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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 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 2,981 987 33.8 31.3-36.5 953 32.0 29.6-34.6 657 21.4 19.2-23.7 223 7.6 6.2- 9.1 161 5.2 4.2- 6.4
African American 780 283 33.6 28.6-39.0 255 34.9 30.0-40.2 129 15.6 12.3-19.8 54 6.1 4.2- 8.9 59 9.7 6.6-14.0
Asian 14 8 29.5 8.4-65.6 2 6.8 1.3-28.4 1 2.1 0.3-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 61.6 25.4-88.3
Native American 89 29 43.6 25.5-63.5 22 24.3 12.2-42.6 21 19.7 10.7-33.4 10 7.1 3.3-14.7 7 5.4 2.0-13.9
Other Minorities 88 34 43.3 27.4-60.7 27 33.4 20.1-50.1 9 5.8 2.3-13.5 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 14 16.7 7.4-33.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 97 37 42.2 25.7-60.5 33 36.1 21.5-53.7 13 7.0 3.3-14.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 13 14.4 5.7-31.8
-English Speaking 56 17 35.9 17.6-59.5 21 40.6 20.1-65.0 13 19.9 9.2-37.7 1 1.1 0.1- 7.5 4 2.6 0.8- 7.7
-Spanish Speaking 41 20 45.6 23.6-69.4 12 33.7 16.2-57.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 20.8 7.7-45.3
Non-Hispanic 3,860 1,308 34.1 31.8-36.4 1,228 32.3 30.1-34.6 803 20.0 18.1-22.0 290 7.2 6.1- 8.5 231 6.5 5.3- 7.8
AGE
18-24 222 94 40.8 31.2-51.1 61 30.7 22.0-41.1 35 16.8 10.5-25.9 12 4.5 1.9-10.5 20 7.2 3.7-13.4
25-34 641 226 35.7 30.4-41.3 206 32.0 27.1-37.4 126 19.1 15.2-23.7 43 5.9 3.9- 8.8 40 7.3 4.7-11.2
35-44 824 266 31.5 26.9-36.6 270 32.8 28.4-37.6 169 18.7 15.2-22.8 78 9.7 7.1-13.1 41 7.3 4.7-11.2
45-54 884 275 31.0 26.7-35.6 282 33.2 28.7-38.1 206 24.4 20.5-28.7 74 7.1 5.2- 9.7 47 4.3 2.9- 6.3
55-64 671 231 33.7 28.7-39.1 215 33.6 28.5-39.1 140 19.6 15.3-24.8 49 7.8 5.0-11.9 36 5.3 3.4- 8.2
65-74 470 165 36.0 30.0-42.3 141 31.9 26.1-38.3 99 19.5 14.9-25.0 28 5.7 3.5- 9.4 37 6.9 4.4-10.9
75+ 227 79 39.7 30.8-49.4 83 32.7 24.9-41.5 38 13.2 8.1-21.0 7 3.7 1.4- 9.4 20 10.7 5.9-18.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 500 173 31.8 25.1-39.4 136 29.2 22.8-36.5 97 18.5 13.6-24.7 44 7.9 4.9-12.5 50 12.6 8.4-18.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,158 388 34.3 30.2-38.7 349 29.8 26.1-33.9 236 20.4 17.1-24.1 103 8.7 6.6-11.4 82 6.8 4.9- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,105 380 35.4 31.1-40.0 345 31.7 27.6-36.1 244 21.4 17.9-25.4 79 7.0 5.0- 9.8 57 4.4 2.9- 6.6
College Graduate 1,195 404 34.3 30.4-38.3 433 37.3 33.4-41.4 239 17.4 14.7-20.5 65 4.8 3.4- 6.7 54 6.2 4.2- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 463 165 33.1 27.0-39.8 123 27.2 21.5-33.9 100 23.2 17.3-30.4 44 8.9 5.8-13.4 31 7.6 4.5-12.7
$15,000- 24,999 715 233 31.1 26.1-36.6 234 31.2 26.1-36.7 139 19.4 15.0-24.7 59 9.5 6.3-14.1 50 8.8 6.0-12.8
$25,000- 34,999 478 156 32.4 25.9-39.6 151 31.1 24.8-38.1 102 20.2 15.0-26.6 41 8.4 5.4-12.9 28 7.9 4.7-13.2
