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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Weight Control

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,679 3,380 59.1 57.0-61.1 2,299 40.9 38.9-43.0
-Eastern NC 1,979 1,172 61.4 57.8-64.9 807 38.6 35.1-42.2
GENDER
Male 806 454 58.7 53.0-64.1 352 41.3 35.9-47.0
Female 1,173 718 64.5 60.1-68.8 455 35.5 31.2-39.9
RACE
White 1,237 751 63.8 59.3-68.1 486 36.2 31.9-40.7
African American 578 317 55.9 49.3-62.4 261 44.1 37.6-50.7
Other Minorities 151 96 60.1 46.1-72.5 55 39.9 27.5-53.9
AGE
18-24 140 77 61.1 48.0-72.8 63 38.9 27.2-52.0
25-34 267 169 64.0 55.1-72.0 98 36.0 28.0-44.9
35-44 334 211 63.8 54.9-71.8 123 36.2 28.2-45.1
45-54 349 220 62.0 53.5-69.9 129 38.0 30.1-46.5
55-64 317 198 66.9 59.5-73.5 119 33.1 26.5-40.5
65-74 298 174 60.1 51.3-68.3 124 39.9 31.7-48.7
75+ 263 118 45.2 36.3-54.5 145 54.8 45.5-63.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 419 201 51.0 42.6-59.3 218 49.0 40.7-57.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 691 396 55.6 49.4-61.5 295 44.4 38.5-50.6
Some Post-H.S. 483 310 67.9 60.3-74.7 173 32.1 25.3-39.7
College Graduate 381 264 73.1 66.2-79.1 117 26.9 20.9-33.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 122 41.4 32.5-50.9 148 58.6 49.1-67.5
$15,000- 24,999 404 230 57.4 48.7-65.6 174 42.6 34.4-51.3
$25,000- 34,999 218 142 70.7 61.0-78.9 76 29.3 21.1-39.0
$35,000- 49,999 244 149 63.6 54.5-71.9 95 36.4 28.1-45.5
$50,000-74,999 187 139 70.9 59.0-80.5 48 29.1 19.5-41.0
$75,000+ 149 104 73.9 62.1-83.1 45 26.1 16.9-37.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 284 164 56.3 49.3-63.1 120 43.7 36.9-50.7
Guilford 255 160 59.9 52.3-67.1 95 40.1 32.9-47.7
Mecklenburg 250 149 51.2 43.1-59.3 101 48.8 40.7-56.9
Orange 276 187 69.6 61.5-76.7 89 30.4 23.3-38.5
Wake 264 177 63.2 55.7-70.1 87 36.8 29.9-44.3
Chatham/Lee 254 148 57.3 49.6-64.7 106 42.7 35.3-50.4
Nash/Wilson 228 126 55.8 48.2-63.1 102 44.2 36.9-51.8
Craven/Pamlico 248 147 62.7 55.5-69.4 101 37.3 30.6-44.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 272 155 57.2 50.3-63.9 117 42.8 36.1-49.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 281 153 53.7 45.5-61.7 128 46.3 38.3-54.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 296 171 63.2 53.2-72.1 125 36.8 27.9-46.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 254 149 43.3 30.0-57.6 105 56.7 42.4-70.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 280 164 58.4 51.4-65.1 116 41.6 34.9-48.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 274 164 58.8 51.1-66.1 110 41.2 33.9-48.9
Northeast NC I 272 159 53.6 44.4-62.5 113 46.4 37.5-55.6
Northeast NC II 303 172 52.4 45.5-59.2 131 47.6 40.8-54.5
Northeastern Partnership 575 331 52.8 47.3-58.2 244 47.2 41.8-52.7
Mountain AHEC 794 461 56.6 51.6-61.6 333 43.4 38.4-48.4
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 2,438 1,492 58.5 55.5-61.4 946 41.5 38.6-44.5
Western NC 1,262 716 56.6 52.3-60.9 546 43.4 39.1-47.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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