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Yes, lose weight | Yes, gain weight | Yes, keep current wt | No | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,265 | 338 | 23.2 | 20.1-26.7 | 21 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 52 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.1 | 854 | 70.7 | 67.0-74.2 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Female | 1,265 | 338 | 23.2 | 20.1-26.7 | 21 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 52 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.1 | 854 | 70.7 | 67.0-74.2 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
African American | 1,265 | 338 | 23.2 | 20.1-26.7 | 21 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 52 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.1 | 854 | 70.7 | 67.0-74.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 13 | 4 | 17.5 | 4.3-50.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 82.5 | 49.9-95.7 |
-English Speaking | 13 | 4 | 17.5 | 4.3-50.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 82.5 | 49.9-95.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,252 | 334 | 23.3 | 20.1-26.7 | 21 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 52 | 4.3 | 3.0- 6.1 | 845 | 70.7 | 66.9-74.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 93 | 13 | 11.9 | 5.8-22.8 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.0-11.8 | 3 | 3.6 | 0.7-16.2 | 73 | 81.0 | 68.1-89.5 |
25-34 | 200 | 47 | 18.5 | 12.5-26.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 11 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.5 | 141 | 76.2 | 67.7-83.1 |
35-44 | 262 | 71 | 24.3 | 17.5-32.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.7- 8.9 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.1 | 177 | 70.3 | 61.7-77.7 |
45-54 | 259 | 80 | 32.1 | 24.6-40.6 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 2.9 | 10 | 5.7 | 2.7-11.6 | 166 | 61.4 | 52.7-69.4 |
55-64 | 184 | 69 | 34.6 | 25.9-44.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.4 | 109 | 61.8 | 51.7-71.0 |
65-74 | 149 | 35 | 28.5 | 18.2-41.6 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.0 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.8-12.5 | 103 | 63.6 | 50.9-74.7 |
75+ | 105 | 18 | 8.9 | 4.6-16.3 | 4 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.3 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.9-12.2 | 78 | 83.1 | 73.2-89.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 293 | 77 | 18.8 | 13.6-25.3 | 8 | 4.5 | 1.8-10.8 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.6 | 198 | 72.5 | 64.7-79.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 429 | 113 | 23.8 | 18.4-30.2 | 7 | 0.7 | 0.3- 1.6 | 19 | 4.5 | 2.3- 8.6 | 290 | 71.1 | 64.3-77.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 303 | 86 | 26.0 | 19.5-33.9 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1- 7.2 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.5 | 199 | 68.0 | 59.8-75.2 |
College Graduate | 237 | 62 | 22.9 | 16.9-30.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 5.2 | 2.5-10.4 | 164 | 71.9 | 64.0-78.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 274 | 85 | 34.2 | 26.3-43.0 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.5 | 12 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.6 | 171 | 60.0 | 51.3-68.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 286 | 79 | 20.4 | 14.7-27.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.3 | 11 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.6 | 193 | 74.5 | 66.7-80.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 163 | 40 | 25.7 | 17.2-36.6 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.2- 9.2 | 116 | 70.5 | 59.6-79.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 113 | 37 | 24.7 | 15.8-36.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 4.7 | 1.4-14.5 | 72 | 70.5 | 58.2-80.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 18 | 35.2 | 20.6-53.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.1-11.0 | 41 | 61.0 | 43.5-76.0 |
$75,000+ | 53 | 13 | 19.6 | 9.7-35.5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.7-27.7 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.6-22.5 | 35 | 67.4 | 49.7-81.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 16 | 5 | 26.4 | 10.4-52.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 8.1 | 1.1-40.7 | 10 | 65.5 | 38.4-85.3 |
Guilford | 71 | 15 | 17.9 | 10.2-29.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 13.0 | 4.9-30.0 | 49 | 69.2 | 54.4-80.8 |
Mecklenburg | 82 | 26 | 32.5 | 22.0-45.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.6-16.7 | 50 | 60.0 | 47.5-71.3 |
Orange | 31 | 10 | 32.0 | 16.9-52.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-15.9 | 20 | 65.5 | 45.5-81.1 |
Wake | 55 | 15 | 25.0 | 14.7-39.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.5 | 0.7-15.3 | 38 | 71.5 | 57.0-82.6 |
Chatham/Lee | 53 | 12 | 25.1 | 13.9-41.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 7.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 40 | 73.7 | 57.9-85.1 |
Nash/Wilson | 81 | 23 | 30.2 | 20.0-42.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.1 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.6 | 51 | 62.8 | 50.2-73.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 57 | 20 | 25.7 | 15.2-40.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.4 | 36 | 72.8 | 58.1-83.7 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 9 | 1 | 8.2 | 0.9-46.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 91.8 | 53.5-99.1 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 2 | 26.2 | 5.9-66.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 73.8 | 33.2-94.1 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 105 | 32 | 28.7 | 19.8-39.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 6 | 7.2 | 2.9-17.0 | 66 | 63.6 | 52.3-73.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 9 | 1 | 9.0 | 1.2-44.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 91.0 | 55.3-98.8 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 95 | 24 | 21.2 | 13.9-30.8 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.1 | 67 | 74.2 | 63.9-82.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 102 | 25 | 21.0 | 14.1-30.1 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.5 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-11.3 | 71 | 72.8 | 62.8-81.0 |
Northeast NC I | 171 | 40 | 19.8 | 14.2-26.8 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.3-15.1 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.6-13.7 | 120 | 69.3 | 60.2-77.2 |
Northeast NC II | 100 | 28 | 25.9 | 17.2-36.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.4 | 68 | 71.4 | 60.3-80.4 |
Northeastern Partnership | 271 | 68 | 22.6 | 17.4-28.9 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.3 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.5 | 188 | 70.3 | 63.3-76.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 32 | 9 | 26.6 | 13.0-46.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 12.6 | 3.1-39.5 | 21 | 60.7 | 39.0-78.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 670 | 170 | 20.1 | 16.0-24.9 | 15 | 3.6 | 1.8- 7.0 | 26 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.6 | 459 | 72.3 | 66.9-77.2 |
Piedmont | 549 | 155 | 25.3 | 20.9-30.3 | 6 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.7 | 24 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.2 | 364 | 69.8 | 64.5-74.6 |
Western NC | 46 | 13 | 26.2 | 12.1-47.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 7.1 | 1.6-26.5 | 31 | 66.6 | 43.4-83.9 |
^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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