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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,320 1,430 34.1 31.9-36.3 1,432 32.9 30.7-35.1 924 20.2 18.5-22.1 331 8.0 6.8- 9.4 203 4.8 3.9- 5.9
GENDER
Male 1,339 443 34.4 30.6-38.4 479 34.1 30.3-38.1 267 18.6 15.6-21.9 108 8.7 6.6-11.4 42 4.2 2.8- 6.4
Female 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
18-24 202 85 39.2 28.9-50.5 55 31.3 21.7-43.0 41 21.6 13.8-32.1 10 4.8 1.8-12.0 11 3.1 1.3- 7.2
25-34 625 215 36.3 30.9-42.1 198 29.8 24.9-35.2 140 21.8 17.4-26.9 45 7.8 5.0-12.0 27 4.3 2.5- 7.4
35-44 880 280 33.1 28.8-37.6 295 32.4 28.2-36.9 186 19.3 15.9-23.1 85 9.6 7.2-12.7 34 5.7 3.6- 8.9
45-54 943 286 29.6 25.4-34.1 318 36.3 31.6-41.4 221 21.7 18.1-25.8 78 8.4 5.9-11.9 40 4.0 2.5- 6.3
55-64 794 268 34.8 30.2-39.8 264 31.1 26.7-35.8 163 19.1 15.2-23.6 66 10.3 7.2-14.5 33 4.7 2.9- 7.5
65-74 576 194 32.9 27.7-38.6 193 37.0 31.3-43.1 115 19.5 15.3-24.5 38 5.8 3.7- 8.9 36 4.7 2.9- 7.6
75+ 281 92 37.8 30.1-46.1 104 32.7 25.6-40.7 55 17.6 11.9-25.1 9 3.8 1.7- 8.3 21 8.1 4.7-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 416 121 26.1 20.4-32.7 116 27.9 21.5-35.3 103 25.0 19.0-32.2 45 14.2 8.9-21.8 31 6.8 4.4-10.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,180 369 31.4 27.5-35.6 373 30.6 26.5-35.0 265 22.2 18.6-26.1 109 11.1 8.4-14.4 64 4.7 3.3- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,178 410 37.8 33.3-42.5 376 31.7 27.7-36.1 259 20.0 16.5-23.9 88 6.7 4.9- 9.2 45 3.8 2.4- 6.0
College Graduate 1,542 529 35.0 31.7-38.6 567 36.8 33.3-40.5 296 17.9 15.3-20.7 89 5.3 3.9- 7.2 61 4.9 3.4- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 110 31.7 24.7-39.5 92 26.9 20.1-34.8 92 28.7 21.4-37.2 29 7.8 4.8-12.5 20 5.0 2.8- 8.6
$15,000- 24,999 642 199 32.8 27.0-39.3 204 26.5 21.4-32.3 142 21.8 16.9-27.6 63 12.8 8.6-18.6 34 6.1 3.9- 9.5
$25,000- 34,999 478 142 27.0 21.2-33.6 160 33.6 26.9-41.0 107 24.2 18.2-31.5 49 10.4 6.8-15.6 20 4.8 2.5- 8.9
$35,000- 49,999 677 235 37.2 31.9-42.7 228 34.5 29.5-39.9 138 18.7 14.9-23.4 55 7.0 4.8-10.1 21 2.6 1.3- 4.8
$50,000-74,999 610 199 35.2 29.5-41.4 210 30.8 25.8-36.2 138 22.6 18.2-27.7 39 7.6 5.0-11.5 24 3.7 2.0- 6.9
$75,000+ 754 286 38.2 33.5-43.2 279 36.5 31.7-41.6 130 16.9 13.5-21.0 22 2.2 1.3- 3.8 37 6.1 3.8- 9.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 73 29.8 23.5-37.0 100 42.1 35.2-49.3 48 15.3 11.4-20.4 19 6.7 4.1-10.8 14 6.0 3.3-10.7
