BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Are you eating either fewer calories or less fat to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Fewer calories	Less fat	Fewer cals & less fat	Neither of them
TOTAL	2,401	330	12.7	10.8-14.7	439	18.1	15.9-20.6	850	34.8	31.8-37.9	782	34.4	31.4-37.6
RACE
White	1,802	262	14.1	11.8-16.6	318	18.3	15.7-21.1	644	33.3	30.0-36.8	578	34.4	30.9-38.0
African American	392	51	12.6	8.1-19.1	81	18.7	13.8-24.8	140	36.8	29.8-44.4	120	31.9	25.1-39.6
Asian	17	2	2.9	0.5-14.1	3	23.2	5.4-61.4	5	46.6	16.7-79.2	7	27.3	9.0-58.8
Native American	64	7	8.7	3.4-20.2	16	22.4	10.9-40.7	18	21.8	10.6-39.8	23	47.0	25.7-69.5
Other Minorities	114	4	1.5	0.5- 4.4	19	13.5	6.7-25.3	41	46.0	32.6-60.0	50	39.0	26.7-53.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	119	6	3.8	1.4-10.1	18	12.3	6.0-23.8	43	40.5	27.8-54.6	52	43.3	30.7-56.9
-English Speaking	36	3	10.4	2.5-34.8	7	17.3	5.6-42.2	13	32.1	11.8-62.5	13	40.2	19.4-65.2
-Spanish Speaking	83	3	1.8	0.6- 5.8	11	10.8	4.2-25.2	30	43.0	28.3-59.1	39	44.3	29.6-60.1
Non-Hispanic	2,279	323	13.5	11.5-15.7	421	18.7	16.4-21.2	807	34.3	31.3-37.4	728	33.6	30.5-36.8
AGE
18-24	126	11	6.2	2.4-15.0	22	15.0	8.4-25.4	42	37.9	26.4-50.9	51	40.9	29.1-53.8
25-34	369	54	11.5	7.9-16.5	57	15.0	10.5-21.0	108	30.8	23.9-38.5	150	42.7	35.1-50.7
35-44	484	70	14.3	10.5-19.2	77	16.8	12.4-22.4	164	33.9	28.1-40.3	173	35.0	29.2-41.2
45-54	503	78	16.7	12.1-22.4	107	20.3	15.7-25.8	177	34.0	27.8-40.7	141	29.1	23.1-35.9
55-64	430	56	13.3	9.3-18.7	89	21.9	16.8-28.1	173	37.1	31.0-43.8	112	27.6	22.0-33.9
65-74	308	45	13.8	8.8-20.9	64	23.8	17.4-31.7	114	35.2	28.0-43.2	85	27.1	20.7-34.7
75+	167	15	7.8	3.9-14.9	20	14.1	7.6-24.5	68	43.7	33.6-54.4	64	34.4	25.5-44.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	352	34	6.1	3.3-11.1	54	14.3	9.4-21.3	119	35.7	27.6-44.6	145	43.9	34.9-53.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	696	99	14.7	11.0-19.4	133	19.3	15.2-24.2	237	35.2	29.6-41.2	227	30.8	25.7-36.3
Some Post-H.S.	570	79	11.2	8.1-15.3	108	17.3	13.2-22.4	207	34.9	28.7-41.6	176	36.6	30.2-43.6
College Graduate	778	118	15.1	11.9-19.0	143	19.6	15.8-24.0	285	33.9	29.3-38.9	232	31.4	26.9-36.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	178	21	8.2	3.7-16.9	30	11.7	6.4-20.4	67	36.7	25.4-49.7	60	43.4	30.7-57.1
$15,000- 24,999	387	43	9.8	5.8-16.0	72	16.9	12.0-23.1	124	34.1	26.5-42.6	148	39.2	31.7-47.3
$25,000- 34,999	260	45	16.1	10.8-23.4	48	20.6	13.9-29.2	78	30.6	22.5-40.2	89	32.7	24.0-42.7
