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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 1,580 561 35.9 32.4-39.6 334 20.4 17.6-23.6 135 8.7 6.8-11.2 73 5.1 3.6- 7.2 477 29.8 26.4-33.4
RACE
White 1,273 436 35.4 31.4-39.5 275 20.4 17.3-23.9 117 9.0 6.9-11.8 62 5.4 3.7- 7.6 383 29.9 26.1-33.9
African American 214 88 36.6 27.8-46.5 34 18.3 11.3-28.2 14 9.2 4.4-18.2 7 4.6 1.3-15.0 71 31.2 22.2-41.9
Asian 6 3 50.2 11.5-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 49.8 11.4-88.5
Native American 43 20 60.3 35.4-80.8 11 12.6 5.3-27.1 2 5.6 1.0-27.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 9 20.3 8.1-42.4
Other Minorities 35 11 31.9 14.7-55.9 12 38.4 18.6-62.9 2 3.4 0.6-16.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 8 25.1 9.5-51.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 14 31.2 14.9-54.0 9 28.7 12.0-54.2 4 4.8 1.4-15.2 2 8.1 1.3-36.5 15 27.3 11.8-51.2
-English Speaking 24 6 26.3 8.5-57.9 5 23.9 7.4-55.0 2 3.7 0.8-15.2 2 18.1 3.1-60.5 9 28.1 8.3-62.8
-Spanish Speaking 20 8 35.1 12.6-67.0 4 32.6 9.5-68.9 2 5.6 1.0-26.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 26.7 8.0-60.4
Non-Hispanic 1,533 546 36.1 32.5-39.9 325 20.2 17.4-23.4 131 8.9 6.9-11.4 70 4.9 3.5- 7.0 461 29.9 26.4-33.6
AGE
18-24 62 18 34.7 18.7-55.1 15 21.0 10.4-37.9 5 5.1 1.3-18.0 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 22 38.2 21.8-57.8
25-34 231 82 31.4 23.7-40.1 44 16.8 10.7-25.3 21 7.1 3.8-12.7 8 7.0 2.9-16.1 76 37.8 29.1-47.3
35-44 342 128 41.3 34.2-48.8 67 20.1 14.7-27.0 33 7.6 4.7-12.1 16 4.3 2.2- 8.3 98 26.7 20.8-33.4
45-54 345 135 36.4 29.4-44.0 76 21.8 16.1-28.8 33 13.8 8.4-21.9 17 5.3 2.5-11.1 84 22.7 16.8-30.0
55-64 305 101 33.3 26.3-41.2 71 21.2 15.6-28.1 27 10.1 5.9-16.5 17 7.5 4.1-13.5 89 27.9 21.6-35.3
65-74 197 66 37.0 27.9-47.1 42 24.1 16.1-34.4 11 6.4 3.0-13.3 10 4.2 1.6-10.2 68 28.3 20.6-37.6
75+ 89 29 37.3 25.1-51.3 16 19.0 10.3-32.3 5 4.9 1.5-14.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 37 38.3 26.0-52.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 52 28.3 19.2-39.6 34 25.8 16.3-38.4 15 7.0 3.3-14.1 9 7.0 2.3-18.9 52 31.9 21.0-45.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 418 145 32.8 26.1-40.4 79 21.0 15.5-27.8 43 10.1 6.6-15.2 24 7.8 4.5-13.2 127 28.3 22.0-35.5
Some Post-H.S. 407 139 36.5 29.3-44.4 95 20.4 15.2-26.8 38 9.1 5.7-14.2 17 3.4 1.4- 7.8 118 30.6 23.7-38.5
College Graduate 592 225 39.5 34.2-45.1 126 18.9 14.9-23.6 39 7.8 4.8-12.5 23 4.0 2.3- 7.1 179 29.8 24.9-35.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 31 30.2 18.5-45.0 17 29.5 16.9-46.2 9 6.1 2.9-12.3 5 3.4 1.0-10.7 37 31.0 19.8-44.9
$15,000- 24,999 224 71 26.5 18.5-36.3 51 21.0 14.0-30.4 14 7.4 3.4-15.0 9 3.4 1.4- 8.1 79 41.7 31.3-52.9
$25,000- 34,999 167 55 36.6 25.5-49.3 32 15.3 8.2-26.6 21 10.0 5.3-18.2 10 7.0 2.9-16.0 49 31.2 21.2-43.3
$35,000- 49,999 260 95 38.3 30.2-47.1 55 19.6 13.8-27.0 27 12.2 7.1-20.3 13 3.8 1.8- 8.1 70 26.1 19.4-34.1
$50,000-74,999 258 100 38.8 30.6-47.7 52 19.8 13.7-27.7 24 9.1 5.2-15.4 8 3.7 1.4- 9.7 74 28.6 20.4-38.6
