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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 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 2,520 23 1.2 0.7- 2.2 86 3.7 2.7- 5.1 2,411 95.1 93.5-96.3
AGE
18-24 135 0 0.0 . - . 9 6.0 2.3-15.0 126 94.0 85.0-97.7
25-34 352 5 3.5 1.3- 8.8 35 8.4 5.4-12.8 312 88.2 82.5-92.2
35-44 500 7 1.4 0.5- 4.1 25 3.9 2.2- 7.0 468 94.7 91.2-96.8
45-54 480 4 0.6 0.2- 2.0 9 1.5 0.6- 3.9 467 97.9 95.5-99.0
55-64 443 3 0.8 0.2- 4.2 5 2.2 0.7- 6.7 435 97.0 92.5-98.8
65-74 378 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 374 99.3 97.8-99.8
75+ 224 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 222 98.9 95.5-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 2 1.0 0.2- 5.6 7 1.9 0.6- 5.5 316 97.1 92.8-98.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 708 9 1.3 0.5- 3.2 23 4.3 2.4- 7.5 676 94.4 91.0-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 622 8 2.3 0.9- 5.7 23 3.9 2.0- 7.3 591 93.8 89.7-96.3
College Graduate 859 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 33 3.7 2.2- 6.0 822 95.9 93.6-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.4 1.6-11.7 178 95.6 88.3-98.4
$15,000- 24,999 356 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 12 5.2 1.9-13.4 343 94.7 86.6-98.0
$25,000- 34,999 266 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7 13 5.9 2.8-12.0 251 93.5 87.5-96.8
$35,000- 49,999 411 5 0.6 0.2- 2.0 14 2.3 1.1- 4.5 392 97.1 94.8-98.4
$50,000-74,999 355 6 2.8 0.9- 7.9 11 3.4 1.5- 7.6 338 93.8 88.4-96.8
$75,000+ 441 5 2.0 0.6- 6.2 16 3.3 1.6- 6.4 420 94.7 90.5-97.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 153 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 4 4.0 1.3-11.8 147 95.2 87.8-98.2
Guilford 112 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 108 97.6 93.3-99.1
Mecklenburg 108 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.2 103 96.5 91.5-98.6
Orange 134 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.4 0.9- 6.3 130 97.6 93.7-99.1
Wake 126 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 7 6.0 2.8-12.5 118 93.6 87.1-96.9
Chatham/Lee 114 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 2 4.7 0.8-22.7 111 94.4 78.4-98.7
Nash/Wilson 81 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.1 0.9-10.0 78 96.9 90.0-99.1
Craven/Pamlico 129 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 6 8.2 3.2-19.7 121 90.6 79.6-96.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 146 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3 141 97.2 93.1-98.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 155 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 9 8.3 3.7-17.3 145 91.1 82.2-95.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 102 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.9 1.9-12.0 97 95.1 88.0-98.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 5 4.9 1.8-12.5 132 94.5 87.0-97.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 80 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.2 0.9-10.7 77 96.8 89.3-99.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 80 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.4 1.8-15.0 76 94.6 85.0-98.2
Northeast NC I 70 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.9 0.7-11.0 68 97.1 89.0-99.3
Northeast NC II 122 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2 118 97.3 92.8-99.0
Northeastern Partnership 192 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.7 1.2- 6.2 186 97.3 93.8-98.8
Mountain AHEC 425 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 11 2.6 1.2- 5.5 411 97.1 94.2-98.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 720 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 27 3.6 2.1- 6.4 688 95.9 93.2-97.6
Piedmont 1,113 14 1.9 1.0- 3.6 37 3.9 2.5- 6.2 1,062 94.2 91.6-96.0
Western NC 687 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 22 3.0 1.8- 5.0 661 96.7 94.7-98.0

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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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