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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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
-Western NC 1,524 969 63.5 59.5-67.3 555 36.5 32.7-40.5
GENDER
Male 534 336 60.2 53.2-66.9 198 39.8 33.1-46.8
Female 990 633 66.1 61.7-70.3 357 33.9 29.7-38.3
RACE
White 1,386 882 63.9 59.7-67.8 504 36.1 32.2-40.3
African American 52 34 56.2 31.8-77.9 18 43.8 22.1-68.2
Other Minorities 79 48 61.9 44.7-76.5 31 38.1 23.5-55.3
AGE
18-24 88 69 81.6 69.6-89.6 19 18.4 10.4-30.4
25-34 215 169 79.5 69.3-87.0 46 20.5 13.0-30.7
35-44 261 181 68.1 59.9-75.3 80 31.9 24.7-40.1
45-54 303 190 50.2 40.9-59.5 113 49.8 40.5-59.1
55-64 276 173 61.5 53.0-69.3 103 38.5 30.7-47.0
65-74 251 137 54.3 45.7-62.6 114 45.7 37.4-54.3
75+ 118 42 40.3 28.8-53.0 76 59.7 47.0-71.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 219 93 46.8 32.6-61.6 126 53.2 38.4-67.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 475 271 55.6 48.5-62.5 204 44.4 37.5-51.5
Some Post-H.S. 413 284 72.7 65.6-78.8 129 27.3 21.2-34.4
College Graduate 413 319 73.6 67.2-79.1 94 26.4 20.9-32.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 175 95 52.7 42.1-63.1 80 47.3 36.9-57.9
$15,000- 24,999 300 186 62.7 52.9-71.5 114 37.3 28.5-47.1
$25,000- 34,999 187 118 66.5 56.8-74.9 69 33.5 25.1-43.2
$35,000- 49,999 216 153 67.5 56.4-76.9 63 32.5 23.1-43.6
$50,000-74,999 173 122 66.6 55.8-75.9 51 33.4 24.1-44.2
$75,000+ 171 128 70.6 60.4-79.1 43 29.4 20.9-39.6
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

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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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