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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,643 1,929 34.8 32.9-36.8 1,856 32.8 30.9-34.7 1,124 18.6 17.1-20.3 424 7.3 6.4- 8.5 310 6.4 5.4- 7.6
GENDER
Male 1,682 583 35.5 32.1-39.1 593 33.2 29.9-36.8 307 17.3 14.6-20.3 133 8.0 6.2-10.2 66 6.0 4.2- 8.4
Female 3,961 1,346 34.3 32.0-36.7 1,263 32.5 30.3-34.8 817 19.5 17.7-21.4 291 6.9 5.9- 8.2 244 6.7 5.6- 8.1
RACE
White 4,320 1,430 34.1 31.9-36.3 1,432 32.9 30.7-35.1 924 20.2 18.5-22.1 331 8.0 6.8- 9.4 203 4.8 3.9- 5.9
African American 1,013 380 36.2 31.6-40.9 337 33.8 29.4-38.5 156 15.7 12.1-20.1 70 5.8 4.2- 7.9 70 8.6 6.0-12.1
Asian 21 12 36.0 14.3-65.6 3 14.6 3.2-47.3 2 4.8 0.9-21.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 44.6 17.7-75.1
Native American 135 43 39.3 25.0-55.6 39 34.7 19.5-53.8 27 14.5 8.1-24.7 16 7.3 3.5-14.6 10 4.2 1.8- 9.2
Other Minorities 136 55 41.2 28.8-54.8 37 26.6 17.1-38.8 14 4.8 2.3- 9.7 7 2.5 0.8- 7.5 23 24.9 14.4-39.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 154 60 37.5 25.4-51.3 49 28.7 18.8-41.2 18 5.3 2.8- 9.7 4 3.6 1.0-12.2 23 24.9 14.3-39.8
-English Speaking 85 27 33.0 18.3-51.9 32 30.7 16.5-49.9 15 11.0 5.3-21.3 3 5.9 1.1-26.5 8 19.5 5.9-48.5
-Spanish Speaking 69 33 40.4 24.1-59.1 17 27.4 15.1-44.6 3 1.7 0.4- 6.6 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 15 28.4 15.0-47.2
Non-Hispanic 5,482 1,866 34.7 32.8-36.7 1,805 32.9 31.0-34.9 1,104 19.2 17.6-20.9 420 7.5 6.5- 8.7 287 5.7 4.8- 6.7
AGE
18-24 290 118 37.3 28.9-46.6 81 30.8 22.8-40.1 49 19.6 13.0-28.5 18 4.8 2.4- 9.7 24 7.5 4.0-13.8
25-34 884 313 36.2 31.7-41.1 289 31.8 27.4-36.5 171 18.3 14.9-22.3 62 6.7 4.5- 9.7 49 7.0 4.7-10.3
35-44 1,191 403 34.7 30.7-38.9 388 31.4 27.8-35.4 242 17.7 14.9-20.8 103 8.3 6.3-10.8 55 7.9 5.5-11.3
45-54 1,248 403 32.0 28.3-36.1 418 35.2 31.2-39.5 266 20.9 17.7-24.4 101 7.9 5.8-10.6 60 4.0 2.7- 5.9
55-64 991 336 34.6 30.4-39.1 333 32.7 28.6-37.1 195 18.3 14.9-22.3 82 9.9 7.1-13.4 45 4.5 3.0- 6.9
65-74 682 232 33.7 28.8-39.0 219 35.3 30.1-40.9 137 18.4 14.7-22.8 46 6.1 4.1- 9.0 48 6.5 4.2-10.0
75+ 326 110 38.5 31.2-46.3 120 34.0 27.3-41.4 58 15.4 10.5-22.1 12 3.6 1.7- 7.4 26 8.5 5.2-13.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 684 234 31.8 26.2-38.1 194 29.0 23.7-35.0 133 17.0 13.0-21.8 59 9.5 6.2-14.3 64 12.7 8.8-18.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,606 540 34.0 30.4-37.8 501 29.8 26.4-33.5 325 20.3 17.3-23.7 141 9.6 7.5-12.2 99 6.3 4.5- 8.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,528 527 36.1 32.2-40.1 497 33.4 29.7-37.4 319 19.3 16.2-22.7 115 6.7 5.1- 8.8 70 4.5 3.1- 6.5
College Graduate 1,820 627 35.4 32.3-38.7 663 36.2 33.0-39.5 346 17.3 15.0-19.8 109 5.3 4.0- 6.9 75 5.9 4.3- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 575 198 31.2 25.8-37.3 162 29.1 23.6-35.4 125 21.8 16.8-27.9 53 8.3 5.7-12.0 37 9.4 5.1-16.8
$15,000- 24,999 964 326 33.8 29.0-38.9 301 26.8 22.6-31.4 183 19.0 15.0-23.7 86 10.7 7.6-14.8 68 9.8 6.9-13.8
