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Total Respond.^ |
Yes, lose weight | Yes, gain weight | Yes, keep current wt | No | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,349 | 610 | 13.4 | 12.0-14.9 | 85 | 2.0 | 1.5- 2.6 | 140 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.1 | 3,514 | 81.5 | 79.7-83.1 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 231 | 13 | 5.8 | 2.6-12.3 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.1 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.3 | 208 | 91.6 | 85.3-95.4 |
25-34 | 589 | 63 | 11.3 | 8.1-15.6 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.8 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.2- 7.1 | 494 | 81.7 | 76.7-85.9 |
35-44 | 764 | 116 | 15.4 | 12.0-19.4 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 | 18 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.3 | 620 | 80.0 | 75.6-83.8 |
45-54 | 840 | 167 | 18.1 | 14.8-22.0 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.6- 3.1 | 34 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.2 | 631 | 76.3 | 71.9-80.2 |
55-64 | 728 | 128 | 17.9 | 14.3-22.3 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.2 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.0 | 568 | 79.0 | 74.5-83.0 |
65-74 | 635 | 83 | 13.1 | 9.7-17.4 | 13 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.7 | 24 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.9 | 515 | 81.8 | 77.1-85.6 |
75+ | 532 | 37 | 7.2 | 4.7-10.9 | 21 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.5 | 21 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.5 | 453 | 85.1 | 80.2-88.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 581 | 84 | 11.3 | 8.3-15.3 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.4 | 11 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 470 | 84.7 | 80.3-88.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,287 | 183 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.8 | 32 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.4 | 46 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.0 | 1,026 | 80.4 | 77.0-83.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,161 | 182 | 16.3 | 13.3-19.7 | 23 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.8 | 37 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.0 | 919 | 79.6 | 76.0-82.8 |
College Graduate | 1,311 | 160 | 11.1 | 9.0-13.6 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.0 | 46 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.4 | 1,091 | 82.8 | 79.7-85.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 460 | 74 | 15.5 | 11.6-20.6 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.7 | 12 | 3.8 | 1.5- 9.3 | 362 | 78.4 | 72.4-83.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 735 | 106 | 15.8 | 11.9-20.7 | 18 | 2.2 | 1.2- 3.9 | 22 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.7 | 589 | 79.4 | 74.4-83.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 477 | 87 | 15.8 | 11.5-21.3 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.4- 8.2 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.1 | 369 | 78.4 | 72.1-83.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 575 | 74 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.8 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.4 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.8 | 479 | 85.8 | 81.5-89.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 487 | 77 | 14.8 | 11.0-19.7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.0 | 23 | 5.2 | 3.0- 9.0 | 382 | 78.5 | 73.0-83.1 |
$75,000+ | 580 | 71 | 13.4 | 9.9-17.8 | 7 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 | 21 | 3.4 | 1.9- 6.2 | 481 | 81.5 | 76.7-85.5 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 245 | 36 | 15.2 | 10.7-21.1 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.2 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.5 | 196 | 80.4 | 74.2-85.4 |
Guilford | 201 | 32 | 16.6 | 11.2-23.8 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.8- 7.8 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.0 | 161 | 79.2 | 71.6-85.2 |
Mecklenburg | 182 | 21 | 11.7 | 7.3-18.4 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 7.1 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.2 | 152 | 82.9 | 75.7-88.3 |
Orange | 237 | 24 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.1 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.0- 6.9 | 204 | 91.1 | 86.2-94.4 |
Wake | 196 | 26 | 16.0 | 10.6-23.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.5 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.9 | 159 | 79.1 | 71.5-85.0 |
Chatham/Lee | 175 | 18 | 11.2 | 7.0-17.4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.6 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.2 | 148 | 83.1 | 75.7-88.5 |
Nash/Wilson | 151 | 20 | 12.8 | 8.1-19.6 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.6 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.3 | 117 | 79.7 | 72.2-85.6 |
Craven/Pamlico | 221 | 38 | 17.0 | 12.2-23.2 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.0- 7.4 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.2 | 171 | 77.5 | 70.7-83.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 257 | 41 | 14.6 | 10.4-19.9 | 6 | 2.3 | 1.0- 5.4 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.7 | 202 | 80.3 | 74.5-85.1 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 273 | 35 | 11.9 | 7.6-18.2 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.3 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 225 | 83.9 | 77.1-89.0 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 185 | 35 | 16.2 | 11.1-23.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.2 | 144 | 82.1 | 75.2-87.4 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 29 | 12.9 | 8.5-19.1 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.5- 6.9 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.8- 4.4 | 186 | 82.0 | 75.4-87.0 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 119 | 15 | 12.2 | 7.3-19.8 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.6 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.6 | 98 | 82.5 | 73.9-88.7 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 176 | 22 | 13.1 | 8.5-19.7 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.3 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.9 | 147 | 82.6 | 75.6-88.0 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 17 | 11.9 | 7.2-19.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.1 | 118 | 86.1 | 78.7-91.2 |
Northeast NC II | 221 | 33 | 15.3 | 10.7-21.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.1 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.6- 6.7 | 177 | 80.9 | 74.5-86.0 |
Northeastern Partnership | 359 | 50 | 14.4 | 10.7-19.1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.7 | 11 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.3 | 295 | 82.3 | 77.4-86.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 735 | 103 | 13.4 | 10.6-16.8 | 20 | 2.7 | 1.4- 4.8 | 23 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.2 | 589 | 80.9 | 77.0-84.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,325 | 188 | 12.5 | 10.2-15.2 | 23 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.4 | 45 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.7 | 1,069 | 82.7 | 79.5-85.5 |
Piedmont | 1,832 | 259 | 14.2 | 12.1-16.5 | 33 | 2.2 | 1.4- 3.3 | 57 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.5 | 1,483 | 80.5 | 77.8-82.9 |
Western NC | 1,192 | 163 | 12.3 | 10.1-14.9 | 29 | 2.5 | 1.6- 4.1 | 38 | 2.5 | 1.6- 3.8 | 962 | 82.7 | 79.7-85.3 |
^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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