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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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If you are currently trying to lose weight, please answer about your weight loss so far. How much weight have you gained back?

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  Total
Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None/still losing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,175 1,778 35.5 33.5-37.6 1,081 19.6 18.0-21.3 580 10.8 9.5-12.1 242 4.7 3.9- 5.7 1,494 29.4 27.5-31.4
-Eastern NC 1,791 593 33.3 29.7-37.0 384 20.6 17.8-23.8 199 10.5 8.2-13.3 91 5.0 3.5- 7.2 524 30.6 27.2-34.3
GENDER
Male 514 161 30.1 24.6-36.4 110 22.0 16.8-28.3 45 11.1 6.8-17.6 32 7.9 4.5-13.7 166 28.8 23.2-35.1
Female 1,277 432 35.1 30.6-39.8 274 19.8 16.6-23.4 154 10.2 7.9-13.0 59 3.3 2.3- 4.7 358 31.7 27.4-36.2
RACE
White 1,213 391 32.0 27.9-36.4 257 20.7 17.2-24.6 137 10.9 8.1-14.5 63 5.0 3.3- 7.4 365 31.5 27.4-35.8
African American 459 161 35.4 28.0-43.7 104 22.4 17.0-28.8 45 8.9 5.6-14.0 21 5.7 2.3-13.3 128 27.6 21.4-34.7
Other Minorities 112 38 38.9 23.9-56.3 22 11.3 6.4-19.1 17 13.0 6.1-25.5 7 3.5 1.5- 8.1 28 33.4 16.9-55.2
AGE
18-24 84 37 43.1 27.9-59.7 12 18.0 8.5-34.3 12 12.3 4.7-28.2 3 1.0 0.2- 3.7 20 25.6 14.6-41.1
25-34 294 94 29.2 22.2-37.4 58 17.2 12.0-24.0 35 8.0 4.9-12.9 9 6.9 2.5-17.3 98 38.7 30.3-47.8
35-44 359 97 27.1 20.4-35.0 82 24.4 17.9-32.4 47 11.4 7.4-17.2 24 5.0 3.0- 8.0 109 32.1 24.2-41.2
45-54 390 140 36.0 28.5-44.3 77 19.6 14.0-26.7 42 11.7 6.3-20.7 25 7.2 3.7-13.5 106 25.5 19.1-33.2
55-64 319 110 33.5 25.5-42.6 81 23.2 16.8-31.1 35 11.7 6.8-19.3 18 5.5 2.7-10.7 75 26.2 19.3-34.4
65-74 230 68 31.9 23.4-41.8 56 23.5 16.2-33.0 19 8.3 4.1-16.0 8 1.8 0.9- 3.8 79 34.4 26.0-43.9
75+ 109 44 43.6 30.5-57.6 18 16.9 9.1-29.1 9 8.1 2.9-20.5 4 1.6 0.5- 4.5 34 29.8 18.6-44.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 256 79 30.9 21.6-42.2 60 24.5 16.7-34.3 29 8.6 5.2-13.9 17 6.6 2.6-15.7 71 29.4 19.4-41.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 559 195 37.7 31.2-44.8 112 20.3 15.2-26.5 59 10.5 6.9-15.7 32 5.7 3.2-10.0 161 25.8 20.6-31.7
Some Post-H.S. 513 166 32.0 25.5-39.2 104 18.2 13.8-23.7 67 11.4 7.6-16.7 27 5.8 2.8-11.6 149 32.6 26.2-39.8
College Graduate 463 153 30.4 24.5-37.0 108 21.8 16.4-28.3 44 10.5 5.9-17.9 15 2.7 1.3- 5.6 143 34.7 28.1-41.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 218 73 36.7 25.5-49.6 34 15.2 9.4-23.8 21 5.5 3.2- 9.2 19 8.6 4.7-15.2 71 34.0 24.4-45.1
$15,000- 24,999 343 104 28.3 21.6-36.1 80 24.4 17.3-33.3 46 14.2 8.7-22.5 15 2.8 1.6- 4.8 98 30.3 22.9-38.7
$25,000- 34,999 235 78 41.3 31.2-52.1 51 16.8 10.7-25.5 28 10.6 5.1-20.7 15 5.4 2.8-10.0 63 25.9 17.7-36.2
$35,000- 49,999 257 86 36.0 27.5-45.4 57 21.5 15.1-29.5 35 13.4 8.3-20.8 8 1.3 0.6- 2.8 71 27.9 20.6-36.6
