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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Durham County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,926 2,463 42.4 40.4-44.4 3,463 57.6 55.6-59.6
Durham County 381 159 44.6 37.9-51.5 222 55.4 48.5-62.1
GENDER
Male 140 66 50.4 39.1-61.6 74 49.6 38.4-60.9
Female 241 93 38.7 31.8-46.1 148 61.3 53.9-68.2
RACE
White 206 91 46.0 38.4-53.8 115 54.0 46.2-61.6
Other 168 64 43.1 32.7-54.1 104 56.9 45.9-67.3
AGE
18-44 211 98 46.9 38.2-55.8 113 53.1 44.2-61.8
45+ 165 59 41.0 30.2-52.7 106 59.0 47.3-69.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 43 41.4 31.4-52.2 76 58.6 47.8-68.6
Some College + 262 116 46.0 37.5-54.7 146 54.0 45.3-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 79 44.6 35.3-54.3 109 55.4 45.7-64.7
$50,000+ 130 61 49.6 37.7-61.5 69 50.4 38.5-62.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 396 174 44.4 38.9-50.1 222 55.6 49.9-61.1
Cumberland 418 191 51.6 43.6-59.5 227 48.4 40.5-56.4
Forsyth 443 173 42.4 36.9-48.1 270 57.6 51.9-63.1
Gaston 448 176 42.2 37.0-47.5 272 57.8 52.5-63.0
Guilford 394 142 35.5 30.3-41.1 252 64.5 58.9-69.7
Mecklenburg 415 153 35.0 29.9-40.4 262 65.0 59.6-70.1
New Hanover 388 163 44.8 37.9-52.0 225 55.2 48.0-62.1
Onslow 418 210 55.2 48.2-62.0 208 44.8 38.0-51.8
Wake 416 185 45.5 39.9-51.1 231 54.5 48.9-60.1
Western NC 577 240 44.7 40.1-49.3 337 55.3 50.7-59.9
Piedmont NC 643 265 42.1 37.4-47.0 378 57.9 53.0-62.6
Eastern NC 589 232 41.2 36.4-46.2 357 58.8 53.8-63.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r less than three days per week.

#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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