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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Weight Control-WHITE MALES

Are you using physical activity or exercise to lose weight or keep from gaining weight?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,823 1,146 65.9 62.5-69.1 677 34.1 30.9-37.5
AGE
18-24 79 63 84.5 71.2-92.3 16 15.5 7.7-28.8
25-34 246 181 76.7 68.1-83.5 65 23.3 16.5-31.9
35-44 365 246 69.7 62.7-75.8 119 30.3 24.2-37.3
45-54 370 228 59.8 51.8-67.2 142 40.2 32.8-48.2
55-64 343 205 58.2 50.7-65.4 138 41.8 34.6-49.3
65-74 268 152 51.1 42.4-59.7 116 48.9 40.3-57.6
75+ 144 67 50.8 39.5-62.0 77 49.2 38.0-60.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 193 76 39.2 26.5-53.5 117 60.8 46.5-73.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 493 259 55.5 48.6-62.3 234 44.5 37.7-51.4
Some Post-H.S. 452 297 71.1 64.4-77.0 155 28.9 23.0-35.6
College Graduate 682 513 75.9 71.0-80.2 169 24.1 19.8-29.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 56 47.5 32.9-62.5 56 52.5 37.5-67.1
$15,000- 24,999 222 116 54.6 43.7-65.0 106 45.4 35.0-56.3
$25,000- 34,999 191 107 57.1 46.2-67.4 84 42.9 32.6-53.8
$35,000- 49,999 304 201 65.1 56.6-72.8 103 34.9 27.2-43.4
$50,000-74,999 279 186 71.8 63.9-78.6 93 28.2 21.4-36.1
$75,000+ 357 274 79.1 72.4-84.6 83 20.9 15.4-27.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 105 64 65.0 54.5-74.2 41 35.0 25.8-45.5
Guilford 86 61 70.7 58.8-80.4 25 29.3 19.6-41.2
Mecklenburg 79 59 75.8 63.4-85.1 20 24.2 14.9-36.6
Orange 103 75 71.1 59.8-80.3 28 28.9 19.7-40.2
Wake 102 72 71.6 61.0-80.3 30 28.4 19.7-39.0
Chatham/Lee 69 37 53.0 38.8-66.8 32 47.0 33.2-61.2
Nash/Wilson 64 45 71.9 58.1-82.4 19 28.1 17.6-41.9
Craven/Pamlico 94 56 62.1 50.2-72.8 38 37.9 27.2-49.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 104 60 59.2 47.1-70.3 44 40.8 29.7-52.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 108 61 55.0 43.9-65.6 47 45.0 34.4-56.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 77 37 49.4 34.0-65.0 40 50.6 35.0-66.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 99 77 78.9 69.2-86.2 22 21.1 13.8-30.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 58 31 58.5 44.0-71.6 27 41.5 28.4-56.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 60 26 49.4 35.5-63.4 34 50.6 36.6-64.5
Northeast NC I 49 33 58.9 41.7-74.1 16 41.1 25.9-58.3
Northeast NC II 88 54 66.9 55.5-76.6 34 33.1 23.4-44.5
Northeastern Partnership 137 87 65.0 55.3-73.5 50 35.0 26.5-44.7
Mountain AHEC 294 193 65.0 55.9-73.1 101 35.0 26.9-44.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 524 317 65.5 58.5-71.9 207 34.5 28.1-41.5
Piedmont 825 530 67.4 62.8-71.7 295 32.6 28.3-37.2
Western NC 474 299 61.3 53.9-68.2 175 38.7 31.8-46.1

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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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