SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

We would now like you to think about your most recent weight loss attempt. If you are currently trying to lose weight,
please answer about your weight loss so far.How long have you been at your current weight?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
 View results for a different geographical area:
  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 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.

Back to Weight Loss Products.

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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook