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| Total Respond.^ |
0-3 months | 4-11 months | 1 year | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 927 | 175 | 20.6 | 16.7-25.2 | 167 | 20.0 | 15.9-25.0 | 198 | 19.8 | 16.3-23.9 | 286 | 28.3 | 24.1-32.9 | 101 | 11.3 | 8.4-15.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 219 | 50 | 23.1 | 15.5-32.8 | 37 | 16.4 | 9.6-26.7 | 44 | 20.1 | 13.6-28.7 | 57 | 26.0 | 18.0-36.0 | 31 | 14.4 | 8.8-22.8 |
| Female | 708 | 125 | 19.3 | 15.1-24.5 | 130 | 21.9 | 17.1-27.7 | 154 | 19.7 | 15.8-24.3 | 229 | 29.4 | 24.8-34.5 | 70 | 9.6 | 6.7-13.8 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 56 | 11 | 16.9 | 6.6-37.2 | 16 | 33.9 | 16.1-57.8 | 16 | 22.0 | 10.8-39.6 | 12 | 25.9 | 11.7-48.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.9 |
| 25-34 | 162 | 51 | 42.1 | 31.0-54.1 | 28 | 14.4 | 8.7-22.9 | 38 | 15.5 | 9.4-24.5 | 39 | 20.4 | 12.9-30.7 | 6 | 7.6 | 2.7-19.3 |
| 35-44 | 212 | 38 | 14.3 | 9.4-21.3 | 48 | 22.4 | 15.1-31.9 | 49 | 24.0 | 16.2-34.0 | 58 | 25.7 | 18.2-35.0 | 19 | 13.5 | 7.0-24.3 |
| 45-54 | 232 | 38 | 14.1 | 8.1-23.2 | 47 | 22.7 | 15.4-32.1 | 47 | 20.3 | 14.1-28.4 | 74 | 29.0 | 21.5-37.9 | 26 | 13.9 | 8.1-22.9 |
| 55-64 | 150 | 23 | 11.4 | 6.3-19.7 | 18 | 14.9 | 7.3-28.0 | 27 | 18.4 | 10.6-30.0 | 57 | 41.1 | 30.2-52.9 | 25 | 14.3 | 8.1-23.9 |
| 65-74 | 78 | 8 | 22.6 | 10.2-42.8 | 6 | 5.1 | 1.8-13.2 | 17 | 22.0 | 11.9-37.1 | 31 | 33.9 | 21.4-49.2 | 16 | 16.4 | 7.8-31.3 |
| 75+ | 29 | 5 | 25.0 | 7.7-57.1 | 4 | 21.7 | 6.2-54.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.8 | 11 | 24.9 | 11.1-46.8 | 8 | 26.4 | 10.5-52.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 149 | 28 | 18.4 | 10.8-29.5 | 18 | 13.9 | 7.4-24.5 | 35 | 22.0 | 13.8-33.2 | 47 | 26.3 | 18.2-36.4 | 21 | 19.4 | 9.9-34.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 312 | 52 | 15.3 | 10.6-21.6 | 54 | 22.8 | 14.6-33.8 | 70 | 20.9 | 15.0-28.4 | 101 | 29.4 | 22.4-37.7 | 35 | 11.5 | 7.0-18.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 261 | 56 | 27.1 | 18.7-37.7 | 52 | 17.9 | 12.3-25.4 | 51 | 16.9 | 11.2-24.8 | 83 | 32.0 | 23.6-41.7 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.0-11.8 |
| College Graduate | 205 | 39 | 20.6 | 13.7-29.7 | 43 | 21.5 | 14.5-30.8 | 42 | 21.2 | 14.4-30.1 | 55 | 22.2 | 15.7-30.6 | 26 | 14.4 | 8.2-24.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 155 | 29 | 19.2 | 11.8-29.5 | 27 | 17.4 | 10.2-28.2 | 34 | 23.5 | 15.0-35.0 | 43 | 28.0 | 18.7-39.6 | 22 | 11.9 | 6.3-21.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 204 | 40 | 19.7 | 12.4-29.8 | 33 | 19.6 | 10.4-33.9 | 43 | 25.4 | 16.5-37.0 | 68 | 24.0 | 16.9-32.8 | 20 | 11.4 | 5.5-22.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 138 | 19 | 15.1 | 8.7-24.9 | 31 | 24.2 | 15.2-36.3 | 34 | 15.3 | 8.9-25.0 | 37 | 29.5 | 19.7-41.6 | 17 | 15.9 | 8.0-29.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 118 | 27 | 26.7 | 16.2-40.8 | 17 | 14.3 | 7.3-26.0 | 22 | 22.7 | 13.4-35.7 | 46 | 34.1 | 23.0-47.2 | 6 | 2.2 | 1.0- 5.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 84 | 15 | 11.8 | 6.5-20.5 | 22 | 23.8 | 14.1-37.4 | 16 | 22.6 | 12.4-37.5 | 19 | 20.4 | 11.4-33.8 | 12 | 21.4 | 10.7-38.2 |
| $75,000+ | 60 | 11 | 18.4 | 7.8-37.6 | 12 | 22.0 | 10.4-40.6 | 14 | 19.9 | 10.8-33.9 | 17 | 28.2 | 15.7-45.4 | 6 | 11.4 | 3.4-31.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 16 | 5 | 36.1 | 14.3-65.8 | 2 | 8.4 | 1.9-29.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 50.1 | 23.5-76.6 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.1-23.9 |