Guilford 227 81 32.2 25.9-39.4 65 31.0 24.3-38.5 53 25.7 19.4-33.3 13 5.3 2.9- 9.5 15 5.8 3.3-10.0
Mecklenburg 205 77 36.5 29.2-44.4 69 33.9 26.8-41.8 35 18.5 11.6-28.1 14 6.1 3.4-10.7 10 5.1 2.6- 9.7
Orange 230 95 52.4 41.8-62.8 73 27.8 19.9-37.3 46 14.7 10.0-21.1 9 2.8 1.2- 6.2 7 2.4 1.0- 5.3
Wake 213 76 36.0 28.9-43.7 68 33.7 26.8-41.3 49 20.9 15.6-27.3 9 3.9 2.0- 7.4 11 5.6 2.7-11.4
Chatham/Lee 158 50 30.1 22.3-39.4 46 28.1 20.4-37.4 41 28.4 20.1-38.5 13 10.0 4.2-21.9 8 3.3 1.6- 6.8
Nash/Wilson 147 38 25.7 18.4-34.8 56 39.7 30.0-50.2 37 22.4 16.0-30.4 12 8.7 4.7-15.4 4 3.6 1.1-11.0
Craven/Pamlico 240 82 33.2 26.6-40.5 69 28.4 22.4-35.3 63 28.9 22.1-36.9 15 6.4 3.7-10.8 11 3.1 1.6- 5.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 234 57 23.0 17.5-29.7 90 34.7 27.8-42.4 59 27.3 20.7-35.2 19 11.5 5.0-24.2 9 3.4 1.7- 6.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 254 90 40.0 31.0-49.8 88 30.9 24.1-38.6 45 16.7 11.9-22.9 14 5.7 3.2- 9.9 17 6.7 3.4-12.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 177 58 33.5 24.8-43.5 55 30.6 21.4-41.6 39 22.3 15.6-30.7 13 6.7 3.5-12.5 12 6.9 3.6-12.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 226 73 36.7 29.2-44.9 80 34.8 27.7-42.6 48 18.7 13.8-24.8 20 7.4 4.6-11.8 5 2.4 0.9- 6.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 109 38 36.2 26.8-46.7 36 32.4 23.6-42.6 23 21.2 14.0-30.9 10 7.8 3.9-14.7 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 171 57 30.2 23.2-38.1 53 32.3 24.9-40.7 36 18.3 13.1-25.1 19 14.2 8.6-22.5 6 5.0 1.9-12.4
Northeast NC I 123 35 24.2 17.0-33.3 55 48.7 39.0-58.6 21 19.0 11.8-29.1 7 5.0 2.3-10.6 5 3.0 1.2- 7.6
Northeast NC II 215 67 30.3 23.7-37.8 69 32.8 26.0-40.4 43 21.0 15.0-28.5 21 9.5 6.1-14.6 15 6.4 3.6-11.2
Northeastern Partnership 338 102 28.8 23.5-34.8 124 36.7 31.0-42.9 64 20.5 15.5-26.6 28 8.4 5.6-12.3 20 5.6 3.3- 9.2
Mountain AHEC 720 224 32.3 27.9-37.1 253 35.1 30.6-39.8 156 20.7 17.1-24.9 61 8.7 6.2-12.1 26 3.2 2.0- 5.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,305 412 29.8 26.1-33.8 443 36.0 31.8-40.4 281 20.0 16.7-23.8 108 8.5 6.3-11.4 61 5.6 3.8- 8.3
Piedmont 1,869 658 36.2 33.1-39.4 585 31.5 28.5-34.6 400 19.9 17.4-22.6 134 7.7 6.1- 9.8 92 4.7 3.6- 6.2
Western NC 1,146 360 33.6 29.6-37.9 404 32.6 29.0-36.5 243 21.9 18.5-25.7 89 8.2 6.1-11.0 50 3.6 2.5- 5.2

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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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