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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-MALES

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 3,383 31 1.0 0.6- 1.7 112 3.7 2.8- 4.9 3,240 95.3 93.9-96.3
RACE
White 2,520 23 1.2 0.7- 2.2 86 3.7 2.7- 5.1 2,411 95.1 93.5-96.3
African American 582 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 15 3.5 1.6- 7.4 564 96.2 92.4-98.1
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.1 2.4-34.2 21 89.9 65.8-97.6
Native American 79 4 2.8 0.7-10.5 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 72 95.8 88.7-98.5
Other Minorities 162 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 6 3.9 0.9-15.7 155 95.9 84.5-99.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 8 4.1 1.0-15.0 160 95.8 85.2-98.9
-English Speaking 53 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.3 1.6-11.1 47 95.7 88.9-98.4
-Spanish Speaking 116 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 2 4.0 0.7-20.6 113 95.8 80.0-99.2
Non-Hispanic 3,211 30 1.1 0.6- 1.9 103 3.7 2.7- 4.9 3,078 95.2 93.9-96.3
AGE
18-24 211 0 0.0 . - . 15 6.2 2.8-13.1 196 93.8 86.9-97.2
25-34 521 8 2.5 1.1- 6.0 42 6.7 4.3-10.3 471 90.7 86.5-93.8
35-44 673 8 1.1 0.4- 3.0 32 3.4 2.0- 5.8 633 95.5 92.9-97.2
45-54 675 5 0.5 0.2- 1.5 13 2.3 1.1- 4.7 657 97.2 94.8-98.5
55-64 572 5 0.9 0.2- 3.2 7 2.6 1.0- 6.2 560 96.6 92.9-98.4
65-74 450 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 445 99.3 98.1-99.8
75+ 267 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 265 99.1 96.3-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 587 4 0.7 0.2- 2.6 9 1.1 0.5- 2.8 574 98.2 96.1-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,001 11 0.9 0.4- 2.3 36 5.0 3.0- 8.0 954 94.1 91.0-96.2
Some Post-H.S. 790 11 2.0 0.8- 4.6 29 4.4 2.5- 7.6 750 93.6 90.0-96.0
College Graduate 996 5 0.4 0.1- 1.1 38 3.3 2.1- 5.3 953 96.3 94.3-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 294 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 11 4.8 2.4- 9.5 281 95.0 90.3-97.5
$15,000- 24,999 602 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 17 4.9 2.2-10.3 581 94.8 89.5-97.5
$25,000- 34,999 357 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 15 4.4 2.1- 8.9 340 95.2 90.7-97.6
$35,000- 49,999 514 5 0.5 0.2- 1.5 17 2.0 1.1- 3.8 492 97.5 95.7-98.5
$50,000-74,999 430 9 2.8 1.1- 7.0 14 3.2 1.5- 6.7 407 94.0 89.4-96.7
$75,000+ 495 5 1.8 0.6- 5.5 17 3.1 1.6- 5.9 473 95.1 91.4-97.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 175 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 4 3.4 1.1-10.1 169 95.9 89.6-98.5
Guilford 164 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 3 1.8 0.4- 7.3 159 97.1 92.1-99.0
Mecklenburg 166 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 5 2.4 1.0- 5.8 160 97.3 94.0-98.8
Orange 169 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.9 1.2- 6.6 163 97.1 93.4-98.8
Wake 170 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 9 4.8 2.4- 9.3 159 94.7 90.2-97.2
Chatham/Lee 148 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3 4 5.6 1.7-16.9 142 92.6 82.0-97.1
Nash/Wilson 134 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.5- 5.8 131 98.2 94.2-99.5
Craven/Pamlico 166 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 6 6.5 2.5-16.0 158 92.5 83.5-96.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 6 3.4 1.4- 7.9 151 96.1 91.6-98.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 163 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 9 7.9 3.6-16.6 153 91.5 82.9-96.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 166 96.8 92.5-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 6 3.4 1.3- 8.8 153 95.7 90.2-98.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 170 4 2.2 0.6- 7.7 7 3.9 1.8- 8.6 159 93.9 88.2-96.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 120 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.2 1.1- 9.3 116 96.8 90.7-98.9
Northeast NC I 137 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5 134 98.2 94.5-99.4
Northeast NC II 178 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 5 2.3 0.9- 5.6 172 97.1 93.6-98.7
Northeastern Partnership 315 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4 306 97.5 95.0-98.7
Mountain AHEC 486 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 13 2.4 1.1- 4.8 469 97.3 94.9-98.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,124 10 0.5 0.2- 1.2 38 4.5 2.6- 7.7 1,076 94.9 91.8-96.9
Piedmont 1,494 16 1.4 0.8- 2.7 49 3.5 2.4- 5.2 1,429 95.0 93.1-96.4
Western NC 765 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7 25 2.7 1.6- 4.5 735 97.0 95.2-98.1

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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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