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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control--MALE Respondents Only

Are you eating either fewer calories or less fat to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Fewer calories Less fat Fewer cals & less fat No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,843 219 9.8 8.1-11.7 303 18.1 15.5-21.1 784 42.6 39.2-46.2 537 29.5 26.3-32.9
RACE
White 1,400 162 9.6 7.8-11.9 219 16.6 13.9-19.8 613 44.3 40.3-48.4 406 29.4 25.8-33.3
African American 263 32 11.7 7.5-17.8 47 21.2 14.5-29.9 103 40.6 32.6-49.1 81 26.6 19.9-34.5
Asian 24 4 9.9 3.0-28.1 7 44.5 17.8-74.9 4 13.6 3.4-41.3 9 32.0 12.9-59.8
Native American 43 11 13.8 6.3-27.8 7 24.4 7.6-56.0 17 37.1 18.3-60.9 8 24.6 9.1-51.5
Other Minorities 103 8 6.4 2.5-15.4 22 21.1 11.6-35.3 40 36.0 23.1-51.3 33 36.5 22.7-52.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 112 8 4.4 1.5-12.4 20 18.3 9.7-31.8 43 36.8 24.2-51.6 41 40.5 26.5-56.3
-English Speaking 40 5 5.5 1.6-17.9 6 21.3 7.9-45.9 17 48.8 28.1-70.0 12 24.3 11.4-44.6
-Spanish Speaking 72 3 4.1 1.0-15.5 14 17.5 8.0-34.1 26 33.5 19.4-51.4 29 45.0 27.9-63.2
Non-Hispanic 1,727 211 10.4 8.6-12.4 283 18.2 15.5-21.1 738 43.1 39.6-46.7 495 28.3 25.2-31.7
AGE
18-24 113 10 5.8 2.4-13.1 10 8.2 3.4-18.3 33 37.2 23.4-53.4 60 48.8 34.3-63.5
25-34 300 35 9.5 6.2-14.4 45 20.1 13.6-28.7 105 33.9 26.9-41.7 115 36.5 29.2-44.4
35-44 405 55 13.6 9.6-19.0 84 21.2 16.2-27.2 160 41.1 34.5-48.1 106 24.1 18.7-30.5
45-54 390 41 8.1 5.3-12.1 60 16.6 11.8-22.7 207 54.2 47.1-61.2 82 21.2 15.6-28.0
55-64 286 43 11.5 7.7-16.8 49 21.4 14.7-30.0 121 44.5 36.6-52.6 73 22.6 16.6-30.0
65-74 210 19 7.2 3.7-13.5 33 15.8 9.9-24.3 109 55.8 45.9-65.3 49 21.2 14.3-30.4
75+ 126 13 8.7 4.6-15.9 19 21.7 12.2-35.6 47 30.4 21.1-41.7 47 39.1 28.0-51.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 281 27 6.5 3.8-11.0 54 16.6 11.2-23.9 97 38.8 30.0-48.4 103 38.1 29.0-48.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 506 63 11.1 8.0-15.2 72 16.9 12.4-22.7 201 39.0 33.1-45.2 170 32.9 27.1-39.3
Some Post-H.S. 391 36 7.3 4.7-11.2 68 20.3 14.6-27.5 184 48.1 40.1-56.3 103 24.3 18.7-30.9
College Graduate 661 93 12.2 9.1-16.1 108 18.8 14.6-23.9 301 44.8 39.4-50.4 159 24.2 19.6-29.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 19 12.8 6.5-23.4 14 15.6 6.6-32.6 42 33.9 22.6-47.4 50 37.7 25.0-52.3
$15,000- 24,999 275 28 7.8 4.6-12.8 47 19.1 12.8-27.7 106 38.2 30.1-47.0 94 34.9 26.1-44.9
$25,000- 34,999 218 23 7.8 4.5-13.2 46 23.2 15.7-32.7 82 32.4 24.0-42.1 67 36.7 26.8-47.8
$35,000- 49,999 294 39 12.1 7.8-18.3 58 23.0 16.3-31.3 121 40.4 32.5-48.9 76 24.5 18.3-32.0
$50,000-74,999 227 30 10.8 6.6-17.2 34 17.9 11.5-26.8 106 48.8 38.3-59.3 57 22.5 15.3-31.7
$75,000+ 364 46 11.7 8.0-17.0 60 16.1 11.6-21.9 188 53.4 46.3-60.4 70 18.8 13.9-24.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 109 12 9.7 5.3-16.9 19 16.7 10.3-26.0 44 38.3 28.5-49.1 34 35.3 25.4-46.7
Forsyth 125 15 9.7 5.5-16.4 22 13.9 9.0-20.8 57 50.1 40.4-59.7 31 26.4 18.6-36.0
Guilford 107 14 14.6 7.9-25.4 15 13.6 7.7-23.1 50 47.6 37.0-58.5 28 24.2 16.3-34.3
Henderson/Transylvania 134 13 7.2 3.9-12.6 23 16.7 10.7-25.2 56 42.9 33.7-52.6 42 33.2 24.8-42.9
Mecklenburg 117 10 8.6 4.3-16.4 22 20.3 12.6-30.9 46 34.0 24.7-44.6 39 37.1 26.4-49.3
Orange 140 17 11.6 6.9-18.8 17 13.9 8.6-21.8 57 36.9 28.7-46.0 49 37.5 29.0-46.9
Pitt 113 18 14.6 8.8-23.4 17 15.2 9.1-24.3 40 32.4 23.8-42.4 38 37.8 28.0-48.6
Randolph 109 12 10.9 6.0-19.0 16 15.8 9.6-25.0 49 47.4 37.1-58.0 32 25.9 18.1-35.5
Robeson 113 21 20.3 13.0-30.3 19 19.2 11.2-30.9 39 30.3 21.3-41.1 34 30.2 21.0-41.3
Wake 147 20 12.6 8.0-19.2 26 21.7 14.1-31.9 69 44.1 35.1-53.5 32 21.6 15.0-30.1
Western NC 193 24 10.9 7.2-16.0 28 14.4 9.7-20.8 85 43.6 35.9-51.5 56 31.2 24.0-39.5
Piedmont NC 221 25 9.5 6.0-14.6 39 18.2 12.6-25.7 102 48.0 39.5-56.5 55 24.3 18.0-32.1
Eastern NC 215 18 7.2 4.3-11.9 40 19.4 14.0-26.3 90 39.5 32.0-47.5 67 33.9 26.4-42.2

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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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