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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control-FEMALES

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,958 2,664 45.2 43.2-47.1 2,033 34.5 32.6-36.4 1,261 20.4 18.9-22.0
RACE
White 4,341 1,918 45.1 42.8-47.3 1,522 35.1 33.0-37.2 901 19.8 18.1-21.7
African American 1,265 586 46.3 42.0-50.5 393 32.1 28.2-36.2 286 21.7 18.5-25.3
Asian 25 8 38.6 14.9-69.3 12 44.1 19.9-71.5 5 17.3 5.7-42.2
Native American 146 67 43.9 31.6-56.9 46 27.4 18.8-38.1 33 28.7 18.0-42.5
Other Minorities 162 75 43.8 32.5-55.7 56 37.2 26.0-49.9 31 19.0 11.3-30.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 80 39.8 28.7-52.0 56 37.5 25.9-50.7 32 22.7 14.2-34.3
-English Speaking 83 40 46.5 29.7-64.1 29 32.1 18.9-49.0 14 21.3 9.7-40.8
-Spanish Speaking 85 40 36.8 23.5-52.5 27 39.9 24.8-57.1 18 23.3 13.0-38.4
Non-Hispanic 5,783 2,581 45.4 43.4-47.4 1,974 34.3 32.5-36.2 1,228 20.3 18.8-21.9
AGE
18-24 362 140 43.2 35.6-51.2 127 30.8 24.1-38.5 95 25.9 20.0-32.9
25-34 875 436 48.0 43.2-52.8 290 34.0 29.6-38.7 149 18.0 14.6-22.0
35-44 1,095 545 48.0 43.7-52.4 369 38.5 34.2-43.1 181 13.4 10.9-16.4
45-54 1,159 605 52.7 48.5-57.0 374 30.6 26.9-34.6 180 16.6 13.6-20.1
55-64 949 512 56.0 51.2-60.6 276 29.9 25.8-34.4 161 14.1 11.4-17.4
65-74 812 283 35.6 30.9-40.5 340 42.1 37.2-47.1 189 22.3 18.3-27.0
75+ 658 123 18.5 14.5-23.3 239 35.5 30.3-41.0 296 46.0 40.4-51.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 995 367 35.0 30.3-40.0 298 30.8 26.2-35.9 330 34.2 29.6-39.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,799 757 42.5 39.0-46.2 642 37.2 33.7-40.8 400 20.2 17.6-23.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,534 762 52.1 48.2-55.9 510 32.4 28.9-36.0 262 15.6 13.1-18.4
College Graduate 1,613 776 48.0 44.5-51.5 579 35.7 32.4-39.1 258 16.4 13.9-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 805 342 44.5 39.2-49.9 231 27.2 22.7-32.2 232 28.3 23.8-33.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,114 486 43.5 38.9-48.2 379 35.3 30.9-39.9 249 21.3 17.8-25.2
$25,000- 34,999 671 320 48.1 42.0-54.2 225 32.0 26.5-38.1 126 19.9 15.4-25.3
$35,000- 49,999 713 347 47.1 41.6-52.7 256 37.7 32.4-43.3 110 15.1 11.6-19.6
$50,000-74,999 574 296 52.1 46.4-57.8 206 34.2 29.1-39.7 72 13.7 10.2-18.2
$75,000+ 650 350 53.0 47.8-58.2 215 33.0 28.3-38.1 85 13.9 10.6-18.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 109 40.4 33.9-47.3 105 37.8 31.6-44.5 60 21.7 16.8-27.7
Guilford 280 133 46.0 39.2-53.0 97 34.0 27.7-40.9 50 20.0 15.0-26.1
Mecklenburg 279 140 49.7 43.2-56.3 91 32.1 26.3-38.4 48 18.2 13.5-24.1
Orange 281 125 38.8 30.1-48.2 110 46.6 36.5-56.9 46 14.7 9.4-22.2
Wake 276 126 45.4 38.6-52.4 105 36.8 30.4-43.8 45 17.7 12.9-24.0
Chatham/Lee 248 100 42.7 35.6-50.2 96 36.7 30.0-44.1 52 20.5 15.4-26.8
Nash/Wilson 239 107 45.4 38.4-52.6 67 27.2 21.4-33.9 65 27.4 21.4-34.3
Craven/Pamlico 285 154 51.8 44.9-58.6 80 30.0 24.1-36.7 51 18.2 13.6-24.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 118 43.7 36.8-50.8 89 31.5 25.7-38.1 69 24.8 19.3-31.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 283 120 45.0 36.1-54.2 90 29.1 22.5-36.7 73 25.9 19.8-33.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 300 131 42.9 35.9-50.2 103 35.8 29.1-43.2 66 21.3 15.7-28.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 117 45.6 38.6-52.9 87 31.8 25.8-38.6 60 22.6 17.4-28.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 298 139 47.6 41.2-54.0 98 33.6 27.7-40.0 61 18.8 14.5-24.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 292 111 37.2 31.2-43.6 108 37.9 31.7-44.4 73 25.0 19.7-31.1
Northeast NC I 317 144 44.3 38.2-50.6 103 31.6 26.1-37.7 70 24.1 18.8-30.3
Northeast NC II 327 154 49.7 43.6-55.9 105 30.6 25.3-36.5 68 19.7 15.2-25.1
Northeastern Partnership 644 298 47.6 43.1-52.1 208 31.0 27.0-35.3 138 21.4 17.8-25.4
Mountain AHEC 813 354 46.1 41.5-50.8 278 33.2 29.1-37.7 181 20.7 17.3-24.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,148 979 43.9 40.6-47.4 714 36.1 32.8-39.6 455 19.9 17.4-22.7
Piedmont 2,516 1,119 45.4 42.6-48.2 893 34.1 31.6-36.8 504 20.5 18.3-22.8
Western NC 1,294 566 46.8 42.7-50.9 426 32.1 28.5-35.9 302 21.1 18.3-24.2

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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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