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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 over-the-counter weight loss products to control your weight?
This includes dietary supplements and natural or herbal weight loss products. 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 29 1.2 0.7- 2.0 121 8.0 6.1-10.3 1,668 90.9 88.4-92.8
GENDER
Male 582 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 15 3.5 1.6- 7.4 564 96.2 92.4-98.1
Female 1,236 26 1.8 1.0- 3.3 106 11.4 8.7-14.8 1,104 86.8 83.3-89.7
AGE
18-24 137 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 14 9.6 4.5-19.3 118 89.7 80.2-94.9
25-34 279 6 2.4 0.8- 7.1 36 14.6 9.1-22.5 237 83.0 74.9-88.9
35-44 362 5 0.8 0.3- 2.3 37 8.2 4.9-13.3 320 91.0 85.9-94.4
45-54 406 9 1.6 0.7- 3.8 25 7.8 4.6-13.0 372 90.5 85.3-94.0
55-64 282 3 0.7 0.2- 2.9 7 3.7 1.4- 9.9 272 95.5 89.6-98.1
65-74 201 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 200 99.6 97.5-99.9
75+ 139 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 137 99.6 98.3-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 432 5 0.4 0.2- 1.0 9 1.3 0.6- 3.2 418 98.2 96.5-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 633 8 1.4 0.5- 4.0 39 6.2 3.8- 9.8 586 92.4 88.5-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 423 12 1.8 0.9- 3.5 46 15.2 10.1-22.3 365 83.0 76.0-88.3
College Graduate 326 4 0.7 0.2- 2.1 27 8.4 5.1-13.5 295 90.9 85.8-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 3 0.5 0.2- 1.7 21 5.8 3.0-10.8 319 93.7 88.7-96.6
$15,000- 24,999 426 9 0.8 0.3- 2.0 21 7.1 3.7-13.2 396 92.1 86.2-95.6
$25,000- 34,999 219 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 23 10.3 5.5-18.5 193 88.6 80.5-93.6
$35,000- 49,999 196 4 1.5 0.5- 4.8 17 11.8 6.7-20.0 175 86.7 78.5-92.1
$50,000-74,999 116 5 3.3 1.2- 8.6 9 11.6 4.7-26.0 102 85.1 71.6-92.8
$75,000+ 93 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 7 7.2 3.1-16.0 85 92.3 83.6-96.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.5 27 95.8 83.7-99.0
Guilford 115 3 1.8 0.5- 5.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 111 97.6 93.6-99.2
Mecklenburg 118 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 14 12.4 7.1-20.8 102 86.7 78.3-92.2
Orange 48 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 6 12.3 5.3-26.1 41 85.8 71.8-93.4
Wake 84 3 2.1 0.7- 6.5 7 7.3 3.3-15.3 74 90.6 82.4-95.2
Chatham/Lee 70 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8 3 6.4 1.4-24.2 65 92.6 76.2-98.0
Nash/Wilson 119 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 7 4.8 2.1-10.4 111 94.9 89.3-97.6
Craven/Pamlico 88 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 7 11.8 3.7-32.1 80 87.3 67.7-95.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.6 1.6-28.5 14 92.4 71.5-98.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 8 3.4 1.4- 8.0 149 95.4 90.5-97.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.7 1.5-48.9 9 89.3 51.1-98.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 7 5.0 2.2-11.1 134 94.6 88.5-97.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 11 7.4 3.9-13.8 113 91.7 85.2-95.5
Northeast NC I 232 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 13 4.0 2.2- 7.1 215 94.3 90.6-96.6
Northeast NC II 142 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1 6 3.6 1.5- 8.4 134 94.9 89.5-97.6
Northeastern Partnership 374 6 1.6 0.6- 3.7 19 3.8 2.3- 6.3 349 94.6 91.7-96.6
Mountain AHEC 49 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 2 2.0 0.4- 9.5 46 97.0 89.8-99.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 951 11 0.7 0.3- 1.6 66 9.0 6.0-13.2 874 90.3 86.0-93.3
Piedmont 796 17 1.5 0.7- 3.0 51 7.5 5.2-10.6 728 91.0 87.7-93.5
Western NC 71 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 2.4 0.8- 7.0 66 97.1 92.2-98.9

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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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