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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity & Nutrition-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Very overweight Somewhat overweight Normal weight Somewhat underweight Very underweight
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,437 302 10.8 9.4-12.4 1,033 39.5 37.0-42.2 983 44.5 41.8-47.2 104 4.4 3.4- 5.7 15 0.7 0.3- 1.5
GENDER
Male 727 47 5.4 3.8- 7.5 228 30.7 26.4-35.3 402 56.6 51.8-61.3 45 6.2 4.3- 8.8 5 1.1 0.4- 3.2
Female 1,710 255 15.0 13.0-17.3 805 46.4 43.4-49.4 581 35.1 32.2-38.1 59 3.1 2.2- 4.4 10 0.4 0.2- 0.9
AGE
18-24 123 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6 31 27.2 17.8-39.3 72 59.9 48.3-70.5 14 10.5 5.6-18.9 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 326 48 14.8 10.7-20.2 135 37.1 31.1-43.5 125 42.5 36.1-49.2 15 3.8 2.0- 7.1 3 1.7 0.4- 7.4
35-44 432 60 12.8 9.4-17.2 200 44.4 38.7-50.3 153 40.2 34.4-46.2 15 2.1 1.2- 4.0 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6
45-54 514 87 13.9 10.9-17.6 241 43.1 37.6-48.8 175 40.6 34.8-46.6 10 1.8 0.8- 3.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5
55-64 470 59 12.2 9.0-16.2 214 42.4 37.0-48.1 179 41.1 35.6-46.8 15 3.9 2.2- 6.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7
65-74 349 32 7.6 5.1-11.2 148 45.0 38.5-51.8 148 39.4 33.3-45.9 18 6.6 3.9-11.1 3 1.3 0.3- 5.2
75+ 206 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 59 31.8 24.5-40.0 121 56.4 48.1-64.4 16 7.6 3.8-14.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 521 63 10.3 7.7-13.7 202 34.9 29.6-40.6 218 45.0 39.1-51.0 32 8.7 5.4-13.7 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 864 107 11.0 8.7-13.8 342 37.7 33.2-42.4 365 45.2 40.6-49.8 44 5.0 3.4- 7.4 6 1.1 0.3- 3.7
Some Post-H.S. 570 77 11.6 8.8-15.1 269 43.3 38.0-48.7 204 42.4 36.8-48.1 18 2.5 1.5- 4.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.0
College Graduate 478 54 9.8 6.9-13.9 219 42.7 37.1-48.4 195 45.5 39.6-51.5 9 1.7 0.8- 3.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 476 80 16.0 12.4-20.5 182 33.7 28.6-39.3 182 44.5 38.3-50.8 28 5.1 3.3- 7.8 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
$15,000- 24,999 571 89 13.2 10.2-17.0 226 36.9 31.2-42.9 232 45.3 39.5-51.3 21 4.4 2.3- 8.0 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7
$25,000- 34,999 338 38 10.9 7.1-16.2 162 41.9 35.0-49.2 122 42.5 35.0-50.2 14 4.2 2.3- 7.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
$35,000- 49,999 304 38 11.3 7.8-16.1 138 46.4 39.6-53.4 121 39.7 33.2-46.6 7 2.6 1.1- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 214 27 12.6 8.0-19.4 102 41.8 34.1-49.9 81 44.3 36.1-52.8 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 183 9 4.3 2.0- 8.9 93 46.8 37.7-56.2 77 47.3 37.9-56.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 961 165 15.9 13.3-18.9 394 37.4 33.5-41.4 337 38.4 34.3-42.7 55 6.7 4.6- 9.6 10 1.7 0.7- 4.1
No 1,460 137 8.2 6.6-10.1 630 40.5 37.1-44.0 640 47.8 44.3-51.4 48 3.2 2.2- 4.7 5 0.2 0.1- 0.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 278 25 9.3 5.8-14.5 98 34.9 28.1-42.3 142 51.6 43.9-59.1 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
Non-Veteran 2,153 277 11.1 9.6-12.8 934 40.4 37.6-43.3 836 43.2 40.3-46.1 92 4.6 3.5- 6.1 14 0.7 0.3- 1.6

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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.

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