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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^		 10 lbs. or less 10-25 lbs. 26-50 lbs. >50 lbs. None/still losing
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,175 1,778 35.5 33.5-37.6 1,081 19.6 18.0-21.3 580 10.8 9.5-12.1 242 4.7 3.9- 5.7 1,494 29.4 27.5-31.4
-Western NC 1,157 368 30.4 26.6-34.5 277 22.8 19.5-26.6 147 15.5 12.2-19.5 52 4.8 3.0- 7.3 313 26.4 22.8-30.4
GENDER
Male 354 115 27.6 21.8-34.3 93 26.7 20.3-34.2 36 15.2 9.7-23.1 10 4.2 1.6-10.8 100 26.3 20.2-33.4
Female 803 253 32.1 27.3-37.4 184 20.5 17.0-24.6 111 15.7 11.9-20.4 42 5.1 3.2- 7.9 213 26.5 22.2-31.4
RACE
White 1,069 340 30.9 27.0-35.0 253 21.8 18.6-25.3 136 15.1 11.9-18.9 48 5.0 3.2- 7.8 292 27.2 23.4-31.4
African American 39 12 27.4 8.7-59.9 9 18.1 7.1-38.8 9 31.6 9.7-66.5 2 2.5 0.6-10.4 7 20.5 7.3-45.7
Other Minorities 45 13 20.0 7.8-42.3 15 58.3 31.0-81.3 2 7.5 1.4-32.2 2 1.2 0.2- 6.0 13 13.0 5.3-28.6
AGE
18-24 68 29 39.4 23.2-58.4 11 14.1 6.7-27.3 8 17.9 6.7-39.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 18 27.0 13.7-46.4
25-34 182 63 33.2 24.2-43.6 45 22.8 15.2-32.7 23 14.7 8.3-24.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 49 28.8 19.3-40.5
35-44 223 69 30.2 22.3-39.4 49 23.9 15.9-34.2 31 14.0 8.8-21.5 11 6.9 3.4-13.5 63 25.0 18.2-33.4
45-54 255 84 29.6 22.4-38.0 54 18.1 12.8-24.8 37 22.7 13.9-34.9 21 6.9 3.1-14.5 59 22.7 16.2-30.8
55-64 206 61 26.2 18.8-35.3 49 25.4 17.9-34.9 30 13.5 8.5-20.6 10 8.1 2.9-20.8 56 26.8 19.4-35.6
65-74 153 47 31.5 22.4-42.4 38 23.4 16.0-32.9 14 10.9 5.5-20.4 6 2.6 0.9- 7.6 48 31.6 22.8-42.0
75+ 65 14 17.2 9.2-30.0 29 46.4 31.3-62.3 4 9.0 2.8-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 18 27.3 15.6-43.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 125 40 21.5 14.1-31.5 24 31.9 18.0-50.0 15 13.5 6.0-27.6 4 4.6 1.3-15.2 42 28.4 18.5-40.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 103 31.0 24.2-38.8 74 17.4 12.9-23.1 52 19.5 13.7-26.9 23 8.2 4.2-15.2 84 23.9 18.1-31.0
Some Post-H.S. 345 116 34.1 26.7-42.3 84 22.8 17.2-29.6 42 15.5 9.3-24.7 12 2.1 1.0- 4.6 91 25.5 18.6-33.9
College Graduate 350 109 28.5 22.7-35.2 95 25.9 20.1-32.7 37 11.6 7.6-17.2 13 4.0 1.6- 9.8 96 29.9 23.8-36.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 35 24.9 16.0-36.4 28 24.8 15.7-36.9 18 16.4 7.8-31.4 3 2.9 0.6-13.6 40 31.0 21.1-43.0
$15,000- 24,999 215 66 27.8 19.3-38.4 50 22.1 13.8-33.6 34 17.5 10.7-27.2 11 6.3 2.5-15.2 54 26.3 16.9-38.5
$25,000- 34,999 155 47 33.1 23.4-44.4 42 19.9 13.7-27.9 18 13.6 7.5-23.5 7 2.1 0.8- 5.5 41 31.4 22.2-42.4
$35,000- 49,999 183 66 35.2 25.4-46.4 41 21.7 14.3-31.3 26 22.0 11.7-37.5 10 3.7 1.5- 8.5 40 17.5 11.3-25.9
$50,000-74,999 147 46 28.7 18.7-41.4 33 23.4 15.4-34.1 14 12.9 6.7-23.5 8 4.8 2.1-10.3 46 30.1 21.0-41.1
