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| Total Respond.^ |
Past 12 months | 1-2 years | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 5,669 | 4,598 | 78.9 | 77.6-80.2 | 578 | 11.4 | 10.4-12.4 | 352 | 7.0 | 6.2- 7.8 | 141 | 2.7 | 2.3- 3.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,353 | 1,840 | 75.9 | 73.8-78.0 | 251 | 11.9 | 10.4-13.7 | 187 | 8.6 | 7.3-10.1 | 75 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.6 |
| Female | 3,316 | 2,758 | 81.6 | 79.8-83.1 | 327 | 10.9 | 9.6-12.3 | 165 | 5.5 | 4.6- 6.6 | 66 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.7 |
| Have Health Insurance | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 5,135 | 4,294 | 81.8 | 80.5-83.1 | 478 | 10.3 | 9.3-11.4 | 273 | 6.0 | 5.2- 6.9 | 90 | 1.9 | 1.5- 2.4 |
| No | 524 | 296 | 56.0 | 50.8-61.0 | 98 | 19.4 | 15.6-23.8 | 79 | 14.8 | 11.6-18.7 | 51 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.4 |
| Body Mass Index | |||||||||||||
| Underweight | 73 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Recommended Range | 1,538 | 1,184 | 74.5 | 71.6-77.1 | 198 | 14.7 | 12.6-17.1 | 117 | 8.3 | 6.7-10.2 | 39 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 |
| Overweight | 1,912 | 1,577 | 81.1 | 78.9-83.1 | 171 | 9.7 | 8.2-11.4 | 118 | 6.7 | 5.4- 8.2 | 46 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.5 |
| Obese | 1,617 | 1,355 | 81.2 | 78.6-83.5 | 134 | 9.6 | 7.9-11.6 | 86 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.0 | 42 | 2.9 | 2.0- 4.0 |
| Current Smoker | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 833 | 628 | 73.4 | 69.5-76.9 | 101 | 13.2 | 10.7-16.2 | 71 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.7 | 33 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 |
| No | 4,677 | 3,838 | 80.0 | 78.5-81.4 | 466 | 11.2 | 10.1-12.4 | 272 | 6.4 | 5.6- 7.3 | 101 | 2.5 | 1.9- 3.1 |
| History of CVD** | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 716 | 670 | 92.2 | 89.1-94.5 | 30 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.7 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 4,912 | 3,893 | 77.3 | 75.8-78.7 | 544 | 12.1 | 11.0-13.3 | 339 | 7.6 | 6.7- 8.6 | 136 | 3.0 | 2.4- 3.6 |
| Binge Drinker | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 568 | 379 | 67.3 | 62.6-71.6 | 86 | 15.0 | 11.8-18.8 | 77 | 12.1 | 9.5-15.4 | 26 | 5.6 | 3.7- 8.4 |
| No | 4,783 | 3,951 | 80.4 | 78.9-81.8 | 467 | 11.0 | 9.9-12.2 | 261 | 6.3 | 5.5- 7.3 | 104 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.9 |
| Heavy Drinker | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 221 | 151 | 69.1 | 61.6-75.6 | 29 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.4 | 30 | 11.5 | 7.7-16.9 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 5,124 | 4,178 | 79.3 | 77.9-80.6 | 520 | 11.4 | 10.3-12.5 | 305 | 6.7 | 5.9- 7.7 | 121 | 2.6 | 2.1- 3.2 |
| COPD | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 491 | 430 | 84.4 | 79.5-88.3 | 34 | 8.4 | 5.5-12.6 | 18 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.4 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 5,153 | 4,144 | 78.4 | 77.0-79.7 | 544 | 11.7 | 10.6-12.8 | 333 | 7.2 | 6.4- 8.1 | 132 | 2.7 | 2.2- 3.4 |
| Current Asthma | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 478 | 405 | 81.3 | 76.2-85.6 | 43 | 11.0 | 7.7-15.6 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 5,168 | 4,176 | 78.8 | 77.4-80.2 | 531 | 11.3 | 10.2-12.4 | 324 | 7.0 | 6.2- 7.9 | 137 | 2.9 | 2.4- 3.6 |
| Diabetes | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 823 | 778 | 94.6 | 92.5-96.2 | 34 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| No | 4,840 | 3,814 | 76.6 | 75.1-78.1 | 544 | 12.5 | 11.3-13.7 | 343 | 7.8 | 6.9- 8.8 | 139 | 3.1 | 2.6- 3.8 |
| Disability | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,594 | 1,413 | 88.0 | 85.9-89.9 | 109 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.0 | 50 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.2 | 22 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.8 |
| No | 3,961 | 3,090 | 75.6 | 73.9-77.2 | 461 | 13.3 | 12.0-14.7 | 298 | 8.2 | 7.2- 9.3 | 112 | 3.0 | 2.4- 3.7 |
| Has two or more chronic diseases† | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,918 | 1,705 | 87.5 | 85.4-89.3 | 127 | 7.4 | 6.0- 9.0 | 64 | 3.7 | 2.8- 5.0 | 22 | 1.4 | 0.8- 2.4 |
| No | 3,751 | 2,893 | 75.2 | 73.5-76.9 | 451 | 13.1 | 11.8-14.5 | 288 | 8.4 | 7.3- 9.5 | 119 | 3.3 | 2.7- 4.1 |
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*Asked of those who have ever had their blood cholesterol checked.
**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.
†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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