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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 265642 208869 77.8 77.5-78.1 56,773 22.2 21.9-22.5
Alabama 3,336 2,529 74.7 72.8-76.4 807 25.3 23.6-27.2
Alaska 2,657 1,934 73.8 71.3-76.1 723 26.2 23.9-28.7
Arizona 3,225 2,610 79.2 76.7-81.4 615 20.8 18.6-23.3
Arkansas 4,196 3,186 75.2 73.7-76.7 1,010 24.8 23.3-26.3
California 4,471 3,769 83.2 81.8-84.5 702 16.8 15.5-18.2
Colorado 4,059 3,333 81.4 80.0-82.8 726 18.6 17.2-20.0
Connecticut 5,300 4,337 81.4 80.1-82.6 963 18.6 17.4-19.9
Delaware 4,036 3,171 78.1 76.2-79.8 865 21.9 20.2-23.8
District of Columbia 2,037 1,652 78.0 75.4-80.3 385 22.0 19.7-24.6
Florida 5,021 3,864 76.1 74.2-77.9 1,157 23.9 22.1-25.8
Georgia 7,630 5,945 77.2 75.8-78.6 1,685 22.8 21.4-24.2
Hawaii 5,993 4,783 78.0 76.6-79.4 1,210 22.0 20.6-23.4
Idaho 4,988 4,002 81.0 79.7-82.3 986 19.0 17.7-20.3
Illinois 5,258 4,110 75.7 74.0-77.4 1,148 24.3 22.6-26.0
Indiana 5,470 4,079 73.9 72.6-75.2 1,391 26.1 24.8-27.4
Iowa 4,995 3,979 78.3 76.8-79.8 1,016 21.7 20.2-23.2
Kansas 4,612 3,688 79.6 78.1-81.0 924 20.4 19.0-21.9
Kentucky 7,607 5,392 69.2 67.6-70.9 2,215 30.8 29.1-32.4
Louisiana 5,064 3,811 73.5 72.0-74.9 1,253 26.5 25.1-28.0
Maine 2,386 1,823 76.3 74.3-78.2 563 23.7 21.8-25.7
Maryland 4,425 3,555 79.9 78.3-81.4 870 20.1 18.6-21.7
Massachusetts 7,559 6,027 80.9 79.7-82.0 1,532 19.1 18.0-20.3
Michigan 3,548 2,748 73.9 72.1-75.7 800 26.1 24.3-27.9
Minnesota 3,865 3,091 78.9 77.3-80.4 774 21.1 19.6-22.7
Mississippi 4,412 3,350 74.4 72.8-76.0 1,062 25.6 24.0-27.2
Missouri 4,247 3,142 72.8 70.8-74.7 1,105 27.2 25.3-29.2
Montana 4,017 3,134 80.0 78.3-81.6 883 20.0 18.4-21.7
Nebraska 4,968 3,976 78.8 77.4-80.1 992 21.2 19.9-22.6
Nevada 2,962 2,259 74.8 72.5-77.1 703 25.2 22.9-27.5
New Hampshire 5,031 4,005 78.8 77.4-80.1 1,026 21.2 19.9-22.6
New Jersey 11,269 9,142 80.6 79.7-81.5 2,127 19.4 18.5-20.3
New Mexico 5,480 4,304 78.0 76.6-79.3 1,176 22.0 20.7-23.4
New York 5,524 4,355 78.4 77.0-79.6 1,169 21.6 20.4-23.0
North Carolina 9,412 7,255 75.2 73.7-76.6 2,157 24.8 23.4-26.3
North Dakota 3,017 2,382 79.5 77.8-81.1 635 20.5 18.9-22.2
Ohio 3,804 2,858 74.8 73.0-76.5 946 25.2 23.5-27.0
Oklahoma 7,621 5,850 74.9 73.7-76.1 1,771 25.1 23.9-26.3
Oregon 3,997 3,200 79.1 77.5-80.5 797 20.9 19.5-22.5
Pennsylvania 3,659 2,806 74.6 72.9-76.2 853 25.4 23.8-27.1
Rhode Island 4,040 3,172 77.6 76.0-79.2 868 22.4 20.8-24.0
South Carolina 5,911 4,503 74.5 73.1-75.9 1,408 25.5 24.1-26.9
South Dakota 5,255 4,114 77.3 75.9-78.7 1,141 22.7 21.3-24.1
Tennessee 2,585 1,941 74.4 72.3-76.3 644 25.6 23.7-27.7
Texas 6,014 4,779 77.9 76.6-79.2 1,235 22.1 20.8-23.4
Utah 4,044 3,524 88.1 86.7-89.4 520 11.9 10.6-13.3
Vermont 4,238 3,450 80.5 78.9-81.9 788 19.5 18.1-21.1
Virginia 5,430 4,204 78.0 76.5-79.5 1,226 22.0 20.5-23.5
Washington 18,567 14,997 80.5 79.7-81.2 3,570 19.5 18.8-20.3
West Virginia 3,343 2,469 72.7 70.9-74.4 874 27.3 25.6-29.1
Wisconsin 4,049 3,158 78.0 76.3-79.5 891 22.0 20.5-23.7
Wyoming 3,994 3,062 75.4 73.8-76.9 932 24.6 23.1-26.2
Guam 805 551 66.0 62.1-69.7 254 34.0 30.3-37.9
Puerto Rico 4,165 3,667 86.4 84.9-87.8 498 13.6 12.2-15.1
Virgin Islands 2,044 1,842 90.0 88.2-91.6 202 10.0 8.4-11.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use 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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