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10 lbs. or less | 10-25 lbs. | 26-50 lbs. | >50 lbs. | None | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,981 | 987 | 33.8 | 31.3-36.5 | 953 | 32.0 | 29.6-34.6 | 657 | 21.4 | 19.2-23.7 | 223 | 7.6 | 6.2- 9.1 | 161 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 154 | 67 | 41.2 | 30.0-53.4 | 40 | 29.1 | 19.0-41.8 | 29 | 21.7 | 13.2-33.6 | 9 | 5.1 | 1.8-13.5 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.6 |
25-34 | 447 | 156 | 36.1 | 29.9-42.8 | 135 | 29.7 | 24.2-35.9 | 101 | 22.4 | 17.4-28.3 | 32 | 7.1 | 4.4-11.1 | 23 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.1 |
35-44 | 591 | 177 | 30.5 | 25.5-36.0 | 200 | 33.7 | 28.6-39.2 | 125 | 19.2 | 15.1-24.1 | 64 | 11.5 | 8.3-15.9 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.5 |
45-54 | 667 | 195 | 28.6 | 23.8-33.8 | 213 | 33.7 | 28.5-39.4 | 172 | 26.1 | 21.6-31.2 | 55 | 7.1 | 4.9-10.2 | 32 | 4.5 | 2.8- 7.1 |
55-64 | 533 | 185 | 34.1 | 28.6-40.1 | 170 | 31.8 | 26.3-37.8 | 114 | 20.8 | 15.8-26.8 | 37 | 7.9 | 4.8-12.9 | 27 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.9 |
65-74 | 383 | 134 | 35.6 | 29.3-42.5 | 120 | 32.6 | 26.2-39.8 | 79 | 20.8 | 15.6-27.3 | 22 | 5.0 | 2.7- 8.9 | 28 | 5.9 | 3.4-10.1 |
75+ | 192 | 65 | 40.6 | 30.8-51.1 | 72 | 31.7 | 23.5-41.0 | 35 | 14.5 | 8.7-23.2 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.2-10.5 | 16 | 9.6 | 5.0-17.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 300 | 93 | 28.6 | 21.6-36.7 | 77 | 26.0 | 18.9-34.7 | 70 | 25.4 | 18.2-34.2 | 32 | 11.0 | 6.4-18.2 | 28 | 9.0 | 5.7-13.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 842 | 264 | 32.3 | 27.8-37.2 | 255 | 29.2 | 24.9-33.9 | 191 | 22.5 | 18.5-27.0 | 77 | 9.6 | 7.0-13.1 | 55 | 6.3 | 4.3- 9.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 841 | 291 | 36.6 | 31.7-41.8 | 258 | 29.9 | 25.4-34.8 | 194 | 23.0 | 18.8-27.9 | 64 | 7.6 | 5.3-10.9 | 34 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.6 |
College Graduate | 995 | 338 | 34.3 | 30.1-38.7 | 363 | 38.4 | 34.1-42.9 | 201 | 17.8 | 14.8-21.3 | 50 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.8 | 43 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 267 | 88 | 32.7 | 24.8-41.7 | 67 | 22.8 | 16.1-31.3 | 71 | 29.9 | 21.3-40.2 | 24 | 8.9 | 5.1-14.9 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.0-10.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 482 | 143 | 30.1 | 24.1-36.9 | 158 | 29.4 | 23.6-36.0 | 106 | 21.4 | 16.0-27.9 | 44 | 11.2 | 6.9-17.6 | 31 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 340 | 100 | 27.2 | 20.6-34.9 | 109 | 31.7 | 24.3-40.2 | 80 | 25.0 | 17.9-33.7 | 35 | 10.7 | 6.6-17.0 | 16 | 5.4 | 2.8-10.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 455 | 161 | 37.7 | 31.3-44.6 | 137 | 30.7 | 24.8-37.4 | 104 | 21.9 | 16.7-28.1 | 36 | 6.3 | 4.1- 9.5 | 17 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 392 | 123 | 31.9 | 25.6-38.8 | 136 | 32.4 | 26.4-39.0 | 92 | 24.2 | 18.8-30.7 | 24 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.7 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.0 |
$75,000+ | 463 | 177 | 38.8 | 33.0-45.0 | 170 | 35.7 | 30.0-41.8 | 76 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.6 | 14 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.2 | 26 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.5 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 168 | 45 | 28.5 | 20.9-37.5 | 63 | 39.8 | 31.6-48.6 | 38 | 20.0 | 14.3-27.1 | 11 | 5.8 | 3.0-10.8 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.0 |
Guilford | 153 | 56 | 33.7 | 25.9-42.5 | 43 | 29.2 | 21.6-38.1 | 32 | 24.3 | 16.8-33.9 | 10 | 5.7 | 2.9-11.1 | 12 | 7.1 | 3.8-12.9 |