$35,000- 49,999	369	48	12.4	8.3-18.2	82	23.4	17.4-30.9	130	32.6	26.1-39.8	109	31.5	24.8-39.2
$50,000-74,999	339	55	18.6	13.0-25.8	68	18.5	13.3-25.1	115	31.3	23.6-40.2	101	31.6	24.2-40.1
$75,000+	398	64	14.6	10.4-20.0	74	21.2	15.8-27.8	149	36.6	30.2-43.6	111	27.6	22.1-33.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	118	12	10.0	5.5-17.3	22	22.7	14.2-34.1	43	32.7	24.0-42.8	41	34.7	25.4-45.2
Guilford	117	17	13.0	7.9-20.8	24	20.1	13.1-29.6	44	38.5	29.0-48.9	32	28.4	19.8-38.8
Mecklenburg	113	11	8.8	4.6-16.3	25	18.3	11.7-27.4	46	43.0	32.0-54.7	31	29.9	20.9-40.8
Orange	123	14	9.6	5.2-17.1	22	15.6	9.6-24.2	39	36.0	22.1-52.8	48	38.8	27.4-51.6
Wake	133	16	10.1	6.0-16.5	15	14.6	7.9-25.5	57	37.6	28.6-47.7	45	37.7	27.8-48.6
Chatham/Lee	97	11	9.7	4.6-19.2	16	13.6	7.9-22.6	34	36.9	24.4-51.4	36	39.8	27.9-53.1
Nash/Wilson	102	19	16.3	9.7-26.1	17	13.8	8.3-22.1	34	30.5	21.5-41.2	32	39.4	28.1-51.9
Craven/Pamlico	117	19	17.2	10.2-27.5	18	17.6	10.4-28.3	45	32.5	23.5-43.0	35	32.7	22.9-44.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	112	6	4.1	1.7- 9.1	17	21.6	10.8-38.7	46	37.9	27.8-49.1	43	36.5	26.5-47.8
Appalachian/Wilkes	114	22	16.9	10.9-25.3	19	15.8	9.9-24.1	30	24.5	16.4-34.9	43	42.8	32.4-53.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	118	16	30.5	12.8-56.9	20	13.9	7.7-23.7	38	21.4	12.6-33.9	44	34.2	20.8-50.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	115	21	18.1	11.3-27.7	24	22.1	14.1-33.0	36	28.7	20.4-38.7	34	31.1	22.4-41.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	120	17	14.8	8.9-23.6	24	19.4	12.6-28.6	49	39.2	29.7-49.6	30	26.6	18.4-36.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	88	11	11.8	6.0-22.0	14	13.2	7.2-23.1	31	39.3	25.1-55.5	32	35.7	24.1-49.2
Northeast NC I	99	16	15.2	9.1-24.3	17	21.6	12.7-34.3	37	32.4	23.2-43.2	29	30.8	21.2-42.5
Northeast NC II	121	17	13.9	7.6-24.0	27	24.4	15.6-36.0	46	41.5	31.4-52.4	31	20.2	13.8-28.6
Northeastern Partnership	220	33	14.3	9.4-21.3	44	23.5	16.6-32.1	83	38.5	31.0-46.7	60	23.7	18.0-30.5
Mountain AHEC	337	48	11.5	7.8-16.6	70	21.5	15.7-28.7	107	26.6	20.4-33.9	112	40.4	30.8-50.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	799	128	15.2	11.8-19.5	147	18.3	14.3-23.0	287	33.4	28.1-39.3	237	33.1	27.4-39.2
Piedmont	1,072	127	11.7	9.2-14.6	186	17.2	14.2-20.6	393	36.6	32.5-40.9	366	34.6	30.6-38.8
Western NC	530	75	11.3	8.1-15.4	106	21.9	16.9-27.7	170	30.3	24.4-36.9	179	36.6	29.4-44.5

