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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Weight Control

In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional given you advice about your weight?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, lose weight Yes, gain weight Yes, keep current wt No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,590 1,035 16.1 14.7-17.6 121 1.7 1.3- 2.3 223 2.9 2.4- 3.6 5,211 79.2 77.6-80.8
Eastern NC 780 128 15.7 12.9-18.9 12 1.3 0.7- 2.4 33 3.2 2.2- 4.8 607 79.8 76.3-82.8
GENDER
Male 282 41 13.1 9.3-18.2 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 6 1.9 0.7- 4.8 233 84.3 79.0-88.5
Female 498 87 17.9 14.2-22.2 10 1.9 0.9- 3.8 27 4.4 2.9- 6.7 374 75.9 71.2-80.0
RACE
White 538 83 15.1 11.9-19.0 9 1.5 0.7- 3.1 18 2.7 1.5- 4.6 428 80.8 76.7-84.3
Other 238 45 17.1 12.2-23.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 15 4.5 2.5- 8.1 175 77.4 70.7-83.0
AGE
18-44 346 47 12.9 9.4-17.5 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1 12 2.8 1.5- 5.4 282 83.1 78.1-87.1
45+ 429 81 19.2 15.3-23.9 7 1.4 0.6- 3.2 21 3.8 2.3- 6.1 320 75.6 70.6-79.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 414 68 15.6 12.1-20.0 5 1.1 0.4- 3.1 18 2.6 1.5- 4.5 323 80.7 76.1-84.6
Some College + 364 59 15.5 11.5-20.5 7 1.6 0.7- 3.4 15 4.0 2.2- 7.1 283 78.9 73.5-83.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 442 63 12.9 9.7-16.9 7 1.5 0.7- 3.4 23 4.0 2.6- 6.4 349 81.6 77.2-85.3
$50,000+ 136 30 25.3 17.6-35.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 3.4 1.1-10.0 101 70.6 60.8-78.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 68 17.4 13.4-22.2 7 1.7 0.7- 3.9 14 2.7 1.5- 4.8 317 78.3 73.2-82.6
Forsyth 461 83 16.5 13.1-20.5 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7 15 2.6 1.5- 4.4 358 79.9 75.6-83.6
Guilford 413 57 13.0 9.8-17.1 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 337 82.5 77.9-86.3
Henderson/Transylvania 463 57 12.2 9.0-16.2 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 12 2.1 1.1- 4.0 385 84.1 79.7-87.6
Mecklenburg 437 76 14.7 11.4-18.7 2 1.3 0.2- 6.8 15 2.4 1.4- 4.3 344 81.6 76.9-85.5
Orange 433 54 9.9 7.2-13.5 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3 13 2.6 1.5- 4.7 357 85.3 81.1-88.7
Pitt 411 68 15.4 11.7-20.0 10 2.2 0.9- 5.1 13 2.4 1.3- 4.3 320 80.0 75.0-84.3
Randolph 421 56 14.1 10.4-18.8 10 4.9 1.3-16.6 10 2.1 1.1- 4.1 345 78.9 71.1-85.0
Robeson 428 66 12.2 9.3-15.8 15 3.4 1.9- 5.8 24 5.2 3.3- 8.1 323 79.3 74.7-83.2
Wake 423 74 17.2 13.1-22.3 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 333 78.8 73.5-83.3
Western NC 644 99 14.9 12.1-18.2 11 1.5 0.8- 2.8 19 2.4 1.3- 4.6 515 81.2 77.5-84.3
Piedmont NC 870 149 18.2 15.0-22.0 18 2.0 1.1- 3.7 33 3.4 2.2- 5.2 670 76.4 72.4-80.0

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*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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