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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mecklenburg County

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Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,643 1,929 34.8 32.9-36.8 1,856 32.8 30.9-34.7 1,124 18.6 17.1-20.3 424 7.3 6.4- 8.5 310 6.4 5.4- 7.6
-Mecklenburg County 295 111 35.3 29.3-41.8 103 36.4 30.2-43.1 47 16.3 11.1-23.4 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 16 6.3 3.4-11.2
GENDER
Male 91 41 40.5 29.3-52.8 26 27.8 18.4-39.7 12 17.3 7.7-34.6 9 8.2 3.9-16.6 3 6.1 1.7-19.4
Female 204 70 32.0 25.5-39.4 77 41.8 34.3-49.6 35 15.7 11.0-22.0 9 4.1 2.0- 8.2 13 6.3 3.4-11.5
RACE
White 205 77 36.5 29.2-44.4 69 33.9 26.8-41.8 35 18.5 11.6-28.1 14 6.1 3.4-10.7 10 5.1 2.6- 9.7
Other 87 33 33.4 23.4-45.2 33 41.4 29.9-54.0 11 10.8 5.6-20.0 4 5.1 1.7-14.4 6 9.3 3.1-24.2
AGE
18-44 134 48 32.2 23.9-41.7 52 39.2 29.8-49.4 23 18.2 10.1-30.6 7 4.5 2.0-10.0 4 6.0 2.1-15.9
45+ 159 62 38.9 30.9-47.7 51 33.8 26.1-42.5 23 13.5 8.6-20.4 11 7.1 3.6-13.4 12 6.7 3.6-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 19 26.1 16.0-39.4 21 36.7 23.6-52.0 11 16.8 8.7-30.0 5 6.1 2.4-14.7 7 14.4 5.7-31.9
Some College + 232 92 38.0 31.0-45.4 82 36.3 29.4-43.8 36 16.2 10.1-24.9 13 5.6 3.0-10.1 9 3.9 1.8- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 124 47 35.3 26.4-45.4 36 31.0 22.1-41.5 22 15.9 10.1-24.1 10 7.6 3.9-14.4 9 10.2 4.5-21.5
$50,000+ 112 45 39.1 29.8-49.3 44 41.6 32.0-51.9 14 10.7 6.1-18.1 6 5.7 2.3-13.5 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 282 77 27.8 22.0-34.5 112 43.7 36.9-50.7 55 15.4 11.6-20.2 23 7.4 4.7-11.5 15 5.6 3.2- 9.8
Guilford 295 115 37.0 31.0-43.6 87 30.9 25.1-37.4 57 20.5 15.5-26.7 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 21 6.9 4.2-11.3
Mecklenburg 295 111 35.3 29.3-41.8 103 36.4 30.2-43.1 47 16.3 11.1-23.4 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 16 6.3 3.4-11.2
Orange 276 113 53.5 43.3-63.3 89 27.1 19.9-35.7 51 13.3 9.2-18.9 12 3.2 1.6- 6.3 11 3.0 1.5- 5.6
Wake 285 101 36.4 30.0-43.3 97 35.2 28.9-42.0 60 18.3 14.1-23.6 13 4.4 2.4- 7.7 14 5.8 3.0-10.8
Chatham/Lee 211 76 37.6 28.8-47.3 61 25.8 19.3-33.6 48 23.5 16.8-31.7 16 9.6 4.6-18.8 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1
Nash/Wilson 232 74 30.1 23.7-37.3 84 36.8 29.4-44.9 47 19.6 14.3-26.3 15 6.5 3.8-10.9 12 7.0 3.7-13.1
Craven/Pamlico 293 96 33.0 26.7-40.0 82 27.9 22.3-34.2 77 27.5 21.4-34.6 20 7.0 4.4-11.0 18 4.6 2.8- 7.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 247 65 26.0 19.9-33.2 90 32.5 26.0-39.8 62 26.5 20.1-34.0 19 10.8 4.7-22.9 11 4.2 2.2- 7.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 262 94 40.2 31.3-49.8 88 30.3 23.7-37.9 46 16.5 11.8-22.7 15 5.7 3.3- 9.9 19 7.2 3.8-13.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 268 90 28.9 20.8-38.5 89 31.6 22.5-42.3 51 27.0 13.9-45.8 17 6.1 3.4-10.7 21 6.5 3.9-10.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 86 45.1 30.9-60.1 91 29.4 20.9-39.6 54 15.4 10.5-22.0 26 7.9 4.9-12.6 7 2.2 0.9- 5.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 256 92 41.0 34.2-48.2 76 27.7 22.1-34.1 51 18.9 14.2-24.7 26 8.8 5.8-13.2 11 3.7 1.9- 7.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 252 88 36.3 28.3-45.2 76 28.9 22.7-36.0 50 16.6 12.2-22.1 27 12.7 8.3-18.9 11 5.6 2.8-10.7
Northeast NC I 250 91 34.3 27.7-41.5 93 38.9 32.3-46.1 42 17.6 12.4-24.2 14 5.4 3.0- 9.3 10 3.9 1.9- 7.6
Northeast NC II 297 94 31.1 25.3-37.5 101 33.5 27.7-39.9 50 17.4 12.7-23.4 31 10.4 7.1-14.9 21 7.6 4.7-12.2
Northeastern Partnership 547 185 32.1 27.7-37.0 194 35.3 30.8-40.2 92 17.5 13.8-21.9 45 8.7 6.3-11.9 31 6.4 4.2- 9.5
Mountain AHEC 798 246 33.1 28.6-38.1 279 34.6 30.2-39.2 171 20.0 16.6-24.0 72 9.0 6.6-12.2 30 3.2 2.1- 4.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,968 661 33.0 29.6-36.6 640 33.4 30.0-36.9 387 17.7 15.1-20.6 161 7.6 5.9- 9.7 119 8.3 6.2-11.1
Piedmont 2,431 878 36.0 33.3-38.9 785 32.7 30.1-35.5 472 18.1 16.0-20.5 162 7.0 5.6- 8.6 134 6.1 4.8- 7.7
Western NC 1,244 390 33.6 29.5-37.8 431 31.8 28.2-35.5 265 22.8 19.3-26.8 101 8.2 6.2-10.8 57 3.7 2.6- 5.2

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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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