Mecklenburg | 139 | 49 | 33.9 | 25.8-43.0 | 50 | 39.3 | 30.5-48.8 | 25 | 16.1 | 10.6-23.9 | 7 | 4.7 | 2.1-10.1 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.8-12.4 |
Orange | 163 | 66 | 55.4 | 41.9-68.1 | 44 | 22.6 | 13.7-35.0 | 42 | 17.0 | 11.0-25.3 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.9 | 7 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.4 |
Wake | 139 | 45 | 29.8 | 22.2-38.7 | 46 | 36.1 | 27.5-45.7 | 35 | 25.3 | 18.2-34.1 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.0-10.0 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.8- 9.6 |
Chatham/Lee | 111 | 39 | 36.0 | 26.4-46.9 | 35 | 30.6 | 22.1-40.5 | 22 | 23.3 | 15.4-33.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 2.1- 9.5 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.4 |
Nash/Wilson | 98 | 28 | 31.2 | 21.9-42.4 | 33 | 28.3 | 20.0-38.4 | 27 | 27.6 | 19.1-38.1 | 7 | 9.7 | 4.3-20.2 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.4 |
Craven/Pamlico | 167 | 54 | 31.4 | 24.1-39.8 | 45 | 27.6 | 20.9-35.6 | 45 | 26.6 | 19.9-34.6 | 13 | 9.5 | 5.3-16.3 | 10 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.3 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 167 | 38 | 21.6 | 15.6-29.0 | 65 | 33.8 | 26.5-42.0 | 44 | 32.5 | 24.2-42.2 | 12 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.6 | 8 | 4.8 | 2.3- 9.7 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 175 | 64 | 41.5 | 29.4-54.8 | 59 | 28.1 | 20.3-37.4 | 34 | 19.3 | 12.8-28.0 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.2 | 11 | 7.0 | 2.7-16.9 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 126 | 38 | 35.7 | 25.0-48.1 | 41 | 26.7 | 19.0-36.1 | 28 | 22.2 | 14.9-31.7 | 9 | 5.2 | 2.5-10.7 | 10 | 10.2 | 5.0-19.4 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 157 | 56 | 41.2 | 31.9-51.2 | 47 | 27.8 | 20.5-36.4 | 35 | 19.3 | 13.5-26.8 | 15 | 8.5 | 4.9-14.6 | 4 | 3.2 | 1.0- 9.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 67 | 25 | 37.8 | 26.1-51.2 | 19 | 26.3 | 16.7-38.8 | 14 | 21.4 | 12.3-34.6 | 8 | 11.8 | 5.6-23.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.7 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 125 | 42 | 31.8 | 23.5-41.5 | 38 | 30.5 | 22.3-40.2 | 26 | 18.3 | 12.3-26.5 | 14 | 12.9 | 7.0-22.6 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.2-17.3 |
Northeast NC I | 87 | 26 | 26.7 | 17.8-38.0 | 37 | 46.1 | 35.1-57.6 | 13 | 15.7 | 9.0-26.0 | 6 | 6.8 | 3.0-14.9 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.8-11.2 |
Northeast NC II | 153 | 55 | 36.1 | 27.8-45.3 | 47 | 31.4 | 23.7-40.3 | 25 | 15.1 | 9.7-22.6 | 15 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.6 | 11 | 7.2 | 3.6-13.9 |
Northeastern Partnership | 240 | 81 | 33.7 | 27.0-41.1 | 84 | 35.2 | 28.6-42.4 | 38 | 15.2 | 10.7-21.2 | 21 | 9.4 | 6.0-14.3 | 16 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.5 |
Mountain AHEC | 505 | 159 | 31.8 | 26.7-37.5 | 165 | 33.8 | 28.5-39.5 | 118 | 21.5 | 17.3-26.4 | 43 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.2 | 20 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 917 | 300 | 32.2 | 27.7-37.1 | 300 | 36.3 | 31.4-41.6 | 191 | 18.6 | 14.8-23.2 | 77 | 7.3 | 5.3-10.1 | 49 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.2 |
Piedmont | 1,262 | 434 | 34.9 | 31.3-38.6 | 383 | 30.0 | 26.6-33.6 | 284 | 22.1 | 19.1-25.5 | 86 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.1 | 75 | 5.4 | 4.1- 7.2 |
Western NC | 802 | 253 | 33.3 | 28.4-38.6 | 270 | 31.4 | 27.1-36.1 | 182 | 23.6 | 19.4-28.4 | 60 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.9 | 37 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.2 |
Asked only of respondents who ever tried to lose 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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