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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Are you eating either fewer calories or less fat to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Fewer calories Less fat Fewer cals & less fat Neither of them
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,213 702 13.3 12.0-14.8 1,041 19.8 18.2-21.5 2,058 37.4 35.4-39.5 1,412 29.5 27.5-31.6
GENDER
Male 1,802 262 14.1 11.8-16.6 318 18.3 15.7-21.1 644 33.3 30.0-36.8 578 34.4 30.9-38.0
Female 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
18-24 252 23 8.6 4.7-15.3 45 16.6 10.8-24.7 105 38.9 29.6-49.0 79 35.9 26.8-46.1
25-34 730 118 15.2 11.8-19.5 141 18.6 14.7-23.1 253 33.1 28.3-38.3 218 33.1 27.8-38.9
35-44 991 134 13.7 11.0-17.0 177 16.9 13.8-20.4 401 40.2 36.0-44.6 279 29.1 25.2-33.4
45-54 1,084 170 16.8 13.5-20.7 215 20.8 17.3-24.7 424 37.1 32.8-41.7 275 25.4 21.4-29.7
55-64 941 134 13.5 10.7-17.0 205 23.2 19.4-27.4 391 38.2 33.8-42.8 211 25.1 21.1-29.5
65-74 749 82 10.7 7.6-14.7 155 22.4 18.2-27.1 322 40.2 35.3-45.3 190 26.8 22.4-31.7
75+ 435 38 8.6 5.6-13.1 92 21.1 15.9-27.5 152 33.0 27.1-39.6 153 37.2 30.9-44.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 557 55 8.0 5.0-12.7 96 19.9 14.7-26.2 211 32.7 26.8-39.2 195 39.4 32.3-46.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,476 196 14.2 11.7-17.3 314 19.6 16.7-22.8 573 36.9 33.2-40.8 393 29.3 25.6-33.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,396 165 11.9 9.4-14.9 312 20.9 17.8-24.4 566 38.9 34.8-43.2 353 28.3 24.3-32.7
College Graduate 1,779 286 15.5 13.2-18.1 319 19.1 16.5-21.9 705 37.8 34.6-41.2 469 27.7 24.7-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 59 12.1 8.0-17.7 90 20.0 14.6-26.7 157 34.0 27.4-41.2 118 34.0 26.3-42.6
$15,000- 24,999 782 88 10.2 7.3-14.0 175 22.0 17.7-27.0 293 33.6 28.3-39.4 226 34.2 28.8-40.0
$25,000- 34,999 567 69 12.4 8.9-17.1 104 17.5 13.0-23.0 240 43.5 37.0-50.2 154 26.6 21.0-33.1
$35,000- 49,999 782 104 12.8 9.7-16.8 177 22.7 18.5-27.6 290 35.8 30.9-40.9 211 28.7 23.9-34.0
$50,000-74,999 707 106 16.8 12.9-21.5 148 21.4 17.4-26.1 279 35.7 30.5-41.3 174 26.1 21.2-31.6
$75,000+ 857 155 16.6 13.4-20.3 158 20.5 16.9-24.7 341 38.6 34.1-43.4 203 24.2 20.5-28.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 291 40 13.6 9.7-18.7 55 19.5 14.5-25.6 113 39.2 32.8-46.0 83 27.7 22.1-34.0
Guilford 254 38 14.3 9.9-20.2 59 22.5 17.1-28.9 103 39.5 32.8-46.6 54 23.7 17.9-30.8
Mecklenburg 232 28 13.9 9.4-20.0 49 20.4 15.2-26.9 101 43.7 36.0-51.7 54 22.0 16.7-28.5
Orange 298 48 19.9 12.5-30.3 56 20.2 14.0-28.3 100 25.9 19.9-33.0 94 33.9 25.8-43.1
Wake 268 39 13.2 9.5-18.1 46 18.5 13.5-24.8 116 42.2 35.7-49.1 67 26.1 20.4-32.7
Chatham/Lee 206 31 13.2 9.1-18.9 51 21.4 15.9-28.2 69 34.0 26.6-42.3 55 31.4 23.7-40.2
Nash/Wilson 171 24 13.0 8.5-19.4 41 20.8 15.0-28.1 63 36.1 28.2-44.9 43 30.0 21.4-40.4
Craven/Pamlico 272 40 15.3 10.6-21.6 49 19.8 14.5-26.5 115 39.8 33.1-46.9 68 25.1 19.1-32.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 295 26 7.8 5.0-12.2 61 22.2 15.5-30.6 130 42.2 35.4-49.3 78 27.8 22.1-34.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 307 47 13.3 9.7-18.0 48 13.8 10.1-18.7 113 38.4 30.3-47.2 99 34.4 27.5-42.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 216 27 16.8 9.8-27.3 42 17.1 12.0-23.9 81 29.8 22.8-37.8 66 36.3 26.9-46.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 274 39 14.3 10.1-20.0 58 22.5 16.9-29.4 107 36.6 30.3-43.4 70 26.5 20.6-33.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 149 24 15.2 9.9-22.5 27 18.3 12.3-26.4 63 45.6 36.6-54.9 35 20.9 14.7-28.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 194 23 10.9 7.0-16.7 31 15.9 10.9-22.7 87 41.8 34.2-49.8 53 31.4 24.0-39.8
Northeast NC I 162 25 17.2 11.4-25.1 36 20.1 14.3-27.6 62 37.9 29.9-46.5 39 24.8 17.5-34.0
Northeast NC II 258 28 9.7 6.5-14.1 52 23.8 17.5-31.6 117 43.4 36.5-50.5 61 23.1 17.9-29.4
Northeastern Partnership 420 53 11.7 8.7-15.5 88 22.8 17.8-28.8 179 41.9 36.4-47.6 100 23.6 19.2-28.7
Mountain AHEC 856 117 12.9 10.2-16.1 172 20.2 16.5-24.4 339 37.5 32.7-42.5 228 29.5 23.8-35.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,561 206 13.1 10.5-16.3 313 21.2 18.0-24.7 632 33.9 30.3-37.8 410 31.8 27.6-36.2
Piedmont 2,278 307 13.5 11.7-15.6 465 19.1 16.9-21.4 876 38.6 35.8-41.6 630 28.8 26.2-31.5
Western NC 1,374 189 13.1 10.6-16.0 263 19.9 16.8-23.5 550 38.8 34.7-42.9 372 28.2 24.0-32.9

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^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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