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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Nash/Wilson Counties

Weight Control

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,128 4,498 65.1 63.3-66.8 2,630 34.9 33.2-36.7
-Nash/Wilson 278 190 67.5 60.7-73.7 88 32.5 26.3-39.3
GENDER
Male 103 69 67.4 56.1-76.9 34 32.6 23.1-43.9
Female 175 121 67.7 59.4-75.0 54 32.3 25.0-40.6
RACE
White 173 124 72.6 64.5-79.5 49 27.4 20.5-35.5
Other 104 65 60.0 48.3-70.6 39 40.0 29.4-51.7
AGE
18-44 109 82 75.0 63.9-83.6 27 25.0 16.4-36.1
45+ 167 106 60.8 52.1-68.9 61 39.2 31.1-47.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 86 59.4 49.7-68.4 57 40.6 31.6-50.3
Some College + 134 103 76.6 67.5-83.8 31 23.4 16.2-32.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 90 63.5 53.9-72.2 52 36.5 27.8-46.1
$50,000+ 73 58 73.2 60.0-83.3 15 26.8 16.7-40.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 333 208 64.6 58.4-70.3 125 35.4 29.7-41.6
Guilford 350 239 67.9 61.7-73.6 111 32.1 26.4-38.3
Mecklenburg 344 248 73.6 67.9-78.6 96 26.4 21.4-32.1
Orange 362 273 71.0 61.1-79.3 89 29.0 20.7-38.9
Wake 366 261 71.0 65.0-76.4 105 29.0 23.6-35.0
Chatham/Lee 294 177 62.4 55.1-69.3 117 37.6 30.7-44.9
Craven/Pamlico 354 232 65.7 59.5-71.3 122 34.3 28.7-40.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 318 184 59.7 52.9-66.2 134 40.3 33.8-47.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 324 203 64.6 57.5-71.0 121 35.4 29.0-42.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 351 184 56.4 46.9-65.6 167 43.6 34.4-53.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 320 222 70.0 63.5-75.7 98 30.0 24.3-36.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 360 203 58.7 52.7-64.4 157 41.3 35.6-47.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 309 156 55.1 47.9-62.1 153 44.9 37.9-52.1
Northeast NC I 347 201 58.0 51.7-64.0 146 42.0 36.0-48.3
Northeast NC II 383 234 63.1 57.2-68.7 149 36.9 31.3-42.8
Northeastern Partnership 730 435 61.3 56.9-65.6 295 38.7 34.4-43.1
Mountain AHEC 971 628 64.4 59.7-68.9 343 35.6 31.1-40.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,509 1,529 64.5 61.2-67.6 980 35.5 32.4-38.8
Piedmont 3,095 2,000 65.8 63.3-68.2 1,095 34.2 31.8-36.7
Western NC 1,524 969 63.5 59.5-67.3 555 36.5 32.7-40.5

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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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