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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Weight Control

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,587 2,972 43.2 41.3-45.1 3,615 56.8 54.9-58.7
Forsyth County 461 206 41.4 36.3-46.7 255 58.6 53.3-63.7
GENDER
Male 178 58 31.2 24.2-39.1 120 68.8 60.9-75.8
Female 283 148 51.2 44.5-57.9 135 48.8 42.1-55.5
RACE
White 343 150 40.0 34.1-46.1 193 60.0 53.9-65.9
Other 114 52 43.0 33.0-53.5 62 57.0 46.5-67.0
AGE
18-44 197 86 35.8 28.7-43.5 111 64.2 56.5-71.3
45+ 259 120 48.0 41.1-55.0 139 52.0 45.0-58.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 74 33.6 26.5-41.6 119 66.4 58.4-73.5
Some College + 267 132 48.1 41.4-54.9 135 51.9 45.1-58.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 95 37.7 30.5-45.5 124 62.3 54.5-69.5
$50,000+ 141 76 51.6 42.2-60.8 65 48.4 39.2-57.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 409 191 46.0 40.4-51.8 218 54.0 48.2-59.6
Guilford 411 184 43.9 38.1-50.0 227 56.1 50.0-61.9
Henderson/Transylvania 464 208 42.7 37.1-48.6 256 57.3 51.4-62.9
Mecklenburg 437 206 41.5 35.9-47.3 231 58.5 52.7-64.1
Orange 430 193 46.1 38.7-53.6 237 53.9 46.4-61.3
Pitt 411 205 49.2 43.1-55.3 206 50.8 44.7-56.9
Randolph 421 179 40.0 33.7-46.6 242 60.0 53.4-66.3
Robeson 429 181 39.1 33.5-45.0 248 60.9 55.0-66.5
Wake 423 208 49.1 43.3-54.9 215 50.9 45.1-56.7
Western NC 645 270 39.7 35.4-44.1 375 60.3 55.9-64.6
Piedmont NC 868 394 44.7 40.5-49.0 474 55.3 51.0-59.5
Eastern NC 778 347 41.3 37.2-45.5 431 58.7 54.5-62.8

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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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