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Total Respond.^ |
Lose weight | Maintain weight | Do neither | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,132 | 6,088 | 37.8 | 36.8-38.9 | 5,268 | 34.2 | 33.1-35.3 | 3,776 | 28.0 | 26.9-29.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
Alamance | 377 | 158 | 40.9 | 34.3-47.8 | 116 | 29.6 | 23.9-36.1 | 103 | 29.5 | 23.3-36.5 |
Buncombe | 348 | 133 | 35.4 | 29.4-42.0 | 132 | 37.8 | 31.7-44.3 | 83 | 26.8 | 20.9-33.6 |
Cabarrus | 381 | 169 | 40.8 | 34.8-47.0 | 116 | 31.1 | 25.3-37.5 | 96 | 28.1 | 22.4-34.7 |
Catawba | 398 | 168 | 41.3 | 34.5-48.4 | 122 | 28.8 | 22.9-35.4 | 108 | 30.0 | 24.2-36.5 |
Cumberland | 435 | 184 | 38.0 | 32.4-43.9 | 140 | 30.0 | 24.9-35.7 | 111 | 32.0 | 25.8-38.9 |
Davidson | 417 | 164 | 38.6 | 32.8-44.7 | 143 | 32.0 | 26.6-37.9 | 110 | 29.5 | 23.6-36.1 |
Durham | 390 | 167 | 35.4 | 29.7-41.6 | 139 | 36.5 | 30.0-43.6 | 84 | 28.0 | 21.6-35.5 |
Forsyth | 403 | 159 | 37.1 | 31.5-43.1 | 141 | 33.7 | 28.1-39.8 | 103 | 29.1 | 23.4-35.6 |
Gaston | 379 | 153 | 42.2 | 35.7-49.0 | 136 | 34.5 | 28.4-41.2 | 90 | 23.3 | 18.4-29.0 |
Guilford | 433 | 167 | 37.5 | 32.0-43.4 | 156 | 33.4 | 28.0-39.2 | 110 | 29.0 | 23.7-35.0 |
Iredell | 427 | 185 | 41.6 | 35.6-47.9 | 139 | 30.0 | 24.7-35.9 | 103 | 28.4 | 22.5-35.0 |
Johnston | 438 | 184 | 43.4 | 36.8-50.2 | 139 | 27.5 | 22.4-33.3 | 115 | 29.1 | 23.1-35.9 |
Mecklenburg | 802 | 342 | 37.6 | 33.4-42.0 | 274 | 34.6 | 30.2-39.3 | 186 | 27.7 | 23.5-32.5 |
New Hanover | 387 | 170 | 42.7 | 36.4-49.3 | 137 | 36.1 | 29.9-42.9 | 80 | 21.1 | 16.0-27.3 |
Onslow | 376 | 138 | 37.2 | 31.1-43.7 | 127 | 31.9 | 26.1-38.3 | 111 | 30.9 | 24.7-37.9 |
Orange | 359 | 157 | 38.3 | 32.0-45.0 | 141 | 36.8 | 30.4-43.7 | 61 | 24.9 | 17.8-33.5 |
Pitt | 384 | 175 | 44.7 | 38.7-50.8 | 126 | 32.3 | 26.8-38.4 | 83 | 23.0 | 18.3-28.5 |
Randolph | 381 | 131 | 30.4 | 24.7-36.9 | 152 | 39.8 | 32.7-47.3 | 98 | 29.8 | 23.3-37.3 |
Robeson | 371 | 129 | 31.3 | 25.5-37.7 | 126 | 35.7 | 29.1-42.9 | 116 | 33.0 | 26.8-39.9 |
Rowan | 426 | 157 | 34.7 | 29.1-40.8 | 155 | 35.9 | 30.3-41.9 | 114 | 29.4 | 24.1-35.4 |
Union | 381 | 151 | 37.4 | 31.2-43.9 | 141 | 33.9 | 28.1-40.3 | 89 | 28.7 | 22.6-35.7 |
Wake | 630 | 272 | 39.3 | 34.7-44.1 | 241 | 40.3 | 35.3-45.6 | 117 | 20.4 | 16.2-25.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 408 | 158 | 33.4 | 28.0-39.3 | 152 | 40.5 | 33.8-47.5 | 98 | 26.1 | 20.6-32.6 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 493 | 208 | 42.7 | 36.9-48.7 | 152 | 28.6 | 23.8-34.0 | 133 | 28.7 | 23.5-34.5 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 426 | 166 | 41.1 | 35.0-47.6 | 157 | 33.2 | 27.9-38.9 | 103 | 25.7 | 20.3-31.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 421 | 154 | 34.7 | 29.2-40.7 | 159 | 40.6 | 34.7-46.7 | 108 | 24.7 | 19.8-30.4 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 449 | 193 | 39.3 | 33.7-45.3 | 145 | 35.0 | 29.1-41.5 | 111 | 25.6 | 20.3-31.