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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-MALES

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,470 1,094 31.8 29.3-34.3 1,340 38.1 35.6-40.7 1,036 30.1 27.7-32.6
RACE
White 2,575 822 33.0 30.1-36.0 1,003 37.7 34.8-40.6 750 29.4 26.6-32.2
African American 606 179 27.9 22.9-33.6 223 38.1 32.3-44.2 204 34.0 28.5-39.9
Asian 25 7 29.2 9.1-62.8 10 45.0 20.0-72.8 8 25.8 9.2-54.6
Native American 83 32 37.5 20.3-58.5 32 28.5 16.5-44.7 19 34.0 17.5-55.5
Other Minorities 163 50 28.1 18.9-39.7 64 43.8 32.8-55.4 49 28.1 19.3-38.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 51 27.3 18.3-38.7 68 45.7 34.7-57.1 51 27.0 18.4-37.6
-English Speaking 54 20 41.3 21.6-64.3 16 35.9 18.6-57.8 18 22.8 10.2-43.5
-Spanish Speaking 116 31 23.4 14.1-36.2 52 48.5 35.7-61.5 33 28.2 18.2-40.8
Non-Hispanic 3,297 1,043 32.2 29.7-34.8 1,269 37.4 34.9-40.1 985 30.4 28.0-32.9
AGE
18-24 219 51 28.6 20.2-38.8 76 34.3 25.8-43.9 92 37.1 28.6-46.6
25-34 532 150 29.1 23.3-35.6 221 40.9 34.9-47.2 161 30.0 24.6-36.1
35-44 686 227 32.0 27.2-37.2 266 36.8 31.8-42.0 193 31.2 26.3-36.7
45-54 685 251 36.6 31.3-42.2 260 38.2 32.6-44.1 174 25.2 20.7-30.3
55-64 585 209 38.0 32.6-43.8 228 39.7 34.1-45.5 148 22.3 18.0-27.3
65-74 464 138 29.0 23.4-35.3 174 40.7 34.3-47.4 152 30.3 24.8-36.5
75+ 278 63 23.4 17.2-31.1 105 35.0 27.6-43.0 110 41.6 33.7-50.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 607 150 22.0 16.6-28.4 209 37.2 31.0-43.9 248 40.8 34.6-47.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,027 306 30.3 25.9-35.1 399 35.8 31.3-40.5 322 33.9 29.4-38.7
Some Post-H.S. 809 272 35.0 29.7-40.6 304 35.9 30.7-41.4 233 29.1 24.3-34.5
College Graduate 1,015 361 36.3 32.2-40.7 427 43.5 39.1-47.9 227 20.2 17.0-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 89 25.7 18.2-35.0 91 37.1 27.7-47.5 119 37.2 28.6-46.7
$15,000- 24,999 613 170 29.5 23.9-35.8 223 35.5 29.6-41.9 220 35.0 29.1-41.4
$25,000- 34,999 367 122 32.9 25.6-41.1 142 41.2 33.5-49.2 103 25.9 19.8-33.1
$35,000- 49,999 524 169 31.2 25.6-37.3 207 38.7 32.8-45.0 148 30.1 24.8-36.0
$50,000-74,999 436 145 35.1 28.3-42.6 196 40.5 33.7-47.6 95 24.4 19.0-30.8
$75,000+ 503 187 36.4 30.6-42.6 215 42.9 36.6-49.3 101 20.8 15.4-27.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 60 32.0 24.6-40.4 59 34.2 26.4-42.9 60 33.8 26.1-42.5
Guilford 163 57 35.3 27.4-44.0 62 37.4 29.3-46.4 44 27.3 19.7-36.4
Mecklenburg 167 56 28.6 20.8-37.9 58 30.4 22.8-39.3 53 41.0 31.2-51.5
Orange 170 50 34.9 23.7-48.1 77 40.3 30.8-50.6 43 24.8 17.5-33.8
Wake 176 63 33.5 25.8-42.2 71 39.4 31.0-48.5 42 27.1 19.9-35.8
Chatham/Lee 152 46 31.3 21.9-42.6 52 35.3 26.3-45.5 54 33.3 24.7-43.3
Nash/Wilson 140 45 32.7 23.9-42.8 58 40.7 31.7-50.4 37 26.7 19.2-35.8
Craven/Pamlico 170 53 28.3 21.0-36.9 67 45.2 36.3-54.5 50 26.5 19.8-34.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 47 30.9 21.5-42.1 66 40.4 31.6-49.8 48 28.7 21.0-37.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 169 51 26.6 19.5-35.1 63 39.9 30.7-50.0 55 33.5 23.5-45.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 178 52 26.1 17.6-36.8 68 47.1 32.9-61.7 58 26.8 18.2-37.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 55 27.2 17.2-40.2 62 25.0 16.0-36.9 45 47.8 29.7-66.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 176 57 30.2 23.2-38.2 64 37.0 29.0-45.7 55 32.8 25.2-41.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 127 35 25.6 17.3-36.2 55 42.4 31.4-54.2 37 32.0 22.8-43.0
Northeast NC I 144 45 29.4 21.0-39.6 56 35.4 25.7-46.5 43 35.2 23.1-49.6
Northeast NC II 186 57 30.5 23.0-39.2 66 31.8 24.6-39.9 63 37.7 29.7-46.4
Northeastern Partnership 330 102 30.1 24.2-36.8 122 33.0 27.1-39.4 106 36.9 30.1-44.3
Mountain AHEC 493 158 30.5 23.4-38.6 183 36.6 30.3-43.4 152 32.9 26.8-39.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,165 360 29.1 25.0-33.6 453 41.6 36.8-46.5 352 29.3 25.3-33.7
Piedmont 1,526 489 33.6 30.2-37.2 597 36.5 33.1-40.0 440 29.9 26.6-33.4
Western NC 779 245 29.9 24.4-36.0 290 37.6 32.3-43.2 244 32.5 27.3-38.1

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*Data in this table were derived from two weight control questions regarding loosing or maintaining current weight.

^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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