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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| All Participants | 258204 | 199862 | 73.8 | 73.5-74.2 | 10,487 | 3.7 | 3.6- 3.8 | 47,855 | 22.4 | 22.1-22.8 |
| Alabama | 3,243 | 2,532 | 73.3 | 71.3-75.3 | 92 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.4 | 619 | 24.0 | 22.1-26.0 |
| Alaska | 2,553 | 1,745 | 67.3 | 64.7-69.8 | 157 | 6.2 | 5.1- 7.6 | 651 | 26.5 | 24.1-29.0 |
| Arizona | 3,154 | 2,403 | 70.6 | 67.9-73.2 | 132 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.2 | 619 | 25.3 | 22.8-28.1 |
| Arkansas | 4,052 | 3,044 | 70.7 | 69.0-72.4 | 169 | 4.2 | 3.5- 5.0 | 839 | 25.1 | 23.5-26.8 |
| California | 4,423 | 3,335 | 70.7 | 69.0-72.4 | 195 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.7 | 893 | 25.2 | 23.6-26.9 |
| Colorado | 3,941 | 3,013 | 71.2 | 69.4-72.9 | 192 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.6 | 736 | 24.0 | 22.4-25.8 |
| Connecticut | 5,201 | 4,306 | 80.3 | 78.9-81.6 | 190 | 3.2 | 2.7- 3.7 | 705 | 16.5 | 15.3-17.8 |
| Delaware | 3,965 | 3,217 | 77.9 | 76.0-79.7 | 167 | 4.4 | 3.6- 5.3 | 581 | 17.6 | 16.0-19.4 |
| District of Columbia | 1,982 | 1,653 | 81.2 | 78.8-83.4 | 76 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.2 | 253 | 15.6 | 13.5-17.9 |
| Florida | 4,919 | 4,011 | 80.0 | 78.1-81.7 | 125 | 1.5 | 1.2- 2.0 | 783 | 18.5 | 16.7-20.4 |
| Georgia | 7,349 | 5,839 | 75.2 | 73.6-76.7 | 267 | 3.7 | 3.1- 4.4 | 1,243 | 21.2 | 19.7-22.7 |
| Hawaii | 5,753 | 3,349 | 54.6 | 53.0-56.3 | 120 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.2 | 2,284 | 43.6 | 42.0-45.2 |
| Idaho | 4,806 | 3,389 | 67.5 | 65.8-69.2 | 314 | 6.1 | 5.3- 6.9 | 1,103 | 26.4 | 24.9-28.1 |
| Illinois | 5,146 | 3,824 | 71.1 | 69.4-72.9 | 215 | 4.3 | 3.6- 5.1 | 1,107 | 24.5 | 22.9-26.3 |
| Indiana | 5,324 | 4,025 | 72.0 | 70.6-73.4 | 239 | 4.6 | 4.0- 5.3 | 1,060 | 23.4 | 22.0-24.8 |
| Iowa | 4,852 | 3,695 | 71.3 | 69.6-72.9 | 248 | 4.9 | 4.2- 5.6 | 909 | 23.9 | 22.3-25.5 |
| Kansas | 4,479 | 3,325 | 69.7 | 68.0-71.3 | 195 | 4.0 | 3.5- 4.7 | 959 | 26.3 | 24.7-28.0 |
| Kentucky | 7,302 | 5,707 | 73.9 | 72.2-75.6 | 203 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.4 | 1,392 | 23.3 | 21.7-25.0 |
| Louisiana | 4,878 | 3,671 | 71.2 | 69.6-72.7 | 116 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.8 | 1,091 | 26.5 | 25.0-28.1 |
| Maine | 2,315 | 1,875 | 77.5 | 75.3-79.5 | 109 | 5.0 | 4.1- 6.1 | 331 | 17.6 | 15.7-19.6 |
| Maryland | 4,326 | 3,550 | 78.8 | 77.0-80.4 | 169 | 3.6 | 3.0- 4.3 | 607 | 17.6 | 16.0-19.3 |
| Massachusetts | 7,378 | 6,138 | 81.8 | 80.5-82.9 | 237 | 3.3 | 2.8- 3.8 | 1,003 | 15.0 | 13.9-16.1 |
| Michigan | 3,451 | 2,766 | 75.1 | 73.2-76.9 | 142 | 4.2 | 3.5- 5.0 | 543 | 20.7 | 19.0-22.6 |
| Minnesota | 3,736 | 3,015 | 76.7 | 75.0-78.3 | 182 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.7 | 539 | 18.5 | 17.0-20.1 |
| Mississippi | 4,211 | 3,148 | 70.3 | 68.6-72.0 | 144 | 3.3 | 2.7- 3.9 | 919 | 26.4 | 24.7-28.1 |
| Missouri | 4,140 | 3,080 | 71.5 | 69.5-73.4 | 204 | 4.7 | 3.9- 5.6 | 856 | 23.8 | 21.9-25.7 |
| Montana | 3,914 | 2,851 | 70.1 | 67.9-72.1 | 218 | 5.4 | 4.6- 6.4 | 845 | 24.5 | 22.6-26.6 |
| Nebraska | 4,811 | 3,538 | 69.0 | 67.4-70.6 | 198 | 4.0 | 3.4- 4.7 | 1,075 | 27.0 | 25.5-28.6 |
