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Total Respond.^ |
Favor | Oppose | Don't know | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 10,484 | 7,871 | 75.9 | 74.8-77.0 | 1,607 | 15.2 | 14.4-16.2 | 1,006 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 4,049 | 3,004 | 75.1 | 73.4-76.8 | 738 | 17.5 | 16.1-19.0 | 307 | 7.3 | 6.3- 8.5 |
Female | 6,435 | 4,867 | 76.7 | 75.3-78.0 | 869 | 13.2 | 12.1-14.3 | 699 | 10.2 | 9.2-11.2 |
Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||
Yes | 8,816 | 6,657 | 76.1 | 74.9-77.3 | 1,311 | 15.1 | 14.1-16.2 | 848 | 8.7 | 8.0- 9.6 |
No | 1,641 | 1,199 | 75.4 | 72.8-77.8 | 289 | 15.8 | 13.8-17.9 | 153 | 8.8 | 7.3-10.6 |
Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
Underweight | 164 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Recommended Range | 3,087 | 2,345 | 76.4 | 74.2-78.4 | 424 | 14.2 | 12.5-16.0 | 318 | 9.4 | 8.1-11.0 |
Overweight | 3,572 | 2,708 | 76.7 | 74.8-78.4 | 554 | 15.1 | 13.6-16.6 | 310 | 8.3 | 7.1- 9.6 |
Obese | 3,029 | 2,270 | 75.9 | 73.9-77.8 | 492 | 16.3 | 14.6-18.0 | 267 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.1 |
Current Smoker | ||||||||||
No | 8,522 | 6,562 | 78.0 | 76.8-79.1 | 1,125 | 13.0 | 12.1-13.9 | 835 | 9.1 | 8.3- 9.9 |
Yes | 1,895 | 1,265 | 68.3 | 65.5-70.9 | 468 | 23.9 | 21.4-26.5 | 162 | 7.9 | 6.5- 9.5 |
History of CVD** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,284 | 883 | 69.7 | 66.4-72.8 | 247 | 18.5 | 15.9-21.3 | 154 | 11.8 | 9.7-14.2 |
No | 9,110 | 6,934 | 76.7 | 75.5-77.8 | 1,342 | 14.9 | 13.9-15.8 | 834 | 8.5 | 7.7- 9.3 |
Binge Drinker | ||||||||||
No | 9,222 | 6,945 | 76.4 | 75.3-77.6 | 1,374 | 14.5 | 13.6-15.5 | 903 | 9.0 | 8.3- 9.8 |
Yes | 928 | 706 | 75.3 | 71.5-78.8 | 155 | 17.5 | 14.4-21.0 | 67 | 7.2 | 5.4- 9.6 |
Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||
No | 9,671 | 7,281 | 76.4 | 75.3-77.5 | 1,457 | 14.8 | 13.9-15.7 | 933 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 |
Yes | 455 | 354 | 74.3 | 68.4-79.4 | 72 | 18.5 | 14.0-24.0 | 29 | 7.3 | 4.7-11.2 |
COPD | ||||||||||
Yes | 936 | 646 | 72.0 | 68.1-75.5 | 206 | 20.4 | 17.2-23.9 | 84 | 7.7 | 5.9- 9.9 |
No | 9,492 | 7,189 | 76.3 | 75.1-77.4 | 1,392 | 14.9 | 13.9-15.8 | 911 | 8.9 | 8.1- 9.6 |
Current Asthma | ||||||||||
Yes | 831 | 612 | 71.6 | 66.6-76.1 | 133 | 17.3 | 13.8-21.4 | 86 | 11.1 | 7.9-15.5 |
No | 9,586 | 7,217 | 76.3 | 75.2-77.4 | 1,459 | 15.1 | 14.2-16.0 | 910 | 8.6 | 7.9- 9.3 |
Diabetes | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,417 | 1,013 | 73.6 | 70.6-76.4 | 246 | 16.7 | 14.4-19.3 | 158 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.7 |
No | 9,050 | 6,846 | 76.2 | 75.0-77.4 | 1,359 | 15.1 | 14.1-16.1 | 845 | 8.7 | 8.0- 9.5 |
Disability | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,876 | 2,076 | 73.1 | 70.8-75.2 | 505 | 18.2 | 16.3-20.2 | 295 | 8.8 | 7.6-10.1 |
No | 7,558 | 5,764 | 76.8 | 75.5-78.0 | 1,093 | 14.4 | 13.4-15.5 | 701 | 8.8 | 8.0- 9.7 |
Housing Stress*** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,402 | 1,032 | 74.4 | 71.4-77.3 | 267 | 18.9 | 16.4-21.8 | 103 | 6.6 | 5.2- 8.4 |
No | 9,082 | 6,839 | 76.2 | 75.0-77.3 | 1,340 | 14.6 | 13.7-15.6 | 903 | 9.2 | 8.4-10.0 |
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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.
***Housing stress includes those who report always or usually worried about rent or mortgage payment.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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