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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,018 496 48.2 43.5-52.8 311 31.6 27.4-36.2 211 20.2 16.6-24.2
GENDER
Male 364 135 40.6 33.5-48.1 130 32.7 26.3-39.9 99 26.7 20.3-34.3
Female 654 361 53.9 47.9-59.7 181 30.8 25.4-36.8 112 15.3 11.8-19.5
AGE
18-24 86 45 48.2 32.9-63.9 27 39.0 24.6-55.7 14 12.8 5.6-26.8
25-34 189 95 44.3 34.3-54.8 48 26.8 18.8-36.7 46 28.9 19.8-40.0
35-44 230 118 53.5 44.1-62.7 65 27.2 19.6-36.4 47 19.3 12.8-27.9
45-54 216 115 50.3 40.9-59.6 63 29.9 22.4-38.7 38 19.8 12.8-29.4
55-64 125 60 46.4 34.5-58.7 43 37.2 25.9-50.0 22 16.4 8.9-28.4
65-74 93 44 55.7 42.0-68.6 30 26.1 16.0-39.6 19 18.2 10.5-29.6
75+ 64 10 14.2 6.8-27.1 32 60.6 44.3-74.8 22 25.2 13.8-41.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 194 69 42.8 32.0-54.3 73 33.5 24.2-44.2 52 23.7 15.6-34.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 339 162 46.5 38.6-54.6 104 34.4 26.7-43.0 73 19.1 13.7-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 278 147 50.6 41.7-59.4 77 28.8 21.8-37.0 54 20.6 13.9-29.4
College Graduate 201 114 52.7 43.4-61.9 56 29.4 21.7-38.6 31 17.9 11.4-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 69 50.7 38.0-63.3 40 32.0 21.2-45.2 35 17.3 9.6-29.0
$15,000- 24,999 231 118 54.7 44.3-64.8 71 28.7 20.6-38.5 42 16.6 10.0-26.2
$25,000- 34,999 158 86 46.9 34.9-59.2 46 34.1 22.4-48.2 26 19.0 10.7-31.4
$35,000- 49,999 123 63 51.4 38.4-64.3 34 31.5 20.7-44.7 26 17.1 9.2-29.6
$50,000-74,999 62 34 52.3 33.6-70.4 21 27.6 15.2-44.8 7 20.1 7.7-43.3
$75,000+ 59 34 54.1 37.6-69.8 16 28.9 16.5-45.5 9 17.0 8.0-32.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 10 35.7 18.1-58.2 7 39.3 19.4-63.5 7 25.0 11.1-47.2
Forsyth 94 46 46.4 35.1-58.0 29 32.5 22.3-44.8 19 21.1 12.8-32.7
Guilford 111 54 48.2 36.2-60.4 35 29.5 20.2-40.8 22 22.3 13.9-33.8
Henderson/Transylvania 13 5 18.7 4.6-52.0 6 22.6 5.9-57.6 2 58.7 19.5-89.3
Mecklenburg 130 75 51.4 41.7-61.1 35 30.2 21.8-40.2 20 18.3 11.7-27.5
Orange 40 20 49.0 31.1-67.2 16 45.2 27.6-64.1 4 5.8 2.0-15.5
Pitt 107 53 50.5 40.3-60.7 25 22.0 13.2-34.2 29 27.5 17.6-40.4
Randolph 17 6 32.5 13.2-60.4 6 26.7 10.7-52.5 5 40.7 16.4-70.7
Robeson 89 35 29.9 19.6-42.6 28 42.0 27.1-58.5 26 28.1 17.9-41.2
Wake 72 42 60.9 46.2-73.9 18 23.6 13.9-37.1 12 15.5 8.1-27.7
Western NC 23 7 33.2 15.3-57.7 7 33.0 15.6-56.7 9 33.8 16.9-56.2
Piedmont NC 113 52 48.3 36.7-60.1 35 30.3 20.3-42.7 26 21.4 13.5-32.3
Eastern NC 185 91 46.3 37.7-55.1 64 35.2 27.3-44.1 30 18.4 12.1-27.1

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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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