Dietary Fat Intake*

Pitt County, 2000

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Higher fat   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Low fat   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	303	257  85.1  (80.1-88.9)	46  14.9  (11.1-19.9)
SEX
Male	134	119  88.3  (80.4-93.3)	15  11.7  ( 6.7-19.6)
Female	169	138  82.2  (75.2-87.5)	31  17.8  (12.5-24.8)
RACE
White	208	173  82.8  (76.2-87.8)	35  17.2  (12.2-23.8)
Other	89	80  91.3  (83.5-95.6)	9   8.7  ( 4.4-16.5)
AGE
18-44	165	140  85.8  (78.9-90.7)	25  14.2  ( 9.3-21.1)
45+	137	116  83.9  (76.0-89.5)	21  16.1  (10.5-24.0)
EDUCATION
<=H.S./GED	120	109  91.5  (84.5-95.5)	11   8.5  ( 4.5-15.5)
Any Post-H.S.	182	147  80.9  (73.8-86.4)	35  19.1  (13.6-26.2)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $35,000	147	126  86.4  (78.7-91.6)	21  13.6  ( 8.4-21.3)
$35,000+	113	93  82.5  (73.9-88.7)	20  17.5  (11.3-26.1)
DISABILITY STATUS
Any Disability	92	80  85.5  (74.3-92.3)	12  14.5  ( 7.7-25.7)
No Disability	208	175  85.4  (79.8-89.7)	33  14.6  (10.3-20.2)

*Data in this table were derived from the fat intake questions.

Low-fat= less then or equal to 30% of calories from fat (estimated).

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.