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0-3 months | 4-11 months | 1 year | 2-5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||||
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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 | 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 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
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 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
African American | 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 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 43.0 | 11.0-82.1 | 2 | 57.0 | 17.9-89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
-English Speaking | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 43.0 | 11.0-82.1 | 2 | 57.0 | 17.9-89.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 702 | 125 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.5 | 126 | 21.8 | 17.0-27.6 | 152 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.2 | 229 | 29.5 | 24.9-34.6 | 70 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 43 | 8 | 21.4 | 7.3-48.7 | 14 | 33.9 | 14.4-60.9 | 10 | 18.9 | 7.1-41.7 | 10 | 23.8 | 10.4-45.5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.3-13.3 |
25-34 | 124 | 36 | 38.3 | 26.8-51.2 | 23 | 19.9 | 11.7-31.7 | 33 | 16.6 | 10.4-25.6 | 27 | 18.1 | 10.5-29.6 | 5 | 7.1 | 2.3-20.2 |
35-44 | 169 | 29 | 15.9 | 9.8-24.8 | 38 | 24.8 | 16.0-36.4 | 39 | 23.9 | 15.4-35.0 | 49 | 26.0 | 18.1-35.8 | 14 | 9.4 | 4.0-20.6 |
45-54 | 166 | 28 | 13.3 | 7.9-21.5 | 34 | 22.6 | 14.7-33.2 | 33 | 19.7 | 12.7-29.3 | 57 | 31.8 | 23.0-42.1 | 14 | 12.6 | 6.1-24.5 |
55-64 | 109 | 16 | 7.6 | 4.1-13.8 | 13 | 17.5 | 7.5-35.9 | 19 | 16.1 | 9.0-26.9 | 44 | 45.9 | 33.0-59.3 | 17 | 12.9 | 6.5-24.2 |
65-74 | 66 | 6 | 19.6 | 7.3-43.0 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.4 | 16 | 25.2 | 13.3-42.5 | 27 | 35.9 | 21.7-53.1 | 13 | 16.3 | 6.9-33.9 |
75+ | 24 | 2 | 3.6 | 0.7-15.5 | 4 | 35.7 | 11.7-69.9 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.4-21.4 | 11 | 40.8 | 18.4-67.9 | 6 | 16.5 | 6.1-37.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 119 | 19 | 13.9 | 7.1-25.5 | 15 | 16.8 | 8.5-30.6 | 28 | 17.1 | 10.8-26.2 | 41 | 33.1 | 22.6-45.7 | 16 | 19.0 | 8.4-37.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 235 | 39 | 16.8 | 11.0-24.9 | 43 | 24.3 | 15.1-36.8 | 51 | 21.2 | 14.1-30.5 | 78 | 27.6 | 20.2-36.5 | 24 | 10.1 | 5.4-18.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 198 | 40 | 25.5 | 16.2-37.7 | 43 | 23.6 | 16.1-33.3 | 37 | 14.0 | 8.5-22.1 | 62 | 29.6 | 21.1-39.7 | 16 | 7.4 | 3.3-15.4 |
College Graduate | 156 | 27 | 18.0 | 11.3-27.4 | 29 | 18.4 | 11.4-28.4 | 38 | 26.1 | 18.1-36.1 | 48 | 30.2 | 21.3-40.9 | 14 | 7.3 | 3.6-14.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 136 | 25 | 18.5 | 11.0-29.3 | 23 | 18.7 | 10.5-31.0 | 29 | 19.3 | 12.5-28.6 | 39 | 30.3 | 20.0-43.0 | 20 | 13.3 | 6.8-24.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 154 | 28 | 22.1 | 12.7-35.6 | 27 | 19.3 | 11.5-30.6 | 31 | 22.3 | 12.9-35.9 | 57 | 31.6 | 22.3-42.8 | 11 | 4.7 | 2.0-10.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 114 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.3-22.5 | 28 | 28.4 | 17.5-42.4 | 29 | 16.9 | 9.3-28.6 | 31 | 24.7 | 15.8-36.4 | 13 | 17.7 | 8.4-33.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 84 | 18 | 20.6 | 11.1-35.0 | 14 | 23.0 | 12.0-39.7 | 17 | 22.2 | 12.2-37.0 | 33 | 33.2 | 20.8-48.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 48 | 8 | 10.2 | 4.3-22.4 | 10 | 17.3 | 8.1-33.2 | 10 | 25.9 | 12.2-46.8 | 11 | 21.7 | 9.6-41.9 | 9 | 24.9 | 10.6-48.0 |