$35,000- 49,999 559 191 37.4 31.6-43.6 174 32.2 26.7-38.3 128 21.2 16.6-26.6 44 6.0 4.1- 8.7 22 3.2 1.6- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 459 149 32.8 26.9-39.2 165 34.4 28.6-40.7 98 22.0 17.1-27.8 30 8.0 4.8-12.8 17 2.9 1.6- 5.2
$75,000+ 510 196 38.1 32.5-43.9 185 34.7 29.4-40.4 83 16.7 12.6-21.8 14 2.6 1.4- 4.6 32 8.0 4.9-12.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 187 48 27.5 20.4-35.9 70 40.3 32.5-48.6 44 20.3 14.9-27.0 14 6.6 3.7-11.4 11 5.4 2.9-10.0
Guilford 201 76 36.2 29.0-44.1 61 31.6 24.7-39.5 36 20.0 13.9-27.8 12 5.3 2.8- 9.8 16 6.9 4.0-11.6
Mecklenburg 204 70 32.0 25.5-39.4 77 41.8 34.3-49.6 35 15.7 11.0-22.0 9 4.1 2.0- 8.2 13 6.3 3.4-11.5
Orange 197 80 53.6 41.5-65.2 55 24.0 15.7-34.9 45 16.0 10.7-23.1 6 2.1 0.7- 6.1 11 4.4 2.3- 8.4
Wake 195 64 31.5 24.2-39.8 68 37.3 29.5-45.9 45 21.1 15.6-28.0 10 5.4 2.8-10.4 8 4.6 1.8-10.9
Chatham/Lee 148 56 38.4 29.8-47.7 47 30.5 22.9-39.3 27 20.9 14.2-29.6 9 4.9 2.3-10.0 9 5.3 2.6-10.8
Nash/Wilson 155 55 34.9 27.1-43.7 52 32.1 24.4-40.9 32 20.3 14.3-28.1 9 7.4 3.6-14.4 7 5.3 2.4-11.2
Craven/Pamlico 207 64 31.2 23.7-39.9 54 27.0 20.6-34.5 57 25.9 19.8-33.1 16 9.3 5.6-15.2 16 6.6 3.9-11.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 177 44 25.2 18.2-33.8 65 31.2 24.2-39.0 46 31.0 23.0-40.3 12 6.7 3.8-11.7 10 6.0 3.1-11.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 181 66 41.2 29.2-54.2 59 27.5 19.9-36.6 35 19.1 12.7-27.6 8 4.3 2.0- 9.2 13 8.0 3.5-17.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 195 63 34.4 26.3-43.5 62 29.6 22.7-37.6 39 19.2 13.7-26.4 12 6.1 3.1-11.5 19 10.7 6.5-17.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 181 65 40.7 32.2-49.9 54 27.5 20.8-35.4 39 18.5 13.3-25.3 18 10.0 6.0-16.2 5 3.2 1.2- 8.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 174 63 40.6 32.4-49.4 46 24.0 17.8-31.4 37 20.9 14.9-28.4 21 11.4 7.2-17.7 7 3.1 1.3- 7.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 191 66 34.1 27.0-42.0 59 30.4 23.7-38.0 36 16.3 11.6-22.4 20 11.4 6.9-18.4 10 7.8 3.8-15.1
Northeast NC I 189 69 33.8 26.8-41.6 69 39.3 31.8-47.3 29 14.7 10.1-21.0 12 6.4 3.6-11.4 10 5.7 2.9-11.1
Northeast NC II 215 76 35.6 28.6-43.4 69 31.4 24.9-38.8 31 13.5 9.1-19.5 23 10.4 6.9-15.6 16 9.0 5.1-15.5
Northeastern Partnership 404 145 35.0 29.7-40.7 138 34.1 29.0-39.7 60 13.9 10.5-18.2 35 9.1 6.4-12.7 26 7.9 5.0-12.3
Mountain AHEC 555 174 31.8 26.8-37.2 180 33.5 28.4-38.9 130 21.7 17.7-26.4 49 9.6 6.5-14.1 22 3.4 2.0- 5.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,414 485 34.8 30.7-39.2 445 33.5 29.5-37.7 274 17.2 14.2-20.8 116 6.6 5.0- 8.6 94 7.9 5.8-10.6
Piedmont 1,681 589 34.5 31.3-37.8 532 32.4 29.3-35.6 344 19.4 17.0-22.1 108 7.0 5.4- 8.9 108 6.8 5.2- 8.9
Western NC 866 272 32.6 27.8-37.7 286 30.8 26.6-35.3 199 24.8 20.5-29.7 67 7.7 5.5-10.7 42 4.1 2.7- 6.3

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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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