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Fewer calories | Less fat | Fewer cals & less fat | Neither of them | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 960 | 134 | 15.2 | 12.1-18.9 | 226 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.4 | 374 | 34.8 | 30.4-39.4 | 226 | 26.9 | 22.4-32.0 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Female | 960 | 134 | 15.2 | 12.1-18.9 | 226 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.4 | 374 | 34.8 | 30.4-39.4 | 226 | 26.9 | 22.4-32.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
African American | 960 | 134 | 15.2 | 12.1-18.9 | 226 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.4 | 374 | 34.8 | 30.4-39.4 | 226 | 26.9 | 22.4-32.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 10 | 1 | 8.8 | 1.1-46.4 | 5 | 32.4 | 8.9-70.0 | 3 | 55.4 | 18.4-87.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.4-23.3 |
-English Speaking | 10 | 1 | 8.8 | 1.1-46.4 | 5 | 32.4 | 8.9-70.0 | 3 | 55.4 | 18.4-87.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 0.4-23.3 |
Non-Hispanic | 950 | 133 | 15.2 | 12.1-18.9 | 221 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.4 | 371 | 34.7 | 30.3-39.3 | 225 | 27.0 | 22.5-32.1 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 60 | 6 | 11.8 | 4.5-27.5 | 9 | 10.8 | 3.5-28.5 | 22 | 25.4 | 13.0-43.7 | 23 | 52.0 | 32.3-71.1 |
25-34 | 165 | 25 | 14.2 | 7.9-24.4 | 35 | 22.6 | 14.5-33.5 | 57 | 35.0 | 25.3-46.1 | 48 | 28.1 | 19.5-38.7 |
35-44 | 208 | 36 | 19.9 | 13.2-28.8 | 49 | 22.7 | 15.3-32.2 | 75 | 29.6 | 21.8-38.8 | 48 | 27.8 | 19.7-37.7 |
45-54 | 206 | 32 | 16.6 | 10.6-25.0 | 52 | 26.9 | 19.1-36.4 | 83 | 36.7 | 27.9-46.5 | 39 | 19.9 | 13.2-28.8 |
55-64 | 147 | 18 | 14.2 | 8.0-23.9 | 34 | 26.1 | 16.4-38.9 | 65 | 42.1 | 31.4-53.5 | 30 | 17.7 | 10.7-27.7 |
65-74 | 110 | 12 | 13.4 | 5.4-29.7 | 32 | 33.0 | 21.0-47.7 | 42 | 33.9 | 22.6-47.4 | 24 | 19.7 | 11.2-32.3 |
75+ | 54 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.6 | 12 | 20.2 | 9.8-37.0 | 27 | 61.0 | 43.0-76.4 | 12 | 17.1 | 8.2-32.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 191 | 35 | 19.9 | 12.5-30.2 | 42 | 24.9 | 16.3-36.0 | 74 | 33.3 | 24.4-43.5 | 40 | 21.9 | 14.3-32.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 327 | 42 | 13.6 | 9.0-20.0 | 70 | 23.0 | 16.4-31.1 | 123 | 33.5 | 26.1-41.8 | 92 | 30.0 | 22.1-39.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 247 | 34 | 17.0 | 10.8-25.8 | 56 | 17.1 | 11.7-24.2 | 104 | 37.4 | 28.6-47.2 | 53 | 28.5 | 19.3-39.9 |
College Graduate | 195 | 23 | 12.3 | 7.4-19.6 | 58 | 29.8 | 21.8-39.3 | 73 | 34.9 | 26.7-44.0 | 41 | 23.0 | 16.2-31.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 188 | 21 | 9.7 | 5.4-16.6 | 42 | 24.5 | 16.6-34.6 | 82 | 43.1 | 32.8-54.0 | 43 | 22.7 | 14.9-33.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 225 | 36 | 19.9 | 12.7-29.7 | 55 | 24.7 | 16.7-35.0 | 81 | 27.2 | 19.8-36.1 | 53 | 28.1 | 19.0-39.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 135 | 26 | 21.7 | 13.0-34.0 | 35 | 26.6 | 16.7-39.5 | 44 | 29.2 | 19.3-41.6 | 30 | 22.5 | 14.4-33.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 92 | 9 | 7.3 | 3.0-16.5 | 23 | 18.7 | 10.7-30.5 | 43 | 49.3 | 35.3-63.4 | 17 | 24.7 | 13.7-40.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 50 | 10 | 21.8 | 11.0-38.5 | 14 | 25.1 | 12.4-44.2 | 15 | 21.4 | 9.7-40.8 | 11 | 31.7 | 16.0-53.2 |
