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| Total Respond.^ |
10 lbs. or less | 10-25 lbs. | 26-50 lbs. | >50 lbs. | None/still losing | |||||||||||
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| 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 |
| -Mecklenburg County | 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 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 85 | 42 | 56.8 | 44.0-68.7 | 14 | 15.0 | 8.5-25.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.7 | 24 | 24.4 | 15.6-36.0 |
| Female | 189 | 68 | 35.3 | 28.1-43.2 | 37 | 19.2 | 13.8-26.1 | 22 | 12.0 | 7.6-18.4 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 6.1 | 57 | 31.1 | 24.2-39.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 191 | 71 | 40.4 | 31.9-49.6 | 42 | 20.4 | 14.8-27.4 | 18 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.9 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.9 | 54 | 28.5 | 21.7-36.5 |
| Other | 80 | 37 | 49.4 | 37.2-61.7 | 9 | 12.1 | 5.9-23.1 | 6 | 6.6 | 2.6-15.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.0 | 27 | 30.2 | 20.1-42.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 129 | 56 | 47.8 | 37.3-58.5 | 16 | 12.1 | 7.2-19.7 | 9 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.8 | 45 | 31.7 | 23.2-41.7 |
| 45+ | 143 | 53 | 38.8 | 30.4-48.1 | 35 | 24.4 | 17.4-32.9 | 15 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.3 | 36 | 25.2 | 18.1-34.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 55 | 21 | 37.7 | 24.6-53.0 | 13 | 24.0 | 13.4-39.1 | 8 | 14.7 | 6.7-29.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.1 | 12 | 22.1 | 11.3-38.5 |
| Some College + | 219 | 89 | 45.1 | 37.1-53.3 | 38 | 16.0 | 11.4-21.9 | 16 | 6.0 | 3.5-10.2 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.1 | 69 | 30.2 | 23.7-37.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 112 | 40 | 37.4 | 27.7-48.2 | 23 | 19.5 | 12.8-28.6 | 12 | 11.4 | 6.2-20.1 | 4 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.9 | 33 | 28.8 | 19.9-39.6 |
| $50,000+ | 107 | 50 | 49.3 | 39.1-59.6 | 21 | 20.7 | 13.4-30.5 | 7 | 5.1 | 2.3-10.9 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 7.4 | 27 | 23.5 | 16.0-33.3 |
| 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*** | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
Asked only of respondents who ever tried to lose 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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