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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any weight loss pills prescribed by a doctor to control your weight?
Do not include water pills or thyroid medications. Would you say ...

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, you are currently/ taking them Yes, you've taken/ them in past 2 y No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,808 40 0.6 0.4- 1.0 114 1.6 1.2- 2.1 6,654 97.8 97.2-98.2
GENDER
Male 2,523 6 0.3 0.1- 0.9 17 0.7 0.4- 1.3 2,500 99.0 98.2-99.4
Female 4,285 34 0.9 0.5- 1.5 97 2.5 1.8- 3.3 4,154 96.7 95.7-97.4
AGE
18-24 362 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 6 1.4 0.4- 4.5 354 97.8 94.6-99.1
25-34 936 8 0.5 0.2- 1.2 30 3.3 2.0- 5.5 898 96.2 94.1-97.6
35-44 1,252 7 0.6 0.2- 2.1 35 2.3 1.4- 3.6 1,210 97.1 95.5-98.2
45-54 1,314 12 0.8 0.4- 1.8 23 1.1 0.6- 1.9 1,279 98.1 96.9-98.8
55-64 1,160 9 1.1 0.5- 2.6 12 0.9 0.5- 1.8 1,139 97.9 96.5-98.8
65-74 1,000 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 6 0.9 0.3- 2.4 993 99.1 97.6-99.7
75+ 747 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 2 0.4 0.1- 2.4 744 99.6 97.8-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 893 3 0.1 0.0- 0.2 12 0.7 0.4- 1.5 878 99.2 98.4-99.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,971 12 0.7 0.3- 1.5 37 2.1 1.3- 3.3 1,922 97.2 95.9-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,773 12 0.9 0.4- 2.0 32 1.7 1.0- 3.0 1,729 97.4 96.0-98.4
College Graduate 2,156 13 0.5 0.3- 1.2 32 1.5 0.9- 2.3 2,111 98.0 97.0-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 634 5 0.4 0.1- 1.1 16 3.2 1.6- 6.5 613 96.4 93.2-98.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,085 5 0.6 0.1- 2.3 24 2.1 1.2- 3.5 1,056 97.4 95.6-98.4
$25,000- 34,999 737 8 1.7 0.6- 4.4 16 2.1 0.9- 4.8 713 96.2 93.0-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 980 7 0.8 0.3- 2.2 15 2.0 0.9- 4.2 958 97.2 94.9-98.5
$50,000-74,999 837 6 0.9 0.3- 2.4 17 1.4 0.7- 2.7 814 97.8 96.0-98.8
$75,000+ 1,015 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 12 1.0 0.4- 2.2 1,001 98.8 97.5-99.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 395 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 388 98.9 97.5-99.5
Guilford 311 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 308 99.4 98.0-99.8
Mecklenburg 288 5 1.5 0.5- 3.9 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 279 97.5 94.8-98.8
Orange 370 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 364 99.0 97.4-99.6
Wake 321 2 0.9 0.2- 4.5 9 2.9 1.4- 5.9 310 96.2 92.6-98.0
Chatham/Lee 286 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 285 99.7 97.6- 100
Nash/Wilson 231 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 229 99.2 96.9-99.8
Craven/Pamlico 346 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4 342 99.0 97.4-99.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 395 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 6 1.0 0.4- 2.5 388 98.9 97.4-99.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 426 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 8 2.3 0.8- 6.7 414 97.0 93.0-98.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 284 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 278 98.3 96.0-99.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 10 2.7 1.3- 5.5 351 96.6 93.7-98.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 195 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 193 98.6 94.6-99.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 254 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 5 2.0 0.6- 6.1 247 97.2 93.1-98.9
Northeast NC I 205 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 197 96.3 92.5-98.3
Northeast NC II 341 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 10 3.1 1.6- 5.9 330 96.8 94.0-98.3
Northeastern Partnership 546 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8 16 3.1 1.8- 5.2 527 96.7 94.5-98.0
Mountain AHEC 1,150 7 0.3 0.1- 0.9 22 2.0 1.1- 3.6 1,121 97.7 96.0-98.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,024 13 1.0 0.5- 2.2 36 1.4 0.9- 2.2 1,975 97.6 96.4-98.4
Piedmont 2,919 15 0.5 0.3- 1.0 40 1.4 0.9- 2.1 2,864 98.1 97.3-98.7
Western NC 1,865 12 0.3 0.2- 0.7 38 2.8 1.6- 4.7 1,815 96.9 95.0-98.1

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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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