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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Eastern North Carolina

Exercise

During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,205 4,578 73.6 71.9-75.2 1,627 26.4 24.8-28.1
Eastern NC 621 413 66.9 62.2-71.2 208 33.1 28.8-37.8
GENDER
Male 220 155 69.8 62.2-76.4 65 30.2 23.6-37.8
Female 401 258 64.4 58.5-69.8 143 35.6 30.2-41.5
RACE
White 424 299 71.3 65.9-76.2 125 28.7 23.8-34.1
Other 185 108 59.9 51.3-68.0 77 40.1 32.0-48.7
AGE
18-44 281 202 74.8 68.3-80.3 79 25.2 19.7-31.7
45+ 331 205 58.9 52.5-65.1 126 41.1 34.9-47.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 342 194 59.4 53.0-65.4 148 40.6 34.6-47.0
Some College + 275 217 78.5 71.9-83.8 58 21.5 16.2-28.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 372 236 62.6 56.4-68.4 136 37.4 31.6-43.6
$50,000+ 122 98 80.1 70.6-87.1 24 19.9 12.9-29.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 424 324 77.3 72.4-81.5 100 22.7 18.5-27.6
Cumberland 429 314 79.0 74.0-83.2 115 21.0 16.8-26.0
Durham 400 301 77.6 72.2-82.1 99 22.4 17.9-27.8
Forsyth 457 329 74.0 69.2-78.3 128 26.0 21.7-30.8
Gaston 467 319 70.7 66.0-75.0 148 29.3 25.0-34.0
Guilford 418 318 75.4 70.2-80.0 100 24.6 20.0-29.8
Mecklenburg 431 331 78.9 74.4-82.8 100 21.1 17.2-25.6
New Hanover 405 326 81.2 76.4-85.3 79 18.8 14.7-23.6
Onslow 436 328 75.6 68.5-81.6 108 24.4 18.4-31.5
Wake 428 335 79.1 74.2-83.2 93 20.9 16.8-25.8
Western NC 619 437 71.5 67.3-75.3 182 28.5 24.7-32.7
Piedmont NC 670 503 74.6 70.4-78.3 167 25.4 21.7-29.6
Eastern NC 621 413 66.9 62.2-71.2 208 33.1 28.8-37.8

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#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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