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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/still losing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 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 2,737 924 34.7 32.0-37.5 559 18.7 16.6-20.9 352 12.8 11.0-14.8 125 4.2 3.2- 5.5 777 29.6 27.1-32.2
African American 686 236 36.3 30.7-42.2 161 22.4 18.1-27.5 72 9.7 7.0-13.4 33 5.4 3.3- 8.5 184 26.2 21.6-31.4
Asian 11 6 66.5 32.5-89.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 33.5 10.9-67.5
Native American 80 21 31.3 15.0-54.0 14 8.9 4.4-17.1 13 24.5 11.5-44.8 6 5.3 2.0-13.7 26 29.9 15.1-50.7
Other Minorities 72 27 40.3 24.0-59.2 12 15.2 6.3-32.3 8 6.5 2.2-17.4 4 2.6 0.7- 9.3 21 35.4 19.1-56.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 81 29 39.0 22.7-58.2 17 15.2 6.2-32.7 9 5.4 2.1-13.3 4 3.9 1.2-11.7 22 36.5 19.5-57.8
-English Speaking 49 21 42.5 22.3-65.6 11 23.5 6.8-56.4 8 13.1 4.8-30.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 8 20.1 6.9-46.3
-Spanish Speaking 32 8 36.7 15.5-64.6 6 9.9 3.5-24.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 3 5.9 1.6-19.2 14 47.2 22.4-73.4
Non-Hispanic 3,510 1,188 35.2 32.8-37.7 729 19.2 17.3-21.1 434 12.2 10.7-13.9 165 4.4 3.5- 5.6 994 28.9 26.7-31.3
AGE
18-24 195 89 45.5 34.9-56.5 26 16.2 9.2-26.8 21 10.2 5.4-18.4 7 3.8 1.3-11.0 52 24.3 16.8-33.7
25-34 590 211 37.4 32.0-43.2 116 17.2 13.5-21.7 66 10.4 7.4-14.5 15 2.4 1.2- 4.7 182 32.5 27.2-38.3
35-44 761 249 35.5 30.6-40.7 144 17.8 14.3-21.9 95 12.1 9.2-15.9 39 5.3 3.4- 8.3 234 29.3 24.6-34.5
45-54 817 268 31.7 27.3-36.6 170 20.0 16.4-24.3 110 13.7 10.7-17.4 56 6.3 4.3- 9.2 213 28.2 23.8-33.1
55-64 611 196 30.8 25.5-36.6 139 20.4 16.4-25.0 86 14.1 10.1-19.2 33 5.2 3.3- 8.2 157 29.6 24.3-35.5
65-74 411 123 30.3 24.3-37.0 102 25.9 20.2-32.6 51 12.4 8.5-17.9 15 2.9 1.5- 5.8 120 28.4 22.8-34.8
75+ 192 71 37.1 27.9-47.4 48 19.5 13.5-27.5 15 9.8 4.9-18.7 4 1.7 0.4- 6.6 54 31.9 22.8-42.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 414 126 27.6 20.5-36.0 83 22.7 16.6-30.2 53 12.0 7.8-18.1 22 3.8 2.2- 6.5 130 33.9 26.2-42.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,041 353 38.8 34.3-43.6 227 19.4 16.1-23.0 137 13.6 10.8-17.0 55 4.8 3.2- 7.1 269 23.4 19.9-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,018 345 34.4 29.9-39.1 194 16.4 13.4-20.0 142 12.7 9.9-16.2 46 5.2 3.3- 8.0 291 31.3 27.0-35.9
College Graduate 1,120 392 35.8 31.8-40.0 243 19.8 16.7-23.4 112 10.2 7.9-13.0 46 3.5 2.3- 5.3 327 30.7 26.9-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 404 133 33.6 26.4-41.7 66 14.1 10.1-19.3 51 12.6 8.4-18.3 27 7.1 4.1-12.0 127 32.6 25.9-40.0
$15,000- 24,999 636 196 30.1 24.9-36.0 147 22.4 17.7-28.0 93 16.0 11.8-21.2 33 6.2 3.5-10.6 167 25.3 20.1-31.3
$25,000- 34,999 445 142 38.2 30.9-46.0 103 18.8 14.0-24.8 57 11.4 7.5-16.9 26 6.7 3.7-11.8 117 24.9 19.2-31.7
$35,000- 49,999 534 190 36.5 30.6-42.7 114 18.7 14.6-23.6 67 12.8 8.9-18.1 25 3.3 1.9- 5.4 138 28.8 23.3-34.9
