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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-AFRICAN AMERICANS

In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any weight loss pills prescribed by a doctor to control your weight?
Do not include water pills or thyroid medications. Would you say ...

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, you are currently/ taking them Yes, you've taken/ them in past 2 y No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,818 12 0.6 0.3- 1.2 39 1.8 1.1- 2.9 1,767 97.6 96.4-98.5
GENDER
Male 582 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 580 98.9 95.6-99.7
Female 1,236 11 0.7 0.3- 1.5 38 2.6 1.7- 4.1 1,187 96.7 95.1-97.7
AGE
18-24 137 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 7.2 135 98.6 92.8-99.7
25-34 279 4 1.1 0.3- 3.7 9 1.5 0.5- 4.1 266 97.4 94.4-98.8
35-44 362 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 11 3.9 1.7- 9.0 347 95.6 90.6-98.0
45-54 406 2 0.3 0.1- 1.0 8 0.9 0.4- 2.2 396 98.9 97.5-99.5
55-64 282 0 0.0 . - . 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 274 97.9 95.4-99.1
65-74 201 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 200 98.9 92.8-99.9
75+ 139 2 3.1 0.5-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 137 96.9 84.6-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 2 1.0 0.2- 5.3 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 424 98.2 95.1-99.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9 9 1.7 0.6- 4.7 619 97.7 94.8-99.0
Some Post-H.S. 423 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 12 1.8 0.7- 4.3 408 98.0 95.6-99.1
College Graduate 326 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 12 3.1 1.5- 6.4 312 96.4 93.1-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7 337 98.1 94.7-99.3
$15,000- 24,999 426 2 0.8 0.1- 4.4 10 0.9 0.4- 2.1 414 98.2 95.7-99.3
$25,000- 34,999 219 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 6 4.2 1.2-13.5 212 95.6 86.5-98.7
$35,000- 49,999 196 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 8 3.5 1.5- 8.3 186 96.0 91.4-98.2
$50,000-74,999 116 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.4 0.6-15.8 113 96.6 84.2-99.4
$75,000+ 93 2 1.0 0.2- 4.5 3 2.2 0.6- 8.2 88 96.8 91.1-98.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 2 4.5 1.1-16.8 2 4.0 1.0-15.3 25 91.5 78.5-96.9
Guilford 115 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 113 98.4 93.7-99.6
Mecklenburg 118 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 6 5.5 2.2-13.1 111 94.0 86.6-97.4
Orange 48 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.4 0.8-13.2 46 96.6 86.8-99.2
Wake 84 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 83 99.3 95.2-99.9
Chatham/Lee 70 2 15.1 3.1-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 68 84.9 50.3-96.9
Nash/Wilson 119 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.4 0.8- 6.7 115 97.6 93.3-99.2
Craven/Pamlico 88 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 86 98.8 95.3-99.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 2 1.1 0.3- 5.0 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 154 97.7 94.3-99.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 139 98.3 94.9-99.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.5- 5.9 123 98.2 94.1-99.5
Northeast NC I 232 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 227 98.2 95.5-99.3
Northeast NC II 142 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8 138 98.2 95.0-99.3
Northeastern Partnership 374 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 8 1.7 0.8- 3.4 365 98.2 96.4-99.1
Mountain AHEC 49 2 2.7 0.7-10.6 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 45 94.8 86.4-98.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 951 4 0.4 0.1- 1.7 20 1.3 0.7- 2.4 927 98.2 96.9-99.0
Piedmont 796 6 0.6 0.2- 1.8 17 2.2 1.1- 4.2 773 97.3 95.1-98.5
Western NC 71 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 67 96.9 91.6-98.9

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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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