| Nevada | 2,851 | 2,035 | 67.8 | 65.2-70.4 | 155 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.6 | 661 | 26.9 | 24.4-29.5 |
| New Hampshire | 4,920 | 4,081 | 79.7 | 78.2-81.1 | 205 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.5 | 634 | 16.4 | 15.1-17.8 |
| New Jersey | 11,040 | 9,190 | 78.6 | 77.6-79.7 | 325 | 2.5 | 2.3- 2.9 | 1,525 | 18.8 | 17.8-19.8 |
| New Mexico | 5,370 | 3,910 | 68.0 | 66.4-69.6 | 248 | 4.3 | 3.7- 4.9 | 1,212 | 27.7 | 26.2-29.3 |
| New York | 5,391 | 4,364 | 76.5 | 75.0-78.0 | 188 | 3.1 | 2.7- 3.7 | 839 | 20.3 | 18.9-21.8 |
| North Carolina | 9,155 | 7,332 | 74.7 | 73.1-76.3 | 268 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.4 | 1,555 | 22.4 | 20.8-24.0 |
| North Dakota | 2,934 | 2,192 | 69.6 | 67.6-71.6 | 151 | 5.3 | 4.4- 6.4 | 591 | 25.1 | 23.2-27.1 |
| Ohio | 3,710 | 2,847 | 73.9 | 72.0-75.7 | 153 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.6 | 710 | 22.3 | 20.6-24.1 |
| Oklahoma | 7,332 | 5,585 | 71.0 | 69.6-72.3 | 350 | 4.4 | 3.9- 4.9 | 1,397 | 24.7 | 23.4-26.0 |
| Oregon | 3,879 | 2,871 | 68.8 | 67.0-70.5 | 243 | 6.0 | 5.2- 6.8 | 765 | 25.3 | 23.6-27.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,563 | 2,792 | 75.8 | 74.1-77.5 | 148 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.5 | 623 | 20.4 | 18.8-22.0 |
| Rhode Island | 3,922 | 3,325 | 82.0 | 80.3-83.6 | 118 | 2.8 | 2.3- 3.5 | 479 | 15.2 | 13.6-16.8 |
| South Carolina | 5,754 | 4,685 | 77.8 | 76.4-79.1 | 209 | 3.2 | 2.8- 3.7 | 860 | 19.0 | 17.7-20.4 |
| South Dakota | 5,132 | 3,878 | 69.5 | 67.8-71.1 | 203 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.5 | 1,051 | 26.7 | 25.1-28.3 |
| Tennessee | 2,496 | 1,996 | 75.4 | 73.2-77.5 | 87 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.0 | 413 | 21.4 | 19.3-23.6 |
| Texas | 5,875 | 4,344 | 68.5 | 67.0-70.0 | 224 | 3.7 | 3.2- 4.3 | 1,307 | 27.8 | 26.4-29.3 |
| Utah | 3,884 | 2,654 | 64.5 | 62.4-66.6 | 241 | 5.6 | 4.7- 6.6 | 989 | 29.9 | 27.8-32.0 |
| Vermont | 4,131 | 3,328 | 76.7 | 75.0-78.4 | 236 | 5.4 | 4.7- 6.2 | 567 | 17.9 | 16.3-19.5 |
| Virginia | 5,288 | 4,226 | 76.6 | 74.8-78.2 | 252 | 5.5 | 4.7- 6.5 | 810 | 17.9 | 16.4-19.5 |
| Washington | 18,014 | 13,795 | 72.7 | 71.8-73.6 | 869 | 4.8 | 4.4- 5.2 | 3,350 | 22.5 | 21.7-23.4 |
| West Virginia | 3,240 | 2,628 | 76.7 | 74.8-78.5 | 89 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.4 | 523 | 20.6 | 18.9-22.4 |
| Wisconsin | 3,976 | 3,090 | 74.9 | 73.0-76.6 | 169 | 4.3 | 3.6- 5.1 | 717 | 20.8 | 19.1-22.6 |
| Wyoming | 3,904 | 3,028 | 72.9 | 71.1-74.5 | 188 | 4.7 | 4.0- 5.5 | 688 | 22.4 | 20.8-24.1 |
| Guam | 784 | 562 | 68.0 | 64.0-71.8 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.5 | 207 | 30.0 | 26.3-34.0 |
| Puerto Rico | 4,053 | 3,546 | 82.5 | 80.7-84.2 | 74 | 2.3 | 1.7- 3.0 | 433 | 15.2 | 13.6-16.9 |
| Virgin Islands | 2,002 | 1,534 | 72.8 | 70.0-75.5 | 64 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.0 | 404 | 24.2 | 21.6-27.0 |
+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.
* Data in this table were derived from the cholesterol awareness questions 1 and 2.
#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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