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BRFSS, 2000
| Overweight Based on BMI |
Current Smokers |
No Regular & Vigorous Physical Activity |
Health Status Fair or Poor |
No Pap Smear, Age 18+ |
Women 40+ No Mammogram |
Ever Told You Have Diabetes | ||||||||
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|
State |
% | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank |
| Alabama | 53.9 | 2 | 22.0 | 20 | 89.0 | 3 | 21.4 | 3 | 4.1 | 39 | 11.3 | 30 | 7.4 | 7 |
| Alaska | 49.7 | 18 | 23.1 | 14 | 81.2 | 48 | 10.4 | 50 | 2.9 | 50 | 13.8 | 9 | 4.0 | 50 |
| Arizona | 45.4 | 39 | 19.0 | 43 | 83.1 | 37 | 16.0 | 19 | 6.1 | 11 | 10.5 | 35 | 5.8 | 27 |
| Arkansas | 53.3 | 5 | 24.1 | 8 | 87.9 | 8 | 21.4 | 3 | 4.7 | 28 | 14.7 | 5 | 6.3 | 18 |
| California | 47.8 | 29 | 14.4 | 50 | 82.3 | 43 | 17.5 | 10 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.1 | 40 |
| Colorado | 39.4 | 51 | 20.5 | 33 | 83.2 | 36 | 14.4 | 30 | 4.6 | 31 | 12.4 | 24 | 4.1 | 48 |
| Connecticut | 45.1 | 43 | 19.4 | 40 | 82.6 | 40 | 14.2 | 31 | 5.9 | 14 | 7.3 | 48 | 5.1 | 41 |
| Delaware | 49.0 | 25 | 20.3 | 34 | 87.3 | 12 | 13.3 | 35 | 3.6 | 44 | 7.1 | 49 | 5.6 | 31 |
| District of Columbia | 52.1 | 8 | 19.9 | 36 | 84.2 | 34 | 12.7 | 40 | 5.9 | 14 | 7.0 | 50 | 8.2 | 1 |
| Florida | 45.2 | 42 | 22.1 | 19 | 82.7 | 39 | 16.9 | 14 | 6.7 | 6 | 11.1 | 31 | 6.9 | 10 |
| Georgia | 52.1 | 8 | 20.9 | 28 | 87.8 | 9 | 17.3 | 11 | 3.5 | 45 | 12.6 | 20 | 7.5 | 5 |
| Hawaii | 39.5 | 50 | 16.4 | 49 | 82.1 | 45 | 12.8 | 37 | 6.3 | 9 | 10.5 | 35 | 4.7 | 45 |
| Idaho | 48.1 | 28 | 21.8 | 22 | 85.0 | 27 | 14.2 | 31 | 5.1 | 25 | 15.9 | 3 | 5.1 | 41 |
| Illinois | 52.4 | 6 | 20.0 | 35 | 86.1 | 18 | 15.1 | 25 | 6.8 | 5 | 12.6 | 20 | 6.8 | 12 |
| Indiana | 49.9 | 17 | 25.5 | 4 | 87.6 | 10 | 15.6 | 22 | 5.7 | 18 | 13.5 | 14 | 6.5 | 16 |
| Iowa | 52.0 | 10 | 20.9 | 28 | 87.6 | 10 | 11.9 | 44 | 4.0 | 40 | 13.1 | 15 | 6.1 | 20 |
| Kansas | 49.3 | 23 | 18.1 | 48 | 86.3 | 17 | 12.8 | 37 | 3.9 | 41 | 11.7 | 28 | 5.5 | 33 |
| Kentucky | 53.4 | 4 | 27.9 | 2 | 89.0 | 3 | 22.5 | 2 | 5.8 | 16 | 12.9 | 17 | 6.1 | 20 |
| Louisiana | 54.1 | 1 | 21.7 | 23 | 90.7 | 1 | 18.1 | 9 | 6.0 | 13 | 14.2 | 7 | 7.5 | 5 |
| Maine | 48.6 | 26 | 23.1 | 14 | 84.3 | 32 | 14.9 | 26 | 4.6 | 31 | 9.3 | 42 | 5.5 | 33 |
| Maryland | 49.6 | 21 | 19.1 | 42 | 83.1 | 37 | 12.2 | 43 | 5.1 | 25 | 9.2 | 43 | 5.8 | 27 |
| Massachusetts | 41.9 | 49 | 19.7 | 37 | 82.3 | 43 | 13.4 | 34 | 5.4 | 23 | 7.9 | 47 | 5.6 | 31 |
| Michigan | 51.2 | 12 | 22.4 | 18 | 85.4 | 23 | 14.5 | 27 | 6.3 | 9 | 8.8 | 45 | 6.7 | 13 |
| Minnesota | 45.3 | 40 | 18.9 | 44 | 82.6 | 40 | 10.4 | 50 | 4.3 | 36 | 12.7 | 18 | 5.1 | 41 |
| Mississippi | 53.6 | 3 | 21.9 | 21 | 90.6 | 2 | 21.3 | 5 | 4.5 | 33 | 16.4 | 2 | 8.2 | 1 |
