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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity & Nutrition-FEMALES

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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 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 7,194 746 9.9 9.0-10.8 3,278 43.9 42.3-45.5 2,869 42.0 40.4-43.6 271 3.9 3.3- 4.5 30 0.4 0.2- 0.6
African American 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
Asian 70 3 4.9 1.4-15.7 19 19.8 11.3-32.2 46 73.4 60.0-83.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6
Native American 182 24 13.6 8.4-21.3 85 42.0 33.2-51.4 65 36.7 28.1-46.3 6 7.0 2.4-18.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
Other Minorities 375 49 10.7 7.7-14.6 148 38.5 32.4-45.0 159 46.3 39.9-52.9 18 4.1 2.3- 7.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 416 46 9.3 6.6-12.9 164 37.0 31.3-43.1 181 47.6 41.5-53.7 22 5.1 3.0- 8.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7
-English Speaking 198 19 6.9 4.1-11.4 70 30.0 22.8-38.4 98 56.6 47.7-65.1 9 4.9 2.2-10.5 2 1.6 0.3- 8.1
-Spanish Speaking 217 27 11.1 7.2-16.7 93 41.5 33.6-49.9 83 41.4 33.5-49.9 13 5.3 2.7-10.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
Non-Hispanic 9,130 1,031 10.9 10.1-11.8 4,178 44.2 42.8-45.5 3,546 40.9 39.5-42.3 334 3.7 3.2- 4.2 41 0.3 0.2- 0.5
AGE
18-24 372 21 4.4 2.6- 7.3 114 31.3 25.7-37.5 217 59.5 53.1-65.5 20 4.8 2.9- 8.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 1,156 152 12.9 10.8-15.4 462 40.1 36.8-43.5 485 41.8 38.5-45.2 53 5.0 3.6- 6.9 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6
35-44 1,615 207 12.6 10.7-14.6 733 45.0 42.1-47.9 611 38.8 36.0-41.7 57 3.2 2.4- 4.2 7 0.5 0.2- 1.3
45-54 1,871 287 15.2 13.3-17.3 924 49.1 46.3-51.8 597 32.4 29.9-35.0 56 2.9 2.1- 3.9 7 0.4 0.2- 1.0
55-64 1,876 232 11.9 10.3-13.8 995 52.3 49.6-55.0 601 33.2 30.7-35.8 37 1.9 1.3- 2.8 11 0.7 0.3- 1.4
65-74 1,430 133 8.8 7.2-10.8 705 49.7 46.5-52.9 537 38.2 35.2-41.4 52 3.2 2.3- 4.3 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3
75+ 1,161 40 3.3 2.3- 4.6 381 34.2 31.0-37.7 652 55.5 52.0-59.0 78 6.3 4.8- 8.0 10 0.7 0.3- 1.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,378 159 11.6 9.6-13.9 579 40.6 37.1-44.3 551 41.0 37.4-44.7 75 5.6 4.1- 7.6 14 1.2 0.6- 2.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,886 364 11.6 10.3-13.2 1,329 44.7 42.2-47.2 1,068 39.1 36.6-41.7 110 4.3 3.3- 5.6 15 0.3 0.2- 0.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,535 317 12.4 10.9-14.1 1,223 46.6 43.9-49.2 900 37.7 35.0-40.4 91 3.2 2.5- 4.1 4 0.2 0.1- 0.5
College Graduate 2,742 234 8.0 6.8- 9.5 1,207 41.4 39.1-43.7 1,211 47.3 44.9-49.7 79 2.9 2.3- 3.8 11 0.3 0.2- 0.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,253 195 16.0 13.4-18.9 544 38.7 35.2-42.2 429 38.4 34.6-42.2 70 5.7 4.0- 7.9 15 1.4 0.7- 2.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,662 229 13.8 11.8-16.0 780 46.8 43.6-50.0 584 35.5 32.4-38.6 60 3.5 2.5- 4.9 9 0.5 0.2- 1.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,138 143 12.8 10.4-15.6 547 44.8 40.9-48.8 408 39.0 35.0-43.2 36 3.1 2.1- 4.6 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,298 141 11.3 9.2-13.7 645 47.6 44.1-51.2 478 37.9 34.5-41.5 33 3.1 2.0- 4.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2
$50,000-74,999 1,171 127 11.5 9.3-14.0 602 49.8 46.1-53.5 397 34.9 31.4-38.5 42 3.5 2.4- 5.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1
$75,000+ 1,514 129 8.1 6.6- 9.9 647 41.5 38.6-44.5 691 46.7 43.7-49.7 43 3.4 2.3- 4.9 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,525 571 16.1 14.6-17.7 1,661 46.5 44.3-48.7 1,099 32.1 30.0-34.2 167 4.6 3.8- 5.7 27 0.7 0.4- 1.1
No 5,976 500 8.3 7.5- 9.3 2,662 42.5 40.8-44.2 2,613 45.6 43.9-47.3 185 3.3 2.7- 4.0 16 0.3 0.1- 0.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 214 21 10.3 6.1-16.9 84 36.9 28.9-45.6 98 46.0 37.6-54.6 11 6.8 3.1-14.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 9,345 1,056 10.8 10.0-11.6 4,262 43.8 42.5-45.2 3,638 41.3 39.9-42.7 345 3.7 3.2- 4.2 44 0.4 0.3- 0.6

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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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