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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,643 1,929 34.8 32.9-36.8 1,856 32.8 30.9-34.7 1,124 18.6 17.1-20.3 424 7.3 6.4- 8.5 310 6.4 5.4- 7.6
-Piedmont NC 2,431 878 36.0 33.3-38.9 785 32.7 30.1-35.5 472 18.1 16.0-20.5 162 7.0 5.6- 8.6 134 6.1 4.8- 7.7
GENDER
Male 750 289 38.2 33.4-43.2 253 33.2 28.6-38.2 128 16.3 12.8-20.7 54 7.0 4.9-10.1 26 5.2 3.2- 8.1
Female 1,681 589 34.5 31.3-37.8 532 32.4 29.3-35.6 344 19.4 17.0-22.1 108 7.0 5.4- 8.9 108 6.8 5.2- 8.9
RACE
White 1,869 658 36.2 33.1-39.4 585 31.5 28.5-34.6 400 19.9 17.4-22.6 134 7.7 6.1- 9.8 92 4.7 3.6- 6.2
African American 445 171 35.2 29.3-41.6 163 38.5 32.2-45.2 60 15.1 10.1-21.9 26 5.8 3.6- 9.3 25 5.4 2.9- 9.9
Other Minorities 89 37 38.3 25.5-53.1 28 33.9 21.3-49.3 9 5.2 2.2-11.9 2 1.6 0.2-10.1 13 20.9 10.8-36.5
AGE
18-24 119 45 35.3 23.6-49.2 37 34.3 22.5-48.3 19 19.8 10.8-33.6 7 4.6 1.7-11.8 11 6.0 2.7-13.0
25-34 377 139 37.1 30.8-44.0 123 31.2 25.2-37.8 69 17.7 13.1-23.6 23 7.1 4.1-12.2 23 6.8 4.0-11.3
35-44 565 204 34.9 29.7-40.3 178 32.1 27.2-37.6 111 16.4 12.8-20.7 45 8.7 6.0-12.5 27 7.9 4.8-12.7
45-54 551 189 33.7 28.5-39.4 182 34.9 29.5-40.7 118 20.5 16.4-25.3 39 7.0 4.4-11.0 23 3.9 2.1- 7.0
55-64 421 162 38.9 32.7-45.4 132 31.4 25.7-37.7 81 18.2 13.7-23.7 26 7.1 4.0-12.3 20 4.4 2.3- 8.2
65-74 255 83 34.0 26.6-42.3 88 36.5 28.7-45.0 49 16.8 11.8-23.3 17 6.4 3.5-11.4 18 6.4 3.1-12.8
75+ 127 48 41.7 31.3-52.9 41 28.5 19.9-38.9 21 16.6 9.5-27.3 5 3.9 1.4-10.5 12 9.4 4.9-17.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 233 80 30.8 22.9-40.1 65 29.8 21.8-39.4 47 15.6 10.6-22.3 18 9.5 4.7-18.2 23 14.2 8.1-23.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 626 212 33.3 28.1-38.8 202 31.4 26.1-37.2 124 21.3 16.7-26.8 48 8.8 6.1-12.7 40 5.2 3.4- 7.7
Some Post-H.S. 609 229 39.2 33.5-45.2 188 31.7 26.5-37.4 118 16.9 12.9-21.8 47 7.5 5.0-10.9 27 4.8 2.9- 7.8
College Graduate 960 356 36.9 32.9-41.1 329 35.3 31.3-39.6 183 17.7 14.8-21.1 49 4.6 3.2- 6.7 43 5.4 3.6- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 65 35.5 26.6-45.6 52 30.2 21.3-40.8 41 22.7 15.8-31.5 14 6.9 3.3-13.8 8 4.7 1.7-11.9
$15,000- 24,999 356 122 32.6 25.6-40.5 107 25.9 19.7-33.3 58 15.8 10.6-23.0 35 12.6 7.9-19.4 34 13.1 8.4-19.8
$25,000- 34,999 245 78 27.3 19.8-36.3 77 36.3 27.4-46.3 49 19.1 12.6-27.8 22 10.4 6.0-17.4 19 6.9 3.6-12.6
$35,000- 49,999 365 140 41.1 34.3-48.2 114 31.3 25.1-38.2 70 17.4 12.8-23.1 30 7.8 4.8-12.3 11 2.5 1.1- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 337 112 37.4 30.2-45.2 110 29.8 23.7-36.7 85 24.3 18.7-30.9 20 7.2 4.1-12.3 10 1.3 0.6- 2.7
