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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None/still losing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,175 1,778 35.5 33.5-37.6 1,081 19.6 18.0-21.3 580 10.8 9.5-12.1 242 4.7 3.9- 5.7 1,494 29.4 27.5-31.4
GENDER
Male 1,580 561 35.9 32.4-39.6 334 20.4 17.6-23.6 135 8.7 6.8-11.2 73 5.1 3.6- 7.2 477 29.8 26.4-33.4
Female 3,595 1,217 35.3 32.9-37.8 747 19.0 17.2-21.0 445 12.1 10.6-13.8 169 4.4 3.5- 5.5 1,017 29.2 26.9-31.5
RACE
White 4,010 1,360 35.0 32.7-37.3 834 19.4 17.6-21.3 469 11.2 9.8-12.8 187 4.7 3.8- 5.9 1,160 29.7 27.5-32.0
African American 900 324 36.4 31.6-41.5 195 21.0 17.1-25.5 86 9.5 6.9-13.1 40 5.1 3.1- 8.3 255 27.9 23.5-32.9
Asian 17 9 56.4 24.3-83.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 43.6 16.1-75.7
Native American 123 41 45.4 28.8-63.1 25 10.7 6.1-18.0 15 15.3 7.4-29.0 7 3.3 1.3- 7.9 35 25.2 14.4-40.3
Other Minorities 107 38 37.6 24.7-52.6 24 22.6 12.8-36.8 10 5.5 2.2-13.0 6 2.2 0.7- 6.4 29 32.1 19.2-48.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 125 43 36.2 23.6-51.0 26 20.0 10.7-34.3 13 5.2 2.4-10.7 6 5.4 1.8-15.1 37 33.2 20.2-49.6
-English Speaking 73 27 36.3 21.1-54.8 16 23.6 10.0-46.3 10 9.5 4.0-20.9 3 7.4 1.4-31.7 17 23.2 10.5-43.7
-Spanish Speaking 52 16 36.1 18.9-57.8 10 17.5 7.1-37.2 3 2.2 0.5- 9.2 3 3.9 1.1-12.8 20 40.3 21.3-62.7
Non-Hispanic 5,043 1,734 35.6 33.5-37.7 1,054 19.6 18.0-21.3 565 10.9 9.6-12.3 235 4.6 3.8- 5.7 1,455 29.3 27.4-31.3
AGE
18-24 257 107 41.4 32.0-51.5 41 18.0 11.7-26.6 26 8.3 4.6-14.4 9 2.8 1.0- 7.2 74 29.5 21.3-39.2
25-34 821 293 35.1 30.5-40.0 160 17.1 13.6-21.1 87 9.1 6.8-12.2 23 4.2 2.3- 7.7 258 34.5 29.8-39.6
35-44 1,103 377 37.8 33.7-42.1 211 18.7 15.6-22.3 128 10.3 8.1-13.1 55 4.9 3.4- 7.1 332 28.2 24.5-32.3
45-54 1,162 403 33.7 29.7-37.9 246 20.8 17.5-24.5 143 13.7 10.7-17.5 73 5.9 4.1- 8.5 297 25.9 22.2-30.0
55-64 916 297 31.9 27.5-36.6 210 20.7 17.3-24.6 113 12.4 9.3-16.2 50 6.2 4.2- 9.1 246 28.9 24.7-33.4
65-74 608 189 33.0 27.8-38.7 144 25.2 20.3-30.7 62 10.0 7.1-14.0 25 3.4 1.9- 6.0 188 28.4 23.6-33.6
75+ 281 100 37.2 29.6-45.4 64 19.3 13.9-26.1 20 7.8 4.3-13.7 6 1.2 0.4- 3.9 91 34.5 26.9-42.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 576 178 27.8 22.0-34.5 117 23.7 18.3-30.0 68 10.4 7.2-15.0 31 4.8 2.7- 8.4 182 33.3 26.8-40.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,459 498 36.5 32.5-40.6 306 20.0 17.0-23.4 180 12.2 9.9-14.9 79 6.0 4.3- 8.4 396 25.3 22.0-29.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,425 484 35.2 31.3-39.4 289 18.0 15.1-21.2 180 11.3 9.0-14.1 63 4.5 3.0- 6.6 409 31.0 27.2-35.1
College Graduate 1,712 617 37.4 34.2-40.8 369 19.4 16.9-22.2 151 9.1 7.2-11.6 69 3.8 2.7- 5.3 506 30.3 27.2-33.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 503 164 32.8 26.5-39.8 83 17.9 13.1-23.8 60 11.0 7.7-15.5 32 6.2 3.7-10.0 164 32.2 26.3-38.7
$15,000- 24,999 860 267 28.7 24.1-33.8 198 21.9 17.7-26.7 107 12.6 9.4-16.6 42 5.1 3.2- 8.1 246 31.8 26.4-37.8
$25,000- 34,999 612 197 37.6 31.3-44.3 135 17.5 13.3-22.8 78 10.9 7.7-15.2 36 6.8 4.1-11.0 166 27.2 21.8-33.2
