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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-WHITES

In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any over-the-counter weight loss products to control your weight?
This includes dietary supplements and natural or herbal weight loss products. 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 6,807 125 1.9 1.4- 2.5 451 7.2 6.2- 8.2 6,231 90.9 89.8-92.0
GENDER
Male 2,520 23 1.2 0.7- 2.2 86 3.7 2.7- 5.1 2,411 95.1 93.5-96.3
Female 4,287 102 2.5 1.8- 3.4 365 10.4 9.0-12.1 3,820 87.1 85.3-88.7
AGE
18-24 362 6 1.7 0.4- 6.5 52 12.5 8.2-18.5 304 85.8 79.4-90.5
25-34 935 33 4.0 2.4- 6.5 139 13.0 10.3-16.3 763 83.0 79.3-86.2
35-44 1,252 36 2.2 1.4- 3.6 109 8.8 6.9-11.3 1,107 88.9 86.3-91.1
45-54 1,315 18 0.9 0.5- 1.7 96 5.6 4.3- 7.4 1,201 93.4 91.6-94.9
55-64 1,159 18 1.7 0.8- 3.5 38 4.6 2.7- 7.5 1,103 93.7 90.6-95.8
65-74 1,000 9 0.8 0.3- 1.9 11 0.7 0.3- 1.7 980 98.5 97.2-99.2
75+ 747 5 0.9 0.3- 3.1 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 739 98.8 96.9-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 892 11 1.4 0.6- 3.3 38 4.2 2.4- 7.4 843 94.4 91.1-96.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,971 38 1.9 1.2- 3.0 136 8.0 6.3-10.1 1,797 90.1 87.8-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,773 46 3.0 1.8- 4.9 150 9.1 7.2-11.6 1,577 87.9 85.0-90.2
College Graduate 2,156 30 1.0 0.7- 1.7 126 5.8 4.4- 7.5 2,000 93.2 91.4-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 634 7 0.3 0.1- 0.8 39 8.2 4.8-13.7 588 91.5 86.0-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,084 24 1.9 1.1- 3.4 76 8.6 5.9-12.2 984 89.5 85.8-92.3
$25,000- 34,999 736 14 2.2 1.1- 4.5 62 9.3 6.5-13.1 660 88.5 84.4-91.6
$35,000- 49,999 982 22 1.2 0.7- 2.2 72 6.8 4.9- 9.3 888 92.0 89.4-94.0
$50,000-74,999 837 19 3.0 1.6- 5.6 64 8.2 5.9-11.3 754 88.8 85.2-91.6
$75,000+ 1,015 21 2.1 1.1- 4.1 69 6.5 4.7- 9.0 925 91.3 88.5-93.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 3 1.0 0.3- 3.7 24 6.9 4.3-10.9 367 92.1 87.9-94.9
Guilford 311 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 18 5.9 3.4-10.2 290 93.1 88.8-95.8
Mecklenburg 288 4 0.9 0.3- 2.9 17 5.6 3.4- 9.3 267 93.4 89.7-95.9
Orange 370 8 1.4 0.7- 3.0 18 3.4 2.0- 5.5 344 95.2 92.7-96.9
Wake 321 4 1.0 0.4- 2.6 21 7.1 4.5-11.2 296 91.9 87.8-94.7
Chatham/Lee 286 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 15 7.0 3.4-13.9 267 91.8 85.0-95.6
Nash/Wilson 231 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0 12 4.2 2.2- 7.7 216 94.2 90.1-96.7
Craven/Pamlico 347 7 1.6 0.7- 3.6 22 9.0 5.5-14.6 318 89.4 83.9-93.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 395 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 29 8.1 5.2-12.2 360 91.1 87.0-94.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 426 10 2.6 1.2- 5.3 39 10.9 7.3-15.9 377 86.5 81.3-90.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 284 5 2.0 0.7- 5.7 16 5.2 2.9- 9.1 263 92.7 88.2-95.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 364 8 1.9 0.9- 3.8 30 9.9 6.7-14.3 326 88.3 83.7-91.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 195 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 11 4.9 2.6- 9.1 181 94.1 89.8-96.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 253 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 14 6.7 3.6-12.0 235 92.6 87.4-95.8
Northeast NC I 205 5 3.1 1.2- 7.9 14 8.2 4.7-13.7 186 88.7 82.5-92.9
Northeast NC II 341 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 24 7.2 4.7-10.8 310 90.8 86.8-93.6
Northeastern Partnership 546 12 2.3 1.2- 4.2 38 7.4 5.3-10.4 496 90.3 87.1-92.8
Mountain AHEC 1,149 16 1.2 0.6- 2.2 81 7.6 5.7-10.1 1,052 91.2 88.6-93.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,024 37 1.9 1.1- 3.5 135 7.7 5.9-10.0 1,852 90.3 87.8-92.4
Piedmont 2,919 57 2.0 1.3- 2.9 179 6.7 5.4- 8.2 2,683 91.4 89.7-92.8
Western NC 1,864 31 1.6 1.0- 2.6 137 8.0 6.3-10.1 1,696 90.4 88.2-92.2

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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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