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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 3,095 2,000 65.8 63.3-68.2 1,095 34.2 31.8-36.7
GENDER
Male 1,085 691 66.3 62.1-70.2 394 33.7 29.8-37.9
Female 2,010 1,309 65.4 62.4-68.4 701 34.6 31.6-37.6
RACE
White 2,293 1,506 67.2 64.4-69.9 787 32.8 30.1-35.6
African American 609 386 64.2 58.6-69.4 223 35.8 30.6-41.4
Other Minorities 151 80 56.9 45.3-67.8 71 43.1 32.2-54.7
AGE
18-24 168 131 76.9 66.7-84.8 37 23.1 15.2-33.3
25-34 490 354 73.4 67.6-78.5 136 26.6 21.5-32.4
35-44 672 461 67.4 62.2-72.2 211 32.6 27.8-37.8
45-54 668 453 69.1 63.6-74.1 215 30.9 25.9-36.4
55-64 499 305 58.7 52.6-64.7 194 41.3 35.3-47.4
65-74 344 181 49.0 41.8-56.3 163 51.0 43.7-58.2
75+ 228 100 42.8 34.5-51.4 128 57.2 48.6-65.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 362 156 42.5 34.9-50.4 206 57.5 49.6-65.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 813 446 57.6 52.5-62.6 367 42.4 37.4-47.5
Some Post-H.S. 757 506 71.1 66.2-75.5 251 28.9 24.5-33.8
College Graduate 1,157 889 77.1 73.6-80.2 268 22.9 19.8-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 253 131 47.0 37.6-56.7 122 53.0 43.3-62.4
$15,000- 24,999 474 262 56.3 49.4-63.0 212 43.7 37.0-50.6
$25,000- 34,999 315 190 65.0 56.8-72.3 125 35.0 27.7-43.2
$35,000- 49,999 432 302 72.1 65.7-77.7 130 27.9 22.3-34.3
$50,000-74,999 385 272 73.1 66.7-78.6 113 26.9 21.4-33.3
$75,000+ 554 440 83.3 79.2-86.7 114 16.7 13.3-20.8
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
Nash/Wilson 278 190 67.5 60.7-73.7 88 32.5 26.3-39.3
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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