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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Loss Products-WHITE MALES

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 2,523 6 0.3 0.1- 0.9 17 0.7 0.4- 1.3 2,500 99.0 98.2-99.4
AGE
18-24 135 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 135 100 . - .
25-34 353 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 3 1.5 0.4- 5.5 349 98.4 94.6-99.6
35-44 500 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 6 0.9 0.3- 2.3 492 98.1 95.4-99.3
45-54 480 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 476 99.7 98.9-99.9
55-64 445 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 441 99.1 97.4-99.7
65-74 378 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2 376 98.9 94.8-99.8
75+ 224 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 223 99.0 93.1-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 326 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 323 99.6 98.6-99.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 709 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 6 1.5 0.6- 3.8 701 98.4 96.2-99.3
Some Post-H.S. 623 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 4 0.4 0.1- 1.4 618 99.1 96.8-99.7
College Graduate 859 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.4 852 99.1 98.1-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 2 1.5 0.2- 9.3 180 98.1 91.5-99.6
$15,000- 24,999 357 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 3 0.7 0.2- 3.1 353 99.1 97.0-99.8
$25,000- 34,999 267 3 2.5 0.7- 8.4 4 2.5 0.7- 9.1 260 95.0 88.1-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 411 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 408 99.1 97.0-99.7
$50,000-74,999 355 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.0 350 99.0 97.7-99.6
$75,000+ 441 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 440 99.9 99.4- 100
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 154 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 153 99.7 97.7- 100
Guilford 112 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 110 99.1 96.5-99.8
Mecklenburg 108 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 0 0.0 . - . 106 98.7 94.8-99.7
Orange 134 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 134 100 . - .
Wake 126 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 124 98.7 94.3-99.7
Chatham/Lee 114 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 114 100 . - .
Nash/Wilson 81 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 81 100 . - .
Craven/Pamlico 129 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 129 100 . - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 145 99.6 97.5- 100
Appalachian/Wilkes 155 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 154 99.1 94.0-99.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 102 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 102 100 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 137 99.6 97.4-99.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 80 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 79 98.8 91.8-99.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 81 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 79 96.3 85.6-99.1
Northeast NC I 70 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 70 100 . - .
Northeast NC II 123 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.2 0.7- 6.7 120 97.8 93.3-99.3
Northeastern Partnership 193 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 190 98.3 94.8-99.5
Mountain AHEC 426 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4 421 98.1 94.6-99.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 722 3 0.8 0.2- 3.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.1 714 98.7 96.6-99.5
Piedmont 1,113 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 6 0.7 0.2- 1.8 1,104 99.2 98.0-99.6
Western NC 688 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4 682 98.7 96.6-99.5

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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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