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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 7,128 4,498 65.1 63.3-66.8 2,630 34.9 33.2-36.7
GENDER
Male 2,433 1,517 65.5 62.5-68.4 916 34.5 31.6-37.5
Female 4,695 2,981 64.7 62.6-66.8 1,714 35.3 33.2-37.4
RACE
White 5,260 3,382 66.2 64.2-68.2 1,878 33.8 31.8-35.8
African American 1,383 852 64.0 60.1-67.8 531 36.0 32.2-39.9
Asian 37 25 64.9 37.6-85.0 12 35.1 15.0-62.4
Native American 177 98 62.9 50.5-73.8 79 37.1 26.2-49.5
Other Minorities 245 124 55.1 45.3-64.5 121 44.9 35.5-54.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 255 146 56.3 46.3-65.9 109 43.7 34.1-53.7
-English Speaking 105 70 69.4 53.1-82.0 35 30.6 18.0-46.9
-Spanish Speaking 150 76 51.6 39.5-63.5 74 48.4 36.5-60.5
Non-Hispanic 6,864 4,347 65.7 63.9-67.4 2,517 34.3 32.6-36.1
AGE
18-24 394 305 79.4 72.9-84.6 89 20.6 15.4-27.1
25-34 1,100 798 73.9 69.7-77.6 302 26.1 22.4-30.3
35-44 1,405 959 67.2 63.3-70.8 446 32.8 29.2-36.7
45-54 1,488 967 64.5 60.4-68.4 521 35.5 31.6-39.6
55-64 1,224 722 57.4 53.2-61.5 502 42.6 38.5-46.8
65-74 934 504 52.8 48.0-57.4 430 47.2 42.6-52.0
75+ 530 210 40.6 34.7-46.8 320 59.4 53.2-65.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,024 450 45.1 39.7-50.5 574 54.9 49.5-60.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,103 1,174 58.2 54.8-61.5 929 41.8 38.5-45.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,846 1,226 70.1 66.7-73.3 620 29.9 26.7-33.3
College Graduate 2,143 1,642 76.7 74.0-79.3 501 23.3 20.7-26.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 752 387 48.8 42.6-55.0 365 51.2 45.0-57.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,257 718 59.0 54.4-63.4 539 41.0 36.6-45.6
$25,000- 34,999 807 490 63.9 58.3-69.0 317 36.1 31.0-41.7
$35,000- 49,999 977 678 70.2 65.6-74.4 299 29.8 25.6-34.4
$50,000-74,999 842 594 73.5 69.0-77.6 248 26.5 22.4-31.0
$75,000+ 971 764 79.9 76.1-83.3 207 20.1 16.7-23.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 333 208 64.6 58.4-70.3 125 35.4 29.7-41.6
Guilford 350 239 67.9 61.7-73.6 111 32.1 26.4-38.3
Mecklenburg 344 248 73.6 67.9-78.6 96 26.4 21.4-32.1
Orange 362 273 71.0 61.1-79.3 89 29.0 20.7-38.9
Wake 366 261 71.0 65.0-76.4 105 29.0 23.6-35.0
Chatham/Lee 294 177 62.4 55.1-69.3 117 37.6 30.7-44.9
Nash/Wilson 278 190 67.5 60.7-73.7 88 32.5 26.3-39.3
Craven/Pamlico 354 232 65.7 59.5-71.3 122 34.3 28.7-40.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 318 184 59.7 52.9-66.2 134 40.3 33.8-47.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 324 203 64.6 57.5-71.0 121 35.4 29.0-42.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 351 184 56.4 46.9-65.6 167 43.6 34.4-53.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 320 222 70.0 63.5-75.7 98 30.0 24.3-36.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 360 203 58.7 52.7-64.4 157 41.3 35.6-47.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 309 156 55.1 47.9-62.1 153 44.9 37.9-52.1
Northeast NC I 347 201 58.0 51.7-64.0 146 42.0 36.0-48.3
Northeast NC II 383 234 63.1 57.2-68.7 149 36.9 31.3-42.8
Northeastern Partnership 730 435 61.3 56.9-65.6 295 38.7 34.4-43.1
Mountain AHEC 971 628 64.4 59.7-68.9 343 35.6 31.1-40.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,509 1,529 64.5 61.2-67.6 980 35.5 32.4-38.8
Piedmont 3,095 2,000 65.8 63.3-68.2 1,095 34.2 31.8-36.7
Western NC 1,524 969 63.5 59.5-67.3 555 36.5 32.7-40.5

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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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