$50,000-74,999 434 143 32.4 26.5-38.9 85 16.2 12.1-21.3 55 13.0 9.0-18.3 21 4.6 2.6- 8.3 130 33.9 27.8-40.6
$75,000+ 467 191 39.0 33.3-45.0 91 20.6 16.0-26.0 41 9.5 6.5-13.7 17 2.2 1.2- 3.9 127 28.7 23.3-34.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 169 51 30.5 23.3-38.8 38 22.5 16.2-30.5 22 11.1 7.0-17.2 10 5.3 2.6-10.2 48 30.6 22.8-39.7
Guilford 181 70 37.6 30.0-45.9 28 14.5 9.8-20.8 15 10.4 5.8-18.0 10 4.9 2.4- 9.5 58 32.6 25.0-41.3
Mecklenburg 189 68 35.3 28.1-43.2 37 19.2 13.8-26.1 22 12.0 7.6-18.4 5 2.3 0.9- 6.1 57 31.1 24.2-39.0
Orange 180 64 45.6 32.6-59.3 32 13.4 8.2-21.0 20 7.5 4.2-13.0 7 2.2 0.9- 5.0 57 31.3 21.2-43.5
Wake 179 63 35.9 27.9-44.8 36 20.0 13.7-28.2 20 10.2 6.4-15.9 6 2.8 1.2- 6.2 54 31.1 23.7-39.7
Chatham/Lee 127 55 43.4 34.0-53.4 21 17.8 11.5-26.6 11 8.7 4.6-15.7 7 7.3 3.1-16.0 33 22.8 16.0-31.4
Nash/Wilson 144 46 34.0 25.8-43.2 36 25.2 18.0-34.2 16 9.3 5.5-15.4 7 4.9 2.2-10.2 39 26.6 19.4-35.4
Craven/Pamlico 186 62 34.8 26.6-44.2 40 21.3 15.6-28.5 25 13.3 8.6-19.8 12 7.8 4.4-13.6 47 22.8 16.8-30.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 166 47 29.6 21.9-38.7 36 16.8 11.8-23.4 31 20.7 14.2-29.1 9 7.9 3.7-15.9 43 25.0 17.8-33.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 165 41 24.4 16.7-34.1 42 21.6 14.9-30.3 22 13.5 8.2-21.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 56 38.8 26.1-53.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 168 53 33.9 25.1-43.9 41 26.3 19.0-35.1 22 10.2 6.5-15.6 3 1.3 0.3- 4.6 49 28.5 21.0-37.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 169 68 44.3 35.4-53.6 33 15.8 10.9-22.2 17 8.4 5.0-13.7 12 5.9 3.1-10.9 39 25.7 18.5-34.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 161 54 35.9 27.8-44.9 34 19.1 13.3-26.6 21 12.8 8.1-19.5 14 8.5 4.8-14.5 38 23.8 16.9-32.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 175 72 44.3 36.2-52.7 33 18.9 13.3-26.1 21 10.2 6.5-15.7 7 4.4 2.1- 9.1 42 22.3 16.4-29.4
Northeast NC I 170 57 33.9 26.4-42.2 36 21.9 15.7-29.7 23 13.7 9.0-20.5 7 4.4 2.0- 9.1 47 26.1 19.5-34.0
Northeast NC II 192 63 34.5 27.1-42.7 47 24.1 17.8-31.8 21 10.4 6.5-16.2 6 3.5 1.5- 7.9 55 27.4 20.9-35.1
Northeastern Partnership 362 120 34.3 28.7-40.3 83 23.4 18.6-28.9 44 11.6 8.4-15.8 13 3.8 2.1- 6.7 102 27.0 22.0-32.5
Mountain AHEC 516 175 32.8 27.7-38.3 114 22.3 17.9-27.4 63 12.4 9.0-16.9 30 5.3 3.2- 8.7 134 27.2 22.3-32.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,277 432 35.1 30.6-39.8 274 19.8 16.6-23.4 154 10.2 7.9-13.0 59 3.3 2.3- 4.7 358 31.7 27.4-36.2
Piedmont 1,515 532 36.3 32.9-39.8 289 18.1 15.6-21.0 180 12.2 10.1-14.7 68 4.8 3.5- 6.7 446 28.5 25.5-31.8
Western NC 803 253 32.1 27.3-37.4 184 20.5 17.0-24.6 111 15.7 11.9-20.4 42 5.1 3.2- 7.9 213 26.5 22.2-31.4

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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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