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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 15,051 1,327 7.7 7.2- 8.2 6,573 40.3 39.3-41.4 6,502 47.1 45.9-48.2 581 4.3 3.8- 4.9 68 0.6 0.4- 0.9
GENDER
Male 5,488 250 4.4 3.7- 5.2 2,225 36.8 35.1-38.6 2,764 53.1 51.2-55.0 225 4.9 4.1- 5.9 24 0.7 0.4- 1.4
Female 9,563 1,077 10.8 10.0-11.6 4,348 43.7 42.3-45.0 3,738 41.4 40.0-42.8 356 3.8 3.3- 4.3 44 0.4 0.3- 0.6
RACE
White 11,428 930 7.2 6.6- 7.8 5,104 42.2 40.9-43.5 4,910 45.8 44.5-47.2 441 4.5 3.9- 5.2 43 0.3 0.2- 0.4
African American 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
Asian 102 3 2.6 0.8- 8.8 25 21.6 11.2-37.6 72 74.7 59.5-85.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
Native American 287 28 9.4 5.7-15.0 120 32.4 25.9-39.7 129 53.2 44.9-61.2 8 4.7 1.9-11.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4
Other Minorities 742 64 6.9 4.8-10.0 266 30.4 26.4-34.8 379 57.1 52.3-61.8 26 3.1 1.8- 5.1 7 2.4 0.9- 6.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 776 58 6.1 4.1- 9.0 291 31.6 27.6-35.9 388 55.8 51.1-60.5 31 3.9 2.5- 6.2 8 2.5 1.0- 6.3
-English Speaking 299 24 5.2 3.3- 8.1 110 31.5 25.3-38.5 149 55.3 47.8-62.7 12 5.4 2.6-10.7 4 2.6 0.9- 7.4
-Spanish Speaking 476 34 6.4 3.9-10.4 180 31.5 26.6-36.8 239 56.1 50.2-61.9 19 3.4 1.9- 6.1 4 2.5 0.8- 8.2
Non-Hispanic 14,247 1,269 7.9 7.3- 8.4 6,272 41.3 40.1-42.4 6,097 46.2 45.0-47.3 549 4.4 3.8- 4.9 60 0.4 0.3- 0.5
AGE
18-24 599 24 2.9 1.7- 4.9 158 25.5 21.4-30.1 367 63.0 58.1-67.7 49 8.3 6.0-11.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
25-34 1,769 170 8.3 6.8-10.0 646 34.2 31.5-37.0 868 51.8 48.9-54.8 79 4.9 3.6- 6.5 6 0.8 0.2- 3.2
35-44 2,585 252 8.5 7.3- 9.8 1,130 42.2 39.9-44.6 1,103 45.8 43.4-48.2 87 3.0 2.4- 3.8 13 0.5 0.3- 1.1
45-54 2,979 346 10.5 9.2-12.0 1,417 46.5 44.3-48.8 1,117 39.6 37.4-41.9 88 2.8 2.2- 3.6 11 0.5 0.2- 1.1
55-64 3,012 306 9.5 8.4-10.9 1,549 51.2 49.0-53.4 1,062 35.8 33.7-37.9 81 3.0 2.2- 4.0 14 0.5 0.2- 1.0
65-74 2,294 168 6.7 5.6- 8.1 1,069 47.0 44.5-49.5 955 41.6 39.2-44.1 93 4.1 3.3- 5.3 9 0.5 0.2- 1.1
75+ 1,711 56 3.5 2.6- 4.7 565 33.8 31.1-36.5 978 56.1 53.3-59.0 100 5.9 4.6- 7.5 12 0.7 0.3- 1.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,252 192 7.2 5.8- 8.9 884 35.4 32.6-38.4 1,015 48.4 45.3-51.6 136 6.8 5.2- 8.9 25 2.1 1.0- 4.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,526 447 8.2 7.2- 9.3 1,959 39.8 37.8-41.9 1,911 47.0 44.8-49.1 186 4.5 3.7- 5.5 23 0.5 0.3- 0.9
Some Post-H.S. 3,749 369 8.5 7.5- 9.7 1,750 43.2 41.0-45.6 1,489 44.2 41.8-46.6 133 3.8 3.0- 5.0 8 0.2 0.1- 0.4
College Graduate 4,491 316 6.7 5.8- 7.7 1,968 41.0 39.1-42.8 2,071 49.0 47.0-50.9 124 3.2 2.6- 4.0 12 0.2 0.1- 0.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,704 230 13.3 10.8-16.3 705 35.9 32.6-39.2 649 43.0 39.3-46.7 98 5.6 4.0- 7.8 22 2.3 0.8- 6.1
$15,000- 24,999 2,479 258 8.4 7.2- 9.9 1,051 38.8 36.0-41.6 1,053 47.0 44.0-50.0 99 4.9 3.5- 6.7 18 0.9 0.4- 1.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,811 172 8.7 7.2-10.5 814 41.9 38.8-45.1 739 43.9 40.6-47.2 81 5.2 3.9- 7.0 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7
$35,000- 49,999 2,138 184 8.2 6.9- 9.9 985 41.6 38.8-44.4 896 46.2 43.3-49.2 70 3.8 2.9- 5.0 3 0.2 0.0- 0.6
$50,000-74,999 1,983 173 8.3 7.0- 9.9 987 45.6 42.7-48.5 763 42.5 39.5-45.5 57 3.4 2.3- 5.0 3 0.1 0.0- 0.5
$75,000+ 2,777 182 6.0 5.0- 7.1 1,222 42.7 40.4-45.0 1,297 48.2 45.8-50.6 72 3.0 2.2- 4.1 4 0.1 0.0- 0.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,478 724 12.1 11.1-13.3 2,498 43.0 41.1-44.8 1,942 38.2 36.3-40.1 271 5.8 4.9- 7.0 43 0.9 0.6- 1.3
No 9,479 596 5.7 5.1- 6.4 4,036 39.2 37.8-40.6 4,517 51.0 49.6-52.5 306 3.6 3.1- 4.3 24 0.4 0.2- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,211 122 6.1 4.9- 7.5 917 39.8 37.2-42.5 1,086 49.8 47.1-52.6 79 3.8 2.9- 5.1 7 0.4 0.2- 1.1
Non-Veteran 12,829 1,204 7.9 7.4- 8.6 5,654 40.4 39.3-41.7 5,408 46.6 45.3-47.9 502 4.4 3.9- 5.0 61 0.6 0.4- 1.0

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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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