$25,000- 34,999 652 214 32.0 26.5-38.1 214 33.3 27.5-39.6 134 19.9 15.3-25.5 58 8.6 5.9-12.4 32 6.2 3.7-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 827 286 37.6 32.8-42.6 280 34.7 30.1-39.6 168 19.0 15.3-23.2 66 6.3 4.5- 8.9 27 2.5 1.4- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 726 242 36.6 31.4-42.2 259 31.9 27.3-36.9 153 20.9 17.0-25.4 48 7.3 4.9-10.7 24 3.3 1.8- 6.0
$75,000+ 832 319 37.7 33.3-42.4 306 36.8 32.2-41.6 140 16.1 13.0-19.9 22 2.0 1.1- 3.4 45 7.4 4.9-10.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 282 77 27.8 22.0-34.5 112 43.7 36.9-50.7 55 15.4 11.6-20.2 23 7.4 4.7-11.5 15 5.6 3.2- 9.8
Guilford 295 115 37.0 31.0-43.6 87 30.9 25.1-37.4 57 20.5 15.5-26.7 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 21 6.9 4.2-11.3
Mecklenburg 295 111 35.3 29.3-41.8 103 36.4 30.2-43.1 47 16.3 11.1-23.4 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 16 6.3 3.4-11.2
Orange 276 113 53.5 43.3-63.3 89 27.1 19.9-35.7 51 13.3 9.2-18.9 12 3.2 1.6- 6.3 11 3.0 1.5- 5.6
Wake 285 101 36.4 30.0-43.3 97 35.2 28.9-42.0 60 18.3 14.1-23.6 13 4.4 2.4- 7.7 14 5.8 3.0-10.8
Chatham/Lee 211 76 37.6 28.8-47.3 61 25.8 19.3-33.6 48 23.5 16.8-31.7 16 9.6 4.6-18.8 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1
Nash/Wilson 232 74 30.1 23.7-37.3 84 36.8 29.4-44.9 47 19.6 14.3-26.3 15 6.5 3.8-10.9 12 7.0 3.7-13.1
Craven/Pamlico 293 96 33.0 26.7-40.0 82 27.9 22.3-34.2 77 27.5 21.4-34.6 20 7.0 4.4-11.0 18 4.6 2.8- 7.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 247 65 26.0 19.9-33.2 90 32.5 26.0-39.8 62 26.5 20.1-34.0 19 10.8 4.7-22.9 11 4.2 2.2- 7.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 262 94 40.2 31.3-49.8 88 30.3 23.7-37.9 46 16.5 11.8-22.7 15 5.7 3.3- 9.9 19 7.2 3.8-13.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 268 90 28.9 20.8-38.5 89 31.6 22.5-42.3 51 27.0 13.9-45.8 17 6.1 3.4-10.7 21 6.5 3.9-10.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 86 45.1 30.9-60.1 91 29.4 20.9-39.6 54 15.4 10.5-22.0 26 7.9 4.9-12.6 7 2.2 0.9- 5.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 256 92 41.0 34.2-48.2 76 27.7 22.1-34.1 51 18.9 14.2-24.7 26 8.8 5.8-13.2 11 3.7 1.9- 7.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 252 88 36.3 28.3-45.2 76 28.9 22.7-36.0 50 16.6 12.2-22.1 27 12.7 8.3-18.9 11 5.6 2.8-10.7
Northeast NC I 250 91 34.3 27.7-41.5 93 38.9 32.3-46.1 42 17.6 12.4-24.2 14 5.4 3.0- 9.3 10 3.9 1.9- 7.6
Northeast NC II 297 94 31.1 25.3-37.5 101 33.5 27.7-39.9 50 17.4 12.7-23.4 31 10.4 7.1-14.9 21 7.6 4.7-12.2
Northeastern Partnership 547 185 32.1 27.7-37.0 194 35.3 30.8-40.2 92 17.5 13.8-21.9 45 8.7 6.3-11.9 31 6.4 4.2- 9.5
Mountain AHEC 798 246 33.1 28.6-38.1 279 34.6 30.2-39.2 171 20.0 16.6-24.0 72 9.0 6.6-12.2 30 3.2 2.1- 4.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,968 661 33.0 29.6-36.6 640 33.4 30.0-36.9 387 17.7 15.1-20.6 161 7.6 5.9- 9.7 119 8.3 6.2-11.1
Piedmont 2,431 878 36.0 33.3-38.9 785 32.7 30.1-35.5 472 18.1 16.0-20.5 162 7.0 5.6- 8.6 134 6.1 4.8- 7.7
Western NC 1,244 390 33.6 29.5-37.8 431 31.8 28.2-35.5 265 22.8 19.3-26.8 101 8.2 6.2-10.8 57 3.7 2.6- 5.2

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^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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