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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--MALE Respondents Only

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 2,553 915 35.1 32.3-38.0 942 37.2 34.3-40.1 696 27.7 25.1-30.6
RACE
White 1,926 687 34.2 31.0-37.6 725 37.8 34.6-41.2 514 27.9 24.9-31.2
African American 364 135 40.6 33.5-48.1 130 32.7 26.3-39.9 99 26.7 20.3-34.3
Asian 31 9 42.7 18.5-71.0 14 40.8 19.5-66.3 8 16.5 5.4-40.5
Native American 70 24 35.1 19.1-55.4 20 19.3 10.3-33.3 26 45.6 27.6-64.7
Other Minorities 146 55 32.1 22.1-44.0 48 42.7 30.4-55.9 43 25.3 16.7-36.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 153 52 30.5 20.8-42.4 61 47.7 35.2-60.5 40 21.8 13.6-33.0
-English Speaking 54 18 29.4 14.7-50.1 23 49.4 31.4-67.6 13 21.2 10.0-39.6
-Spanish Speaking 99 34 30.9 19.5-45.2 38 47.2 32.2-62.8 27 21.9 12.4-35.8
Non-Hispanic 2,395 861 35.6 32.7-38.6 879 36.1 33.3-39.0 655 28.3 25.6-31.2
AGE
18-24 183 42 23.6 14.7-35.8 70 38.5 28.3-49.8 71 37.8 28.2-48.6
25-34 433 138 31.0 25.0-37.7 163 38.5 32.2-45.2 132 30.5 24.5-37.2
35-44 553 217 37.9 32.3-43.7 189 38.5 32.8-44.5 147 23.6 19.1-28.9
45-54 518 206 40.3 34.3-46.7 187 35.8 30.0-42.0 125 23.9 18.6-30.1
55-64 370 153 43.5 36.5-50.8 137 34.9 28.5-41.9 80 21.6 16.3-28.0
65-74 291 104 39.6 31.7-48.0 111 33.9 26.6-42.0 76 26.6 20.0-34.4
75+ 183 50 27.5 19.0-38.1 77 37.7 27.6-49.0 56 34.8 23.1-48.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 433 135 30.6 24.3-37.8 149 38.8 31.4-46.6 149 30.6 24.7-37.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 755 250 35.0 30.1-40.3 263 33.6 28.8-38.7 242 31.4 26.5-36.8
Some Post-H.S. 524 199 37.0 30.4-44.1 194 34.4 28.5-40.8 131 28.6 22.7-35.3
College Graduate 834 329 36.9 32.3-41.8 334 42.8 37.9-47.8 171 20.3 16.4-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 202 69 34.3 24.3-45.8 58 30.2 20.5-41.9 75 35.6 24.8-48.0
$15,000- 24,999 399 128 34.7 27.9-42.2 149 37.0 29.6-45.0 122 28.3 21.9-35.7
$25,000- 34,999 313 106 30.1 23.1-38.1 116 38.9 30.8-47.6 91 31.0 23.5-39.7
$35,000- 49,999 394 143 32.8 26.3-40.0 153 38.3 31.5-45.6 98 28.9 22.1-36.7
$50,000-74,999 290 114 41.8 32.7-51.4 113 38.2 30.1-47.0 63 20.0 14.3-27.3
$75,000+ 430 188 42.0 35.7-48.5 178 42.8 36.4-49.4 64 15.2 11.0-20.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 54 36.0 27.9-45.0 55 33.5 25.5-42.6 47 30.5 23.1-39.1
Forsyth 178 58 31.2 24.2-39.1 69 38.8 30.9-47.3 51 30.0 22.4-38.8
Guilford 149 60 38.8 30.2-48.1 45 30.9 22.9-40.1 44 30.4 22.3-39.8
Henderson/Transylvania 185 64 36.3 28.7-44.7 71 34.5 27.4-42.5 50 29.1 21.8-37.8
Mecklenburg 159 48 28.3 20.7-37.5 69 40.6 31.2-50.7 42 31.1 22.1-41.8
Orange 179 66 35.5 28.2-43.5 74 45.1 37.1-53.4 39 19.4 14.0-26.2
Pitt 157 63 40.6 32.6-49.2 50 32.2 24.0-41.6 44 27.2 19.7-36.3
Randolph 169 52 30.1 22.8-38.5 58 32.5 25.0-41.0 59 37.5 29.0-46.8
Robeson 172 52 28.3 20.8-37.3 64 39.4 30.1-49.5 56 32.3 24.2-41.6
Wake 180 84 46.4 37.9-55.0 63 32.2 25.2-40.2 33 21.4 14.8-29.9
Western NC 274 98 31.9 26.2-38.3 101 36.9 30.5-43.8 75 31.2 24.8-38.4
Piedmont NC 314 123 39.7 32.8-47.0 100 29.9 24.2-36.3 91 30.4 24.4-37.3
Eastern NC 281 93 29.8 24.1-36.2 123 47.1 40.1-54.2 65 23.1 17.7-29.5

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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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