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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 1,682 583 35.5 32.1-39.1 593 33.2 29.9-36.8 307 17.3 14.6-20.3 133 8.0 6.2-10.2 66 6.0 4.2- 8.4
RACE
White 1,339 443 34.4 30.6-38.4 479 34.1 30.3-38.1 267 18.6 15.6-21.9 108 8.7 6.6-11.4 42 4.2 2.8- 6.4
African American 233 97 41.4 32.3-51.1 82 31.4 23.2-41.0 27 15.8 8.4-27.7 16 5.1 2.8- 9.2 11 6.3 2.6-14.1
Asian 7 4 43.9 11.2-83.0 1 24.1 3.4-74.4 1 7.9 1.0-43.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.0 3.3-74.2
Native American 46 14 34.6 16.3-58.9 17 46.1 21.3-73.1 6 8.9 2.4-28.3 6 7.5 2.1-23.7 3 2.8 0.7-10.6
Other Minorities 48 21 37.9 20.6-59.0 10 16.1 6.7-33.8 5 3.3 1.0-10.1 3 5.1 1.3-18.4 9 37.6 18.5-61.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 23 31.6 16.6-51.7 16 19.4 9.1-36.4 5 3.2 1.0- 9.5 3 7.6 1.9-25.7 10 38.3 19.8-60.8
-English Speaking 29 10 29.9 10.8-60.0 11 20.5 7.5-45.1 2 1.9 0.4- 8.1 2 10.8 1.6-47.0 4 36.8 11.2-72.9
-Spanish Speaking 28 13 32.9 13.7-60.1 5 18.5 5.9-44.9 3 4.2 1.0-15.9 1 5.1 0.7-29.2 6 39.3 17.1-67.0
Non-Hispanic 1,622 558 35.7 32.3-39.4 577 33.9 30.5-37.6 301 17.9 15.1-21.0 130 8.0 6.2-10.3 56 4.4 3.1- 6.4
AGE
18-24 68 24 31.5 17.5-50.0 20 30.8 16.7-49.7 14 24.2 11.7-43.5 6 5.4 1.6-16.7 4 8.1 2.2-25.4
25-34 243 87 37.2 28.9-46.2 83 31.4 23.6-40.4 45 17.0 11.2-24.9 19 7.9 3.9-15.3 9 6.6 3.0-13.8
35-44 367 137 39.3 32.5-46.5 118 29.4 23.4-36.3 73 16.2 12.0-21.4 25 6.3 3.7-10.4 14 8.8 4.8-15.7
45-54 364 128 33.5 26.9-40.9 136 38.1 30.8-46.0 60 15.9 11.0-22.3 27 8.9 5.1-15.1 13 3.5 1.5- 8.0
55-64 320 105 35.9 28.9-43.6 118 31.5 25.1-38.7 55 16.4 11.4-23.0 33 12.8 8.0-19.7 9 3.5 1.4- 8.6
65-74 212 67 30.1 22.1-39.5 78 40.8 31.4-50.8 38 16.6 10.9-24.5 18 6.8 3.6-12.4 11 5.8 2.2-14.2
75+ 99 31 36.5 25.0-49.8 37 36.0 24.6-49.4 20 19.0 10.4-32.2 5 3.5 1.1-10.1 6 5.0 2.0-11.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 61 31.9 22.1-43.5 58 28.6 19.5-39.7 36 13.5 8.2-21.4 15 13.2 6.0-26.5 14 12.9 5.8-26.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 448 152 33.5 27.2-40.4 152 29.8 23.5-37.0 89 20.3 14.7-27.2 38 10.9 7.0-16.5 17 5.5 2.5-11.7
Some Post-H.S. 423 147 37.1 30.0-44.8 152 36.1 29.3-43.6 75 15.9 10.9-22.6 36 6.2 3.8- 9.8 13 4.7 2.4- 9.1
College Graduate 625 223 36.8 31.7-42.2 230 34.7 29.5-40.3 107 17.1 13.5-21.5 44 5.8 3.8- 8.9 21 5.5 3.2- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 33 26.0 15.6-39.9 39 34.6 21.9-50.0 25 18.0 10.2-29.8 9 6.8 3.1-14.3 6 14.7 4.0-41.5
$15,000- 24,999 249 93 37.8 28.7-47.9 67 20.1 13.6-28.5 44 18.3 11.4-28.1 27 12.5 7.1-21.1 18 11.4 6.1-20.2
$25,000- 34,999 174 58 31.4 22.0-42.7 63 37.3 26.2-49.9 32 19.4 11.5-31.0 17 8.8 4.3-17.1 4 3.0 0.7-12.2
$35,000- 49,999 268 95 37.8 29.8-46.6 106 38.8 31.0-47.1 40 15.3 9.8-22.9 22 6.9 3.6-12.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4