$75,000+ | 47 | 6 | 10.9 | 4.3-25.2 | 17 | 37.8 | 21.4-57.4 | 17 | 32.2 | 18.0-50.8 | 7 | 19.1 | 8.4-37.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 12 | 1 | 7.6 | 1.0-39.3 | 5 | 46.7 | 21.0-74.2 | 4 | 28.2 | 9.9-58.4 | 2 | 17.5 | 4.3-49.9 |
Guilford | 52 | 9 | 23.4 | 11.2-42.6 | 12 | 23.9 | 12.9-39.8 | 16 | 28.4 | 15.1-46.9 | 15 | 24.4 | 13.5-39.8 |
Mecklenburg | 66 | 8 | 9.0 | 4.3-17.7 | 12 | 15.8 | 8.4-27.7 | 31 | 54.2 | 41.0-66.9 | 15 | 21.0 | 12.4-33.2 |
Orange | 28 | 3 | 12.5 | 3.5-36.1 | 5 | 15.1 | 5.7-34.4 | 15 | 57.3 | 37.3-75.3 | 5 | 15.0 | 5.9-33.2 |
Wake | 46 | 8 | 17.0 | 8.2-31.8 | 10 | 22.2 | 11.5-38.6 | 14 | 27.6 | 15.9-43.4 | 14 | 33.2 | 19.9-49.9 |
Chatham/Lee | 40 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.5-19.4 | 13 | 37.3 | 21.6-56.3 | 14 | 35.9 | 20.9-54.3 | 9 | 19.5 | 9.3-36.3 |
Nash/Wilson | 57 | 7 | 15.9 | 7.4-30.7 | 16 | 36.0 | 22.6-52.0 | 23 | 33.4 | 21.5-47.7 | 11 | 14.8 | 7.8-26.1 |
Craven/Pamlico | 44 | 6 | 7.8 | 3.2-18.0 | 10 | 17.6 | 8.4-33.2 | 17 | 42.4 | 22.9-64.6 | 11 | 32.2 | 16.4-53.6 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 7.9 | 0.8-49.0 | 4 | 92.1 | 51.0-99.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 11.8 | 1.5-54.0 | 3 | 58.1 | 20.9-87.9 | 2 | 30.1 | 7.0-71.1 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 84 | 10 | 10.9 | 5.4-20.8 | 17 | 26.0 | 16.3-38.9 | 33 | 37.7 | 26.6-50.2 | 24 | 25.4 | 16.7-36.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 4 | 1 | 21.1 | 2.7-72.2 | 2 | 50.2 | 12.2-88.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 28.7 | 4.0-79.6 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 73 | 6 | 10.6 | 3.9-25.9 | 18 | 25.9 | 15.8-39.5 | 33 | 42.3 | 30.1-55.6 | 16 | 21.1 | 12.5-33.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 71 | 14 | 25.2 | 15.1-39.0 | 16 | 21.7 | 12.9-34.1 | 26 | 36.3 | 25.2-49.2 | 15 | 16.8 | 9.8-27.3 |
Northeast NC I | 122 | 17 | 14.2 | 8.7-22.3 | 29 | 22.4 | 15.5-31.3 | 51 | 42.5 | 32.7-53.0 | 25 | 20.9 | 13.8-30.4 |
Northeast NC II | 74 | 11 | 16.9 | 8.4-31.3 | 18 | 22.3 | 13.6-34.3 | 30 | 34.4 | 23.6-47.1 | 15 | 26.4 | 15.5-41.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 196 | 28 | 15.6 | 10.0-23.3 | 47 | 22.3 | 16.5-29.5 | 81 | 38.5 | 30.8-46.7 | 40 | 23.6 | 16.8-32.3 |
Mountain AHEC | 22 | 4 | 18.6 | 5.3-48.0 | 7 | 25.3 | 10.8-48.7 | 7 | 40.6 | 19.0-66.5 | 4 | 15.5 | 5.3-37.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 496 | 72 | 15.5 | 11.2-21.1 | 121 | 22.7 | 17.5-28.8 | 193 | 36.6 | 30.0-43.7 | 110 | 25.3 | 18.6-33.4 |
Piedmont | 432 | 57 | 15.0 | 10.8-20.4 | 95 | 22.6 | 17.6-28.6 | 170 | 33.7 | 28.0-40.0 | 110 | 28.7 | 22.7-35.6 |
Western NC | 32 | 5 | 15.3 | 4.6-40.3 | 10 | 43.9 | 16.1-76.2 | 11 | 30.8 | 12.5-58.1 | 6 | 10.0 | 3.5-25.6 |
^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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