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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 900 | 324 | 36.4 | 31.6-41.5 | 195 | 21.0 | 17.1-25.5 | 86 | 9.5 | 6.9-13.1 | 40 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.3 | 255 | 27.9 | 23.5-32.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 214 | 88 | 36.6 | 27.8-46.5 | 34 | 18.3 | 11.3-28.2 | 14 | 9.2 | 4.4-18.2 | 7 | 4.6 | 1.3-15.0 | 71 | 31.2 | 22.2-41.9 |
| Female | 686 | 236 | 36.3 | 30.7-42.2 | 161 | 22.4 | 18.1-27.5 | 72 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.4 | 33 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.5 | 184 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 52 | 25 | 44.9 | 25.1-66.5 | 10 | 24.2 | 9.3-49.9 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.1 | 5 | 6.0 | 1.7-19.3 | 9 | 23.2 | 8.8-48.5 |
| 25-34 | 152 | 52 | 31.0 | 21.8-42.1 | 39 | 18.5 | 12.3-27.1 | 9 | 4.5 | 1.9-10.3 | 4 | 6.9 | 1.6-25.1 | 48 | 39.0 | 28.0-51.3 |
| 35-44 | 207 | 77 | 38.5 | 29.1-48.8 | 40 | 18.7 | 12.3-27.4 | 29 | 15.1 | 8.7-24.9 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.0 | 57 | 26.6 | 18.8-36.1 |
| 45-54 | 226 | 90 | 41.3 | 32.1-51.1 | 46 | 20.8 | 14.1-29.6 | 18 | 10.3 | 4.9-20.4 | 15 | 7.3 | 3.7-13.7 | 57 | 20.3 | 14.1-28.5 |
| 55-64 | 150 | 50 | 31.2 | 21.4-43.1 | 30 | 20.6 | 12.9-31.2 | 17 | 14.9 | 7.8-26.6 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.4 | 47 | 29.7 | 20.1-41.5 |
| 65-74 | 78 | 17 | 18.7 | 8.5-36.3 | 22 | 29.4 | 17.4-45.2 | 7 | 7.2 | 2.4-19.4 | 5 | 8.9 | 3.1-22.9 | 27 | 35.8 | 22.3-52.1 |
| 75+ | 29 | 10 | 37.9 | 17.3-64.1 | 8 | 34.2 | 14.7-61.1 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-12.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.4 | 8 | 24.0 | 9.7-48.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 148 | 57 | 35.9 | 25.4-47.9 | 27 | 26.8 | 17.2-39.3 | 12 | 5.4 | 2.7-10.2 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.6 | 46 | 28.8 | 19.7-40.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 296 | 119 | 47.7 | 38.5-57.1 | 59 | 18.3 | 12.8-25.4 | 26 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.4 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.2- 5.0 | 79 | 22.8 | 15.6-32.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 253 | 86 | 29.8 | 22.1-38.9 | 58 | 23.3 | 15.3-33.8 | 31 | 12.5 | 7.2-20.9 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.2-17.8 | 67 | 26.6 | 19.2-35.7 |
| College Graduate | 202 | 62 | 28.6 | 21.1-37.5 | 51 | 19.5 | 13.7-27.1 | 17 | 8.6 | 4.1-17.2 | 10 | 6.2 | 2.8-12.8 | 62 | 37.1 | 27.9-47.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 155 | 52 | 33.3 | 23.4-44.9 | 26 | 19.5 | 11.9-30.3 | 14 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.3 | 12 | 11.3 | 5.3-22.7 | 51 | 28.8 | 20.2-39.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 199 | 72 | 31.4 | 22.2-42.5 | 46 | 21.7 | 14.3-31.5 | 14 | 9.2 | 4.4-18.1 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.3 | 59 | 35.4 | 24.0-48.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 132 | 54 | 46.6 | 34.8-58.9 | 27 | 18.1 | 11.3-27.7 | 15 | 6.6 | 3.2-13.0 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.1-16.6 | 31 | 22.6 | 14.1-34.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 115 | 33 | 34.2 | 22.7-47.9 | 33 | 21.9 | 13.6-33.3 | 13 | 13.2 | 5.4-28.7 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.5- 7.8 | 29 | 27.2 | 17.2-40.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 87 | 41 | 54.3 | 40.1-67.9 | 17 | 13.3 | 6.6-25.0 | 7 | 6.2 | 2.4-15.2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.6-13.6 | 20 | 23.2 | 12.9-38.0 |