$35,000- 49,999 794 285 37.2 32.4-42.3 169 19.0 15.6-23.1 94 12.6 9.3-16.8 38 3.5 2.2- 5.4 208 27.7 23.4-32.5
$50,000-74,999 692 243 35.4 30.3-40.7 137 17.8 14.1-22.3 79 11.2 8.2-15.0 29 4.2 2.5- 7.1 204 31.4 26.2-37.1
$75,000+ 768 307 39.1 34.4-44.0 162 20.2 16.6-24.4 59 8.3 5.6-12.3 24 2.2 1.1- 4.3 216 30.2 25.7-35.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 258 75 27.0 21.4-33.3 63 27.5 21.1-35.0 28 9.3 6.1-13.9 11 3.2 1.7- 6.1 81 33.0 26.4-40.3
Guilford 270 106 37.0 30.7-43.7 49 20.3 15.1-26.7 24 10.6 6.8-16.1 11 3.3 1.7- 6.3 80 28.8 22.9-35.6
Mecklenburg 274 110 43.6 36.6-50.9 51 17.6 13.2-23.1 24 7.8 5.0-12.1 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 81 28.5 22.8-35.1
Orange 259 97 48.9 38.0-59.9 47 14.1 9.6-20.1 22 5.5 3.2- 9.3 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4 83 29.3 21.4-38.7
Wake 261 98 38.5 31.8-45.6 45 18.4 13.1-25.1 23 7.1 4.6-10.9 11 3.8 2.0- 6.8 84 32.3 26.1-39.1
Chatham/Lee 186 78 46.1 36.4-56.2 33 15.3 10.5-21.9 18 8.9 5.4-14.2 12 8.2 4.2-15.4 45 21.5 15.3-29.3
Nash/Wilson 213 64 30.9 24.0-38.8 55 27.5 20.2-36.3 23 9.1 5.9-13.9 14 6.7 3.9-11.4 57 25.7 19.5-33.0
Craven/Pamlico 270 88 32.1 25.6-39.3 54 19.7 15.0-25.5 30 13.4 8.5-20.6 17 6.4 3.9-10.4 81 28.3 22.3-35.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 234 66 28.5 22.0-36.2 49 16.5 12.1-22.1 45 23.7 15.7-34.1 11 5.5 2.7-10.7 63 25.8 19.6-33.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 238 70 29.9 22.9-38.0 60 22.3 16.7-29.1 27 11.3 7.3-17.1 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 74 34.0 24.6-45.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 238 77 29.6 20.6-40.6 51 18.3 12.4-26.1 30 10.1 6.2-16.0 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 73 39.4 25.1-55.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 249 96 34.3 24.2-46.1 57 34.0 18.6-53.7 21 5.6 3.3- 9.3 14 3.7 1.9- 6.9 61 22.5 15.4-31.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 239 83 38.4 31.5-45.8 52 20.8 15.7-27.2 25 9.3 6.1-14.0 17 6.1 3.7-10.1 62 25.3 19.4-32.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 233 93 43.2 34.7-52.2 49 21.3 15.7-28.2 28 10.2 6.7-15.2 12 6.0 3.3-10.9 51 19.2 14.2-25.6
Northeast NC I 228 76 33.1 26.4-40.6 50 22.3 16.8-29.0 29 12.8 8.4-18.9 7 2.9 1.3- 6.1 66 28.9 22.3-36.5
Northeast NC II 267 77 28.5 22.7-35.1 59 22.5 16.9-29.3 31 11.9 8.0-17.3 10 4.0 2.0- 7.8 90 33.1 27.0-39.8
Northeastern Partnership 495 153 30.1 25.5-35.0 109 22.5 18.2-27.4 60 12.2 9.1-16.2 17 3.6 2.1- 6.1 156 31.7 27.0-36.7
Mountain AHEC 745 246 30.0 25.9-34.5 180 25.8 21.5-30.8 83 12.8 9.6-16.8 35 4.3 2.7- 7.0 201 27.0 22.8-31.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,791 593 33.3 29.7-37.0 384 20.6 17.8-23.8 199 10.5 8.2-13.3 91 5.0 3.5- 7.2 524 30.6 27.2-34.3
Piedmont 2,227 817 38.0 35.1-41.0 420 18.2 16.1-20.7 234 9.7 8.2-11.5 99 4.5 3.4- 5.9 657 29.6 26.8-32.4
Western NC 1,157 368 30.4 26.6-34.5 277 22.8 19.5-26.6 147 15.5 12.2-19.5 52 4.8 3.0- 7.3 313 26.4 22.8-30.4

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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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