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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 159 15 7.5 4.3-12.8 1 2.2 0.3-14.0 8 3.0 1.3- 6.6 135 87.3 79.7-92.3
Female 278 61 22.1 16.9-28.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 209 75.7 69.4-81.0
RACE
White 264 36 10.4 7.2-14.9 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 10 2.4 1.2- 4.5 217 85.2 79.0-89.8
Other 170 40 20.3 14.4-27.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 5 2.6 0.9- 6.8 124 76.7 68.8-83.0
AGE
18-44 233 29 11.0 7.3-16.3 2 2.0 0.4-10.2 4 1.3 0.4- 4.0 198 85.6 79.2-90.3
45+ 201 46 21.2 15.7-28.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.6 2.4- 8.6 144 74.2 67.1-80.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 25 15.2 9.4-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.6 1.0- 6.9 105 82.2 73.5-88.4
Some College + 301 51 14.4 10.7-19.1 2 2.0 0.4-10.3 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 239 81.2 75.3-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 40 16.9 11.5-24.0 2 2.9 0.5-14.2 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0 144 78.2 69.7-84.9
$50,000+ 147 18 10.5 6.4-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.5 0.5- 4.6 126 88.0 81.5-92.4
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
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
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

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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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