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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-FEMALES

In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any over-the-counter weight loss products to control your weight?
This includes dietary supplements and natural or herbal weight loss products. 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 5,868 134 2.4 1.8- 3.2 502 10.4 9.1-11.8 5,232 87.2 85.7-88.6
RACE
White 4,287 102 2.5 1.8- 3.4 365 10.4 9.0-12.1 3,820 87.1 85.3-88.7
African American 1,236 26 1.8 1.0- 3.3 106 11.4 8.7-14.8 1,104 86.8 83.3-89.7
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 145 4 6.0 1.4-23.0 18 8.3 4.7-14.3 123 85.6 73.4-92.8
Other Minorities 160 2 2.7 0.4-15.1 11 8.2 3.9-16.5 147 89.0 79.1-94.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 4 3.3 0.7-15.2 11 7.4 3.4-15.6 150 89.3 79.0-94.8
-English Speaking 81 2 1.3 0.2- 7.7 8 16.5 6.3-36.6 71 82.3 62.6-92.8
-Spanish Speaking 84 2 4.2 0.7-22.0 3 3.5 1.0-11.7 79 92.3 78.3-97.6
Non-Hispanic 5,696 130 2.4 1.8- 3.1 490 10.5 9.2-11.9 5,076 87.2 85.6-88.6
AGE
18-24 356 11 2.6 0.8- 8.5 56 17.4 12.0-24.6 289 79.9 72.4-85.8
25-34 870 36 4.6 2.8- 7.4 151 17.9 14.5-22.0 683 77.5 73.1-81.3
35-44 1,081 34 2.5 1.6- 3.8 124 12.9 10.2-16.2 923 84.6 81.2-87.5
45-54 1,146 25 2.0 1.2- 3.5 114 9.6 7.5-12.2 1,007 88.3 85.5-90.6
55-64 932 16 2.1 1.0- 4.4 40 5.9 3.5- 9.8 876 92.1 88.0-94.8
65-74 792 7 0.7 0.2- 2.4 12 1.2 0.5- 2.6 773 98.1 96.3-99.1
75+ 647 5 0.9 0.2- 3.7 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 639 98.9 96.4-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 970 15 1.9 0.8- 4.7 44 4.2 2.4- 7.3 911 93.9 90.3-96.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,762 37 2.4 1.5- 3.8 156 11.4 9.2-14.1 1,569 86.1 83.3-88.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,522 53 3.6 2.2- 5.9 180 15.3 12.4-18.6 1,289 81.1 77.5-84.2
College Graduate 1,599 29 1.5 0.9- 2.4 121 8.3 6.3-10.7 1,449 90.3 87.7-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 788 11 0.6 0.3- 1.2 57 8.9 5.6-13.9 720 90.5 85.6-93.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,102 33 2.7 1.6- 4.4 94 11.3 8.5-15.0 975 86.0 82.2-89.1
$25,000- 34,999 659 16 4.1 2.0- 8.4 74 12.7 9.1-17.5 569 83.1 77.7-87.4
$35,000- 49,999 712 22 2.5 1.3- 4.7 78 13.4 10.0-17.7 612 84.1 79.6-87.8
$50,000-74,999 569 16 3.2 1.7- 5.8 64 14.0 10.1-19.0 489 82.9 77.7-87.1
$75,000+ 647 18 2.1 1.2- 3.7 60 10.3 7.3-14.3 569 87.5 83.5-90.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 2 1.3 0.2- 6.5 23 9.8 6.3-15.0 244 88.9 83.3-92.8
Guilford 279 4 1.3 0.5- 3.4 17 7.5 4.3-12.9 258 91.2 85.8-94.7
Mecklenburg 276 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 26 10.7 7.1-15.8 245 87.9 82.7-91.7
Orange 281 9 2.3 1.1- 4.7 18 4.5 2.7- 7.3 254 93.2 89.7-95.6
Wake 275 5 1.5 0.6- 3.5 20 7.5 4.6-12.0 250 91.0 86.4-94.1
Chatham/Lee 244 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6 16 7.1 3.9-12.4 223 91.5 86.2-95.0
Nash/Wilson 235 4 2.1 0.7- 5.8 16 6.3 3.7-10.5 215 91.6 86.8-94.8
Craven/Pamlico 280 6 1.8 0.8- 4.3 23 11.6 6.8-19.0 251 86.6 79.3-91.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 267 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7 26 12.2 7.8-18.6 236 86.8 80.4-91.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 284 9 3.9 1.8- 8.4 31 12.8 8.2-19.3 244 83.3 76.2-88.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 295 8 3.2 1.4- 7.1 19 5.9 3.4- 9.9 268 90.9 86.0-94.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 261 8 2.8 1.4- 5.8 30 14.3 9.9-20.2 223 82.9 76.8-87.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 293 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 27 9.1 6.1-13.4 261 89.2 84.7-92.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 287 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 22 8.8 5.5-13.8 259 90.1 85.1-93.5
Northeast NC I 311 10 4.1 2.1- 7.9 24 8.1 5.2-12.3 277 87.8 82.8-91.4
Northeast NC II 321 8 2.9 1.4- 5.9 25 9.2 6.1-13.7 288 87.9 83.1-91.5
Northeastern Partnership 632 18 3.4 2.0- 5.5 49 8.8 6.5-11.8 565 87.9 84.5-90.6
Mountain AHEC 799 15 1.9 0.9- 3.7 78 11.9 8.9-15.7 706 86.3 82.3-89.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,109 44 2.7 1.5- 4.7 185 11.4 9.1-14.2 1,880 85.9 82.9-88.5
Piedmont 2,480 61 2.2 1.5- 3.2 192 9.4 7.8-11.4 2,227 88.4 86.3-90.2
Western NC 1,279 29 2.6 1.6- 4.3 125 12.1 9.4-15.3 1,125 85.3 81.9-88.1

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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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