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Yes, lose weight | Yes, gain weight | Yes, maintain weight | No advice | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,540 | 847 | 55.2 | 52.0-58.4 | 28 | 1.7 | 1.0- 2.8 | 182 | 12.5 | 10.4-14.9 | 483 | 30.6 | 27.8-33.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 578 | 299 | 50.3 | 45.3-55.2 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 3.9 | 79 | 14.1 | 10.9-18.2 | 191 | 33.7 | 29.1-38.7 |
Female | 962 | 548 | 59.9 | 56.0-63.7 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.8- 3.0 | 103 | 10.9 | 8.5-13.9 | 292 | 27.7 | 24.4-31.2 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 1,055 | 569 | 54.3 | 50.5-58.1 | 16 | 1.4 | 0.7- 2.5 | 110 | 10.4 | 8.2-13.1 | 360 | 33.9 | 30.3-37.6 |
African American | 403 | 235 | 58.2 | 52.2-64.0 | 9 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.3 | 60 | 15.7 | 11.8-20.6 | 99 | 23.3 | 18.6-28.7 |
Asian | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 30.2 | 3.6-83.5 | 3 | 69.8 | 16.5-96.4 |
Native American | 40 | 21 | 68.6 | 50.1-82.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3- 7.5 | 4 | 7.8 | 2.6-21.1 | 13 | 22.0 | 10.7-39.9 |
Other Minorities | 29 | 18 | 54.5 | 28.7-78.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 5 | 32.0 | 10.7-64.9 | 5 | 13.2 | 4.2-34.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 35 | 24 | 61.1 | 36.1-81.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 22.0 | 5.7-56.7 | 7 | 16.9 | 6.8-35.9 |
-English Speaking | 22 | 16 | 77.9 | 54.9-91.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.9 | 5 | 20.0 | 7.5-43.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 13 | 8 | 42.2 | 14.3-76.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 44.4 | 12.6-81.6 | 2 | 13.3 | 2.3-50.5 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,501 | 821 | 55.0 | 51.8-58.2 | 28 | 1.8 | 1.1- 2.9 | 177 | 12.2 | 10.2-14.5 | 475 | 31.1 | 28.2-34.1 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 15 | 4 | 42.1 | 13.9-76.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 34.4 | 11.9-67.1 | 7 | 23.5 | 8.7-49.8 |
25-34 | 54 | 27 | 52.9 | 38.0-67.2 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-14.9 | 11 | 22.2 | 12.0-37.4 | 15 | 22.6 | 12.8-36.8 |
35-44 | 104 | 74 | 71.6 | 59.9-81.0 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.6- 5.2 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.2 | 21 | 23.7 | 14.9-35.5 |
45-54 | 263 | 168 | 60.6 | 52.5-68.1 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 7.1 | 28 | 15.0 | 9.2-23.6 | 64 | 22.4 | 16.9-29.0 |
55-64 | 399 | 257 | 63.7 | 57.4-69.5 | 4 | 1.6 | 0.5- 4.8 | 26 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.7 | 112 | 27.8 | 22.4-34.0 |
65-74 | 411 | 214 | 51.6 | 45.4-57.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 63 | 15.2 | 11.3-20.0 | 130 | 32.7 | 27.1-38.8 |
75+ | 285 | 99 | 33.3 | 27.0-40.3 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.0 | 45 | 16.6 | 11.7-22.9 | 129 | 46.7 | 39.6-54.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 427 | 230 | 55.1 | 48.6-61.4 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.7 | 40 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.5 | 146 | 31.0 | 25.4-37.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 501 | 283 | 56.0 | 50.4-61.4 | 9 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.9 | 58 | 12.5 | 9.0-17.1 | 151 | 30.2 | 25.4-35.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 338 | 188 | 55.2 | 48.5-61.6 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.3 | 50 | 14.1 | 10.2-19.1 | 93 | 28.9 | 23.2-35.4 |
College Graduate | 270 | 145 | 55.0 | 47.7-62.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 33 | 12.7 | 8.6-18.6 | 91 | 32.0 | 25.7-39.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 332 | 201 | 61.4 | 54.2-68.1 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.4 | 32 | 8.1 | 5.2-12.4 | 91 | 28.6 | 22.3-35.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 316 | 174 | 58.0 | 50.8-64.9 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.0 | 35 | 11.4 | 6.9-18.4 | 101 | 28.9 | 23.2-35.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 159 | 89 | 56.8 | 47.2-65.9 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.6- 6.8 | 23 | 13.5 | 8.3-21.3 | 44 | 27.5 | 20.0-36.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 157 | 83 | 50.1 | 40.8-59.4 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 | 16 | 11.5 | 6.6-19.1 | 57 | 37.7 | 28.9-47.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 109 | 62 | 58.4 | 47.2-68.8 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 4.3 | 12 | 12.4 | 6.5-22.4 | 34 | 28.6 | 19.9-39.2 |
$75,000+ | 87 | 54 | 59.4 | 46.6-71.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 9.7 | 4.6-19.4 | 24 | 30.9 | 20.2-44.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 930 | 551 | 59.6 | 55.5-63.6 | 17 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.3 | 93 | 9.9 | 7.6-12.8 | 269 | 28.8 | 25.1-32.7 |
No | 571 | 286 | 50.3 | 45.2-55.5 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.5 | 81 | 15.6 | 11.9-20.1 | 194 | 32.5 | 28.0-37.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 281 | 132 | 45.9 | 39.1-52.9 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.3- 3.1 | 40 | 14.3 | 10.2-19.7 | 106 | 38.8 | 32.2-45.9 |
Non-Veteran | 1,257 | 715 | 58.0 | 54.4-61.5 | 25 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.3 | 142 | 11.9 | 9.6-14.8 | 375 | 28.2 | 25.1-31.4 |
Currently Serving | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . |
^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 (MAHEC): 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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