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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,871 765 38.2 34.9-41.7 616 34.7 31.3-38.2 490 27.1 24.0-30.4
GENDER
Male 606 179 27.9 22.9-33.6 223 38.1 32.3-44.2 204 34.0 28.5-39.9
Female 1,265 586 46.3 42.0-50.5 393 32.1 28.2-36.2 286 21.7 18.5-25.3
AGE
18-24 147 42 26.3 16.9-38.3 47 37.3 26.2-50.0 58 36.4 26.1-48.2
25-34 285 136 42.0 33.8-50.6 87 32.2 24.8-40.7 62 25.8 18.9-34.1
35-44 372 166 38.4 31.6-45.8 125 39.4 32.2-47.2 81 22.2 16.2-29.5
45-54 415 192 48.0 40.8-55.4 130 31.2 24.6-38.6 93 20.8 15.7-27.1
55-64 286 132 47.9 39.4-56.4 93 29.6 22.8-37.4 61 22.5 16.0-30.8
65-74 208 65 32.8 24.0-43.1 79 41.4 31.4-52.2 64 25.8 17.9-35.6
75+ 143 25 15.1 8.7-24.9 51 30.9 21.4-42.3 67 54.0 42.2-65.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 446 150 26.4 21.1-32.5 134 34.6 27.7-42.1 162 39.0 32.0-46.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 651 256 35.3 29.8-41.2 229 38.6 32.7-45.0 166 26.1 21.0-31.9
Some Post-H.S. 435 204 45.5 38.1-53.1 142 30.6 24.1-38.0 89 23.8 17.9-31.1
College Graduate 332 153 46.5 39.1-54.2 111 32.8 26.1-40.3 68 20.7 15.3-27.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 153 41.6 33.9-49.8 88 21.8 15.9-29.0 110 36.6 28.5-45.6
$15,000- 24,999 433 173 36.1 29.2-43.7 152 42.0 34.1-50.2 108 21.9 16.4-28.7
$25,000- 34,999 227 101 41.1 32.3-50.5 83 40.0 30.9-50.0 43 18.9 12.3-27.8
$35,000- 49,999 199 84 37.7 28.7-47.6 66 33.1 24.4-43.2 49 29.2 20.8-39.4
$50,000-74,999 118 54 43.5 31.9-56.0 39 32.0 21.1-45.2 25 24.5 15.2-36.9
$75,000+ 94 45 44.7 32.0-58.1 34 38.9 26.8-52.5 15 16.4 8.9-28.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 14 43.9 25.3-64.5 6 19.4 8.0-39.9 9 36.7 18.9-59.1
Guilford 116 35 23.4 16.0-32.7 48 44.6 33.7-56.0 33 32.1 22.4-43.7
Mecklenburg 120 54 42.6 33.1-52.7 36 30.9 22.4-41.0 30 26.5 18.4-36.6
Orange 48 23 50.9 35.6-66.1 19 38.6 24.8-54.6 6 10.4 4.5-22.5
Wake 85 36 36.8 26.1-48.9 29 30.3 20.5-42.2 20 33.0 21.4-47.0
Chatham/Lee 70 36 61.7 46.1-75.2 19 17.8 10.3-28.9 15 20.5 11.4-34.1
Nash/Wilson 125 54 40.9 31.5-51.2 35 29.8 20.9-40.5 36 29.3 21.0-39.3
Craven/Pamlico 92 36 34.0 22.3-47.9 31 36.2 24.9-49.2 25 29.8 19.8-42.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 5 48.8 17.8-80.8 4 31.2 9.7-65.6 6 20.0 7.0-45.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 3 30.6 9.0-66.3 4 41.6 14.8-74.5 2 27.8 6.8-67.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 166 60 27.5 17.7-39.9 59 50.1 33.0-67.1 47 22.5 14.2-33.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 4 36.4 13.4-67.8 2 16.5 3.8-50.1 4 47.1 19.4-76.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 144 57 35.0 26.8-44.3 48 33.8 25.3-43.5 39 31.2 22.6-41.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 129 52 38.5 27.9-50.3 41 33.2 20.7-48.7 36 28.3 19.1-39.7
Northeast NC I 238 96 37.7 30.8-45.0 78 33.1 26.3-40.8 64 29.2 22.6-36.9
Northeast NC II 148 58 37.3 28.1-47.5 51 32.3 23.7-42.3 39 30.4 21.7-40.9
Northeastern Partnership 386 154 37.5 31.6-43.8 129 32.7 27.0-38.9 103 29.9 24.1-36.3
Mountain AHEC 51 23 39.2 24.1-56.8 13 31.6 16.5-51.9 15 29.2 15.9-47.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 982 405 40.1 35.1-45.4 316 33.4 28.5-38.7 261 26.4 22.3-31.0
Piedmont 815 328 36.6 32.1-41.4 280 35.5 30.8-40.4 207 27.9 23.5-32.8
Western NC 74 32 43.1 24.7-63.6 20 37.1 19.8-58.4 22 19.8 10.6-34.1

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*Data in this table were derived from two weight control questions regarding loosing or maintaining current 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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