$75,000+ 473 194 39.4 33.9-45.2 168 35.8 30.3-41.7 76 14.9 11.3-19.5 12 2.2 1.1- 4.3 23 7.7 4.6-12.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 282 77 27.8 22.0-34.5 112 43.7 36.9-50.7 55 15.4 11.6-20.2 23 7.4 4.7-11.5 15 5.6 3.2- 9.8
Guilford 295 115 37.0 31.0-43.6 87 30.9 25.1-37.4 57 20.5 15.5-26.7 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 21 6.9 4.2-11.3
Mecklenburg 295 111 35.3 29.3-41.8 103 36.4 30.2-43.1 47 16.3 11.1-23.4 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4 16 6.3 3.4-11.2
Orange 276 113 53.5 43.3-63.3 89 27.1 19.9-35.7 51 13.3 9.2-18.9 12 3.2 1.6- 6.3 11 3.0 1.5- 5.6
Wake 285 101 36.4 30.0-43.3 97 35.2 28.9-42.0 60 18.3 14.1-23.6 13 4.4 2.4- 7.7 14 5.8 3.0-10.8
Chatham/Lee 211 76 37.6 28.8-47.3 61 25.8 19.3-33.6 48 23.5 16.8-31.7 16 9.6 4.6-18.8 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1
Nash/Wilson 232 74 30.1 23.7-37.3 84 36.8 29.4-44.9 47 19.6 14.3-26.3 15 6.5 3.8-10.9 12 7.0 3.7-13.1
Craven/Pamlico 293 96 33.0 26.7-40.0 82 27.9 22.3-34.2 77 27.5 21.4-34.6 20 7.0 4.4-11.0 18 4.6 2.8- 7.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 247 65 26.0 19.9-33.2 90 32.5 26.0-39.8 62 26.5 20.1-34.0 19 10.8 4.7-22.9 11 4.2 2.2- 7.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 262 94 40.2 31.3-49.8 88 30.3 23.7-37.9 46 16.5 11.8-22.7 15 5.7 3.3- 9.9 19 7.2 3.8-13.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 268 90 28.9 20.8-38.5 89 31.6 22.5-42.3 51 27.0 13.9-45.8 17 6.1 3.4-10.7 21 6.5 3.9-10.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 86 45.1 30.9-60.1 91 29.4 20.9-39.6 54 15.4 10.5-22.0 26 7.9 4.9-12.6 7 2.2 0.9- 5.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 256 92 41.0 34.2-48.2 76 27.7 22.1-34.1 51 18.9 14.2-24.7 26 8.8 5.8-13.2 11 3.7 1.9- 7.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 252 88 36.3 28.3-45.2 76 28.9 22.7-36.0 50 16.6 12.2-22.1 27 12.7 8.3-18.9 11 5.6 2.8-10.7
Northeast NC I 250 91 34.3 27.7-41.5 93 38.9 32.3-46.1 42 17.6 12.4-24.2 14 5.4 3.0- 9.3 10 3.9 1.9- 7.6
Northeast NC II 297 94 31.1 25.3-37.5 101 33.5 27.7-39.9 50 17.4 12.7-23.4 31 10.4 7.1-14.9 21 7.6 4.7-12.2
Northeastern Partnership 547 185 32.1 27.7-37.0 194 35.3 30.8-40.2 92 17.5 13.8-21.9 45 8.7 6.3-11.9 31 6.4 4.2- 9.5
Mountain AHEC 798 246 33.1 28.6-38.1 279 34.6 30.2-39.2 171 20.0 16.6-24.0 72 9.0 6.6-12.2 30 3.2 2.1- 4.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,968 661 33.0 29.6-36.6 640 33.4 30.0-36.9 387 17.7 15.1-20.6 161 7.6 5.9- 9.7 119 8.3 6.2-11.1
Piedmont 2,431 878 36.0 33.3-38.9 785 32.7 30.1-35.5 472 18.1 16.0-20.5 162 7.0 5.6- 8.6 134 6.1 4.8- 7.7
Western NC 1,244 390 33.6 29.5-37.8 431 31.8 28.2-35.5 265 22.8 19.3-26.8 101 8.2 6.2-10.8 57 3.7 2.6- 5.2

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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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