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| Total Respond.^ |
Lose weight | Gain weight | Stay the same weight | Not doing anything about weight | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,878 | 1,874 | 48.5 | 46.3-50.7 | 140 | 4.3 | 3.4- 5.4 | 1,217 | 30.8 | 28.8-32.9 | 647 | 16.4 | 14.9-18.1 |
| -Piedmont NC | 2,271 | 1,120 | 49.8 | 46.8-52.8 | 83 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.7 | 702 | 30.1 | 27.4-32.8 | 366 | 15.9 | 13.9-18.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 893 | 381 | 42.0 | 37.6-46.5 | 36 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.4 | 320 | 36.0 | 31.8-40.4 | 156 | 16.3 | 13.5-19.7 |
| Female | 1,378 | 739 | 56.8 | 52.9-60.7 | 47 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.6 | 382 | 24.7 | 21.6-28.0 | 210 | 15.5 | 12.9-18.5 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,683 | 801 | 49.9 | 46.4-53.5 | 58 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.8 | 531 | 29.8 | 26.8-33.1 | 293 | 16.9 | 14.5-19.5 |
| African American | 430 | 249 | 54.0 | 47.5-60.3 | 23 | 9.4 | 5.8-14.8 | 107 | 22.6 | 17.8-28.4 | 51 | 14.0 | 10.0-19.2 |
| Other minorities | 140 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 12.2 | 7.0-20.4 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 150 | 67 | 46.0 | 36.9-55.4 | *** | *** | *** | 59 | 39.5 | 31.0-48.7 | 18 | 11.7 | 7.1-18.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,112 | 1,048 | 50.2 | 47.0-53.3 | 77 | 4.4 | 3.3- 6.0 | 641 | 29.1 | 26.4-32.0 | 346 | 16.3 | 14.2-18.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 324 | 158 | 46.6 | 40.0-53.3 | 24 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.7 | 94 | 30.0 | 24.3-36.3 | 48 | 15.1 | 11.1-20.2 |
| 35-54 | 707 | 397 | 54.7 | 49.8-59.6 | 17 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.5 | 183 | 26.5 | 22.4-31.0 | 110 | 16.2 | 13.1-19.8 |
| 55-64 | 458 | 250 | 53.4 | 47.5-59.1 | *** | *** | *** | 135 | 31.6 | 26.3-37.5 | 64 | 12.8 | 9.5-17.0 |
| 65-74 | 410 | 203 | 51.6 | 44.7-58.4 | *** | *** | *** | 132 | 30.5 | 24.5-37.3 | 65 | 16.4 | 12.1-21.8 |
| 75+ | 351 | 100 | 27.4 | 21.9-33.7 | 22 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.5 | 153 | 45.8 | 38.9-53.0 | 76 | 22.5 | 16.3-30.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 310 | 123 | 42.5 | 35.1-50.2 | *** | *** | *** | 104 | 33.1 | 26.3-40.7 | 69 | 19.4 | 14.3-25.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 578 | 243 | 41.4 | 35.4-47.7 | 33 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.6 | 192 | 32.2 | 26.9-38.0 | 110 | 19.5 | 15.3-24.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 585 | 314 | 56.5 | 50.7-62.0 | 22 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | 158 | 25.2 | 20.7-30.4 | 91 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.3 |
| College Graduate | 796 | 439 | 54.5 | 49.6-59.3 | *** | *** | *** | 247 | 31.5 | 27.1-36.2 | 96 | 12.6 | 9.8-16.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 232 | 108 | 43.5 | 34.7-52.7 | 18 | 12.2 | 6.9-20.6 | 57 | 21.2 | 14.7-29.6 | 49 | 23.2 | 16.1-32.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 390 | 198 | 49.4 | 42.7-56.1 | 24 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.0 | 102 | 24.1 | 19.0-30.0 | 66 | 17.3 | 12.8-23.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 217 | 93 | 44.5 | 35.8-53.7 | *** | *** | *** | 73 | 31.5 | 24.0-40.2 | 44 | 21.8 | 15.1-30.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 252 | 136 | 52.9 | 44.4-61.2 | *** | *** | *** | 81 | 33.6 | 26.1-42.1 | 30 | 12.4 | 7.5-19.7 |
| $50,000+ | 736 | 395 | 54.8 | 49.5-60.0 | *** | *** | *** | 226 | 28.9 | 24.4-33.7 | 108 | 15.1 | 11.9-18.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 616 | 317 | 53.1 | 47.6-58.6 | 37 | 6.1 | 3.8- 9.6 | 151 | 20.6 | 16.8-25.0 | 111 | 20.2 | 16.0-25.3 |
| No | 1,644 | 798 | 48.8 | 45.3-52.4 | 45 | 3.7 | 2.5- 5.4 | 547 | 32.7 | 29.5-36.0 | 254 | 14.8 | 12.6-17.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 267 | 111 | 41.5 | 33.7-49.8 | *** | *** | *** | 99 | 38.7 | 31.2-46.8 | 44 | 12.3 | 8.0-18.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,001 | 1,008 | 50.8 | 47.5-54.0 | 70 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.5 | 601 | 29.0 | 26.2-31.9 | 322 | 16.3 | 14.2-18.7 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 852 | 429 | 50.1 | 45.3-54.8 | 33 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.3 | 253 | 29.5 | 25.2-34.1 | 137 | 16.6 | 13.3-20.4 |
| No | 1,419 | 691 | 49.7 | 45.9-53.4 | 50 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.4 | 449 | 30.3 | 27.1-33.8 | 229 | 15.6 | 13.2-18.3 |
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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.
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