| Missouri | 47.2 | 33 | 24.5 | 6 | 85.7 | 21 | 15.3 | 24 | 4.5 | 33 | 14.7 | 5 | 5.9 | 26 |
| Montana | 43.4 | 46 | 19.7 | 37 | 80.6 | 51 | 12.5 | 41 | 3.2 | 48 | 12.6 | 20 | 5.3 | 37 |
| Nebraska | 47.3 | 32 | 20.6 | 32 | 86.8 | 14 | 12.8 | 37 | 6.4 | 7 | 13.6 | 10 | 4.5 | 47 |
| Nevada | 42.8 | 47 | 29.4 | 1 | 85.3 | 24 | 16.7 | 16 | 5.6 | 19 | 10.9 | 32 | 4.8 | 44 |
| New Hampshire | 42.8 | 47 | 23.7 | 12 | 81.4 | 47 | 11.7 | 47 | 3.1 | 49 | 9.0 | 44 | 4.0 | 50 |
| New Jersey | 47.0 | 34 | 18.6 | 47 | 85.2 | 25 | 17.3 | 11 | 10.0 | 1 | 14.0 | 8 | 5.4 | 35 |
| New Mexico | 47.7 | 30 | 21.2 | 26 | 84.3 | 32 | 19.8 | 8 | 6.1 | 11 | 12.7 | 18 | 6.7 | 13 |
| New York | 49.2 | 24 | 20.7 | 31 | 85.2 | 25 | 15.4 | 23 | 7.6 | 3 | 9.8 | 40 | 6.0 | 24 |
| North Carolina | 51.3 | 11 | 23.9 | 9 | 88.0 | 6 | 17.2 | 13 | 4.3 | 36 | 10.9 | 32 | 6.7 | 13 |
| North Dakota | 49.6 | 21 | 20.8 | 30 | 84.4 | 31 | 11.7 | 47 | 5.4 | 23 | 12.0 | 25 | 5.2 | 38 |
| Ohio | 49.7 | 18 | 25.9 | 3 | 85.9 | 20 | 14.2 | 31 | 4.7 | 28 | 10.4 | 37 | 6.3 | 18 |
| Oklahoma | 46.4 | 36 | 22.9 | 17 | 86.9 | 13 | 16.9 | 14 | 4.4 | 35 | 17.7 | 1 | 6.0 | 24 |
| Oregon | 49.7 | 18 | 19.4 | 40 | 81.7 | 46 | 16.7 | 16 | 3.5 | 45 | 9.4 | 41 | 5.8 | 27 |
| Pennsylvania | 48.4 | 27 | 23.3 | 13 | 85.7 | 21 | 15.9 | 20 | 5.6 | 19 | 10.0 | 38 | 7.4 | 7 |
| Rhode Island | 44.6 | 44 | 23.0 | 16 | 80.7 | 50 | 15.8 | 21 | 5.5 | 22 | 8.1 | 46 | 5.2 | 38 |
| South Carolina | 52.2 | 7 | 21.5 | 24 | 86.0 | 19 | 16.7 | 16 | 4.3 | 36 | 10.0 | 38 | 7.0 | 9 |
| South Dakota | 51.0 | 14 | 21.3 | 25 | 86.5 | 15 | 11.8 | 45 | 3.5 | 45 | 13.0 | 16 | 5.4 | 35 |
| Tennessee | 51.2 | 12 | 23.9 | 9 | 88.7 | 5 | 20.8 | 7 | 5.6 | 19 | 11.9 | 26 | 7.6 | 3 |
| Texas | 50.2 | 16 | 18.7 | 46 | 86.4 | 16 | 21.1 | 6 | 8.6 | 2 | 15.1 | 4 | 6.1 | 20 |
| Utah | 46.0 | 37 | 11.3 | 51 | 83.6 | 35 | 12.3 | 42 | 6.9 | 4 | 13.6 | 10 | 5.2 | 38 |
| Vermont | 44.3 | 45 | 21.2 | 26 | 80.9 | 49 | 11.8 | 45 | 5.8 | 16 | 12.6 | 20 | 4.1 | 48 |
| Virginia | 46.9 | 35 | 18.8 | 45 | 84.7 | 30 | 14.5 | 27 | 6.4 | 7 | 11.4 | 29 | 6.9 | 10 |
| Washington | 45.8 | 38 | 19.7 | 37 | 82.6 | 40 | 11.7 | 47 | 3.8 | 42 | 10.7 | 34 | 5.7 | 30 |
| West Virginia | 50.9 | 15 | 24.7 | 5 | 88.0 | 6 | 23.7 | 1 | 5.1 | 25 | 13.6 | 10 | 7.6 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 47.7 | 30 | 23.9 | 9 | 84.8 | 29 | 12.9 | 36 | 3.7 | 43 | 11.8 | 27 | 6.5 | 16 |
| Wyoming | 45.3 | 40 | 24.3 | 7 | 85.0 | 27 | 14.5 | 27 | 4.7 | 28 | 13.6 | 10 | 4.6 | 46 |
| Median | 48.8 | 21.2 | 85.2 | 15.0 | 5.1 | 12.0 | 5.9 | |||||||
NOTE: Each percent has a different standard of error.
Because of this random variation, rankings are not tuly mainingful.
A ranking between 1 and 25 (above the median value) implies poor status relative to other states.
N/A - Not Available in 2000