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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mecklenburg County

Weight Control

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Respond.^		 Fewer calories Less fat Fewer cals & less fat Neither of them
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,046 945 13.0 11.9-14.3 1,453 20.2 18.8-21.7 2,744 37.4 35.6-39.2 1,904 29.4 27.6-31.2
-Mecklenburg County 343 43 12.2 8.9-16.6 67 18.2 14.0-23.2 150 45.1 38.8-51.6 83 24.5 19.5-30.2
GENDER
Male 113 11 8.8 4.6-16.3 25 18.3 11.7-27.4 46 43.0 32.0-54.7 31 29.9 20.9-40.8
Female 230 32 14.8 10.3-20.7 42 18.1 13.2-24.3 104 46.7 39.6-53.9 52 20.4 15.5-26.5
RACE
White 232 28 13.9 9.4-20.0 49 20.4 15.2-26.9 101 43.7 36.0-51.7 54 22.0 16.7-28.5
Other 109 14 8.7 5.0-14.8 18 14.4 8.3-23.7 49 48.6 37.7-59.7 28 28.3 19.1-39.8
AGE
18-44 149 21 11.0 6.9-17.0 21 13.5 8.4-20.9 69 49.6 39.9-59.4 38 25.9 18.4-35.1
45+ 192 21 13.3 8.5-20.3 46 23.4 17.3-30.7 81 40.9 33.2-49.0 44 22.4 16.6-29.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 6 5.4 2.3-12.3 19 21.3 13.0-33.0 39 45.6 33.6-58.2 22 27.6 17.7-40.4
Some College + 257 37 15.3 10.8-21.0 48 16.8 12.5-22.3 111 44.9 37.6-52.4 61 23.1 17.8-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 17 9.7 5.8-15.6 29 20.3 13.6-29.3 66 49.4 39.5-59.3 28 20.6 13.3-30.5
$50,000+ 128 19 16.8 10.6-25.7 26 17.4 11.6-25.3 47 36.7 28.1-46.2 36 29.0 21.3-38.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 330 46 13.9 10.2-18.7 66 21.0 15.9-27.2 124 36.7 30.8-43.1 94 28.3 22.9-34.5
Guilford 345 53 14.9 11.0-20.0 81 22.9 18.2-28.4 129 36.7 30.9-42.9 82 25.5 20.2-31.6
Mecklenburg 343 43 12.2 8.9-16.6 67 18.2 14.0-23.2 150 45.1 38.8-51.6 83 24.5 19.5-30.2
Orange 358 52 16.8 10.6-25.6 71 19.8 14.3-26.7 127 31.9 24.2-40.8 108 31.5 24.2-39.7
Wake 363 52 12.4 9.3-16.4 66 20.7 15.6-26.9 151 38.9 33.2-45.0 94 27.9 22.4-34.2
Chatham/Lee 292 37 10.5 7.1-15.2 74 21.2 16.4-26.9 103 39.6 32.1-47.6 78 28.8 22.5-36.0
Nash/Wilson 273 39 14.7 10.4-20.4 65 22.0 17.0-28.0 102 34.6 28.4-41.4 67 28.6 21.9-36.4
Craven/Pamlico 349 51 14.6 10.6-19.9 60 17.6 13.2-23.2 145 39.4 33.3-45.9 93 28.3 22.7-34.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 315 27 7.6 4.8-11.7 64 21.3 15.1-29.3 141 43.4 36.8-50.4 83 27.6 22.1-33.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 323 48 13.1 9.6-17.6 52 14.1 10.4-18.9 120 38.8 30.9-47.3 103 34.0 27.3-41.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 348 43 21.8 11.3-37.8 71 18.3 13.5-24.3 131 29.6 22.8-37.5 103 30.3 22.8-39.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 316 46 14.6 10.5-19.8 67 21.6 16.5-27.8 117 34.7 28.8-41.0 86 29.1 23.3-35.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 355 45 12.8 9.3-17.6 79 22.6 17.9-28.1 143 39.7 33.9-45.7 88 24.8 20.0-30.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 305 44 13.8 9.9-18.9 57 16.7 12.5-22.1 125 42.3 34.8-50.1 79 27.2 21.4-33.8
Northeast NC I 342 52 15.7 11.8-20.5 75 21.9 17.0-27.7 131 37.0 31.4-43.1 84 25.4 20.3-31.4
Northeast NC II 372 47 13.0 9.2-18.1 75 21.6 16.6-27.6 161 42.0 36.2-48.1 89 23.4 18.9-28.7
Northeastern Partnership 714 99 13.9 11.0-17.5 150 21.7 17.9-26.0 292 40.3 35.9-44.7 173 24.1 20.6-28.1
Mountain AHEC 962 135 13.3 10.7-16.4 196 20.3 16.8-24.4 368 36.1 31.7-40.8 263 30.3 24.9-36.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,469 340 13.6 11.4-16.1 515 20.8 18.3-23.6 971 35.9 32.7-39.1 643 29.8 26.5-33.2
Piedmont 3,066 395 12.7 11.2-14.5 644 19.8 17.9-21.9 1,182 38.1 35.6-40.7 845 29.4 27.0-31.8
Western NC 1,511 210 13.2 10.8-15.9 294 20.4 17.3-23.9 591 37.9 34.1-41.9 416 28.5 24.5-32.9

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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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