$75,000+ 301 116 39.2 31.9-47.0 71 19.8 14.6-26.4 18 7.2 3.3-15.1 7 2.2 0.6- 7.2 89 31.6 24.7-39.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 89 24 22.4 14.7-32.6 25 34.0 22.8-47.4 6 7.0 2.9-15.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 33 36.0 25.4-48.2
Guilford 89 36 36.0 25.9-47.6 21 28.5 18.7-40.9 9 10.9 5.5-20.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 22 23.4 15.0-34.8
Mecklenburg 85 42 56.8 44.0-68.7 14 15.0 8.5-25.1 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6 3 2.7 0.8- 8.7 24 24.4 15.6-36.0
Orange 79 33 55.1 36.9-71.9 15 15.4 8.2-26.9 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4 3 2.2 0.6- 7.4 26 25.6 15.0-40.3
Wake 82 35 42.7 31.3-54.9 9 15.7 7.8-29.1 3 2.0 0.6- 7.3 5 5.4 2.2-12.6 30 34.2 24.1-46.0
Chatham/Lee 59 23 49.5 32.0-67.2 12 12.2 6.0-23.2 7 9.1 4.0-19.1 5 9.2 3.2-24.2 12 20.0 10.4-35.0
Nash/Wilson 69 18 27.1 16.5-41.2 19 30.4 17.8-46.8 7 8.9 4.2-17.8 7 9.0 4.1-18.4 18 24.6 15.1-37.5
Craven/Pamlico 84 26 28.0 18.9-39.4 14 17.3 10.1-28.0 5 13.7 5.3-31.1 5 4.4 1.7-10.6 34 36.6 25.3-49.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 68 19 26.8 16.2-40.9 13 15.9 8.6-27.5 14 28.7 13.1-51.8 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 20 27.1 16.5-41.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 73 29 39.4 27.4-52.8 18 23.4 14.6-35.2 5 7.5 3.0-17.6 3 3.8 1.1-12.3 18 25.9 15.2-40.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 70 24 25.2 12.2-44.8 10 9.9 4.3-21.1 8 9.9 4.0-22.6 4 4.0 1.3-11.4 24 51.0 26.6-74.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 80 28 24.1 12.0-42.5 24 52.6 27.5-76.4 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 2 1.4 0.3- 6.5 22 19.2 9.5-34.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 78 29 42.1 30.4-54.7 18 23.4 14.7-35.1 4 4.3 1.5-12.2 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6 24 27.4 17.9-39.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 58 21 41.4 24.1-61.2 16 25.3 14.4-40.6 7 10.2 4.5-21.7 5 8.8 3.4-20.9 9 14.2 6.7-27.8
Northeast NC I 58 19 31.7 19.4-47.1 14 23.1 13.4-36.7 6 10.9 4.0-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 19 34.4 21.1-50.6
Northeast NC II 75 14 18.3 10.5-30.0 12 19.8 10.5-34.2 10 14.3 7.2-26.5 4 4.9 1.6-14.1 35 42.7 30.9-55.4
Northeastern Partnership 133 33 22.6 15.6-31.7 26 20.9 13.4-31.0 16 13.2 7.5-22.3 4 3.3 1.1- 9.7 54 40.0 30.8-50.0
Mountain AHEC 229 71 25.6 19.1-33.3 66 31.6 23.2-41.3 20 13.4 7.9-21.9 5 2.8 0.8- 8.9 67 26.6 19.6-35.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 514 161 30.1 24.6-36.4 110 22.0 16.8-28.3 45 11.1 6.8-17.6 32 7.9 4.5-13.7 166 28.8 23.2-35.1
Piedmont 712 285 40.3 35.2-45.5 131 18.4 14.8-22.7 54 6.3 4.3- 9.0 31 4.1 2.5- 6.5 211 31.0 26.2-36.2
Western NC 354 115 27.6 21.8-34.3 93 26.7 20.3-34.2 36 15.2 9.7-23.1 10 4.2 1.6-10.8 100 26.3 20.2-33.4

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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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