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10 lbs. or less | 10-25 lbs. | 26-50 lbs. | >50 lbs. | None | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 780 | 283 | 33.6 | 28.6-39.0 | 255 | 34.9 | 30.0-40.2 | 129 | 15.6 | 12.3-19.8 | 54 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.9 | 59 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Female | 780 | 283 | 33.6 | 28.6-39.0 | 255 | 34.9 | 30.0-40.2 | 129 | 15.6 | 12.3-19.8 | 54 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.9 | 59 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
African American | 780 | 283 | 33.6 | 28.6-39.0 | 255 | 34.9 | 30.0-40.2 | 129 | 15.6 | 12.3-19.8 | 54 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.9 | 59 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 6 | 2 | 43.5 | 10.5-83.5 | 3 | 22.6 | 5.1-61.1 | 1 | 33.9 | 5.4-82.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 6 | 2 | 43.5 | 10.5-83.5 | 3 | 22.6 | 5.1-61.1 | 1 | 33.9 | 5.4-82.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 774 | 281 | 33.6 | 28.6-39.0 | 252 | 34.9 | 30.0-40.3 | 128 | 15.6 | 12.2-19.7 | 54 | 6.1 | 4.2- 8.9 | 59 | 9.7 | 6.6-14.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 49 | 21 | 39.1 | 19.4-63.0 | 15 | 38.2 | 19.4-61.4 | 4 | 9.9 | 2.3-34.1 | 2 | 5.1 | 0.8-26.0 | 7 | 7.7 | 2.9-18.8 |
25-34 | 131 | 48 | 31.2 | 21.2-43.4 | 54 | 41.8 | 30.6-54.0 | 13 | 11.5 | 5.8-21.4 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.9 | 11 | 12.2 | 5.4-25.1 |
35-44 | 184 | 65 | 25.3 | 18.2-34.1 | 62 | 35.5 | 25.9-46.3 | 35 | 20.3 | 13.0-30.2 | 10 | 5.8 | 2.2-14.3 | 12 | 13.2 | 6.0-26.3 |
45-54 | 178 | 68 | 40.7 | 30.8-51.5 | 55 | 29.6 | 21.2-39.8 | 28 | 18.8 | 11.9-28.5 | 17 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.7 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.4- 6.9 |
55-64 | 123 | 40 | 35.3 | 23.6-49.0 | 41 | 36.6 | 25.7-49.2 | 25 | 16.3 | 9.5-26.6 | 11 | 8.3 | 4.1-16.0 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.2- 9.7 |
65-74 | 79 | 27 | 38.1 | 23.3-55.5 | 18 | 26.3 | 15.0-42.0 | 20 | 15.1 | 7.8-27.2 | 6 | 10.0 | 3.8-23.8 | 8 | 10.5 | 3.9-25.1 |
75+ | 29 | 13 | 35.5 | 16.7-60.3 | 8 | 36.6 | 15.1-65.2 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.6-12.0 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.3-14.8 | 3 | 20.4 | 4.8-56.8 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 142 | 58 | 34.3 | 24.2-46.1 | 41 | 32.5 | 22.2-44.8 | 21 | 11.2 | 5.9-20.1 | 11 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.2 | 11 | 16.8 | 7.7-33.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 261 | 99 | 37.0 | 27.7-47.4 | 81 | 32.0 | 24.1-41.1 | 38 | 16.1 | 10.2-24.7 | 20 | 6.5 | 3.4-12.0 | 23 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 216 | 72 | 28.9 | 20.8-38.6 | 73 | 37.2 | 27.4-48.0 | 40 | 16.9 | 11.2-24.8 | 12 | 5.8 | 2.5-12.8 | 19 | 11.2 | 5.7-20.8 |
College Graduate | 161 | 54 | 33.8 | 25.0-43.9 | 60 | 38.3 | 28.8-48.8 | 30 | 15.7 | 9.8-24.4 | 11 | 6.4 | 3.1-12.7 | 6 | 5.7 | 1.8-16.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 155 | 58 | 31.9 | 22.8-42.7 | 47 | 35.3 | 25.6-46.4 | 24 | 13.2 | 7.4-22.5 | 15 | 9.9 | 4.4-20.5 | 11 | 9.7 | 3.7-23.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 177 | 70 | 31.7 | 22.6-42.5 | 60 | 33.5 | 24.0-44.7 | 23 | 18.5 | 10.0-31.7 | 13 | 7.3 | 3.2-16.1 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.0-19.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 118 | 50 | 39.0 | 27.1-52.4 | 35 | 28.3 | 18.4-40.9 | 19 | 13.7 | 7.6-23.5 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.8-14.5 | 10 | 13.8 | 5.6-29.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 86 | 24 | 33.2 | 20.7-48.6 | 34 | 41.7 | 27.6-57.3 | 16 | 17.1 | 8.9-30.5 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.3-12.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0- 6.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 51 | 21 | 41.7 | 24.6-61.0 | 22 | 44.9 | 27.3-63.8 | 5 | 7.5 | 2.1-23.2 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.4-21.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
