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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/still losing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,010 1,360 35.0 32.7-37.3 834 19.4 17.6-21.3 469 11.2 9.8-12.8 187 4.7 3.8- 5.9 1,160 29.7 27.5-32.0
GENDER
Male 1,273 436 35.4 31.4-39.5 275 20.4 17.3-23.9 117 9.0 6.9-11.8 62 5.4 3.7- 7.6 383 29.9 26.1-33.9
Female 2,737 924 34.7 32.0-37.5 559 18.7 16.6-20.9 352 12.8 11.0-14.8 125 4.2 3.2- 5.5 777 29.6 27.1-32.2
AGE
18-24 187 72 37.7 27.0-49.9 28 16.6 10.0-26.2 20 9.9 5.2-18.1 4 2.3 0.6- 9.0 63 33.5 23.5-45.1
25-34 588 211 35.8 30.4-41.7 106 16.5 12.5-21.6 67 10.5 7.5-14.5 14 3.5 1.7- 7.2 190 33.6 28.2-39.6
35-44 824 274 37.1 32.5-42.0 158 18.7 15.2-22.8 94 10.0 7.6-13.1 46 6.0 4.0- 8.8 252 28.2 24.1-32.6
45-54 885 302 32.7 28.3-37.6 188 20.8 17.0-25.1 120 14.1 10.7-18.4 54 5.6 3.5- 8.7 221 26.8 22.5-31.6
55-64 745 240 32.1 27.3-37.3 176 20.9 17.2-25.2 95 12.2 8.9-16.4 44 6.8 4.5-10.1 190 28.0 23.6-33.0
65-74 520 166 34.1 28.4-40.2 121 25.1 19.8-31.2 55 10.6 7.3-15.0 20 2.8 1.4- 5.5 158 27.5 22.5-33.1
75+ 244 87 35.7 27.8-44.4 53 17.3 12.0-24.3 18 8.7 4.7-15.5 5 1.3 0.4- 4.5 81 37.0 28.7-46.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 359 101 25.4 18.8-33.4 73 23.0 16.8-30.6 51 14.3 9.5-21.1 21 5.4 2.6-11.1 113 31.9 24.7-40.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,089 350 33.3 28.9-38.0 232 20.6 17.1-24.7 147 13.1 10.4-16.4 63 7.2 5.0-10.3 297 25.8 22.0-30.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,108 377 35.5 31.0-40.3 220 17.2 14.2-20.6 143 11.1 8.6-14.1 47 3.8 2.5- 5.9 321 32.4 28.0-37.2
College Graduate 1,452 531 38.0 34.4-41.7 309 19.5 16.7-22.6 127 9.2 7.1-11.9 56 3.4 2.3- 5.0 429 29.9 26.6-33.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 301 96 30.8 22.9-40.1 48 17.9 11.8-26.3 44 13.5 8.9-20.0 17 4.1 2.1- 8.0 96 33.6 26.0-42.1
$15,000- 24,999 591 171 27.7 22.2-34.0 134 19.5 15.0-24.9 86 14.9 10.7-20.3 28 5.9 3.4-10.3 172 31.9 25.4-39.2
$25,000- 34,999 450 127 30.5 24.0-38.0 103 19.2 13.8-26.1 62 13.6 9.3-19.5 31 7.9 4.5-13.5 127 28.7 22.4-35.9
$35,000- 49,999 652 244 38.3 33.0-44.0 133 19.1 15.2-23.7 76 11.7 8.3-16.1 29 3.5 2.1- 5.8 170 27.4 22.7-32.7
$50,000-74,999 576 192 32.6 27.3-38.4 114 18.5 14.4-23.4 69 11.8 8.5-16.2 25 4.4 2.5- 7.7 176 32.8 27.0-39.0
$75,000+ 699 281 40.3 35.3-45.4 145 19.4 15.7-23.7 54 7.8 5.0-11.8 23 2.4 1.2- 4.6 196 30.2 25.5-35.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 232 68 27.3 21.5-33.9 56 25.8 19.7-33.1 24 8.4 5.4-12.8 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0 76 35.7 28.6-43.4