Total
Respond.^

Fewer calories

Less fat

Fewer cals & less fat

Neither of them

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,401

330

12.7

10.8-14.7

439

18.1

15.9-20.6

850

34.8

31.8-37.9

782

34.4

31.4-37.6

RACE

White

1,802

262

14.1

11.8-16.6

318

18.3

15.7-21.1

644

33.3

30.0-36.8

578

34.4

30.9-38.0

African American

392

12.6

8.1-19.1

18.7

13.8-24.8

140

36.8

29.8-44.4

120

31.9

25.1-39.6

Asian

2.9

0.5-14.1

23.2

5.4-61.4

46.6

16.7-79.2

27.3

9.0-58.8

Native American

8.7

3.4-20.2

22.4

10.9-40.7

21.8

10.6-39.8

47.0

25.7-69.5

Other Minorities

114

1.5

0.5- 4.4

13.5

6.7-25.3

46.0

32.6-60.0

39.0

26.7-53.0

HISPANIC

Hispanic

119

3.8

1.4-10.1

12.3

6.0-23.8

40.5

27.8-54.6

43.3

30.7-56.9

-English Speaking

10.4

2.5-34.8

17.3

5.6-42.2

32.1

11.8-62.5

40.2

19.4-65.2

-Spanish Speaking

1.8

0.6- 5.8

10.8

4.2-25.2

43.0

28.3-59.1

44.3

29.6-60.1

Non-Hispanic

2,279

323

13.5

11.5-15.7

421

18.7

16.4-21.2

807

34.3

31.3-37.4

728

33.6

30.5-36.8

AGE

18-24

126

6.2

2.4-15.0

15.0

8.4-25.4

37.9

26.4-50.9

40.9

29.1-53.8

25-34

369

11.5

7.9-16.5

15.0

10.5-21.0

108

30.8

23.9-38.5

150

42.7

35.1-50.7

35-44

484

14.3

10.5-19.2

16.8

12.4-22.4

164

33.9

28.1-40.3

173

35.0

29.2-41.2

45-54

503

16.7

12.1-22.4

107

20.3

15.7-25.8

177

34.0

27.8-40.7

141

29.1

23.1-35.9

55-64

430

13.3

9.3-18.7

21.9

16.8-28.1

173

37.1

31.0-43.8

112

27.6

22.0-33.9

65-74

308

13.8

8.8-20.9

23.8

17.4-31.7

114

35.2

28.0-43.2

27.1

20.7-34.7

75+

167

7.8

3.9-14.9

14.1

7.6-24.5

43.7

33.6-54.4

34.4

25.5-44.5

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

352

6.1

3.3-11.1

14.3

9.4-21.3

119

35.7

27.6-44.6

145

43.9

34.9-53.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

696

14.7

11.0-19.4

133

19.3

15.2-24.2

237

35.2

29.6-41.2

227

30.8

25.7-36.3

Some Post-H.S.

570

11.2

8.1-15.3

108

17.3

13.2-22.4

207

34.9

28.7-41.6

176

36.6

30.2-43.6

College Graduate

778

118

15.1

11.9-19.0

143

19.6

15.8-24.0

285

33.9

29.3-38.9

232

31.4

26.9-36.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

178

8.2

3.7-16.9

11.7

6.4-20.4

36.7

25.4-49.7

43.4

30.7-57.1

$15,000- 24,999

387

9.8

5.8-16.0

16.9

12.0-23.1

124

34.1

26.5-42.6

148

39.2

31.7-47.3

$25,000- 34,999

260

16.1

10.8-23.4

20.6

13.9-29.2

30.6

22.5-40.2

32.7

24.0-42.7

$35,000- 49,999

369

12.4

8.3-18.2

23.4

17.4-30.9

130

32.6

26.1-39.8

109

31.5

24.8-39.2

$50,000-74,999

339

18.6

13.0-25.8

18.5

13.3-25.1

115

31.3

23.6-40.2

101

31.6

24.2-40.1

$75,000+

398

14.6

10.4-20.0

21.2

15.8-27.8

149

36.6

30.2-43.6

111

27.6

22.1-33.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

118

10.0

5.5-17.3

22.7

14.2-34.1

32.7

24.0-42.8

34.7

25.4-45.2

Guilford

117

13.0

7.9-20.8

20.1

13.1-29.6

38.5

29.0-48.9

28.4

19.8-38.8

Mecklenburg

113

8.8

4.6-16.3

18.3

11.7-27.4

43.0

32.0-54.7

29.9

20.9-40.8

Orange

123

9.6

5.2-17.1

15.6

9.6-24.2

36.0

22.1-52.8

38.8

27.4-51.6

Wake

133

10.1

6.0-16.5

14.6

7.9-25.5

37.6

28.6-47.7

37.7

27.8-48.6

Chatham/Lee

9.7

4.6-19.2

13.6

7.9-22.6

36.9

24.4-51.4

39.8

27.9-53.1

Nash/Wilson

102

16.3

9.7-26.1

13.8

8.3-22.1

30.5

21.5-41.2

39.4

28.1-51.9

Craven/Pamlico

117

17.2

10.2-27.5

17.6

10.4-28.3

32.5

23.5-43.0

32.7

22.9-44.2

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

112

4.1

1.7- 9.1

21.6

10.8-38.7

37.9

27.8-49.1

36.5

26.5-47.8

Appalachian/Wilkes

114

16.9

10.9-25.3

15.8

9.9-24.1

24.5

16.4-34.9

42.8

32.4-53.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

118

30.5

12.8-56.9

13.9

7.7-23.7

21.4

12.6-33.9

34.2

20.8-50.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

115

18.1

11.3-27.7

22.1

14.1-33.0

28.7

20.4-38.7

31.1

22.4-41.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

120

14.8

8.9-23.6

19.4

12.6-28.6

39.2

29.7-49.6

26.6

18.4-36.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

11.8

6.0-22.0

13.2

7.2-23.1

39.3

25.1-55.5

35.7

24.1-49.2

Northeast NC I

15.2

9.1-24.3

21.6

12.7-34.3

32.4

23.2-43.2

30.8

21.2-42.5

Northeast NC II

121

13.9

7.6-24.0

24.4

15.6-36.0

41.5

31.4-52.4

20.2

13.8-28.6

Northeastern Partnership

220

14.3

9.4-21.3

23.5

16.6-32.1

38.5

31.0-46.7

23.7

18.0-30.5

Mountain AHEC

337

11.5

7.8-16.6

21.5

15.7-28.7

107

26.6

20.4-33.9

112

40.4

30.8-50.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

799

128

15.2

11.8-19.5

147

18.3

14.3-23.0

287

33.4

28.1-39.3

237

33.1

27.4-39.2

Piedmont

1,072

127

11.7

9.2-14.6

186

17.2

14.2-20.6

393

36.6

32.5-40.9

366

34.6

30.6-38.8

Western NC

530

11.3

8.1-15.4

106

21.9

16.9-27.7

170

30.3

24.4-36.9

179

36.6

29.4-44.5

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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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