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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

Risk Factors

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
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
Mecklenburg County 436 206 41.6 35.9-47.4 153 36.9 31.2-43.0 77 21.6 16.6-27.5
GENDER
Male 159 48 28.3 20.7-37.5 69 40.6 31.2-50.7 42 31.1 22.1-41.8
Female 277 158 55.3 48.2-62.1 84 33.0 26.6-40.2 35 11.7 8.1-16.6
RACE
White 264 111 36.4 29.5-44.0 106 41.3 33.4-49.7 47 22.3 15.1-31.6
Other 169 94 48.1 39.1-57.2 47 31.6 23.5-40.9 28 20.3 13.6-29.3
AGE
18-44 232 105 38.7 31.3-46.7 84 37.5 29.7-46.0 43 23.8 17.0-32.2
45+ 201 98 46.3 38.8-54.0 69 36.1 29.0-43.9 34 17.6 12.3-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 135 60 39.2 29.2-50.2 45 35.5 24.7-48.0 30 25.3 16.6-36.5
Some College + 301 146 42.9 36.2-49.8 108 37.6 31.2-44.5 47 19.5 13.4-27.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 93 43.1 33.8-53.0 61 35.4 26.0-45.9 37 21.5 13.4-32.6
$50,000+ 147 69 43.6 34.8-52.8 58 40.0 31.4-49.1 20 16.5 10.3-25.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 191 46.4 40.7-52.2 125 30.8 25.7-36.3 90 22.9 18.5-27.9
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
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

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*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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