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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Weight Control

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%)
North Carolina 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
Piedmont NC 866 394 44.9 40.6-49.2 277 31.2 27.5-35.2 195 23.9 20.4-27.8
GENDER
Male 314 123 39.7 32.8-47.0 100 29.9 24.2-36.3 91 30.4 24.4-37.3
Female 552 271 49.2 44.1-54.4 177 32.4 27.7-37.5 104 18.4 14.8-22.6
RACE
White 706 324 45.2 40.5-49.9 228 30.8 26.8-35.1 154 24.0 20.1-28.4
Other 155 67 44.0 34.4-54.1 49 34.3 25.2-44.6 39 21.8 15.0-30.5
AGE
18-44 366 174 46.4 39.8-53.1 117 31.7 26.0-38.0 75 21.9 17.0-27.6
45+ 490 215 43.7 38.4-49.1 159 31.3 26.5-36.4 116 25.0 20.4-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 468 201 43.7 38.1-49.5 141 29.9 25.0-35.2 126 26.4 21.7-31.7
Some College + 394 191 46.6 40.2-53.2 136 33.6 27.9-39.7 67 19.8 15.1-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 447 216 46.7 40.9-52.6 128 28.9 23.9-34.6 103 24.4 19.5-30.0
$50,000+ 216 97 44.1 35.4-53.1 85 38.7 30.9-47.2 34 17.2 11.7-24.4
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
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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*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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