| $75,000+ | 55 | 20 | 23.9 | 13.1-39.5 | 13 | 26.7 | 14.2-44.4 | 5 | 16.8 | 6.0-39.2 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 | 16 | 31.9 | 16.6-52.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 16 | 3 | 18.5 | 5.6-46.4 | 4 | 30.7 | 9.8-64.2 | 4 | 30.6 | 10.3-62.9 | 2 | 9.4 | 2.2-32.4 | 3 | 10.9 | 3.1-31.4 |
| Guilford | 56 | 24 | 40.1 | 26.5-55.3 | 11 | 24.2 | 13.4-39.9 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.6-12.7 | 18 | 31.1 | 18.5-47.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 72 | 32 | 48.5 | 36.0-61.2 | 9 | 13.9 | 6.9-26.0 | 6 | 7.6 | 3.0-18.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.4 | 24 | 28.2 | 18.6-40.2 |
| Orange | 28 | 12 | 44.4 | 26.0-64.6 | 8 | 23.5 | 10.6-44.1 | 2 | 4.4 | 1.0-17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 27.8 | 12.8-50.2 |
| Wake | 46 | 17 | 42.8 | 27.4-59.7 | 10 | 19.6 | 10.2-34.2 | 6 | 14.0 | 6.2-28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 23.7 | 13.0-39.3 |
| Chatham/Lee | 35 | 14 | 51.2 | 25.6-76.2 | 7 | 16.1 | 6.3-35.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.4 | 2 | 12.7 | 2.8-42.1 | 11 | 19.5 | 8.4-39.0 |
| Nash/Wilson | 70 | 26 | 38.2 | 25.6-52.6 | 19 | 29.3 | 18.4-43.2 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.2 | 18 | 25.4 | 15.4-38.9 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 39 | 17 | 55.6 | 34.5-74.8 | 6 | 9.9 | 4.0-22.5 | 4 | 8.0 | 2.6-22.2 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.3-19.5 | 10 | 21.3 | 9.9-39.8 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 8 | 3 | 26.9 | 5.4-70.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 5.8 | 0.7-36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 67.3 | 25.5-92.5 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 2 | 1 | 60.4 | 8.7-96.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 39.6 | 3.9-91.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 69 | 25 | 23.8 | 10.4-45.9 | 16 | 17.8 | 7.4-37.1 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.9 | 2 | 2.8 | 0.6-12.4 | 21 | 52.9 | 23.3-80.6 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 6 | 4 | 60.2 | 21.4-89.4 | 1 | 17.7 | 2.4-65.0 | 1 | 22.1 | 3.2-70.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 63 | 25 | 47.8 | 33.7-62.2 | 13 | 20.8 | 11.3-35.0 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.9-13.4 | 5 | 5.6 | 2.1-14.1 | 15 | 20.6 | 11.6-33.9 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 63 | 25 | 49.3 | 29.9-68.8 | 14 | 18.9 | 10.0-32.8 | 8 | 11.3 | 4.9-24.3 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-11.6 | 14 | 17.6 | 9.1-31.2 |
| Northeast NC I | 105 | 36 | 34.7 | 24.8-46.1 | 21 | 18.4 | 11.6-27.8 | 13 | 10.7 | 5.8-18.9 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.6-11.1 | 31 | 32.0 | 21.4-44.8 |
| Northeast NC II | 65 | 17 | 28.1 | 16.4-43.8 | 18 | 29.7 | 18.5-44.0 | 5 | 6.6 | 2.4-16.5 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.6-16.4 | 22 | 30.3 | 19.6-43.5 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 170 | 53 | 31.5 | 23.5-40.8 | 39 | 23.8 | 17.0-32.2 | 18 | 8.7 | 5.2-14.4 | 7 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.3 | 53 | 31.1 | 23.3-40.2 |
| Mountain AHEC | 28 | 7 | 13.2 | 4.8-31.3 | 7 | 23.7 | 9.0-49.3 | 6 | 19.7 | 6.9-44.5 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.2-19.8 | 6 | 38.3 | 16.0-66.9 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 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 |
| Piedmont | 402 | 151 | 37.7 | 31.3-44.5 | 82 | 20.3 | 14.9-27.1 | 32 | 8.4 | 5.4-13.0 | 17 | 4.9 | 2.8- 8.5 | 120 | 28.7 | 22.5-35.9 |
| Western NC | 39 | 12 | 27.4 | 8.7-59.9 | 9 | 18.1 | 7.1-38.8 | 9 | 31.6 | 9.7-66.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.4 | 7 | 20.5 | 7.3-45.7 |
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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