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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 1,926 687 34.2 31.0-37.6 725 37.8 34.6-41.2 514 27.9 24.9-31.2
Female 3,073 1,560 51.3 48.7-54.0 983 31.4 29.1-33.9 530 17.2 15.3-19.4
AGE
18-24 319 106 33.5 25.2-43.0 116 31.1 23.8-39.6 97 35.4 27.4-44.2
25-34 786 353 41.3 36.5-46.4 284 38.0 33.2-43.0 149 20.7 16.6-25.5
35-44 929 466 46.4 41.9-51.1 300 35.2 30.8-39.8 163 18.4 15.0-22.3
45-54 996 538 52.8 48.0-57.5 305 31.5 27.3-36.1 153 15.7 12.4-19.7
55-64 763 370 49.8 44.7-54.9 261 32.7 28.1-37.6 132 17.6 14.0-21.8
65-74 661 257 35.4 30.4-40.8 246 37.9 32.6-43.6 158 26.7 22.0-32.0
75+ 512 146 27.1 21.7-33.4 185 36.4 30.1-43.1 181 36.5 29.5-44.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 655 245 36.5 30.7-42.8 206 31.5 26.2-37.2 204 32.0 26.7-37.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,452 617 43.0 39.2-46.8 481 31.7 28.2-35.4 354 25.3 21.9-29.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,167 581 47.1 42.6-51.6 383 33.9 29.8-38.2 203 19.1 15.6-23.2
College Graduate 1,714 802 43.2 39.7-46.8 634 40.0 36.5-43.7 278 16.7 14.1-19.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 427 182 36.9 30.0-44.3 130 34.7 27.4-42.9 115 28.4 21.1-37.0
$15,000- 24,999 687 299 43.1 37.4-49.0 230 30.9 25.9-36.3 158 26.0 21.1-31.6
$25,000- 34,999 576 257 41.8 35.9-48.1 203 36.4 30.4-42.7 116 21.8 17.0-27.6
$35,000- 49,999 717 328 40.1 35.0-45.4 249 34.7 29.8-40.1 140 25.2 20.2-30.9
$50,000-74,999 642 331 49.1 43.0-55.2 219 36.9 31.3-42.9 92 14.0 10.5-18.5
$75,000+ 764 386 47.1 42.1-52.1 290 40.6 35.8-45.7 88 12.3 9.2-16.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 361 173 47.3 41.2-53.4 108 29.8 24.5-35.7 80 22.9 18.2-28.3
Forsyth 343 150 40.0 34.1-46.1 128 38.1 32.2-44.4 65 21.9 16.6-28.3
Guilford 275 121 43.2 36.5-50.1 97 33.0 27.0-39.7 57 23.8 18.0-30.7
Henderson/Transylvania 420 192 44.9 39.3-50.6 131 30.2 25.3-35.5 97 25.0 19.9-30.7
Mecklenburg 264 111 36.4 29.5-44.0 106 41.3 33.4-49.7 47 22.3 15.1-31.6
Orange 348 152 45.4 36.7-54.4 139 39.9 32.5-47.9 57 14.7 10.8-19.6
Pitt 288 147 50.6 42.9-58.2 86 33.1 26.3-40.6 55 16.4 12.1-21.8
Randolph 380 166 41.2 34.4-48.3 119 28.9 23.8-34.6 95 29.9 22.6-38.3
Robeson 173 69 37.5 29.1-46.8 64 37.4 28.8-46.9 40 25.1 17.8-34.0
Wake 307 148 46.8 40.4-53.3 110 35.2 29.3-41.5 49 18.0 13.0-24.4
Western NC 597 254 40.0 35.6-44.7 200 33.4 29.1-37.9 143 26.6 22.3-31.3
Piedmont NC 706 324 45.2 40.5-49.9 228 30.8 26.8-35.1 154 24.0 20.1-28.4
Eastern NC 537 240 42.0 37.2-46.9 192 38.6 33.8-43.6 105 19.5 15.7-23.9

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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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