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| Total Respond.# |
Fewer calories | Less fat | Fewer cals & less fat | No | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 5,134 | 607 | 11.1 | 10.0-12.5 | 951 | 19.7 | 18.0-21.4 | 2,321 | 44.6 | 42.4-46.7 | 1,255 | 24.6 | 22.8-26.6 |
| Buncombe County | 315 | 38 | 10.4 | 7.2-14.7 | 54 | 18.2 | 13.4-24.1 | 141 | 43.3 | 36.9-49.9 | 82 | 28.2 | 22.5-34.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 109 | 12 | 9.7 | 5.3-16.9 | 19 | 16.7 | 10.3-26.0 | 44 | 38.3 | 28.5-49.1 | 34 | 35.3 | 25.4-46.7 |
| Female | 206 | 26 | 10.9 | 6.9-16.8 | 35 | 19.3 | 13.1-27.5 | 97 | 47.2 | 39.2-55.4 | 48 | 22.6 | 16.8-29.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 280 | 35 | 10.4 | 7.1-14.9 | 45 | 17.6 | 12.6-24.0 | 125 | 43.9 | 37.1-50.9 | 75 | 28.2 | 22.2-35.1 |
| Other | 29 | 3 | 11.3 | 3.1-33.5 | 6 | 19.7 | 8.4-39.6 | 13 | 37.7 | 21.0-57.9 | 7 | 31.3 | 14.4-55.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 114 | 11 | 9.7 | 5.0-17.9 | 18 | 19.4 | 11.5-30.6 | 53 | 42.9 | 32.8-53.6 | 32 | 28.1 | 19.7-38.4 |
| 45+ | 195 | 26 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.5 | 35 | 17.9 | 12.5-25.0 | 87 | 45.2 | 37.0-53.8 | 47 | 25.9 | 18.7-34.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 110 | 13 | 9.9 | 5.5-17.4 | 16 | 13.8 | 8.0-22.8 | 42 | 35.2 | 26.0-45.7 | 39 | 41.0 | 30.4-52.5 |
| Some College + | 203 | 25 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.5 | 37 | 20.7 | 14.4-28.9 | 99 | 48.5 | 40.3-56.9 | 42 | 20.0 | 14.4-27.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 162 | 19 | 11.0 | 6.5-18.0 | 27 | 19.1 | 12.2-28.8 | 68 | 39.2 | 31.0-48.0 | 48 | 30.7 | 23.0-39.5 |
| $50,000+ | 76 | 11 | 10.7 | 5.6-19.7 | 13 | 17.5 | 9.9-29.0 | 43 | 60.6 | 47.7-72.1 | 9 | 11.2 | 5.5-21.5 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Forsyth | 368 | 46 | 11.3 | 8.3-15.2 | 75 | 18.8 | 14.9-23.5 | 173 | 48.1 | 42.2-54.0 | 74 | 21.9 | 17.2-27.4 |
| Guilford | 324 | 27 | 12.1 | 7.3-19.4 | 50 | 14.4 | 10.5-19.5 | 159 | 48.3 | 41.6-55.0 | 88 | 25.3 | 20.1-31.2 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 350 | 34 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.7 | 70 | 18.2 | 14.0-23.3 | 164 | 47.6 | 41.5-53.7 | 82 | 25.3 | 20.3-31.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 358 | 36 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.0 | 71 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.0 | 167 | 41.9 | 35.8-48.3 | 84 | 28.1 | 22.0-35.1 |
| Orange | 359 | 43 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.6 | 60 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.4 | 144 | 42.0 | 33.6-50.9 | 112 | 31.9 | 25.5-39.1 |
| Pitt | 323 | 44 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.6 | 55 | 18.2 | 13.2-24.4 | 140 | 37.7 | 31.5-44.4 | 84 | 31.4 | 24.4-39.3 |
| Randolph | 307 | 35 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.6 | 48 | 15.8 | 11.5-21.2 | 146 | 48.6 | 41.9-55.2 | 78 | 24.7 | 19.6-30.6 |
| Robeson | 314 | 49 | 15.9 | 11.7-21.4 | 54 | 19.2 | 14.0-25.6 | 136 | 39.3 | 33.0-46.0 | 75 | 25.6 | 19.9-32.2 |
| Wake | 350 | 48 | 12.8 | 9.5-17.1 | 68 | 23.1 | 17.9-29.3 | 164 | 44.9 | 39.0-50.9 | 70 | 19.2 | 14.8-24.5 |
| Western NC | 474 | 50 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.8 | 81 | 16.7 | 13.3-20.8 | 220 | 45.1 | 40.0-50.3 | 123 | 27.2 | 22.6-32.2 |
| Piedmont NC | 667 | 88 | 12.1 | 9.5-15.2 | 133 | 20.3 | 16.7-24.5 | 298 | 46.4 | 41.5-51.4 | 148 | 21.2 | 17.6-25.3 |
| Eastern NC | 625 | 69 | 9.9 | 7.5-12.8 | 132 | 20.4 | 16.9-24.3 | 269 | 42.9 | 38.2-47.6 | 155 | 26.9 | 22.7-31.6 |
*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activity
, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no physical activity.
#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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore,
Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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