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| Total Respond.# |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,852 | 2,555 | 41.2 | 39.2-43.2 | 3,297 | 58.8 | 56.8-60.8 |
| Gaston County | 434 | 166 | 36.7 | 31.7-42.0 | 268 | 63.3 | 58.0-68.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 172 | 51 | 28.3 | 21.5-36.3 | 121 | 71.7 | 63.7-78.5 |
| Female | 262 | 115 | 45.2 | 38.5-52.1 | 147 | 54.8 | 47.9-61.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 366 | 147 | 38.0 | 32.6-43.7 | 219 | 62.0 | 56.3-67.4 |
| Other | 66 | 19 | 32.4 | 20.8-46.7 | 47 | 67.6 | 53.3-79.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 207 | 87 | 42.2 | 34.6-50.2 | 120 | 57.8 | 49.8-65.4 |
| 45+ | 224 | 78 | 31.0 | 25.0-37.8 | 146 | 69.0 | 62.2-75.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 228 | 87 | 36.5 | 29.6-44.0 | 141 | 63.5 | 56.0-70.4 |
| Some College + | 206 | 79 | 36.9 | 29.9-44.5 | 127 | 63.1 | 55.5-70.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 247 | 88 | 35.2 | 28.5-42.5 | 159 | 64.8 | 57.5-71.5 |
| $50,000+ | 101 | 40 | 38.4 | 28.9-48.9 | 61 | 61.6 | 51.1-71.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 403 | 197 | 47.6 | 42.1-53.2 | 206 | 52.4 | 46.8-57.9 |
| Cumberland | 408 | 172 | 41.3 | 35.6-47.2 | 236 | 58.7 | 52.8-64.4 |
| Durham | 380 | 163 | 40.8 | 34.5-47.4 | 217 | 59.2 | 52.6-65.5 |
| Forsyth | 432 | 185 | 43.0 | 37.5-48.6 | 247 | 57.0 | 51.4-62.5 |
| Guilford | 392 | 183 | 44.4 | 38.9-50.1 | 209 | 55.6 | 49.9-61.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 407 | 187 | 42.9 | 37.3-48.6 | 220 | 57.1 | 51.4-62.7 |
| New Hanover | 388 | 189 | 45.4 | 38.9-52.0 | 199 | 54.6 | 48.0-61.1 |
| Onslow | 409 | 178 | 42.0 | 35.3-49.0 | 231 | 58.0 | 51.0-64.7 |
| Wake | 400 | 181 | 45.9 | 40.3-51.6 | 219 | 54.1 | 48.4-59.7 |
| Western NC | 581 | 275 | 46.1 | 41.6-50.7 | 306 | 53.9 | 49.3-58.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 635 | 256 | 38.2 | 33.6-43.0 | 379 | 61.8 | 57.0-66.4 |
| Eastern NC | 583 | 223 | 38.4 | 33.6-43.5 | 360 | 61.6 | 56.5-66.4 |
*Body mass index is computed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared:(kg/ m2).
BMI is an intermediate variable used in calculating these measures. No=BMI less than 24.9, and Yes= BMI greater than 24.9.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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