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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 3,386 9 0.4 0.2- 1.0 20 0.6 0.4- 1.2 3,357 98.9 98.2-99.3
RACE
White 2,523 6 0.3 0.1- 0.9 17 0.7 0.4- 1.3 2,500 99.0 98.2-99.4
African American 582 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 580 98.9 95.6-99.7
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 79 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 79 100 . - .
Other Minorities 162 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 159 98.3 91.6-99.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 167 98.5 91.5-99.8
-English Speaking 53 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 52 99.4 95.9-99.9
-Spanish Speaking 116 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 115 98.3 88.7-99.8
Non-Hispanic 3,214 8 0.4 0.2- 0.8 19 0.7 0.4- 1.3 3,187 98.9 98.3-99.4
AGE
18-24 211 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 211 100 . - .
25-34 522 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 518 99.0 96.4-99.7
35-44 673 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 8 1.2 0.5- 3.2 661 97.4 94.6-98.8
45-54 675 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 671 99.7 99.2-99.9
55-64 574 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 3 0.5 0.2- 1.5 570 99.2 97.9-99.7
65-74 450 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 4.2 447 99.0 95.8-99.7
75+ 267 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 265 98.0 92.4-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 588 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 582 98.7 96.0-99.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,002 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 8 1.4 0.6- 3.3 992 98.5 96.6-99.3
Some Post-H.S. 791 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1 786 99.3 97.5-99.8
College Graduate 996 4 0.5 0.2- 1.3 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 988 99.2 98.2-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 294 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.9 0.1- 5.4 291 98.9 95.0-99.8
$15,000- 24,999 603 3 1.0 0.3- 3.7 4 0.4 0.1- 1.6 596 98.6 96.1-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 358 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 5 2.9 1.0- 8.4 350 95.3 89.6-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 514 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 511 99.3 97.7-99.8
$50,000-74,999 430 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 424 99.1 97.9-99.6
$75,000+ 495 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 494 99.9 99.5- 100
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 176 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 174 99.4 97.4-99.8
Guilford 164 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 162 99.4 97.7-99.9
Mecklenburg 166 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 0 0.0 . - . 163 98.8 96.3-99.6
Orange 169 1 7.9 1.2-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 168 92.1 62.1-98.8
Wake 170 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 168 99.1 96.1-99.8
Chatham/Lee 148 1 5.1 0.7-27.7 0 0.0 . - . 147 94.9 72.3-99.3
Nash/Wilson 134 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 134 100 . - .
Craven/Pamlico 166 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 166 100 . - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 157 99.7 97.7- 100
Appalachian/Wilkes 163 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 161 98.6 94.3-99.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 172 100 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 160 99.8 98.3- 100
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 170 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 169 99.4 96.1-99.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 121 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 119 97.8 90.9-99.5
Northeast NC I 137 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 137 100 . - .
Northeast NC II 179 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.4 0.5- 4.4 176 98.6 95.6-99.5
Northeastern Partnership 316 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 313 99.0 96.9-99.7
Mountain AHEC 487 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.7 0.6- 4.7 481 98.3 95.3-99.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,126 3 0.5 0.1- 2.2 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7 1,118 99.2 97.8-99.7
Piedmont 1,494 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3 7 0.7 0.3- 1.7 1,481 98.8 97.7-99.4
Western NC 766 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.3 0.5- 3.0 758 98.7 97.0-99.5

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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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