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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Risk Factors

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
Western NC 643 270 39.8 35.5-44.2 214 33.3 29.1-37.7 159 27.0 22.9-31.5
GENDER
Male 274 98 31.9 26.2-38.3 101 36.9 30.5-43.8 75 31.2 24.8-38.4
Female 369 172 48.8 43.1-54.7 113 29.1 24.3-34.4 84 22.1 17.7-27.2
RACE
White 597 254 40.0 35.6-44.7 200 33.4 29.1-37.9 143 26.6 22.3-31.3
Other 44 15 37.0 21.9-55.1 14 35.0 20.3-53.3 15 28.0 15.8-44.7
AGE
18-44 236 105 38.8 31.9-46.3 76 33.3 26.5-41.0 55 27.9 21.0-35.9
45+ 402 163 40.5 35.2-46.0 135 33.0 28.2-38.2 104 26.5 21.8-31.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 367 132 35.2 29.7-41.1 123 33.2 27.8-39.2 112 31.6 26.1-37.6
Some College + 275 138 46.1 39.3-53.1 90 33.2 27.1-40.0 47 20.6 14.7-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 394 161 37.6 32.2-43.4 139 37.0 31.4-42.9 94 25.4 20.4-31.1
$50,000+ 106 60 51.3 40.7-61.7 34 32.4 23.5-42.7 12 16.3 8.9-28.2
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
Piedmont NC 866 394 44.9 40.6-49.2 277 31.2 27.5-35.2 195 23.9 20.4-27.8
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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*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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