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Fewer calories | Less fat | Fewer cals & less fat | Neither of them | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,411 | 440 | 12.8 | 11.1-14.6 | 723 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.1 | 1,414 | 40.7 | 38.3-43.2 | 834 | 25.5 | 23.3-27.8 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 174 | 16 | 12.4 | 6.1-23.5 | 30 | 18.1 | 10.8-28.9 | 82 | 40.6 | 30.1-52.1 | 46 | 28.8 | 19.8-39.8 |
25-34 | 485 | 74 | 15.3 | 11.1-20.7 | 103 | 20.6 | 15.9-26.2 | 188 | 40.5 | 34.4-46.9 | 120 | 23.7 | 18.8-29.4 |
35-44 | 632 | 80 | 12.6 | 9.4-16.5 | 126 | 17.7 | 14.1-22.0 | 275 | 44.5 | 39.1-50.0 | 151 | 25.2 | 20.5-30.6 |
45-54 | 717 | 112 | 15.8 | 12.3-20.1 | 140 | 21.3 | 17.0-26.4 | 292 | 41.2 | 36.0-46.6 | 173 | 21.7 | 17.6-26.3 |
55-64 | 602 | 86 | 13.0 | 9.7-17.2 | 138 | 24.3 | 19.6-29.7 | 258 | 41.0 | 35.3-46.8 | 120 | 21.7 | 16.9-27.4 |
65-74 | 485 | 42 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.4 | 103 | 22.8 | 17.8-28.6 | 220 | 44.0 | 37.8-50.3 | 120 | 26.3 | 21.0-32.2 |
75+ | 292 | 27 | 8.8 | 5.2-14.5 | 74 | 24.3 | 17.7-32.3 | 92 | 26.6 | 20.2-34.3 | 99 | 40.3 | 32.2-49.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 367 | 34 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.7 | 71 | 20.4 | 14.8-27.4 | 147 | 35.2 | 28.3-42.7 | 115 | 36.9 | 29.4-45.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 989 | 121 | 13.0 | 10.0-16.6 | 225 | 20.4 | 17.0-24.4 | 412 | 40.3 | 35.8-45.1 | 231 | 26.3 | 22.1-30.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 948 | 100 | 12.0 | 8.8-16.0 | 231 | 23.7 | 19.8-28.1 | 393 | 41.7 | 37.1-46.6 | 224 | 22.6 | 18.9-26.9 |
College Graduate | 1,105 | 185 | 15.1 | 12.5-18.2 | 196 | 19.3 | 16.1-23.0 | 461 | 41.9 | 37.7-46.3 | 263 | 23.6 | 20.2-27.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 314 | 44 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.5 | 75 | 23.9 | 17.3-31.9 | 114 | 33.0 | 25.9-41.0 | 81 | 31.2 | 23.1-40.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 563 | 60 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.1 | 137 | 23.6 | 18.6-29.5 | 223 | 36.7 | 30.8-43.0 | 143 | 30.6 | 24.9-37.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 379 | 37 | 8.9 | 5.6-14.0 | 72 | 15.1 | 10.9-20.6 | 175 | 51.3 | 43.3-59.2 | 95 | 24.7 | 18.3-32.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 483 | 65 | 11.7 | 8.2-16.4 | 115 | 23.8 | 18.4-30.1 | 188 | 41.0 | 34.5-47.9 | 115 | 23.5 | 18.0-30.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 430 | 61 | 14.7 | 10.4-20.5 | 89 | 24.3 | 18.8-30.8 | 189 | 41.1 | 34.8-47.7 | 91 | 19.9 | 15.1-25.7 |
$75,000+ | 502 | 96 | 17.9 | 13.9-22.7 | 92 | 20.5 | 16.1-25.8 | 209 | 40.7 | 35.0-46.6 | 105 | 20.9 | 16.5-26.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 187 | 31 | 17.5 | 11.9-24.9 | 36 | 18.4 | 13.1-25.2 | 73 | 42.0 | 33.9-50.5 | 47 | 22.2 | 16.4-29.3 |
