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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

History of Any Cardiovascular Diseases (heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke)*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 110664 10,331 8.0 7.8- 8.2 100333 92.0 91.8-92.2
Alabama 3,206 367 9.9 8.9-11.1 2,839 90.1 88.9-91.1
Alaska 2,590 133 4.6 3.7- 5.9 2,457 95.4 94.1-96.3
Arkansas 3,950 447 10.7 9.7-11.8 3,503 89.3 88.2-90.3
Colorado 3,972 218 4.7 4.1- 5.5 3,754 95.3 94.5-95.9
Connecticut 4,996 319 6.2 5.5- 7.0 4,677 93.8 93.0-94.5
District of Columbia 1,918 128 7.0 5.7- 8.5 1,790 93.0 91.5-94.3
Georgia 7,267 720 7.5 6.8- 8.2 6,547 92.5 91.8-93.2
Hawaii 5,949 362 5.0 4.4- 5.6 5,587 95.0 94.4-95.6
Kentucky 7,228 913 10.0 9.1-10.9 6,315 90.0 89.1-90.9
Louisiana 4,873 504 9.4 8.5-10.4 4,369 90.6 89.6-91.5
Maine 2,278 189 7.6 6.5- 8.8 2,089 92.4 91.2-93.5
Maryland 4,169 318 6.6 5.8- 7.6 3,851 93.4 92.4-94.2
Minnesota 3,808 289 6.4 5.7- 7.2 3,519 93.6 92.8-94.3
Mississippi 4,258 468 9.6 8.7-10.5 3,790 90.4 89.5-91.3
Montana 3,854 304 6.6 5.6- 7.6 3,550 93.4 92.4-94.4
Nebraska 4,823 451 7.9 7.1- 8.7 4,372 92.1 91.3-92.9
New York 5,238 404 7.1 6.4- 7.9 4,834 92.9 92.1-93.6
North Carolina 9,268 969 8.1 7.4- 8.9 8,299 91.9 91.1-92.6
North Dakota 2,896 237 7.2 6.3- 8.3 2,659 92.8 91.7-93.7
Ohio 3,574 325 8.9 7.8-10.1 3,249 91.1 89.9-92.2
South Carolina 5,516 503 8.4 7.6- 9.3 5,013 91.6 90.7-92.4
Tennessee 2,514 255 8.9 7.8-10.2 2,259 91.1 89.8-92.2
Virginia 5,083 483 7.6 6.8- 8.5 4,600 92.4 91.5-93.2
West Virginia 3,294 534 14.1 12.9-15.4 2,760 85.9 84.6-87.1
Puerto Rico 4,142 491 9.4 8.4-10.5 3,651 90.6 89.5-91.6

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data for this table were derived from the cardiovascular disease history questions

#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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