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Trying to lose weight | Maintain weight | Neither | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,341 | 1,918 | 45.1 | 42.8-47.3 | 1,522 | 35.1 | 33.0-37.2 | 901 | 19.8 | 18.1-21.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 230 | 96 | 45.8 | 36.3-55.6 | 80 | 31.2 | 23.0-40.8 | 54 | 23.0 | 16.1-31.6 |
25-34 | 585 | 280 | 47.7 | 42.0-53.5 | 205 | 35.3 | 30.0-41.0 | 100 | 17.0 | 13.1-21.6 |
35-44 | 761 | 377 | 48.6 | 43.6-53.7 | 262 | 38.4 | 33.5-43.5 | 122 | 13.0 | 10.2-16.4 |
45-54 | 840 | 446 | 53.1 | 48.1-58.1 | 276 | 30.6 | 26.4-35.3 | 118 | 16.2 | 12.8-20.4 |
55-64 | 728 | 393 | 56.4 | 51.0-61.7 | 217 | 29.9 | 25.3-35.1 | 118 | 13.6 | 10.6-17.5 |
65-74 | 637 | 215 | 32.6 | 27.6-38.0 | 275 | 43.9 | 38.4-49.5 | 147 | 23.5 | 18.8-29.0 |
75+ | 530 | 101 | 19.4 | 14.9-24.9 | 193 | 36.5 | 30.7-42.8 | 236 | 44.1 | 37.9-50.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 581 | 199 | 34.6 | 28.7-40.9 | 178 | 28.4 | 23.3-34.0 | 204 | 37.0 | 31.3-43.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,285 | 527 | 42.1 | 38.0-46.4 | 470 | 37.6 | 33.5-41.8 | 288 | 20.3 | 17.2-23.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,158 | 555 | 50.1 | 45.6-54.5 | 398 | 34.4 | 30.3-38.6 | 205 | 15.6 | 12.7-18.9 |
College Graduate | 1,308 | 636 | 48.1 | 44.2-52.1 | 475 | 36.5 | 32.8-40.4 | 197 | 15.4 | 12.8-18.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 459 | 175 | 41.2 | 34.3-48.5 | 144 | 28.7 | 23.2-34.9 | 140 | 30.1 | 24.3-36.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 736 | 314 | 45.2 | 39.7-50.9 | 253 | 33.5 | 28.4-39.0 | 169 | 21.3 | 17.3-25.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 477 | 221 | 47.6 | 40.5-54.8 | 161 | 30.6 | 24.6-37.3 | 95 | 21.9 | 16.2-28.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 275 | 46.5 | 40.3-52.8 | 211 | 40.1 | 34.0-46.5 | 86 | 13.4 | 9.8-18.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 487 | 257 | 53.4 | 47.2-59.5 | 175 | 34.5 | 29.0-40.5 | 55 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.7 |
$75,000+ | 577 | 311 | 53.0 | 47.5-58.6 | 191 | 32.5 | 27.6-37.9 | 75 | 14.4 | 10.8-19.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 244 | 93 | 39.2 | 32.3-46.6 | 96 | 39.4 | 32.7-46.6 | 55 | 21.3 | 16.3-27.4 |
Guilford | 200 | 102 | 51.8 | 43.7-59.8 | 68 | 31.7 | 24.8-39.5 | 30 | 16.5 | 11.2-23.6 |
Mecklenburg | 182 | 85 | 45.7 | 37.8-53.8 | 68 | 36.6 | 29.2-44.6 | 29 | 17.7 | 12.2-25.0 |
Orange | 236 | 104 | 37.7 | 28.2-48.4 | 93 | 48.0 | 36.7-59.5 | 39 | 14.2 | 8.5-22.8 |
Wake | 197 | 85 | 42.3 | 34.8-50.2 | 81 | 40.6 | 33.3-48.4 | 31 | 17.1 | 11.5-24.6 |
Chatham/Lee | 175 | 62 | 35.7 | 28.1-44.1 | 76 | 43.8 | 35.7-52.2 | 37 | 20.5 | 14.7-27.8 |
Nash/Wilson | 150 | 65 | 44.2 | 35.6-53.2 | 43 | 28.0 | 20.8-36.6 | 42 | 27.8 | 20.4-36.7 |
Craven/Pamlico | 220 | 122 | 53.7 | 46.3-61.0 | 60 | 28.1 | 22.0-35.2 | 38 | 18.2 | 13.0-24.8 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 258 | 111 | 43.0 | 36.1-50.3 | 84 | 32.2 | 26.1-39.0 | 63 | 24.8 | 19.1-31.4 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 270 | 115 | 45.3 | 36.2-54.8 | 85 | 28.9 | 22.2-36.7 | 70 | 25.8 | 19.6-33.1 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 82 | 44.5 | 35.2-54.1 | 59 | 33.1 | 24.3-43.3 | 43 | 22.4 | 15.7-31.0 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 101 | 46.3 | 38.7-54.1 | 78 | 32.6 | 26.0-39.9 | 50 | 21.1 | 15.8-27.6 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 52 | 46.1 | 36.4-56.1 | 39 | 33.0 | 24.3-43.0 | 27 | 20.9 | 14.2-29.7 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 176 | 66 | 35.1 | 27.7-43.4 | 69 | 41.3 | 33.3-49.8 | 41 | 23.5 | 17.0-31.6 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 66 | 50.0 | 40.9-59.0 | 50 | 34.0 | 26.1-42.9 | 22 | 16.0 | 10.4-24.0 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 105 | 50.1 | 42.7-57.5 | 70 | 29.9 | 23.7-37.0 | 45 | 20.0 | 14.4-27.0 |
Northeastern Partnership | 358 | 171 | 50.1 | 44.1-56.0 | 120 | 31.1 | 25.9-36.7 | 67 | 18.9 | 14.4-24.3 |
Mountain AHEC | 735 | 315 | 45.5 | 40.6-50.4 | 257 | 33.9 | 29.5-38.5 | 163 | 20.7 | 17.2-24.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,321 | 601 | 44.3 | 40.1-48.6 | 454 | 37.8 | 33.6-42.1 | 266 | 17.9 | 15.1-21.1 |
Piedmont | 1,831 | 800 | 44.8 | 41.6-48.1 | 671 | 34.8 | 31.8-37.9 | 360 | 20.4 | 17.8-23.2 |
Western NC | 1,189 | 517 | 46.9 | 42.7-51.2 | 397 | 31.9 | 28.3-35.8 | 275 | 21.1 | 18.2-24.4 |
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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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