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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any weight loss pills prescribed by a doctor to control your weight?
Do not include water pills or thyroid medications. 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 5,866 48 0.8 0.5- 1.2 149 2.6 2.0- 3.3 5,669 96.6 95.9-97.3
RACE
White 4,285 34 0.9 0.5- 1.5 97 2.5 1.8- 3.3 4,154 96.7 95.7-97.4
African American 1,236 11 0.7 0.3- 1.5 38 2.6 1.7- 4.1 1,187 96.7 95.1-97.7
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 145 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 8 4.8 2.0-11.0 134 94.1 88.0-97.2
Other Minorities 160 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.7 1.3-10.2 154 96.3 89.8-98.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.2 0.6- 7.2 161 97.8 92.8-99.4
-English Speaking 81 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.2 2.1-21.6 77 92.8 78.4-97.9
-Spanish Speaking 84 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 84 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,694 48 0.8 0.5- 1.3 144 2.5 2.0- 3.2 5,502 96.6 95.9-97.3
AGE
18-24 356 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 10 3.2 1.4- 7.4 344 95.7 91.3-97.9
25-34 870 11 1.0 0.4- 2.2 40 4.6 3.0- 7.1 819 94.4 91.8-96.2
35-44 1,081 11 0.3 0.2- 0.7 43 3.7 2.5- 5.6 1,027 95.9 94.0-97.2
45-54 1,145 13 1.2 0.5- 2.6 32 2.0 1.2- 3.3 1,100 96.8 95.1-97.9
55-64 931 8 1.5 0.6- 3.7 17 1.6 0.9- 2.9 906 96.9 94.8-98.2
65-74 792 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 6 0.9 0.3- 2.2 785 99.1 97.8-99.6
75+ 647 2 0.2 0.0- 0.6 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 644 99.8 99.4-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 970 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3 17 1.1 0.6- 2.0 949 98.8 97.9-99.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,761 17 1.1 0.6- 2.3 43 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1,701 96.2 94.7-97.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,521 14 1.0 0.4- 2.1 45 3.1 1.9- 4.9 1,462 95.9 93.9-97.3
College Graduate 1,599 13 0.7 0.3- 1.5 43 3.0 2.0- 4.5 1,543 96.4 94.8-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 788 6 0.7 0.2- 2.3 23 3.3 1.8- 5.9 759 96.0 93.2-97.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,102 5 0.7 0.2- 2.7 35 2.9 1.9- 4.6 1,062 96.4 94.4-97.7
$25,000- 34,999 659 6 0.7 0.2- 2.2 17 1.8 0.9- 3.3 636 97.5 95.7-98.6
$35,000- 49,999 710 10 1.5 0.6- 3.5 22 3.8 2.0- 7.1 678 94.7 91.2-96.9
$50,000-74,999 569 5 1.4 0.4- 4.2 17 2.5 1.2- 5.3 547 96.1 92.8-97.9
$75,000+ 647 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 15 2.2 1.1- 4.6 628 97.1 94.7-98.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 259 97.1 94.5-98.5
Guilford 279 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 276 98.9 96.4-99.7
Mecklenburg 276 4 1.3 0.4- 4.0 10 4.1 2.0- 8.0 262 94.7 90.5-97.0
Orange 281 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 273 98.0 95.7-99.1
Wake 275 2 1.2 0.2- 5.6 9 3.7 1.8- 7.6 264 95.1 90.6-97.5
Chatham/Lee 244 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 242 98.7 94.7-99.7
Nash/Wilson 235 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.5 1.1- 5.6 229 97.5 94.4-98.9
Craven/Pamlico 279 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 271 97.2 94.2-98.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 267 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0 261 98.5 95.9-99.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 7 3.2 0.9-10.9 273 95.6 88.8-98.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 295 3 1.2 0.3- 3.7 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1 283 96.4 93.3-98.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 261 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 10 4.4 2.1- 9.0 247 94.1 89.4-96.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 293 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 10 3.5 1.8- 6.8 281 95.9 92.5-97.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 7 1.9 0.9- 4.2 278 97.4 94.9-98.7
Northeast NC I 311 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 11 3.8 2.0- 6.9 298 95.8 92.6-97.6
Northeast NC II 320 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 10 3.5 1.8- 6.7 308 96.1 92.9-97.9
Northeastern Partnership 631 4 0.4 0.1- 1.0 21 3.6 2.3- 5.7 606 96.0 93.9-97.4
Mountain AHEC 799 10 0.8 0.4- 1.8 20 2.1 1.1- 4.0 769 97.1 95.2-98.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,107 16 1.0 0.5- 2.1 61 2.5 1.7- 3.5 2,030 96.5 95.2-97.5
Piedmont 2,480 17 0.7 0.3- 1.3 53 2.3 1.6- 3.3 2,410 97.0 95.9-97.8
Western NC 1,279 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3 35 3.9 2.1- 7.1 1,229 95.4 92.3-97.3

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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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