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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | Yes, during pregnancy | No | Borderline high or pre-hypertensive | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,901 | 2,002 | 34.7 | 33.1-36.5 | 33 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 | 2,822 | 63.2 | 61.5-65.0 | 44 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 2,197 | 907 | 35.8 | 33.3-38.3 | *** | *** | *** | 1,271 | 62.9 | 60.4-65.4 | 19 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.3 |
Female | 2,704 | 1,095 | 33.8 | 31.5-36.2 | 33 | 1.9 | 1.3- 2.9 | 1,551 | 63.5 | 61.1-65.9 | 25 | 0.7 | 0.4- 1.2 |
Have Health Insurance | |||||||||||||
Yes | 4,275 | 1,820 | 36.6 | 34.8-38.5 | 30 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 | 2,383 | 61.2 | 59.3-63.0 | 42 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 |
No | 611 | 176 | 24.4 | 20.4-28.8 | *** | *** | *** | 431 | 74.9 | 70.3-78.9 | *** | *** | *** |
Body Mass Index | |||||||||||||
Underweight | 70 | 17 | 17.2 | 9.5-29.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Recommended Range | 1,364 | 372 | 21.2 | 18.6-23.9 | *** | *** | *** | 975 | 77.5 | 74.6-80.1 | *** | *** | *** |
Overweight | 1,600 | 683 | 38.3 | 35.2-41.5 | *** | *** | *** | 888 | 59.0 | 55.7-62.1 | *** | *** | *** |
Obese | 1,438 | 788 | 48.1 | 44.7-51.5 | *** | *** | *** | 631 | 50.3 | 46.9-53.7 | *** | *** | *** |
Current Smoker | |||||||||||||
Yes | 764 | 315 | 34.2 | 30.1-38.6 | *** | *** | *** | 440 | 64.2 | 59.7-68.4 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,965 | 1,619 | 34.8 | 32.9-36.7 | 24 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.5 | 2,281 | 63.1 | 61.2-65.0 | 41 | 1.2 | 0.8- 1.8 |
History of CVD** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 552 | 429 | 74.2 | 68.6-79.1 | *** | *** | *** | 121 | 25.2 | 20.4-30.8 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 4,309 | 1,546 | 30.5 | 28.8-32.3 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 | 2,688 | 67.3 | 65.5-69.1 | 44 | 1.1 | 0.8- 1.7 |
Binge Drinker | |||||||||||||
Yes | 581 | 150 | 23.6 | 19.7-27.9 | *** | *** | *** | 421 | 73.3 | 68.6-77.4 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,926 | 1,700 | 36.7 | 34.8-38.7 | 26 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.5 | 2,162 | 61.3 | 59.3-63.3 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 |
Heavy Drinker | |||||||||||||
Yes | 244 | 86 | 31.2 | 24.5-38.7 | *** | *** | *** | 153 | 64.2 | 56.2-71.5 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 4,249 | 1,759 | 34.9 | 33.1-36.8 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.6 | 2,421 | 63.1 | 61.2-64.9 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 |
COPD | |||||||||||||
Yes | 442 | 282 | 58.4 | 52.1-64.5 | *** | *** | *** | 152 | 40.1 | 34.1-46.4 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 4,432 | 1,705 | 32.6 | 30.9-34.4 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 | 2,658 | 65.3 | 63.5-67.1 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 |
Current Asthma | |||||||||||||
Yes | 460 | 238 | 40.5 | 34.9-46.3 | *** | *** | *** | 215 | 58.1 | 52.2-63.8 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 4,413 | 1,746 | 34.0 | 32.3-35.9 | 30 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.6 | 2,597 | 63.9 | 62.0-65.7 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.5 |
Diabetes | |||||||||||||
Yes | 655 | 522 | 76.4 | 71.6-80.6 | *** | *** | *** | 129 | 22.8 | 18.7-27.5 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 4,240 | 1,474 | 29.4 | 27.6-31.1 | 33 | 1.1 | 0.7- 1.7 | 2,693 | 68.5 | 66.7-70.2 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.7- 1.6 |
Functional Disability | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,514 | 918 | 53.0 | 49.5-56.4 | *** | *** | *** | 574 | 44.7 | 41.2-48.2 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,219 | 1,023 | 27.6 | 25.7-29.6 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 | 2,143 | 70.5 | 68.4-72.4 | 30 | 0.9 | 0.6- 1.4 |
Has two or more chronic diseases† | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,549 | 1,027 | 61.5 | 58.1-64.9 | *** | *** | *** | 498 | 36.7 | 33.4-40.1 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,351 | 972 | 24.8 | 23.1-26.7 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 | 2,326 | 73.1 | 71.1-74.9 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.6- 1.7 |
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**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 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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