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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Derived Variables and 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 9,428 3,758 38.7 37.1-40.3 3,373 36.2 34.7-37.8 2,297 25.1 23.7-26.5
-Eastern NC 3,313 1,339 36.9 34.2-39.7 1,167 38.7 35.8-41.7 807 24.4 22.0-26.9
GENDER
Male 1,165 360 29.1 25.0-33.6 453 41.6 36.8-46.5 352 29.3 25.3-33.7
Female 2,148 979 43.9 40.6-47.4 714 36.1 32.8-39.6 455 19.9 17.4-22.7
RACE
White 2,065 832 36.5 33.2-39.9 747 40.5 36.8-44.2 486 23.0 20.2-26.1
African American 982 405 40.1 35.1-45.4 316 33.4 28.5-38.7 261 26.4 22.3-31.0
Other Minorities 247 96 31.4 21.5-43.4 96 41.2 30.2-53.2 55 27.4 18.6-38.5
AGE
18-24 201 61 30.6 21.2-42.0 77 42.4 31.5-54.1 63 27.0 18.8-37.2
25-34 491 226 35.5 29.4-42.1 167 41.2 34.3-48.4 98 23.3 18.0-29.7
35-44 595 262 38.5 32.6-44.8 210 39.2 32.9-45.8 123 22.3 17.1-28.6
45-54 645 297 42.4 36.3-48.7 219 35.7 29.4-42.5 129 21.9 17.3-27.3
55-64 568 252 46.4 40.1-52.8 197 35.8 30.1-42.0 119 17.8 14.0-22.4
65-74 463 165 35.1 28.8-42.0 174 39.0 32.3-46.1 124 25.9 20.2-32.5
75+ 329 66 18.3 12.9-25.3 118 36.9 29.3-45.3 145 44.8 36.8-53.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 661 242 31.0 25.7-36.9 201 35.2 28.7-42.2 218 33.8 28.0-40.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,109 421 36.8 32.0-41.8 393 35.0 30.5-39.9 295 28.2 24.0-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 848 366 36.5 31.1-42.2 309 43.1 36.9-49.5 173 20.4 16.1-25.5
College Graduate 689 309 42.6 36.9-48.4 263 42.0 36.2-48.0 117 15.4 12.0-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 472 202 43.1 35.1-51.4 122 23.6 17.9-30.3 148 33.4 26.6-40.9
$15,000- 24,999 658 254 34.2 28.4-40.5 230 37.7 31.4-44.6 174 28.1 22.3-34.6
$25,000- 34,999 381 163 39.9 32.2-48.0 142 42.5 34.5-51.0 76 17.6 12.7-23.9
$35,000- 49,999 424 180 37.4 30.4-45.0 149 39.8 32.5-47.6 95 22.7 17.5-29.1
$50,000-74,999 333 146 38.8 30.8-47.3 139 43.4 34.5-52.8 48 17.8 11.9-25.8
$75,000+ 288 142 45.7 36.9-54.8 101 40.0 31.1-49.6 45 14.3 9.3-21.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 453 169 36.1 31.0-41.6 164 36.0 30.9-41.4 120 27.9 23.1-33.2
Guilford 443 190 41.0 35.7-46.5 159 35.6 30.4-41.2 94 23.4 18.8-28.7
Mecklenburg 446 196 39.0 33.5-44.8 149 31.2 26.3-36.6 101 29.8 23.9-36.3
Orange 451 175 37.1 30.0-44.7 187 43.8 36.5-51.3 89 19.1 14.6-24.7
Wake 452 189 39.7 34.4-45.2 176 38.1 32.7-43.7 87 22.2 17.8-27.4
Chatham/Lee 400 146 37.1 31.0-43.6 148 36.0 30.3-42.2 106 26.9 21.7-32.7
Nash/Wilson 379 152 39.1 33.3-45.2 125 33.9 28.5-39.8 102 27.0 22.1-32.6
Craven/Pamlico 455 207 40.7 35.4-46.2 147 37.2 31.8-42.9 101 22.1 18.0-26.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 165 37.9 32.0-44.1 155 35.6 30.4-41.1 117 26.6 21.8-31.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 171 36.8 30.4-43.6 153 34.0 28.3-40.2 128 29.3 23.4-36.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 478 183 34.3 27.9-41.2 171 41.6 33.1-50.7 124 24.1 18.9-30.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 172 35.3 27.4-44.2 149 28.0 21.6-35.5 105 36.7 24.8-50.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 474 196 39.4 34.5-44.6 162 35.2 30.2-40.5 116 25.4 21.0-30.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 146 32.1 26.9-37.9 163 39.8 33.8-46.2 110 28.1 22.9-33.8
Northeast NC I 461 189 38.0 32.5-43.7 159 33.2 27.9-39.0 113 28.8 22.4-36.2
Northeast NC II 513 211 40.2 35.1-45.5 171 31.2 26.7-36.1 131 28.6 23.9-33.9
Northeastern Partnership 974 400 39.4 35.6-43.4 330 31.9 28.4-35.7 244 28.7 24.8-32.9
Mountain AHEC 1,306 512 38.4 34.1-42.8 461 34.9 31.1-38.9 333 26.7 23.2-30.6
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,042 1,608 39.7 37.4-41.9 1,490 35.3 33.2-37.5 944 25.0 23.1-27.1
Western NC 2,073 811 38.5 35.1-42.1 716 34.8 31.6-38.1 546 26.7 23.7-29.9

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*Data in this table were derived from two weight control questions regarding loosing or maintaining current weight.

^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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