$50,000-74,999 222 75 32.2 23.8-41.8 48 23.3 15.3-33.8 23 7.7 4.1-14.1 8 2.0 0.9- 4.2 68 34.9 25.8-45.2
$75,000+ 195 75 29.0 21.0-38.5 47 26.3 17.8-37.0 10 7.9 2.1-25.5 9 4.3 1.2-14.0 54 32.5 22.7-44.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 258 75 27.0 21.4-33.3 63 27.5 21.1-35.0 28 9.3 6.1-13.9 11 3.2 1.7- 6.1 81 33.0 26.4-40.3
Guilford 270 106 37.0 30.7-43.7 49 20.3 15.1-26.7 24 10.6 6.8-16.1 11 3.3 1.7- 6.3 80 28.8 22.9-35.6
Mecklenburg 274 110 43.6 36.6-50.9 51 17.6 13.2-23.1 24 7.8 5.0-12.1 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 81 28.5 22.8-35.1
Orange 259 97 48.9 38.0-59.9 47 14.1 9.6-20.1 22 5.5 3.2- 9.3 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4 83 29.3 21.4-38.7
Wake 261 98 38.5 31.8-45.6 45 18.4 13.1-25.1 23 7.1 4.6-10.9 11 3.8 2.0- 6.8 84 32.3 26.1-39.1
Chatham/Lee 186 78 46.1 36.4-56.2 33 15.3 10.5-21.9 18 8.9 5.4-14.2 12 8.2 4.2-15.4 45 21.5 15.3-29.3
Nash/Wilson 213 64 30.9 24.0-38.8 55 27.5 20.2-36.3 23 9.1 5.9-13.9 14 6.7 3.9-11.4 57 25.7 19.5-33.0
Craven/Pamlico 270 88 32.1 25.6-39.3 54 19.7 15.0-25.5 30 13.4 8.5-20.6 17 6.4 3.9-10.4 81 28.3 22.3-35.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 234 66 28.5 22.0-36.2 49 16.5 12.1-22.1 45 23.7 15.7-34.1 11 5.5 2.7-10.7 63 25.8 19.6-33.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 238 70 29.9 22.9-38.0 60 22.3 16.7-29.1 27 11.3 7.3-17.1 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 74 34.0 24.6-45.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 238 77 29.6 20.6-40.6 51 18.3 12.4-26.1 30 10.1 6.2-16.0 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 73 39.4 25.1-55.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 249 96 34.3 24.2-46.1 57 34.0 18.6-53.7 21 5.6 3.3- 9.3 14 3.7 1.9- 6.9 61 22.5 15.4-31.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 239 83 38.4 31.5-45.8 52 20.8 15.7-27.2 25 9.3 6.1-14.0 17 6.1 3.7-10.1 62 25.3 19.4-32.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 233 93 43.2 34.7-52.2 49 21.3 15.7-28.2 28 10.2 6.7-15.2 12 6.0 3.3-10.9 51 19.2 14.2-25.6
Northeast NC I 228 76 33.1 26.4-40.6 50 22.3 16.8-29.0 29 12.8 8.4-18.9 7 2.9 1.3- 6.1 66 28.9 22.3-36.5
Northeast NC II 267 77 28.5 22.7-35.1 59 22.5 16.9-29.3 31 11.9 8.0-17.3 10 4.0 2.0- 7.8 90 33.1 27.0-39.8
Northeastern Partnership 495 153 30.1 25.5-35.0 109 22.5 18.2-27.4 60 12.2 9.1-16.2 17 3.6 2.1- 6.1 156 31.7 27.0-36.7
Mountain AHEC 745 246 30.0 25.9-34.5 180 25.8 21.5-30.8 83 12.8 9.6-16.8 35 4.3 2.7- 7.0 201 27.0 22.8-31.6
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 2,227 817 38.0 35.1-41.0 420 18.2 16.1-20.7 234 9.7 8.2-11.5 99 4.5 3.4- 5.9 657 29.6 26.8-32.4
Western NC 1,157 368 30.4 26.6-34.5 277 22.8 19.5-26.6 147 15.5 12.2-19.5 52 4.8 3.0- 7.3 313 26.4 22.8-30.4

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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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