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| Total Respond.# |
Trying to lose weight | Maintain weight | Neither | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,567 | 2,972 | 43.3 | 41.4-45.2 | 2,199 | 34.4 | 32.6-36.2 | 1,396 | 22.3 | 20.7-24.0 |
| Buncombe County | 406 | 191 | 46.4 | 40.7-52.2 | 125 | 30.8 | 25.7-36.3 | 90 | 22.9 | 18.5-27.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 156 | 54 | 36.0 | 27.9-45.0 | 55 | 33.5 | 25.5-42.6 | 47 | 30.5 | 23.1-39.1 |
| Female | 250 | 137 | 56.2 | 48.9-63.2 | 70 | 28.2 | 22.2-35.0 | 43 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 361 | 173 | 47.3 | 41.2-53.4 | 108 | 29.8 | 24.5-35.7 | 80 | 22.9 | 18.2-28.3 |
| Other | 38 | 17 | 43.0 | 26.7-61.0 | 12 | 34.5 | 19.4-53.6 | 9 | 22.5 | 11.3-39.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 151 | 75 | 47.4 | 38.4-56.6 | 39 | 25.0 | 18.1-33.4 | 37 | 27.6 | 20.1-36.6 |
| 45+ | 249 | 114 | 46.7 | 39.4-54.1 | 82 | 33.5 | 26.8-41.0 | 53 | 19.9 | 15.0-25.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 154 | 62 | 37.6 | 29.4-46.6 | 49 | 33.9 | 25.5-43.4 | 43 | 28.5 | 21.1-37.3 |
| Some College + | 248 | 129 | 53.0 | 45.6-60.4 | 74 | 28.3 | 22.2-35.2 | 45 | 18.7 | 13.7-25.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 213 | 94 | 43.0 | 35.4-50.9 | 69 | 30.7 | 24.2-38.1 | 50 | 26.3 | 19.9-33.9 |
| $50,000+ | 86 | 53 | 62.1 | 50.0-72.9 | 23 | 26.9 | 17.6-38.7 | 10 | 11.0 | 5.8-19.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Forsyth | 461 | 206 | 41.4 | 36.3-46.7 | 164 | 36.4 | 31.4-41.8 | 91 | 22.2 | 17.6-27.4 |
| Guilford | 410 | 184 | 44.0 | 38.1-50.0 | 141 | 32.8 | 27.6-38.5 | 85 | 23.2 | 18.5-28.8 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 459 | 208 | 43.3 | 37.5-49.2 | 145 | 29.1 | 24.4-34.3 | 106 | 27.7 | 21.7-34.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 436 | 206 | 41.6 | 35.9-47.4 | 153 | 36.9 | 31.2-43.0 | 77 | 21.6 | 16.6-27.5 |
| Orange | 428 | 193 | 46.1 | 38.7-53.7 | 167 | 40.2 | 33.7-47.1 | 68 | 13.7 | 10.4-17.8 |
| Pitt | 411 | 205 | 49.2 | 43.1-55.3 | 120 | 31.0 | 25.4-37.2 | 86 | 19.8 | 15.4-25.1 |
| Randolph | 419 | 179 | 40.4 | 34.1-47.1 | 132 | 29.1 | 24.2-34.5 | 108 | 30.5 | 23.7-38.3 |
| Robeson | 428 | 181 | 39.2 | 33.6-45.1 | 136 | 33.8 | 27.9-40.3 | 111 | 27.0 | 21.9-32.7 |
| Wake | 422 | 208 | 49.2 | 43.4-55.0 | 144 | 32.6 | 27.6-38.0 | 70 | 18.3 | 14.0-23.5 |
| Western NC | 643 | 270 | 39.8 | 35.5-44.2 | 214 | 33.3 | 29.1-37.7 | 159 | 27.0 | 22.9-31.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 866 | 394 | 44.9 | 40.6-49.2 | 277 | 31.2 | 27.5-35.2 | 195 | 23.9 | 20.4-27.8 |
| Eastern NC | 778 | 347 | 41.3 | 37.2-45.5 | 281 | 39.0 | 34.8-43.3 | 150 | 19.8 | 16.5-23.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.
#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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