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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control

Are you now trying to maintain your current weight, that is to keep from gaining weight?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,608 2,207 60.6 58.1-63.1 1,401 39.4 36.9-41.9
GENDER
Male 1,642 946 57.4 53.6-61.0 696 42.6 39.0-46.4
Female 1,966 1,261 64.6 61.3-67.8 705 35.4 32.2-38.7
RACE
White 2,760 1,713 60.7 57.8-63.5 1,047 39.3 36.5-42.2
African American 525 313 61.1 54.5-67.3 212 38.9 32.7-45.5
Asian 49 32 72.9 54.0-86.1 17 27.1 13.9-46.0
Native American 101 48 38.2 24.0-54.7 53 61.8 45.3-76.0
Other Minorities 145 83 62.3 50.5-72.9 62 37.7 27.1-49.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 109 69.8 58.2-79.3 57 30.2 20.7-41.8
-English Speaking 66 44 67.7 50.2-81.3 22 32.3 18.7-49.8
-Spanish Speaking 100 65 70.5 55.9-81.8 35 29.5 18.2-44.1
Non-Hispanic 3,433 2,091 59.9 57.3-62.5 1,342 40.1 37.5-42.7
AGE
18-24 295 170 55.8 47.0-64.2 125 44.2 35.8-53.0
25-34 610 377 61.4 55.4-66.9 233 38.6 33.1-44.6
35-44 649 413 64.3 58.8-69.5 236 35.7 30.5-41.2
45-54 611 397 64.6 58.5-70.2 214 35.4 29.8-41.5
55-64 494 322 64.7 58.4-70.5 172 35.3 29.5-41.6
65-74 475 282 57.1 50.4-63.5 193 42.9 36.5-49.6
75+ 441 229 52.9 45.1-60.6 212 47.1 39.4-54.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 657 348 55.6 49.4-61.6 309 44.4 38.4-50.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,091 620 56.5 51.8-61.1 471 43.5 38.9-48.2
Some Post-H.S. 767 489 62.1 56.5-67.4 278 37.9 32.6-43.5
College Graduate 1,082 745 69.0 64.6-73.0 337 31.0 27.0-35.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 380 196 56.6 47.8-64.9 184 43.4 35.1-52.2
$15,000- 24,999 592 353 59.2 52.6-65.5 239 40.8 34.5-47.4
$25,000- 34,999 419 262 61.9 54.2-69.0 157 38.1 31.0-45.8
$35,000- 49,999 477 305 59.4 52.4-66.2 172 40.6 33.8-47.6
$50,000-74,999 360 251 69.9 62.5-76.4 109 30.1 23.6-37.5
$75,000+ 428 328 76.4 70.1-81.7 100 23.6 18.3-29.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 215 125 57.4 49.6-64.8 90 42.6 35.2-50.4
Forsyth 256 165 62.2 54.6-69.3 91 37.8 30.7-45.4
Guilford 228 143 59.3 51.4-66.8 85 40.7 33.2-48.6
Henderson/Transylvania 251 145 51.3 42.5-59.9 106 48.7 40.1-57.5
Mecklenburg 230 153 63.1 54.4-71.0 77 36.9 29.0-45.6
Orange 238 170 75.0 68.5-80.6 68 25.0 19.4-31.5
Pitt 206 120 61.0 52.2-69.1 86 39.0 30.9-47.8
Randolph 240 132 48.8 39.9-57.8 108 51.2 42.2-60.1
Robeson 248 137 55.7 47.5-63.7 111 44.3 36.3-52.5
Wake 214 144 64.0 55.7-71.6 70 36.0 28.4-44.3
Western NC 374 214 55.1 48.9-61.1 160 44.9 38.9-51.1
Piedmont NC 474 277 56.5 50.8-62.0 197 43.5 38.0-49.2
Eastern NC 434 282 66.3 60.6-71.6 152 33.7 28.4-39.4

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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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