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2005-2006 North Carolina CHAMP Survey: Regional Results

Parent Opinion

To what extent do you believe overweight in children is a serious problem in your community?

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  Total
Respond.#
Very serious Serious Not very serious Not a problem
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,942 2,870 40.1 38.7-41.5 2,637 38.0 36.6-39.4 1,049 15.8 14.7-16.9 386 6.1 5.4- 6.9
REGION
Eastern NC 2,314 972 40.3 37.9-42.8 830 35.7 33.3-38.1 372 17.3 15.5-19.4 140 6.7 5.5- 8.1
Piedmont 3,984 1,633 39.9 38.1-41.8 1,551 39.2 37.3-41.0 590 15.2 13.9-16.6 210 5.7 4.9- 6.7
Western NC 644 265 40.1 35.7-44.6 256 38.4 34.2-42.8 87 14.7 11.7-18.2 36 6.8 4.8- 9.7

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. 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.

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