 2.2- 5.4 84 11.5 9.1-14.5
Puerto Rico 3,578 218 5.4 4.6- 6.4 2,574 71.6 69.6-73.5 622 18.4 16.7-20.1 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 160 4.6 3.7- 5.6
Virgin Islands 1,989 60 3.4 2.4- 4.7 1,060 52.8 49.8-55.7 617 31.4 28.8-34.2 53 2.7 1.8- 3.9 199 9.8 8.1-11.7

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#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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