$75,000+ 138 49 34.3 24.6-45.7 36 25.5 16.5-37.1 13 12.8 6.7-23.1 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0 35 25.5 16.9-36.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 258 75 27.0 21.4-33.3 63 27.5 21.1-35.0 28 9.3 6.1-13.9 11 3.2 1.7- 6.1 81 33.0 26.4-40.3
Guilford 270 106 37.0 30.7-43.7 49 20.3 15.1-26.7 24 10.6 6.8-16.1 11 3.3 1.7- 6.3 80 28.8 22.9-35.6
Mecklenburg 274 110 43.6 36.6-50.9 51 17.6 13.2-23.1 24 7.8 5.0-12.1 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 81 28.5 22.8-35.1
Orange 259 97 48.9 38.0-59.9 47 14.1 9.6-20.1 22 5.5 3.2- 9.3 10 2.2 1.1- 4.4 83 29.3 21.4-38.7
Wake 261 98 38.5 31.8-45.6 45 18.4 13.1-25.1 23 7.1 4.6-10.9 11 3.8 2.0- 6.8 84 32.3 26.1-39.1
Chatham/Lee 186 78 46.1 36.4-56.2 33 15.3 10.5-21.9 18 8.9 5.4-14.2 12 8.2 4.2-15.4 45 21.5 15.3-29.3
Nash/Wilson 213 64 30.9 24.0-38.8 55 27.5 20.2-36.3 23 9.1 5.9-13.9 14 6.7 3.9-11.4 57 25.7 19.5-33.0
Craven/Pamlico 270 88 32.1 25.6-39.3 54 19.7 15.0-25.5 30 13.4 8.5-20.6 17 6.4 3.9-10.4 81 28.3 22.3-35.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 234 66 28.5 22.0-36.2 49 16.5 12.1-22.1 45 23.7 15.7-34.1 11 5.5 2.7-10.7 63 25.8 19.6-33.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 238 70 29.9 22.9-38.0 60 22.3 16.7-29.1 27 11.3 7.3-17.1 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 74 34.0 24.6-45.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 238 77 29.6 20.6-40.6 51 18.3 12.4-26.1 30 10.1 6.2-16.0 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 73 39.4 25.1-55.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 249 96 34.3 24.2-46.1 57 34.0 18.6-53.7 21 5.6 3.3- 9.3 14 3.7 1.9- 6.9 61 22.5 15.4-31.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 239 83 38.4 31.5-45.8 52 20.8 15.7-27.2 25 9.3 6.1-14.0 17 6.1 3.7-10.1 62 25.3 19.4-32.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 233 93 43.2 34.7-52.2 49 21.3 15.7-28.2 28 10.2 6.7-15.2 12 6.0 3.3-10.9 51 19.2 14.2-25.6
Northeast NC I 228 76 33.1 26.4-40.6 50 22.3 16.8-29.0 29 12.8 8.4-18.9 7 2.9 1.3- 6.1 66 28.9 22.3-36.5
Northeast NC II 267 77 28.5 22.7-35.1 59 22.5 16.9-29.3 31 11.9 8.0-17.3 10 4.0 2.0- 7.8 90 33.1 27.0-39.8
Northeastern Partnership 495 153 30.1 25.5-35.0 109 22.5 18.2-27.4 60 12.2 9.1-16.2 17 3.6 2.1- 6.1 156 31.7 27.0-36.7
Mountain AHEC 745 246 30.0 25.9-34.5 180 25.8 21.5-30.8 83 12.8 9.6-16.8 35 4.3 2.7- 7.0 201 27.0 22.8-31.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,791 593 33.3 29.7-37.0 384 20.6 17.8-23.8 199 10.5 8.2-13.3 91 5.0 3.5- 7.2 524 30.6 27.2-34.3
Piedmont 2,227 817 38.0 35.1-41.0 420 18.2 16.1-20.7 234 9.7 8.2-11.5 99 4.5 3.4- 5.9 657 29.6 26.8-32.4

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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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