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| Total Respond.^ |
Yes, lose weight | Yes, gain weight | Yes, keep current wt | No | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 9,438 | 1,482 | 14.2 | 13.2-15.4 | 157 | 1.5 | 1.2- 1.9 | 304 | 3.0 | 2.5- 3.5 | 7,495 | 81.3 | 80.1-82.5 |
| -Northeast NC II | 514 | 91 | 16.1 | 12.8-20.0 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.7 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | 403 | 81.2 | 77.1-84.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 186 | 29 | 13.8 | 9.3-20.1 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.4 | 3 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.9 | 152 | 84.1 | 77.7-88.9 |
| Female | 328 | 62 | 18.2 | 14.0-23.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.6 | 251 | 78.4 | 73.0-82.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 349 | 57 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.6 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.4- 4.9 | 276 | 80.1 | 74.9-84.4 |
| Other | 163 | 34 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.4 | 125 | 83.1 | 76.1-88.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 176 | 27 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.4 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.1 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.0 | 144 | 87.1 | 81.4-91.2 |
| 45+ | 333 | 63 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.7 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.4 | 255 | 76.3 | 70.5-81.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 266 | 50 | 17.6 | 12.9-23.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.1 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.5 | 206 | 80.1 | 74.0-85.1 |
| Some College + | 246 | 41 | 14.4 | 10.3-19.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.5- 5.9 | 195 | 82.3 | 76.6-86.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 279 | 58 | 19.6 | 14.8-25.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.4 | 8 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.5 | 211 | 78.1 | 72.0-83.1 |
| $50,000+ | 97 | 13 | 11.9 | 6.7-20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.6 | 79 | 84.0 | 75.2-90.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 454 | 64 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.0 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.4 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 | 366 | 82.7 | 78.6-86.1 |
| Guilford | 446 | 69 | 15.0 | 11.6-19.2 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.3 | 15 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.9 | 357 | 80.7 | 76.1-84.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 447 | 76 | 14.8 | 11.5-18.8 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 18 | 3.6 | 2.1- 6.0 | 347 | 80.2 | 75.7-84.0 |
| Orange | 452 | 56 | 12.7 | 7.4-20.9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.0 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.3 | 378 | 84.0 | 76.2-89.6 |
| Wake | 452 | 75 | 16.1 | 12.5-20.5 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.7 | 13 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 | 359 | 80.2 | 75.5-84.2 |
| Chatham/Lee | 399 | 51 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.6 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.8 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.1 | 332 | 81.5 | 75.1-86.5 |
| Nash/Wilson | 380 | 66 | 16.2 | 12.5-20.9 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.3 | 21 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.0 | 286 | 78.1 | 73.0-82.4 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 456 | 83 | 15.5 | 12.3-19.4 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.8 | 13 | 2.8 | 1.6- 5.0 | 352 | 80.0 | 75.7-83.8 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 437 | 68 | 16.0 | 11.3-22.3 | 8 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.5 | 16 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.6 | 345 | 79.0 | 72.9-84.1 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 455 | 56 | 10.8 | 7.8-14.8 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.9- 4.9 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.7 | 374 | 83.3 | 78.5-87.3 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 479 | 91 | 16.3 | 11.9-21.9 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.8 | 367 | 79.7 | 73.7-84.6 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 425 | 54 | 10.1 | 7.1-14.2 | 9 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.9 | 14 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.5 | 348 | 86.1 | 81.3-89.9 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 476 | 84 | 15.1 | 12.0-18.8 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.6 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.8 | 375 | 81.4 | 77.3-84.9 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 418 | 68 | 14.5 | 11.2-18.7 | 9 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.5 | 10 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.4 | 331 | 80.7 | 76.0-84.7 |
| Northeast NC I | 460 | 82 | 15.0 | 11.8-18.9 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.0 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.3 | 358 | 79.6 | 74.9-83.7 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 974 | 173 | 15.7 | 13.2-18.5 | 13 | 1.3 | 0.7- 2.6 | 27 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 | 761 | 80.6 | 77.6-83.4 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,304 | 182 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.3 | 25 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.6 | 46 | 3.0 | 2.1- 4.4 | 1,051 | 80.8 | 76.2-84.7 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,318 | 554 | 13.4 | 11.7-15.4 | 55 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.2 | 107 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.2 | 2,602 | 82.0 | 79.8-84.0 |
| Piedmont | 4,046 | 647 | 14.8 | 13.4-16.4 | 63 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.0 | 123 | 2.9 | 2.3- 3.7 | 3,213 | 80.9 | 79.1-82.5 |
| Western NC | 2,074 | 281 | 13.6 | 10.9-16.8 | 39 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.8 | 74 | 2.8 | 2.1- 3.7 | 1,680 | 81.8 | 78.6-84.7 |
^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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