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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 over-the-counter weight loss products to control your weight?
This includes dietary supplements and natural or herbal weight loss products. Would you say...

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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 9,251 165 1.7 1.3- 2.2 614 7.2 6.3- 8.1 8,472 91.1 90.1-92.0
-Western NC 2,044 34 1.5 0.9- 2.4 150 7.5 6.0- 9.4 1,860 91.0 89.0-92.7
GENDER
Male 765 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7 25 2.7 1.6- 4.5 735 97.0 95.2-98.1
Female 1,279 29 2.6 1.6- 4.3 125 12.1 9.4-15.3 1,125 85.3 81.9-88.1
RACE
White 1,864 31 1.6 1.0- 2.6 137 8.0 6.3-10.1 1,696 90.4 88.2-92.2
African American 71 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 2.4 0.8- 7.0 66 97.1 92.2-98.9
Other Minorities 101 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 8 2.6 1.1- 6.4 91 96.9 93.1-98.7
AGE
18-24 135 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 21 12.5 7.2-20.9 112 85.9 77.3-91.6
25-34 281 9 3.5 1.4- 8.4 45 14.8 9.5-22.3 227 81.7 73.6-87.8
35-44 340 9 2.0 0.9- 4.5 36 10.4 6.5-16.2 295 87.6 81.7-91.8
45-54 379 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2 26 5.1 2.9- 8.8 350 94.5 90.9-96.8
55-64 347 7 1.3 0.5- 3.2 14 4.1 2.1- 7.9 326 94.6 90.7-96.9
65-74 337 2 0.4 0.1- 2.3 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6 328 98.4 96.6-99.2
75+ 213 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 0 0.0 . - . 211 99.3 97.1-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 16 2.6 1.4- 4.8 320 97.0 94.7-98.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 634 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6 48 8.9 6.1-12.9 573 88.9 84.6-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 541 14 2.1 1.0- 4.1 54 10.1 6.8-14.8 473 87.8 83.1-91.4
College Graduate 524 4 0.6 0.2- 2.1 31 5.4 3.5- 8.3 489 93.9 91.0-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 267 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 18 8.2 3.8-16.8 246 91.6 83.1-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 401 8 1.9 0.7- 4.9 32 6.8 4.2-10.9 361 91.3 86.8-94.3
$25,000- 34,999 253 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 31 13.4 8.2-21.1 221 86.3 78.5-91.5
$35,000- 49,999 268 8 2.5 0.8- 7.1 23 8.5 4.6-15.2 237 89.0 81.9-93.5
$50,000-74,999 203 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 12 6.6 3.3-12.8 188 92.3 86.1-95.9
$75,000+ 204 5 2.6 1.0- 7.0 15 7.3 3.7-14.0 184 90.1 83.1-94.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 444 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2 27 6.5 4.2-10.1 413 92.5 88.7-95.0
Guilford 443 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 20 4.8 2.8- 8.1 417 94.0 90.7-96.2
Mecklenburg 442 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 31 6.5 4.4- 9.4 405 92.7 89.7-94.9
Orange 450 9 1.3 0.6- 2.6 24 3.8 2.4- 5.8 417 94.9 92.6-96.5
Wake 445 7 1.0 0.5- 2.2 29 6.2 4.2- 9.2 409 92.8 89.7-94.9
Chatham/Lee 392 7 1.6 0.6- 3.9 20 6.4 3.5-11.4 365 92.0 87.0-95.2
Nash/Wilson 369 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 19 4.1 2.5- 6.7 346 94.8 92.0-96.7
Craven/Pamlico 446 8 1.4 0.7- 3.0 29 9.2 5.7-14.5 409 89.4 84.2-93.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 425 6 0.8 0.3- 1.8 32 8.2 5.4-12.1 387 91.1 87.1-93.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 447 10 2.5 1.2- 5.1 40 10.7 7.2-15.5 397 86.9 81.9-90.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 25 4.5 2.8- 7.2 434 93.9 90.8-96.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 422 10 1.7 0.9- 3.4 36 8.2 5.5-12.2 376 90.0 85.8-93.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 463 9 1.9 0.8- 4.2 34 6.7 4.6- 9.6 420 91.4 88.1-93.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 407 6 0.7 0.3- 1.5 26 6.4 4.1- 9.9 375 92.9 89.5-95.3
Northeast NC I 448 10 2.4 1.2- 4.7 27 5.5 3.6- 8.2 411 92.1 88.8-94.5
Northeast NC II 499 9 1.8 0.9- 3.5 30 5.9 4.0- 8.5 460 92.4 89.5-94.5
Northeastern Partnership 947 19 2.0 1.2- 3.3 57 5.7 4.3- 7.6 871 92.3 90.2-94.0
Mountain AHEC 1,285 19 1.1 0.6- 2.0 91 7.2 5.4- 9.4 1,175 91.7 89.4-93.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,233 54 1.7 1.0- 2.7 223 8.1 6.5-10.1 2,956 90.2 88.1-91.9
Piedmont 3,974 77 1.8 1.3- 2.5 241 6.6 5.5- 7.8 3,656 91.6 90.2-92.8

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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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