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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Weight Loss Products

In the past 2 years, that is in the past 24 months, have you taken any weight loss pills prescribed by a doctor to control your weight?
Do not include water pills or thyroid medications. Would you say ...

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, you are currently/ taking them Yes, you've taken/ them in past 2 y No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,252 57 0.6 0.4- 0.9 169 1.6 1.3- 2.1 9,026 97.7 97.2-98.1
-Western NC 2,045 15 0.4 0.2- 0.7 43 2.6 1.6- 4.4 1,987 97.0 95.3-98.1
GENDER
Male 766 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.3 0.5- 3.0 758 98.7 97.0-99.5
Female 1,279 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3 35 3.9 2.1- 7.1 1,229 95.4 92.3-97.3
RACE
White 1,865 12 0.3 0.2- 0.7 38 2.8 1.6- 4.7 1,815 96.9 95.0-98.1
African American 71 2 1.6 0.4- 6.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 67 96.9 91.6-98.9
Other Minorities 101 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 3 1.4 0.4- 5.3 97 98.4 94.7-99.5
AGE
18-24 135 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.1 1.1-20.5 133 94.9 79.5-98.9
25-34 281 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 9 3.6 1.2-10.4 271 96.3 89.6-98.7
35-44 340 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 16 4.2 2.2- 8.1 320 95.5 91.7-97.6
45-54 379 5 1.2 0.4- 3.1 9 1.5 0.4- 5.1 365 97.3 94.0-98.8
55-64 348 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8 4 1.0 0.2- 4.2 341 98.7 95.9-99.6
65-74 337 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.4 334 99.3 97.6-99.8
75+ 213 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 211 97.5 87.9-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 7 1.5 0.5- 4.1 328 98.1 95.7-99.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 635 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 18 4.1 2.1- 7.7 613 95.7 92.1-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 541 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9 11 3.2 1.1- 9.4 525 96.1 90.4-98.5
College Graduate 524 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 6 0.6 0.2- 1.4 516 99.3 98.5-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 267 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 5 3.1 0.6-14.0 261 96.8 86.2-99.3
$15,000- 24,999 401 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 15 3.0 1.4- 6.1 384 96.9 93.7-98.5
$25,000- 34,999 253 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 5 1.4 0.5- 3.5 247 98.5 96.4-99.4
$35,000- 49,999 268 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 7 6.7 2.3-18.0 257 92.1 81.6-96.8
$50,000-74,999 203 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 198 99.0 97.4-99.6
$75,000+ 204 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 4 2.3 0.5- 9.1 199 97.4 91.0-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 445 5 0.7 0.3- 1.7 7 1.1 0.5- 2.3 433 98.2 96.9-99.0
Guilford 443 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 438 99.1 97.9-99.7
Mecklenburg 442 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 425 96.8 94.5-98.1
Orange 450 3 3.6 0.6-19.8 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3 441 95.4 82.3-98.9
Wake 445 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 11 2.4 1.2- 4.6 432 97.0 94.5-98.4
Chatham/Lee 392 2 2.9 0.5-14.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 389 96.8 86.3-99.3
Nash/Wilson 369 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.3 0.5- 2.9 363 98.7 97.1-99.5
Craven/Pamlico 445 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 437 98.5 96.9-99.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 6 0.9 0.3- 2.3 418 99.0 97.6-99.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 447 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 9 2.4 0.9- 6.6 434 96.9 93.0-98.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 9 1.2 0.6- 2.5 455 98.2 96.7-99.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 11 2.1 1.0- 4.3 407 97.3 95.0-98.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 11 2.1 1.1- 4.0 450 97.5 95.6-98.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 408 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 8 1.7 0.7- 4.1 397 97.6 95.1-98.8
Northeast NC I 448 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 11 2.2 1.2- 4.1 435 97.5 95.6-98.6
Northeast NC II 499 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 13 2.5 1.4- 4.4 484 97.3 95.4-98.4
Northeastern Partnership 947 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 24 2.4 1.5- 3.7 919 97.4 96.1-98.3
Mountain AHEC 1,286 10 0.4 0.2- 0.9 26 1.9 1.1- 3.4 1,250 97.7 96.2-98.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,233 19 0.8 0.4- 1.5 66 1.4 1.0- 2.0 3,148 97.8 96.9-98.4
Piedmont 3,974 23 0.6 0.3- 1.0 60 1.5 1.1- 2.1 3,891 97.9 97.2-98.4

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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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