| Guilford | 59 | 10 | 14.5 | 7.2-27.0 | 10 | 19.8 | 10.4-34.4 | 12 | 22.4 | 11.7-38.4 | 18 | 30.7 | 18.8-45.8 | 9 | 12.7 | 6.0-24.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 73 | 16 | 21.9 | 13.1-34.2 | 12 | 16.5 | 9.0-28.3 | 19 | 27.0 | 17.2-39.8 | 25 | 33.7 | 22.8-46.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 |
| Orange | 31 | 7 | 27.7 | 13.4-48.6 | 5 | 13.1 | 4.5-32.6 | 6 | 18.9 | 8.3-37.4 | 11 | 31.8 | 17.0-51.4 | 2 | 8.5 | 2.0-29.8 |
| Wake | 45 | 11 | 22.4 | 11.7-38.6 | 6 | 15.1 | 6.5-31.0 | 9 | 17.6 | 8.9-31.7 | 15 | 31.6 | 18.2-49.1 | 4 | 13.3 | 4.9-31.3 |
| Chatham/Lee | 34 | 8 | 41.0 | 15.8-72.0 | 5 | 11.1 | 3.4-30.4 | 10 | 23.4 | 9.1-48.2 | 9 | 20.6 | 8.7-41.5 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.8-16.3 |
| Nash/Wilson | 73 | 5 | 8.2 | 3.3-18.8 | 13 | 12.7 | 7.0-22.1 | 21 | 25.6 | 16.0-38.2 | 22 | 36.0 | 23.7-50.4 | 12 | 17.6 | 9.5-30.2 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 43 | 7 | 27.4 | 10.0-56.3 | 11 | 17.4 | 8.5-32.4 | 11 | 22.4 | 11.2-39.7 | 10 | 25.6 | 12.1-46.1 | 4 | 7.2 | 2.4-19.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 7 | 3 | 63.1 | 20.1-92.1 | 1 | 18.9 | 2.3-70.2 | 2 | 10.2 | 1.8-41.5 | 1 | 7.8 | 0.9-45.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 74 | 18 | 15.4 | 6.7-31.5 | 12 | 42.4 | 13.6-77.5 | 18 | 20.0 | 8.6-39.8 | 18 | 15.9 | 6.9-32.4 | 8 | 6.4 | 2.3-16.4 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 6 | 2 | 35.6 | 8.9-75.8 | 2 | 33.3 | 8.3-73.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 13.3 | 1.7-57.1 | 1 | 17.7 | 2.4-65.0 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 64 | 10 | 10.9 | 5.3-21.1 | 9 | 19.2 | 9.9-34.0 | 15 | 22.4 | 12.8-36.3 | 21 | 34.5 | 22.0-49.6 | 9 | 12.9 | 6.2-24.9 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 61 | 10 | 14.1 | 6.8-27.0 | 14 | 19.6 | 10.3-34.2 | 9 | 13.6 | 6.3-27.0 | 21 | 43.0 | 23.6-64.9 | 7 | 9.7 | 3.9-22.2 |
| Northeast NC I | 106 | 22 | 26.1 | 16.0-39.6 | 24 | 23.8 | 15.9-34.1 | 19 | 18.3 | 11.2-28.6 | 32 | 26.5 | 18.3-36.9 | 9 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.3 |
| Northeast NC II | 67 | 10 | 18.4 | 9.8-31.8 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.2-18.8 | 13 | 20.4 | 11.1-34.5 | 27 | 40.4 | 27.5-54.8 | 10 | 12.9 | 6.3-24.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 173 | 32 | 22.2 | 15.1-31.5 | 31 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.8 | 32 | 19.4 | 13.1-27.7 | 59 | 33.4 | 25.5-42.5 | 19 | 9.0 | 5.2-15.2 |
| Mountain AHEC | 26 | 9 | 51.8 | 26.3-76.4 | 4 | 7.1 | 2.1-21.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.9 | 9 | 34.9 | 15.0-61.9 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.1-16.2 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 477 | 75 | 17.6 | 12.4-24.3 | 89 | 21.3 | 14.9-29.6 | 101 | 17.8 | 13.2-23.5 | 153 | 31.7 | 25.3-39.0 | 59 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.4 |
| Piedmont | 413 | 88 | 21.0 | 15.8-27.4 | 72 | 19.7 | 14.4-26.5 | 92 | 21.3 | 16.4-27.1 | 122 | 26.4 | 20.8-32.8 | 39 | 11.6 | 7.6-17.2 |
| Western NC | 37 | 12 | 49.8 | 22.4-77.3 | 6 | 9.5 | 3.1-26.0 | 5 | 22.0 | 4.9-60.4 | 11 | 16.7 | 6.5-36.8 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.8 |
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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