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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control

Are you using physical activity or exercise to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,169 3,057 59.4 57.3-61.4 2,112 40.6 38.6-42.7
GENDER
Male 1,857 1,105 61.0 57.6-64.3 752 39.0 35.7-42.4
Female 3,312 1,952 58.0 55.5-60.6 1,360 42.0 39.4-44.5
RACE
White 3,953 2,383 60.6 58.2-62.9 1,570 39.4 37.1-41.8
African American 807 450 54.9 49.7-60.1 357 45.1 39.9-50.3
Asian 55 33 57.0 38.2-73.9 22 43.0 26.1-61.8
Native American 125 57 46.7 32.5-61.6 68 53.3 38.4-67.5
Other Minorities 197 117 60.4 49.3-70.6 80 39.6 29.4-50.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 227 131 58.8 48.2-68.7 96 41.2 31.3-51.8
-English Speaking 98 58 56.8 42.2-70.4 40 43.2 29.6-57.8
-Spanish Speaking 129 73 59.6 46.0-71.9 56 40.4 28.1-54.0
Non-Hispanic 4,933 2,921 59.4 57.3-61.5 2,012 40.6 38.5-42.7
AGE
18-24 345 254 72.4 64.2-79.4 91 27.6 20.6-35.8
25-34 880 606 67.3 62.6-71.7 274 32.7 28.3-37.4
35-44 1,056 671 62.5 58.1-66.7 385 37.5 33.3-41.9
45-54 1,086 654 58.1 53.7-62.5 432 41.9 37.5-46.3
55-64 785 427 51.0 45.9-56.1 358 49.0 43.9-54.1
65-74 592 288 45.4 39.5-51.4 304 54.6 48.6-60.5
75+ 386 135 35.5 28.9-42.8 251 64.5 57.2-71.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 734 282 39.6 33.7-45.9 452 60.4 54.1-66.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,451 750 54.1 50.2-57.9 701 45.9 42.1-49.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,265 788 64.5 60.5-68.3 477 35.5 31.7-39.5
College Graduate 1,708 1,234 73.0 69.7-76.1 474 27.0 23.9-30.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 471 203 40.7 33.9-47.9 268 59.3 52.1-66.1
$15,000- 24,999 836 447 52.8 47.1-58.3 389 47.2 41.7-52.9
$25,000- 34,999 632 384 63.4 57.7-68.8 248 36.6 31.2-42.3
$35,000- 49,999 717 459 61.7 56.4-66.8 258 38.3 33.2-43.6
$50,000-74,999 628 431 67.5 61.7-72.8 197 32.5 27.2-38.3
$75,000+ 772 560 74.9 70.5-78.9 212 25.1 21.1-29.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 316 184 59.8 53.2-66.0 132 40.2 34.0-46.8
Forsyth 371 222 59.7 53.9-65.3 149 40.3 34.7-46.1
Guilford 327 201 64.4 57.7-70.6 126 35.6 29.4-42.3
Henderson/Transylvania 353 231 68.1 62.3-73.3 122 31.9 26.7-37.7
Mecklenburg 358 231 64.3 58.0-70.2 127 35.7 29.8-42.0
Orange 363 235 62.4 53.0-70.9 128 37.6 29.1-47.0
Pitt 324 210 66.2 59.4-72.4 114 33.8 27.6-40.6
Randolph 311 165 54.2 47.6-60.7 146 45.8 39.3-52.4
Robeson 314 156 52.0 44.8-59.2 158 48.0 40.8-55.2
Wake 352 251 74.5 69.0-79.3 101 25.5 20.7-31.0
Western NC 484 257 55.6 50.5-60.6 227 44.4 39.4-49.5
Piedmont NC 668 367 54.0 49.1-58.8 301 46.0 41.2-50.9
Eastern NC 628 347 58.0 53.3-62.5 281 42.0 37.5-46.7

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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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