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Total Respond.# |
No | Yes | |||||
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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 |
Piedmont NC | 635 | 256 | 38.2 | 33.6-43.0 | 379 | 61.8 | 57.0-66.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 238 | 67 | 24.8 | 19.3-31.4 | 171 | 75.2 | 68.6-80.7 |
Female | 397 | 189 | 49.3 | 42.9-55.8 | 208 | 50.7 | 44.2-57.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 530 | 222 | 40.5 | 35.3-45.9 | 308 | 59.5 | 54.1-64.7 |
Other | 96 | 31 | 27.3 | 18.5-38.4 | 65 | 72.7 | 61.6-81.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-44 | 270 | 127 | 43.4 | 36.4-50.8 | 143 | 56.6 | 49.2-63.6 |
45+ | 361 | 128 | 33.8 | 27.6-40.6 | 233 | 66.2 | 59.4-72.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
H.S. or Less | 333 | 127 | 35.4 | 29.6-41.7 | 206 | 64.6 | 58.3-70.4 |
Some College + | 302 | 129 | 41.4 | 34.8-48.4 | 173 | 58.6 | 51.6-65.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $50,000 | 370 | 140 | 35.5 | 30.0-41.3 | 230 | 64.5 | 58.7-70.0 |
$50,000+ | 155 | 61 | 38.7 | 29.4-48.9 | 94 | 61.3 | 51.1-70.6 |
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 |
Gaston | 434 | 166 | 36.7 | 31.7-42.0 | 268 | 63.3 | 58.0-68.3 |
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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