Guilford 209 81 36.7 29.7-44.4 35 18.2 12.7-25.6 23 13.3 8.5-20.2 8 2.9 1.3- 6.2 62 28.8 22.2-36.5
Mecklenburg 191 71 40.4 31.9-49.6 42 20.4 14.8-27.4 18 8.5 5.1-13.9 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 54 28.5 21.7-36.5
Orange 218 81 46.2 35.1-57.8 37 14.1 9.3-20.8 19 5.9 3.3-10.3 9 2.2 1.1- 4.6 72 31.5 22.7-41.9
Wake 197 74 37.5 30.2-45.4 31 16.4 10.9-23.9 15 5.8 3.3-10.0 10 4.5 2.4- 8.5 67 35.8 28.6-43.6
Chatham/Lee 140 61 46.1 36.1-56.5 25 16.1 10.5-23.9 16 11.4 6.8-18.4 8 4.9 2.3-10.0 30 21.5 14.4-30.8
Nash/Wilson 139 37 27.2 19.4-36.7 35 26.8 17.5-38.7 17 10.8 6.5-17.5 12 9.5 5.3-16.5 38 25.6 18.2-34.8
Craven/Pamlico 225 71 29.2 23.0-36.3 46 21.0 15.7-27.6 24 13.7 8.2-22.0 14 6.3 3.6-10.6 70 29.8 23.2-37.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 223 63 29.0 22.2-36.8 49 17.5 12.8-23.4 43 24.5 16.2-35.3 11 5.8 2.9-11.3 57 23.3 17.6-30.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 233 67 29.5 22.5-37.7 60 22.5 16.9-29.4 26 11.3 7.3-17.1 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 73 34.2 24.6-45.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 50 34.6 24.7-46.0 34 19.0 13.0-27.1 25 15.3 9.6-23.5 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 46 28.4 19.4-39.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 214 83 39.7 32.0-47.9 47 22.3 16.0-30.2 20 7.2 4.5-11.3 13 4.8 2.6- 8.7 51 26.0 19.7-33.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 105 31 33.4 24.1-44.1 23 19.6 12.8-28.7 10 9.2 4.7-17.1 8 6.2 2.9-12.6 33 31.7 22.6-42.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 159 64 40.7 32.4-49.6 33 23.2 16.3-31.9 20 10.6 6.7-16.6 9 7.7 3.9-14.8 33 17.7 12.4-24.7
Northeast NC I 115 36 30.4 21.6-40.9 29 28.3 19.9-38.5 14 11.6 6.8-19.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3 33 27.7 19.7-37.4
Northeast NC II 197 60 29.5 22.9-37.1 40 20.8 14.5-28.9 25 13.4 8.6-20.2 7 3.8 1.6- 8.4 65 32.6 25.7-40.4
Northeastern Partnership 312 96 29.7 24.2-35.9 69 22.7 17.4-29.1 39 12.9 9.0-18.1 10 3.3 1.6- 6.7 98 31.4 25.7-37.6
Mountain AHEC 673 225 31.0 26.7-35.7 158 23.9 19.9-28.3 77 13.3 9.9-17.7 31 4.5 2.7- 7.4 182 27.3 23.0-32.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,213 391 32.0 27.9-36.4 257 20.7 17.2-24.6 137 10.9 8.1-14.5 63 5.0 3.3- 7.4 365 31.5 27.4-35.8
Piedmont 1,728 629 37.6 34.3-41.0 324 18.1 15.7-20.8 196 10.3 8.5-12.3 76 4.5 3.3- 6.1 503 29.6 26.5-32.8
Western NC 1,069 340 30.9 27.0-35.0 253 21.8 18.6-25.3 136 15.1 11.9-18.9 48 5.0 3.2- 7.8 292 27.2 23.4-31.4

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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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