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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-WHITE MALES

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,575 822 33.0 30.1-36.0 1,003 37.7 34.8-40.6 750 29.4 26.6-32.2
AGE
18-24 135 33 32.9 21.7-46.6 46 29.5 19.4-42.0 56 37.6 26.5-50.2
25-34 358 90 27.4 20.5-35.7 157 41.3 34.0-48.9 111 31.3 24.5-38.9
35-44 506 169 33.9 28.3-39.9 196 35.8 30.3-41.7 141 30.3 24.8-36.5
45-54 485 179 36.5 30.4-43.1 192 40.5 33.9-47.4 114 23.0 17.9-29.1
55-64 455 172 38.7 32.6-45.2 171 40.3 34.0-46.9 112 21.0 16.3-26.5
65-74 389 122 32.1 25.8-39.2 146 38.6 31.9-45.8 121 29.3 23.4-35.9
75+ 235 54 23.9 17.2-32.3 90 33.9 26.2-42.7 91 42.1 33.5-51.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 80 21.8 14.0-32.3 113 33.3 25.6-42.0 146 44.9 36.3-53.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 724 221 32.1 26.8-37.8 273 32.6 27.7-38.0 230 35.3 29.9-41.1
Some Post-H.S. 635 218 35.8 29.8-42.3 235 36.2 30.3-42.5 182 28.0 22.6-34.2
College Graduate 870 301 35.3 30.9-39.9 381 45.1 40.4-49.8 188 19.6 16.2-23.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 54 25.5 17.3-36.0 58 37.2 26.1-49.8 74 37.3 27.1-48.7
$15,000- 24,999 362 95 30.3 22.7-39.2 127 32.1 24.9-40.2 140 37.6 29.6-46.3
$25,000- 34,999 273 96 32.8 24.9-41.8 96 37.9 29.5-47.2 81 29.3 21.9-37.9
$35,000- 49,999 418 136 31.9 25.6-39.0 168 38.9 32.4-45.9 114 29.1 23.3-35.7
$50,000-74,999 359 113 34.4 27.1-42.6 166 41.1 33.7-48.8 80 24.5 18.6-31.5
$75,000+ 446 166 36.8 30.6-43.5 191 42.1 35.5-48.9 89 21.1 15.3-28.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 157 51 29.7 22.4-38.3 54 35.3 27.0-44.4 52 35.0 26.7-44.4
Guilford 111 46 43.5 33.3-54.3 40 34.0 24.8-44.5 25 22.5 14.4-33.4
Mecklenburg 108 42 33.6 23.0-46.3 37 27.7 19.2-38.3 29 38.6 26.0-53.0
Orange 135 41 28.8 21.0-38.1 62 45.1 35.7-54.9 32 26.1 18.2-35.9
Wake 128 48 37.3 28.3-47.4 54 38.7 29.7-48.5 26 23.9 16.2-33.8
Chatham/Lee 117 29 19.5 12.9-28.2 40 38.8 28.3-50.5 48 41.7 31.0-53.2
Nash/Wilson 85 26 32.1 20.6-46.4 38 41.4 30.0-53.8 21 26.5 17.0-38.8
Craven/Pamlico 131 42 30.8 22.2-41.1 52 45.9 35.8-56.4 37 23.2 16.4-31.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 149 43 30.7 20.9-42.7 62 39.7 30.7-49.5 44 29.6 21.4-39.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 161 49 26.7 19.5-35.5 59 39.1 29.6-49.4 53 34.2 23.9-46.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 33 33.1 22.2-46.2 45 43.8 30.8-57.7 27 23.1 14.2-35.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 44 34.3 25.4-44.4 55 33.1 25.1-42.2 39 32.6 23.3-43.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 83 29 33.1 23.0-45.1 29 34.4 23.4-47.4 25 32.4 21.6-45.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 85 20 20.7 13.1-31.2 40 46.1 34.5-58.1 25 33.2 22.7-45.6
Northeast NC I 73 23 29.9 19.7-42.6 26 37.2 25.1-51.1 24 32.9 21.6-46.7
Northeast NC II 128 45 36.7 27.2-47.4 43 30.0 22.1-39.3 40 33.3 24.3-43.6
Northeastern Partnership 201 68 35.1 27.3-43.8 69 31.7 24.8-39.6 64 33.2 25.7-41.6
Mountain AHEC 430 134 31.7 23.9-40.7 160 35.8 29.2-43.0 136 32.5 26.3-39.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 744 231 27.7 22.9-33.0 293 43.5 37.5-49.7 220 28.8 23.8-34.4
Piedmont 1,134 376 36.1 32.1-40.4 450 35.0 31.3-39.0 308 28.8 25.0-32.9
Western NC 697 215 30.3 24.5-36.9 260 37.7 32.2-43.6 222 31.9 26.8-37.6

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*Data in this table were derived from two weight control questions regarding loosing or maintaining current weight.

^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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