SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-WHITES

For some people, this is a sensitive topic and you do not have to answer any question that you do not want to.
However, we would appreciate you answering them to the best of your ability.Have you ever tried to lose weight?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,817 4,583 65.0 63.1-66.9 2,234 35.0 33.1-36.9
GENDER
Male 2,528 1,400 54.3 51.2-57.4 1,128 45.7 42.6-48.8
Female 4,289 3,183 75.0 73.0-76.9 1,106 25.0 23.1-27.0
AGE
18-24 362 208 53.0 44.7-61.1 154 47.0 38.9-55.3
25-34 937 648 64.9 59.8-69.7 289 35.1 30.3-40.2
35-44 1,252 903 69.1 65.1-72.8 349 30.9 27.2-34.9
45-54 1,316 991 70.8 66.6-74.7 325 29.2 25.3-33.4
55-64 1,162 839 73.9 70.0-77.4 323 26.1 22.6-30.0
65-74 1,000 636 64.1 59.6-68.3 364 35.9 31.7-40.4
75+ 750 334 46.2 41.1-51.4 416 53.8 48.6-58.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 894 471 48.4 43.1-53.8 423 51.6 46.2-56.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,974 1,254 62.4 58.8-65.9 720 37.6 34.1-41.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,775 1,240 65.7 61.7-69.5 535 34.3 30.5-38.3
College Graduate 2,160 1,611 73.6 70.7-76.2 549 26.4 23.8-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 634 375 55.9 49.5-62.1 259 44.1 37.9-50.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,088 682 60.0 54.9-64.8 406 40.0 35.2-45.1
$25,000- 34,999 737 503 65.7 59.9-71.0 234 34.3 29.0-40.1
$35,000- 49,999 982 707 65.3 60.4-69.9 275 34.7 30.1-39.6
$50,000-74,999 837 631 75.1 70.3-79.3 206 24.9 20.7-29.7
$75,000+ 1,016 777 74.8 70.3-78.9 239 25.2 21.1-29.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 266 63.1 57.1-68.8 131 36.9 31.2-42.9
Guilford 311 241 74.3 67.7-79.9 70 25.7 20.1-32.3
Mecklenburg 287 215 65.8 57.2-73.5 72 34.2 26.5-42.8
Orange 370 241 63.7 56.1-70.6 129 36.3 29.4-43.9
Wake 321 225 68.8 62.6-74.4 96 31.2 25.6-37.4
Chatham/Lee 286 168 60.1 53.1-66.7 118 39.9 33.3-46.9
Nash/Wilson 231 158 69.3 61.9-75.8 73 30.7 24.2-38.1
Craven/Pamlico 346 254 70.2 63.8-75.9 92 29.8 24.1-36.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 394 248 61.9 55.8-67.6 146 38.1 32.4-44.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 428 278 62.3 55.2-68.9 150 37.7 31.1-44.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 285 191 65.5 57.7-72.6 94 34.5 27.4-42.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 235 64.9 58.5-70.7 129 35.1 29.3-41.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 196 126 57.9 49.5-65.9 70 42.1 34.1-50.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 256 179 64.4 56.9-71.2 77 35.6 28.8-43.1
Northeast NC I 205 135 64.3 56.2-71.6 70 35.7 28.4-43.8
Northeast NC II 343 230 65.6 59.1-71.5 113 34.4 28.5-40.9
Northeastern Partnership 548 365 65.2 60.0-70.1 183 34.8 29.9-40.0
Mountain AHEC 1,153 753 61.4 56.6-66.0 400 38.6 34.0-43.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,028 1,390 65.7 62.0-69.3 638 34.3 30.7-38.0
Piedmont 2,921 1,979 66.0 63.3-68.5 942 34.0 31.5-36.7
Western NC 1,868 1,214 60.9 57.0-64.5 654 39.1 35.5-43.0

Back to Weight Loss Products.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook