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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Managing current weight: lose, maintain or do neither?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Trying to lose weight Maintain weight Neither
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,428 3,758 38.7 37.1-40.3 3,373 36.2 34.7-37.8 2,297 25.1 23.7-26.5
-Western NC 2,073 811 38.5 35.1-42.1 716 34.8 31.6-38.1 546 26.7 23.7-29.9
GENDER
Male 779 245 29.9 24.4-36.0 290 37.6 32.3-43.2 244 32.5 27.3-38.1
Female 1,294 566 46.8 42.7-50.9 426 32.1 28.5-35.9 302 21.1 18.3-24.2
RACE
White 1,886 732 39.1 35.5-42.8 657 34.7 31.4-38.1 497 26.2 23.3-29.4
African American 74 32 43.1 24.7-63.6 20 37.1 19.8-58.4 22 19.8 10.6-34.1
Other Minorities 104 43 25.6 14.8-40.4 36 36.6 21.5-55.0 25 37.8 19.3-60.6
AGE
18-24 136 42 31.7 21.0-44.7 46 35.6 25.1-47.7 48 32.7 23.1-44.1
25-34 281 120 47.9 36.7-59.3 96 27.9 20.4-37.0 65 24.1 16.5-33.8
35-44 340 151 40.5 33.1-48.3 111 32.7 25.9-40.3 78 26.9 19.1-36.4
45-54 383 178 39.0 31.4-47.1 125 39.9 31.9-48.4 80 21.2 15.3-28.6
55-64 355 167 46.3 38.8-54.0 110 32.1 25.3-39.8 78 21.6 15.8-28.7
65-74 344 105 30.2 24.2-37.0 146 43.8 36.6-51.3 93 26.0 20.1-32.9
75+ 218 44 23.1 15.8-32.5 74 29.6 22.6-37.6 100 47.3 38.8-56.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 110 33.4 23.1-45.7 109 26.3 19.6-34.4 132 40.2 30.6-50.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 643 229 34.5 29.2-40.2 247 40.1 34.3-46.3 167 25.4 20.6-30.8
Some Post-H.S. 547 249 46.1 39.4-52.9 165 31.1 25.4-37.4 133 22.9 17.9-28.7
College Graduate 525 219 38.7 33.2-44.4 195 39.2 33.7-45.1 111 22.1 17.6-27.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 99 36.0 28.0-44.9 77 27.9 21.1-35.9 95 36.1 27.9-45.3
$15,000- 24,999 407 162 40.8 32.9-49.4 138 31.9 24.4-40.3 107 27.3 19.9-36.3
$25,000- 34,999 254 105 37.1 29.0-46.0 83 30.0 22.8-38.3 66 33.0 24.0-43.4
$35,000- 49,999 268 114 38.2 29.4-47.8 103 43.4 34.6-52.6 51 18.5 12.7-26.0
$50,000-74,999 206 94 48.0 38.5-57.6 79 36.2 27.7-45.5 33 15.9 10.6-23.1
$75,000+ 206 100 45.4 36.3-54.8 71 35.2 26.7-44.8 35 19.4 12.6-28.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 453 169 36.1 31.0-41.6 164 36.0 30.9-41.4 120 27.9 23.1-33.2
Guilford 443 190 41.0 35.7-46.5 159 35.6 30.4-41.2 94 23.4 18.8-28.7
Mecklenburg 446 196 39.0 33.5-44.8 149 31.2 26.3-36.6 101 29.8 23.9-36.3
Orange 451 175 37.1 30.0-44.7 187 43.8 36.5-51.3 89 19.1 14.6-24.7
Wake 452 189 39.7 34.4-45.2 176 38.1 32.7-43.7 87 22.2 17.8-27.4
Chatham/Lee 400 146 37.1 31.0-43.6 148 36.0 30.3-42.2 106 26.9 21.7-32.7
Nash/Wilson 379 152 39.1 33.3-45.2 125 33.9 28.5-39.8 102 27.0 22.1-32.6
Craven/Pamlico 455 207 40.7 35.4-46.2 147 37.2 31.8-42.9 101 22.1 18.0-26.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 165 37.9 32.0-44.1 155 35.6 30.4-41.1 117 26.6 21.8-31.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 171 36.8 30.4-43.6 153 34.0 28.3-40.2 128 29.3 23.4-36.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 478 183 34.3 27.9-41.2 171 41.6 33.1-50.7 124 24.1 18.9-30.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 172 35.3 27.4-44.2 149 28.0 21.6-35.5 105 36.7 24.8-50.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 474 196 39.4 34.5-44.6 162 35.2 30.2-40.5 116 25.4 21.0-30.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 419 146 32.1 26.9-37.9 163 39.8 33.8-46.2 110 28.1 22.9-33.8
Northeast NC I 461 189 38.0 32.5-43.7 159 33.2 27.9-39.0 113 28.8 22.4-36.2
Northeast NC II 513 211 40.2 35.1-45.5 171 31.2 26.7-36.1 131 28.6 23.9-33.9
Northeastern Partnership 974 400 39.4 35.6-43.4 330 31.9 28.4-35.7 244 28.7 24.8-32.9
Mountain AHEC 1,306 512 38.4 34.1-42.8 461 34.9 31.1-38.9 333 26.7 23.2-30.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,313 1,339 36.9 34.2-39.7 1,167 38.7 35.8-41.7 807 24.4 22.0-26.9
Piedmont 4,042 1,608 39.7 37.4-41.9 1,490 35.3 33.2-37.5 944 25.0 23.1-27.1

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*Data in this table were derived from two weight control questions regarding loosing or maintaining current weight.

^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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