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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products

In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any over-the-counter weight loss products to control your weight?
This includes dietary supplements and natural or herbal weight loss products. Would you say...

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, you are currently/ taking them Yes, you've taken/ them in past 2 y No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,251 165 1.7 1.3- 2.2 614 7.2 6.3- 8.1 8,472 91.1 90.1-92.0
GENDER
Male 3,383 31 1.0 0.6- 1.7 112 3.7 2.8- 4.9 3,240 95.3 93.9-96.3
Female 5,868 134 2.4 1.8- 3.2 502 10.4 9.1-11.8 5,232 87.2 85.7-88.6
RACE
White 6,807 125 1.9 1.4- 2.5 451 7.2 6.2- 8.2 6,231 90.9 89.8-92.0
African American 1,818 29 1.2 0.7- 2.0 121 8.0 6.1-10.3 1,668 90.9 88.4-92.8
Asian 46 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.8 1.6-23.9 44 93.2 76.1-98.4
Native American 224 8 4.4 1.5-12.6 21 4.8 2.8- 8.1 195 90.8 83.8-94.9
Other Minorities 322 3 1.2 0.2- 6.2 17 5.7 2.7-11.6 302 93.1 86.9-96.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 5 1.4 0.3- 6.0 19 5.3 2.5-11.2 310 93.3 87.1-96.6
-English Speaking 134 2 0.6 0.1- 3.6 14 9.9 4.5-20.5 118 89.5 79.0-95.1
-Spanish Speaking 200 3 1.6 0.3- 8.3 5 3.8 1.1-12.8 192 94.5 85.8-98.0
Non-Hispanic 8,907 160 1.8 1.4- 2.3 593 7.3 6.4- 8.2 8,154 91.0 90.0-91.9
AGE
18-24 567 11 1.2 0.4- 4.1 71 11.4 8.0-16.0 485 87.4 82.5-91.0
25-34 1,391 44 3.5 2.3- 5.5 193 12.2 10.0-14.9 1,154 84.2 81.2-86.8
35-44 1,754 42 1.8 1.1- 2.7 156 8.2 6.6-10.2 1,556 90.0 87.9-91.8
45-54 1,821 30 1.3 0.8- 2.1 127 6.0 4.7- 7.6 1,664 92.7 91.0-94.1
55-64 1,504 21 1.5 0.8- 2.9 47 4.3 2.7- 6.7 1,436 94.2 91.6-96.0
65-74 1,242 11 0.7 0.3- 1.5 13 0.7 0.3- 1.5 1,218 98.7 97.6-99.2
75+ 914 6 0.8 0.2- 2.6 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 904 99.0 97.4-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,557 19 1.3 0.6- 2.8 53 2.7 1.7- 4.4 1,485 95.9 93.9-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,763 48 1.7 1.1- 2.5 192 8.3 6.7-10.2 2,523 90.0 88.0-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,312 64 2.8 1.8- 4.4 209 10.1 8.3-12.4 2,039 87.0 84.5-89.2
College Graduate 2,595 34 1.0 0.6- 1.5 159 5.9 4.6- 7.4 2,402 93.2 91.6-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,082 13 0.4 0.2- 0.8 68 7.3 4.9-10.7 1,001 92.3 88.9-94.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,704 37 1.5 0.9- 2.4 111 8.1 5.9-10.9 1,556 90.4 87.6-92.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,016 18 2.4 1.2- 4.7 89 8.9 6.5-12.0 909 88.7 85.2-91.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,226 27 1.5 0.9- 2.6 95 7.7 5.8-10.0 1,104 90.9 88.4-92.8
$50,000-74,999 999 25 2.9 1.7- 5.1 78 8.3 6.1-11.2 896 88.8 85.5-91.4
$75,000+ 1,142 23 1.9 1.0- 3.6 77 6.4 4.7- 8.7 1,042 91.7 89.1-93.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 444 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2 27 6.5 4.2-10.1 413 92.5 88.7-95.0
Guilford 443 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 20 4.8 2.8- 8.1 417 94.0 90.7-96.2
Mecklenburg 442 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 31 6.5 4.4- 9.4 405 92.7 89.7-94.9
Orange 450 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6 24 3.8 2.4- 5.8 417 94.9 92.6-96.5
Wake 445 7 1.0 0.5- 2.2 29 6.2 4.2- 9.2 409 92.8 89.7-94.9
Chatham/Lee 392 7 1.6 0.6- 3.9 20 6.4 3.5-11.4 365 92.0 87.0-95.2
Nash/Wilson 369 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 19 4.1 2.5- 6.7 346 94.8 92.0-96.7
Craven/Pamlico 446 8 1.4 0.7- 3.0 29 9.2 5.7-14.5 409 89.4 84.2-93.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 6 0.8 0.3- 1.8 32 8.2 5.4-12.1 387 91.1 87.1-93.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 447 10 2.5 1.2- 5.1 40 10.7 7.2-15.5 397 86.9 81.9-90.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 25 4.5 2.8- 7.2 434 93.9 90.8-96.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 10 1.7 0.9- 3.4 36 8.2 5.5-12.2 376 90.0 85.8-93.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 9 1.9 0.8- 4.2 34 6.7 4.6- 9.6 420 91.4 88.1-93.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 407 6 0.7 0.3- 1.5 26 6.4 4.1- 9.9 375 92.9 89.5-95.3
Northeast NC I 448 10 2.4 1.2- 4.7 27 5.5 3.6- 8.2 411 92.1 88.8-94.5
Northeast NC II 499 9 1.8 0.9- 3.5 30 5.9 4.0- 8.5 460 92.4 89.5-94.5
Northeastern Partnership 947 19 2.0 1.2- 3.3 57 5.7 4.3- 7.6 871 92.3 90.2-94.0
Mountain AHEC 1,285 19 1.1 0.6- 2.0 91 7.2 5.4- 9.4 1,175 91.7 89.4-93.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,233 54 1.7 1.0- 2.7 223 8.1 6.5-10.1 2,956 90.2 88.1-91.9
Piedmont 3,974 77 1.8 1.3- 2.5 241 6.6 5.5- 7.8 3,656 91.6 90.2-92.8
Western NC 2,044 34 1.5 0.9- 2.4 150 7.5 6.0- 9.4 1,860 91.0 89.0-92.7

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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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