$75,000+ | 37 | 7 | 12.7 | 4.9-29.5 | 6 | 13.5 | 4.7-33.3 | 9 | 30.3 | 15.1-51.5 | 13 | 41.7 | 22.7-63.6 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 7.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 11 | 2 | 23.7 | 5.9-60.4 | 2 | 18.2 | 4.5-51.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 46.2 | 19.8-75.0 | 2 | 11.9 | 2.4-42.8 |
Guilford | 42 | 8 | 14.3 | 6.7-27.8 | 7 | 24.6 | 11.9-44.0 | 6 | 9.7 | 3.9-22.1 | 16 | 40.3 | 24.6-58.3 | 5 | 11.1 | 4.1-26.7 |
Mecklenburg | 56 | 13 | 23.3 | 13.2-37.8 | 9 | 15.3 | 7.7-28.4 | 15 | 28.5 | 17.2-43.3 | 19 | 32.9 | 20.8-47.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Orange | 24 | 5 | 26.1 | 10.9-50.4 | 3 | 7.3 | 2.2-21.5 | 5 | 21.8 | 8.9-44.3 | 10 | 40.7 | 21.8-62.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0.6-24.3 |
Wake | 36 | 6 | 12.5 | 5.3-26.8 | 4 | 13.6 | 4.9-32.5 | 8 | 21.0 | 10.3-38.2 | 15 | 41.7 | 24.9-60.8 | 3 | 11.1 | 3.6-29.6 |
Chatham/Lee | 23 | 5 | 28.6 | 11.5-55.2 | 4 | 15.9 | 4.6-42.6 | 7 | 25.8 | 11.6-48.0 | 6 | 26.5 | 11.1-51.1 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.6 |
Nash/Wilson | 52 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.9-24.7 | 13 | 21.2 | 11.8-35.1 | 16 | 28.2 | 16.7-43.5 | 16 | 37.1 | 23.2-53.6 | 5 | 6.2 | 2.5-14.7 |
Craven/Pamlico | 32 | 6 | 33.4 | 11.4-66.1 | 8 | 15.1 | 6.5-31.5 | 9 | 23.9 | 10.6-45.3 | 8 | 26.2 | 10.6-51.5 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 5 | 2 | 75.9 | 28.7-96.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 13.6 | 2.0-55.4 | 1 | 10.5 | 1.0-57.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 59 | 14 | 23.5 | 13.5-37.6 | 8 | 13.4 | 6.0-27.3 | 15 | 31.7 | 19.3-47.4 | 15 | 22.6 | 13.2-35.9 | 7 | 8.9 | 4.0-18.7 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 5 | 2 | 42.0 | 10.5-81.8 | 1 | 21.3 | 2.9-71.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 15.7 | 2.0-62.8 | 1 | 20.9 | 2.8-70.5 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 47 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.6-20.1 | 7 | 20.7 | 9.7-38.9 | 12 | 20.8 | 11.3-35.1 | 15 | 35.9 | 20.9-54.4 | 7 | 13.8 | 6.0-28.8 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 51 | 10 | 21.4 | 11.4-36.5 | 9 | 18.0 | 9.2-32.3 | 8 | 16.5 | 8.0-31.2 | 18 | 33.2 | 21.0-48.1 | 6 | 10.8 | 4.2-25.0 |
Northeast NC I | 85 | 16 | 19.4 | 11.4-31.1 | 19 | 25.9 | 16.7-37.8 | 17 | 23.3 | 14.1-36.1 | 25 | 24.7 | 16.4-35.3 | 8 | 6.8 | 3.2-13.7 |
Northeast NC II | 51 | 5 | 9.1 | 3.7-20.7 | 7 | 11.7 | 4.7-26.5 | 9 | 15.9 | 7.9-29.2 | 21 | 46.6 | 30.8-63.0 | 9 | 16.7 | 7.8-32.1 |
Northeastern Partnership | 136 | 21 | 14.3 | 9.0-22.1 | 26 | 18.8 | 12.4-27.6 | 26 | 19.6 | 13.0-28.5 | 46 | 35.5 | 26.1-46.2 | 17 | 11.7 | 6.6-19.9 |
Mountain AHEC | 18 | 5 | 38.2 | 15.0-68.5 | 3 | 14.5 | 4.2-39.9 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.5-24.4 | 6 | 32.9 | 13.7-60.2 | 3 | 10.3 | 2.6-32.5 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 364 | 54 | 16.8 | 11.6-23.7 | 71 | 24.8 | 16.5-35.4 | 81 | 18.0 | 13.0-24.5 | 116 | 28.8 | 22.2-36.4 | 42 | 11.6 | 6.8-19.2 |
Piedmont | 319 | 65 | 21.0 | 14.9-28.7 | 55 | 20.2 | 14.7-27.1 | 69 | 19.9 | 14.8-26.2 | 105 | 30.4 | 24.2-37.5 | 25 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.9 |
Western NC | 25 | 6 | 23.8 | 7.1-55.9 | 4 | 13.6 | 3.3-41.8 | 4 | 42.1 | 10.6-81.7 | 8 | 16.3 | 5.5-39.4 | 3 | 4.2 | 0.9-17.1 |
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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