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Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020
Dispatch

Population-Based Estimates of Chronic Conditions Affecting Risk for Complications from Coronavirus Disease, United States

Mary L. AdamsComments to Author , David L. Katz, and Joseph Grandpre
Author affiliations: On Target Health Data LLC, Suffield, Connecticut, USA (M.L. Adams); True Health Initiative, Derby, Connecticut, USA (D.L. Katz); Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA; (J. Grandpre)

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Table 2

Number of adults with any of 6 chronic conditions increasing risk for coronavirus disease complications and percentage of total in each state, 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States*

State No. adults at risk % Adults at risk†
AL 1,997,864 1.78
AK 237,208 0.21
AZ 2,351,799 2.10
AR 1,181,105 1.06
CA 12,240,142 10.93
CO 1,701,776 1.52
CT 1,239,597 1.11
DE 357,530 0.32
DC 213,357 0.19
FL 7,696,749 6.88
GA 3,541,358 3.16
HI 486,156 0.43
ID 534,533 0.48
IL 4,404,556 3.93
IN 2,428,188 2.17
IA 1,067,133 0.95
KS 983,323 0.88
KY 1,789,444 1.60
LA 1,806,330 1.61
ME 530,809 0.47
MD 2,054,758 1.84
MA 2,302,809 2.06
MI 3,749,235 3.35
MN 1,625,778 1.45
MS 1,150,036 1.03
MO 2,137,650 1.91
MT 356,113 0.32
NE 616,905 0.55
NV 1,048,591 0.94
NH 485,340 0.43
NJ 3,106,880 2.78
NM 701,585 0.63
NY 6,419,321 5.73
NC 3,713,582 3.32
ND 243,096 0.22
OH 4,268,748 3.81
OK 1,461,941 1.31
OR 1,418,689 1.27
PA 4,738,414 4.23
RI 393,069 0.35
SC 1,912,134 1.71
SD 281,110 0.25
TN 2,610,800 2.33
TX 8,977,387 8.02
UT 796,721 0.71
VT 226,397 0.20
VA 2,921,171 2.61
WA 2,464,452 2.20
WV 827,193 0.74
WI 1,949,872 1.74
WY 194,544 0.17
Total 111,943,278 100

*Chronic conditions: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypertension, or cancer other than skin.
†Values were obtained directly from state and will not agree with calculations made from raw data.

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