$75,000+ | 37 | 15 | 33.6 | 18.0-53.8 | 12 | 26.9 | 12.9-47.8 | 6 | 17.1 | 6.6-37.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 22.4 | 7.7-49.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 12 | 2 | 23.7 | 6.2-59.4 | 3 | 24.9 | 7.9-56.1 | 4 | 24.8 | 8.4-54.0 | 3 | 26.7 | 8.7-58.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Guilford | 43 | 19 | 47.4 | 30.9-64.5 | 15 | 35.7 | 21.0-53.8 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.4-17.7 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.9-18.2 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.7-17.5 |
Mecklenburg | 57 | 19 | 29.7 | 18.6-43.7 | 24 | 47.5 | 33.5-61.9 | 10 | 17.3 | 8.8-31.3 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.7-14.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.4- 9.6 |
Orange | 26 | 12 | 48.9 | 29.2-69.0 | 8 | 29.3 | 14.1-51.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-12.1 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.8 | 4 | 16.2 | 5.9-37.1 |
Wake | 41 | 12 | 28.2 | 15.8-45.2 | 16 | 41.1 | 25.3-58.9 | 9 | 18.3 | 9.2-33.3 | 4 | 12.4 | 4.2-31.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Chatham/Lee | 29 | 13 | 46.4 | 26.9-67.1 | 10 | 29.8 | 14.9-50.8 | 4 | 15.5 | 4.8-40.4 | 2 | 8.2 | 1.6-32.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Nash/Wilson | 54 | 26 | 41.3 | 27.8-56.3 | 18 | 38.9 | 24.9-55.0 | 5 | 9.3 | 3.5-22.6 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-15.6 | 3 | 6.5 | 2.0-19.8 |
Craven/Pamlico | 33 | 9 | 34.6 | 12.9-65.5 | 6 | 18.7 | 6.3-44.2 | 11 | 25.0 | 11.7-45.5 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.7-25.9 | 5 | 14.4 | 5.3-33.7 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 5 | 4 | 88.7 | 40.6-98.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 11.3 | 1.1-59.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 3 | 1 | 40.3 | 5.7-88.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 26.5 | 3.1-80.0 | 1 | 33.2 | 4.2-84.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 65 | 23 | 31.9 | 20.8-45.6 | 19 | 32.6 | 20.7-47.1 | 11 | 15.2 | 7.7-28.1 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.5-22.4 | 9 | 12.3 | 6.3-22.7 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 5 | 2 | 31.7 | 7.2-73.7 | 1 | 21.3 | 2.9-71.0 | 2 | 47.0 | 12.7-84.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 53 | 17 | 44.9 | 29.7-61.2 | 18 | 25.6 | 15.3-39.6 | 10 | 17.4 | 9.0-31.0 | 5 | 7.7 | 2.9-18.7 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.3-13.5 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 59 | 21 | 37.0 | 24.6-51.5 | 19 | 31.4 | 20.2-45.4 | 10 | 14.1 | 7.3-25.7 | 5 | 9.1 | 3.6-21.1 | 4 | 8.3 | 3.0-21.2 |
Northeast NC I | 96 | 39 | 37.3 | 27.4-48.4 | 32 | 36.5 | 26.2-48.1 | 14 | 12.0 | 6.8-20.2 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.8-15.0 | 5 | 7.5 | 2.9-18.2 |
Northeast NC II | 59 | 20 | 34.5 | 21.7-50.0 | 20 | 29.7 | 18.6-44.0 | 6 | 9.6 | 3.9-21.7 | 8 | 11.6 | 5.5-22.8 | 5 | 14.5 | 5.5-33.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 155 | 59 | 35.9 | 27.4-45.3 | 52 | 33.0 | 25.0-42.2 | 20 | 10.8 | 6.5-17.3 | 14 | 9.2 | 5.3-15.6 | 10 | 11.1 | 5.4-21.5 |
Mountain AHEC | 21 | 6 | 44.1 | 20.1-71.2 | 5 | 17.9 | 6.6-40.2 | 7 | 23.7 | 9.6-47.5 | 3 | 14.3 | 4.4-37.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 405 | 149 | 37.4 | 29.3-46.4 | 125 | 28.7 | 22.4-35.9 | 66 | 15.5 | 10.6-22.1 | 29 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.7 | 36 | 13.5 | 8.5-20.9 |
Piedmont | 346 | 125 | 31.2 | 25.1-38.0 | 124 | 40.4 | 33.4-47.9 | 53 | 14.1 | 10.2-19.2 | 21 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.7 | 23 | 7.3 | 3.8-13.5 |
Western NC | 29 | 9 | 25.6 | 9.0-54.4 | 6 | 15.5 | 4.8-40.2 | 10 | 50.8 | 20.4-80.6 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.4-23.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.
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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