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 421 | 167 | 36.7 | 31.3-42.4 | 156 | 34.2 | 29.0-39.8 | 98 | 29.1 | 23.2-35.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 384 | 154 | 40.5 | 33.9-47.5 | 130 | 31.3 | 25.1-38.2 | 100 | 28.2 | 22.4-34.8 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 446 | 184 | 36.6 | 31.0-42.5 | 158 | 33.5 | 28.0-39.4 | 104 | 29.9 | 23.5-37.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 547 | 199 | 34.1 | 29.1-39.3 | 195 | 33.5 | 28.6-38.8 | 153 | 32.5 | 27.1-38.4 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 413 | 169 | 38.0 | 32.5-43.8 | 142 | 32.8 | 27.6-38.5 | 102 | 29.2 | 23.3-35.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 408 | 161 | 35.3 | 29.5-41.6 | 141 | 35.8 | 29.1-43.1 | 106 | 28.9 | 22.7-35.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 440 | 171 | 37.7 | 32.1-43.7 | 142 | 29.3 | 24.1-35.1 | 127 | 33.0 | 27.3-39.2 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 553 | 191 | 35.6 | 30.4-41.1 | 200 | 32.1 | 27.2-37.4 | 162 | 32.3 | 27.1-38.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,049 | 424 | 40.7 | 36.7-44.9 | 362 | 32.4 | 28.8-36.3 | 263 | 26.9 | 23.2-30.9 |
No | 14,083 | 5,664 | 37.7 | 36.6-38.8 | 4,906 | 34.3 | 33.2-35.4 | 3,513 | 28.1 | 26.9-29.2 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,049 | 2,032 | 38.1 | 36.3-40.0 | 1,737 | 34.3 | 32.4-36.2 | 1,280 | 27.6 | 25.8-29.5 |
Piedmont | 8,470 | 3,451 | 38.3 | 36.8-39.7 | 2,962 | 34.4 | 33.0-35.9 | 2,057 | 27.3 | 25.9-28.8 |
Western NC | 1,613 | 605 | 35.5 | 32.5-38.7 | 569 | 33.0 | 30.0-36.1 | 439 | 31.5 | 28.3-34.9 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 901 | 324 | 35.5 | 31.4-39.8 | 332 | 33.8 | 29.9-38.0 | 245 | 30.6 | 26.5-35.1 |
Northwest | 3,024 | 1,220 | 37.9 | 35.6-40.3 | 1,011 | 31.4 | 29.2-33.7 | 793 | 30.6 | 28.2-33.2 |
Charlotte | 2,315 | 961 | 38.8 | 36.1-41.6 | 787 | 33.5 | 30.8-36.4 | 567 | 27.7 | 25.0-30.5 |
Greensboro | 1,956 | 765 | 36.6 | 33.7-39.6 | 721 | 35.1 | 32.2-38.1 | 470 | 28.3 | 25.4-31.4 |
Southern Regional | 1,533 | 587 | 36.0 | 32.7-39.4 | 527 | 33.2 | 29.8-36.7 | 419 | 30.9 | 27.4-34.6 |
Coastal | 798 | 338 | 40.8 | 36.4-45.2 | 287 | 33.9 | 29.8-38.2 | 173 | 25.4 | 21.1-30.2 |
Wake | 2,035 | 864 | 39.6 | 36.7-42.6 | 710 | 36.8 | 33.7-40.0 | 461 | 23.6 | 20.9-26.6 |
Area L | 648 | 248 | 35.8 | 31.1-40.7 | 241 | 38.5 | 33.7-43.5 | 159 | 25.7 | 21.3-30.7 |
Eastern | 1,922 | 781 | 38.0 | 35.1-41.0 | 652 | 34.7 | 31.6-37.9 | 489 | 27.3 | 24.4-30.4 |
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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.
**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.
***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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