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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 |
| Forsyth County | 457 | 329 | 74.0 | 69.2-78.3 | 128 | 26.0 | 21.7-30.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 177 | 136 | 77.5 | 70.0-83.7 | 41 | 22.5 | 16.3-30.0 |
| Female | 280 | 193 | 70.5 | 64.2-76.1 | 87 | 29.5 | 23.9-35.8 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 318 | 246 | 78.0 | 72.4-82.7 | 72 | 22.0 | 17.3-27.6 |
| Other | 132 | 76 | 64.1 | 54.2-73.0 | 56 | 35.9 | 27.0-45.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 193 | 142 | 75.2 | 67.6-81.6 | 51 | 24.8 | 18.4-32.4 |
| 45+ | 258 | 184 | 73.1 | 66.8-78.5 | 74 | 26.9 | 21.5-33.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 184 | 110 | 60.7 | 52.2-68.5 | 74 | 39.3 | 31.5-47.8 |
| Some College + | 271 | 217 | 82.4 | 77.0-86.8 | 54 | 17.6 | 13.2-23.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 251 | 166 | 69.5 | 62.5-75.6 | 85 | 30.5 | 24.4-37.5 |
| $50,000+ | 121 | 96 | 79.3 | 69.9-86.4 | 25 | 20.7 | 13.6-30.1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.
#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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