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Total Respond.^ |
Within the past 6 months | 6 to 12 months ago | 1 to 2 years ago | 2 or more years ago or never | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,788 | 3,178 | 80.8 | 79.0-82.5 | 346 | 10.2 | 9.0-11.6 | 126 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.2 | 138 | 4.8 | 3.8- 5.9 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,651 | 1,326 | 76.4 | 73.5-79.1 | 157 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.3 | 75 | 5.8 | 4.4- 7.6 | 93 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.7 |
Female | 2,137 | 1,852 | 84.7 | 82.5-86.7 | 189 | 9.5 | 8.0-11.4 | 51 | 2.8 | 2.0- 3.8 | 45 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.3 |
Have Health Insurance | |||||||||||||
Yes | 3,320 | 2,889 | 84.4 | 82.6-86.0 | 291 | 10.3 | 8.9-11.8 | 84 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.2 | 56 | 2.1 | 1.5- 3.0 |
No | 456 | 278 | 60.1 | 54.1-65.8 | 54 | 9.9 | 6.9-14.0 | 42 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 82 | 19.9 | 15.5-25.2 |
Body Mass Index | |||||||||||||
Underweight | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Recommended Range | 1,033 | 836 | 78.5 | 74.8-81.8 | 112 | 12.0 | 9.6-15.0 | 40 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.5 | 45 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.6 |
Overweight | 1,266 | 1,058 | 78.9 | 75.6-82.0 | 118 | 11.2 | 8.9-13.9 | 41 | 4.6 | 3.2- 6.7 | 49 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.4 |
Obese | 1,188 | 1,041 | 86.0 | 83.1-88.5 | 87 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.6 | 34 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 | 26 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 |
Current Smoker | |||||||||||||
Yes | 617 | 492 | 79.4 | 74.9-83.3 | 59 | 8.0 | 5.8-11.1 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.4 | 39 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.5 |
No | 3,158 | 2,676 | 81.2 | 79.2-83.0 | 285 | 10.6 | 9.2-12.2 | 99 | 3.9 | 3.0- 4.9 | 98 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.6 |
History of CVD** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 479 | 451 | 93.6 | 89.7-96.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,279 | 2,699 | 79.2 | 77.2-81.1 | 326 | 11.1 | 9.7-12.6 | 119 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 | 135 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.5 |
Binge Drinker | |||||||||||||
Yes | 408 | 300 | 71.5 | 65.4-76.9 | 61 | 16.2 | 12.0-21.4 | 26 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.5 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,222 | 2,749 | 82.4 | 80.5-84.1 | 272 | 9.4 | 8.1-10.8 | 93 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.5 | 108 | 4.7 | 3.8- 6.0 |
Heavy Drinker | |||||||||||||
Yes | 186 | 141 | 76.6 | 67.9-83.5 | 20 | 9.5 | 5.5-15.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,430 | 2,900 | 81.4 | 79.5-83.1 | 310 | 10.3 | 9.0-11.8 | 105 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.8 | 115 | 4.5 | 3.6- 5.6 |
COPD | |||||||||||||
Yes | 376 | 342 | 90.5 | 85.5-93.9 | 21 | 4.5 | 2.5- 7.8 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,394 | 2,819 | 79.8 | 77.9-81.6 | 324 | 10.8 | 9.4-12.3 | 117 | 4.3 | 3.5- 5.4 | 134 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.3 |
Current Asthma | |||||||||||||
Yes | 358 | 328 | 87.5 | 81.7-91.6 | 17 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.1 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,408 | 2,830 | 80.1 | 78.2-81.9 | 326 | 10.6 | 9.3-12.1 | 117 | 4.2 | 3.3- 5.2 | 135 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.3 |
Diabetes | |||||||||||||
Yes | 574 | 539 | 92.3 | 88.5-94.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
No | 3,212 | 2,636 | 79.0 | 77.0-80.9 | 326 | 11.1 | 9.7-12.6 | 118 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.8 | 132 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.5 |
Functional Disability | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,302 | 1,171 | 86.2 | 83.1-88.8 | 73 | 6.5 | 4.8- 8.7 | 19 | 2.8 | 1.6- 4.8 | 39 | 4.5 | 3.0- 6.6 |
No | 2,467 | 1,990 | 78.4 | 76.1-80.5 | 271 | 11.8 | 10.2-13.6 | 107 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 | 99 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.3 |
Has two or more chronic diseases† | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,312 | 1,231 | 93.0 | 90.8-94.7 | 53 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.7 | 17 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 | *** | *** | *** |
No | 2,478 | 1,948 | 75.6 | 73.2-77.8 | 293 | 12.9 | 11.3-14.8 | 109 | 5.1 | 4.0- 6.5 | 128 | 6.4 | 5.1- 7.9 |
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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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