Guilford | 170 | 25 | 14.2 | 8.8-22.0 | 45 | 26.3 | 19.4-34.6 | 69 | 38.5 | 30.6-47.1 | 31 | 21.0 | 14.2-29.9 |
Mecklenburg | 153 | 22 | 17.6 | 11.6-25.9 | 29 | 20.1 | 13.9-28.3 | 67 | 41.2 | 32.9-50.0 | 35 | 21.0 | 15.0-28.7 |
Orange | 197 | 35 | 23.7 | 13.4-38.6 | 39 | 22.2 | 13.7-33.8 | 69 | 25.5 | 17.9-34.9 | 54 | 28.6 | 18.3-41.7 |
Wake | 166 | 26 | 14.8 | 10.0-21.5 | 35 | 21.8 | 15.6-29.7 | 73 | 45.1 | 36.9-53.6 | 32 | 18.2 | 12.8-25.4 |
Chatham/Lee | 138 | 22 | 15.1 | 9.8-22.6 | 40 | 26.0 | 18.9-34.6 | 46 | 37.2 | 28.2-47.3 | 30 | 21.7 | 15.2-30.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 108 | 12 | 10.9 | 6.1-18.7 | 32 | 28.6 | 20.3-38.7 | 41 | 40.4 | 30.5-51.1 | 23 | 20.1 | 13.3-29.3 |
Craven/Pamlico | 180 | 25 | 13.7 | 9.2-20.1 | 32 | 18.8 | 13.2-26.1 | 78 | 45.2 | 37.3-53.5 | 45 | 22.2 | 16.5-29.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 191 | 20 | 10.5 | 6.1-17.4 | 45 | 22.0 | 16.3-29.1 | 89 | 46.6 | 38.4-55.0 | 37 | 20.9 | 14.9-28.5 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 199 | 25 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.2 | 31 | 12.9 | 8.5-19.2 | 85 | 49.2 | 38.0-60.4 | 58 | 27.9 | 19.9-37.6 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 138 | 16 | 14.8 | 6.7-29.8 | 33 | 21.4 | 14.7-30.0 | 56 | 37.2 | 27.5-48.2 | 33 | 26.6 | 17.5-38.2 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 177 | 20 | 10.2 | 6.4-16.0 | 37 | 21.2 | 15.0-29.0 | 76 | 42.4 | 34.0-51.2 | 44 | 26.2 | 18.4-35.9 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 91 | 13 | 13.1 | 7.4-22.3 | 17 | 20.0 | 12.1-31.2 | 34 | 38.4 | 28.1-49.9 | 27 | 28.4 | 19.4-39.6 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 136 | 16 | 9.9 | 5.9-16.1 | 23 | 16.1 | 10.4-24.0 | 68 | 52.7 | 43.3-61.8 | 29 | 21.4 | 14.9-29.8 |
Northeast NC I | 115 | 17 | 16.0 | 9.8-25.2 | 29 | 23.8 | 16.5-33.1 | 40 | 37.3 | 28.1-47.5 | 29 | 22.8 | 15.7-32.0 |
Northeast NC II | 171 | 17 | 9.5 | 5.7-15.5 | 30 | 19.0 | 13.0-26.9 | 82 | 45.5 | 37.4-53.8 | 42 | 26.0 | 19.3-34.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 286 | 34 | 11.4 | 8.0-16.1 | 59 | 20.4 | 15.5-26.4 | 122 | 43.1 | 36.8-49.6 | 71 | 25.1 | 19.7-31.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 566 | 76 | 14.3 | 10.9-18.5 | 112 | 19.6 | 15.4-24.5 | 243 | 44.6 | 39.1-50.2 | 135 | 21.6 | 17.3-26.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,047 | 117 | 9.6 | 6.9-13.1 | 219 | 22.9 | 19.0-27.3 | 442 | 38.6 | 34.2-43.3 | 269 | 28.9 | 24.5-33.7 |
Piedmont | 1,460 | 202 | 13.9 | 11.6-16.5 | 334 | 20.8 | 18.1-23.8 | 575 | 40.3 | 36.8-43.9 | 349 | 25.0 | 22.0-28.3 |
Western NC | 904 | 121 | 14.4 | 11.1-18.5 | 170 | 18.7 | 15.0-23.0 | 397 | 45.3 | 40.5-50.2 | 216 | 21.7 | 18.1-25.7 |
^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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