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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Overweight or Obese*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,893 3,463 39.0 37.4-40.7 5,430 61.0 59.3-62.6
-Northeast NC II 487 162 32.9 28.0-38.2 325 67.1 61.8-72.0
GENDER
Male 181 54 31.4 23.8-40.2 127 68.6 59.8-76.2
Female 306 108 34.3 28.5-40.6 198 65.7 59.4-71.5
RACE
White 338 129 35.3 29.5-41.5 209 64.7 58.5-70.5
Other 148 32 27.2 18.6-37.8 116 72.8 62.2-81.4
AGE
18-44 169 59 34.6 26.5-43.6 110 65.4 56.4-73.5
45+ 314 102 31.5 25.8-37.8 212 68.5 62.2-74.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 249 79 32.0 25.1-39.6 170 68.0 60.4-74.9
Some College + 236 82 33.9 27.1-41.4 154 66.1 58.6-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 81 31.1 24.7-38.4 190 68.9 61.6-75.3
$50,000+ 95 34 31.1 22.3-41.5 61 68.9 58.5-77.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 432 198 46.7 41.1-52.4 234 53.3 47.6-58.9
Guilford 423 168 39.6 34.1-45.4 255 60.4 54.6-65.9
Mecklenburg 421 181 45.1 38.9-51.4 240 54.9 48.6-61.1
Orange 429 231 54.6 46.7-62.2 198 45.4 37.8-53.3
Wake 420 178 41.9 36.3-47.7 242 58.1 52.3-63.7
Chatham/Lee 366 153 39.8 33.7-46.3 213 60.2 53.7-66.3
Nash/Wilson 351 114 30.8 25.4-36.6 237 69.2 63.4-74.6
Craven/Pamlico 430 162 39.1 33.6-44.9 268 60.9 55.1-66.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 401 156 37.2 31.6-43.1 245 62.8 56.9-68.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 431 200 46.4 39.6-53.3 231 53.6 46.7-60.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 459 154 31.3 25.0-38.3 305 68.7 61.7-75.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 409 156 40.6 29.6-52.7 253 59.4 47.3-70.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 448 125 28.7 23.9-34.1 323 71.3 65.9-76.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 397 129 35.5 29.6-42.0 268 64.5 58.0-70.4
Northeast NC I 438 138 33.1 28.0-38.6 300 66.9 61.4-72.0
Northeastern Partnership 925 300 32.9 29.2-36.9 625 67.1 63.1-70.8
Mountain AHEC 1,241 529 43.0 38.8-47.4 712 57.0 52.6-61.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,131 1,051 35.9 33.0-38.9 2,080 64.1 61.1-67.0
Piedmont 3,800 1,582 40.1 37.8-42.4 2,218 59.9 57.6-62.2
Western NC 1,962 830 41.1 37.7-44.7 1,132 58.9 55.3-62.3

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*Body mass index is computed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared:(kg/ m2).
BMI is an intermediate variable used in defining overweight and obesity. No=BMI less than 25.0, and Yes= BMI greater than 25.0.

^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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