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. 2016 Mar 3;8(3):e518. doi: 10.7759/cureus.518

Table 1. Population by Response Category.

*Source: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 [17].

Response Category Number of States Population* Population as % of US Population
Total available for research (data includes address and weight) 14 89,751,141 28.4%
Data received 7 62,082,353 19.6%
Data available, not acquired due to data fee 3 5,410,547 1.7%
Data approved, in queue for programming 3 10,687,433 3.4%
Data available for research, specific approval pending 1 11,570,808 3.7%
Total data not available 19 108,391,142 34.3%
Does not allow research use 13 81,142,793 25.7%
Does not provide/declined request /unable to process 6 27,248,349 8.6%
Zip code only 4 11,775,228 3.7%
Weight not recorded 7 74,097,334 23.4%
No response 7 32,113,994 10.2%
Total (including the District of Columbia) 51 312,513,753  100%