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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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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*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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