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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 |
| -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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 162 | 26 | 18.7 | 10.3-31.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 7 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.1 | 128 | 77.2 | 65.1-86.0 |
| Female | 275 | 42 | 13.8 | 9.9-18.8 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.0 | 9 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.7 | 217 | 80.5 | 74.9-85.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 406 | 63 | 16.6 | 11.5-23.3 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.1 | 15 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.8 | 321 | 78.6 | 72.0-84.0 |
| Other | 28 | 5 | 10.1 | 3.9-23.8 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.6-27.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.2 | 21 | 82.8 | 64.7-92.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 172 | 24 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.7- 6.1 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.7 | 141 | 84.6 | 78.2-89.4 |
| 45+ | 262 | 43 | 20.6 | 12.9-31.1 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.1 | 12 | 4.1 | 2.2- 7.3 | 202 | 74.1 | 64.2-82.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 260 | 35 | 12.0 | 8.4-16.9 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.8 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.9 | 209 | 82.9 | 77.4-87.2 |
| Some College + | 174 | 33 | 21.5 | 12.5-34.3 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.9 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.5- 8.3 | 133 | 73.8 | 61.6-83.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 250 | 43 | 16.1 | 11.7-21.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.6 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.8 | 196 | 79.9 | 73.9-84.9 |
| $50,000+ | 77 | 8 | 8.8 | 4.1-17.8 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.6-10.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.1 | 66 | 87.3 | 77.3-93.3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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