$50,000-74,999 267 93 41.2 32.4-50.6 94 29.0 21.9-37.3 55 19.6 13.7-27.2 18 6.5 3.4-12.0 7 3.8 1.3-10.3
$75,000+ 322 123 37.4 30.5-44.8 121 38.9 31.5-46.8 57 15.6 11.1-21.5 8 1.4 0.5- 4.1 13 6.7 3.4-12.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 95 29 28.3 19.2-39.5 42 48.1 36.6-59.8 11 9.1 4.8-16.6 9 8.6 4.2-16.8 4 5.9 2.2-15.3
Guilford 94 39 38.2 28.0-49.6 26 29.8 20.4-41.5 21 21.4 13.5-32.1 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 5 7.1 2.7-17.0
Mecklenburg 91 41 40.5 29.3-52.8 26 27.8 18.4-39.7 12 17.3 7.7-34.6 9 8.2 3.9-16.6 3 6.1 1.7-19.4
Orange 79 33 53.3 34.9-70.8 34 33.3 20.3-49.4 6 8.1 3.1-19.2 6 5.4 2.1-12.9 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 90 37 44.6 33.3-56.4 29 31.6 22.1-43.0 15 13.6 7.9-22.4 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8 6 7.7 3.0-18.7
Chatham/Lee 63 20 36.6 20.9-55.6 14 19.7 10.3-34.3 21 26.8 15.2-42.9 7 15.6 5.9-35.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
Nash/Wilson 77 19 24.5 15.3-36.8 32 42.2 29.5-56.1 15 18.8 10.6-31.0 6 5.5 2.4-12.1 5 9.1 3.4-21.8
Craven/Pamlico 86 32 36.0 25.3-48.3 28 29.4 19.8-41.2 20 30.2 18.8-44.7 4 3.2 1.0- 9.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 70 21 27.5 16.9-41.4 25 34.9 22.4-49.9 16 18.6 10.7-30.4 7 17.9 4.9-47.9 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 81 28 38.5 26.9-51.5 29 35.3 24.2-48.1 11 12.2 6.6-21.5 7 8.2 3.6-17.3 6 5.9 2.6-12.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 73 27 22.2 11.5-38.7 27 33.9 16.9-56.4 12 36.3 12.9-68.7 5 6.1 2.2-15.8 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 83 21 49.9 24.9-74.9 37 31.4 16.0-52.2 15 12.0 5.7-23.6 8 5.7 2.3-13.2 2 1.1 0.2- 5.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 29 41.6 30.2-54.1 30 33.1 23.1-44.9 14 15.9 9.2-26.0 5 5.0 1.8-12.8 4 4.5 1.6-12.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 61 22 40.3 23.4-59.8 17 26.2 15.1-41.5 14 17.0 9.3-29.1 7 14.9 6.9-29.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.6
Northeast NC I 61 22 35.2 22.3-50.8 24 38.2 25.5-52.8 13 23.4 12.5-39.5 2 3.1 0.6-13.9 0 0.0 . - .
Northeast NC II 82 18 22.9 14.3-34.5 32 37.3 26.5-49.5 19 24.5 15.0-37.5 8 10.2 4.8-20.5 5 5.1 2.0-12.4
Northeastern Partnership 143 40 26.8 19.2-36.0 56 37.6 29.0-47.1 32 24.2 16.4-34.1 10 8.0 4.0-15.3 5 3.5 1.4- 8.6
Mountain AHEC 243 72 35.4 26.9-44.9 99 36.5 28.7-45.0 41 17.2 11.6-24.8 23 8.0 4.8-13.0 8 3.0 1.3- 6.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 554 176 29.9 24.4-36.0 195 33.1 27.1-39.8 113 18.4 14.0-23.8 45 9.4 6.1-14.3 25 9.2 5.2-15.7
Piedmont 750 289 38.2 33.4-43.2 253 33.2 28.6-38.2 128 16.3 12.8-20.7 54 7.0 4.9-10.1 26 5.2 3.2- 8.1
Western NC 378 118 35.2 28.2-43.0 145 33.4 27.1-40.3 66 19.4 13.7-26.9 34 9.1 5.5-14.7 15 2.9 1.6- 5.1

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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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