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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control

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 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
GENDER
Male 2,553 915 35.1 32.3-38.0 942 37.2 34.3-40.1 696 27.7 25.1-30.6
Female 4,014 2,057 51.0 48.6-53.3 1,257 31.8 29.6-34.1 700 17.2 15.5-19.1
RACE
White 4,999 2,247 43.1 41.0-45.2 1,708 34.5 32.5-36.6 1,044 22.4 20.6-24.3
African American 1,018 496 48.2 43.5-52.8 311 31.6 27.4-36.2 211 20.2 16.6-24.2
Asian 70 23 40.9 25.1-58.9 31 44.7 29.1-61.5 16 14.3 6.8-27.6
Native American 179 78 42.5 30.5-55.4 48 22.0 13.9-32.9 53 35.5 23.8-49.3
Other Minorities 259 114 33.9 26.1-42.7 83 41.2 31.9-51.2 62 24.9 18.0-33.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 284 118 36.2 28.1-45.2 109 44.5 35.2-54.3 57 19.3 13.2-27.3
-English Speaking 120 54 43.3 30.8-56.8 44 38.3 26.8-51.4 22 18.3 10.2-30.6
-Spanish Speaking 164 64 33.4 23.8-44.7 65 46.9 35.1-59.1 35 19.7 12.2-30.0
Non-Hispanic 6,272 2,852 43.9 42.0-45.8 2,083 33.6 31.8-35.4 1,337 22.5 20.8-24.2
AGE
18-24 469 175 34.3 27.6-41.6 169 36.6 29.8-43.9 125 29.2 23.2-35.9
25-34 1,112 504 42.3 38.1-46.7 375 35.3 31.3-39.6 233 22.3 18.8-26.3
35-44 1,288 645 47.0 43.0-51.0 410 34.2 30.5-38.2 233 18.8 15.8-22.2
45-54 1,302 692 51.6 47.5-55.7 396 31.2 27.6-35.1 214 17.2 14.1-20.7
55-64 957 463 49.2 44.6-53.8 322 32.8 28.7-37.2 172 17.9 14.7-21.7
65-74 786 311 38.4 33.5-43.5 282 35.2 30.4-40.3 193 26.4 22.1-31.2
75+ 599 160 25.4 20.6-30.9 228 39.6 33.7-45.8 211 35.0 28.7-41.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,046 389 35.9 31.3-40.9 348 35.6 30.8-40.7 309 28.5 24.4-32.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,921 834 43.5 40.2-46.9 617 31.9 28.8-35.2 470 24.6 21.7-27.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,542 777 47.4 43.4-51.3 487 32.6 29.1-36.3 278 20.0 16.9-23.6
College Graduate 2,041 966 44.3 41.1-47.6 742 38.6 35.4-41.8 333 17.1 14.7-19.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 656 276 39.4 33.4-45.7 196 34.3 28.3-40.8 184 26.3 20.9-32.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,073 484 44.6 39.8-49.5 351 32.8 28.3-37.7 238 22.6 18.8-26.9
$25,000- 34,999 791 372 43.4 38.2-48.7 262 35.1 29.9-40.6 157 21.6 17.3-26.6
$35,000- 49,999 887 412 42.7 38.0-47.6 303 34.0 29.5-38.7 172 23.3 19.0-28.2
$50,000-74,999 737 378 48.8 43.1-54.5 251 35.9 30.8-41.4 108 15.3 11.8-19.7
$75,000+ 872 445 48.2 43.5-52.9 327 39.6 35.0-44.2 100 12.2 9.4-15.9
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
Mecklenburg 436 206 41.6 35.9-47.4 153 36.9 31.2-43.0 77 21.6 16.6-27.5
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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*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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