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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Risk Factors

Overweight or Obese*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,308 2,715 41.0 39.1-42.9 3,593 59.0 57.1-60.9
Piedmont NC 825 339 37.0 33.0-41.3 486 63.0 58.7-67.0
GENDER
Male 311 89 26.7 21.1-33.0 222 73.3 67.0-78.9
Female 514 250 46.4 41.1-51.8 264 53.6 48.2-58.9
RACE
White 684 299 38.2 33.8-42.9 385 61.8 57.1-66.2
Other 136 38 31.8 22.1-43.4 98 68.2 56.6-77.9
AGE
18-44 339 152 43.4 36.8-50.3 187 56.6 49.7-63.2
45+ 479 185 31.5 26.9-36.6 294 68.5 63.4-73.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 443 166 34.5 29.2-40.1 277 65.5 59.9-70.8
Some College + 379 173 40.9 34.7-47.5 206 59.1 52.5-65.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 427 169 37.3 31.7-43.3 258 62.7 56.7-68.3
$50,000+ 211 93 39.4 31.4-47.9 118 60.6 52.1-68.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 390 168 41.4 35.8-47.3 222 58.6 52.7-64.2
Forsyth 443 185 38.5 33.4-43.8 258 61.5 56.2-66.6
Guilford 391 176 44.4 38.4-50.6 215 55.6 49.4-61.6
Henderson/Transylvania 452 204 43.2 37.2-49.5 248 56.8 50.5-62.8
Mecklenburg 409 183 47.5 41.1-54.0 226 52.5 46.0-58.9
Orange 420 227 51.8 44.3-59.3 193 48.2 40.7-55.7
Pitt 394 173 43.9 37.3-50.7 221 56.1 49.3-62.7
Randolph 399 177 44.0 36.8-51.4 222 56.0 48.6-63.2
Robeson 416 136 34.5 28.6-40.9 280 65.5 59.1-71.4
Wake 398 179 45.4 39.6-51.3 219 54.6 48.7-60.4
Western NC 617 267 42.6 38.1-47.3 350 57.4 52.7-61.9
Eastern NC 754 301 40.0 35.9-44.4 453 60.0 55.6-64.1

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*Body mass index is computed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared:(kg/ m2).
BMI is an intermediate variable used in calculating these measures. No=BMI less than 24.9, and Yes= BMI greater than 24.9.

#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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