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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,071 | 1,241 | 20.4 | 18.9-22.0 | 4,830 | 79.6 | 78.0-81.1 |
| Gaston County | 456 | 73 | 19.2 | 15.1-24.0 | 383 | 80.8 | 76.0-84.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 175 | 46 | 27.6 | 20.8-35.6 | 129 | 72.4 | 64.4-79.2 |
| Female | 281 | 27 | 11.1 | 7.1-16.9 | 254 | 88.9 | 83.1-92.9 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 382 | 58 | 16.7 | 12.8-21.5 | 324 | 83.3 | 78.5-87.2 |
| Other | 72 | 15 | 28.9 | 17.6-43.6 | 57 | 71.1 | 56.4-82.4 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 215 | 49 | 27.4 | 20.6-35.3 | 166 | 72.6 | 64.7-79.4 |
| 45+ | 237 | 24 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.1 | 213 | 89.2 | 83.9-92.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 241 | 22 | 12.9 | 8.0-20.1 | 219 | 87.1 | 79.9-92.0 |
| Some College + | 215 | 51 | 25.5 | 19.4-32.6 | 164 | 74.5 | 67.4-80.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 259 | 35 | 17.3 | 12.2-24.0 | 224 | 82.7 | 76.0-87.8 |
| $50,000+ | 102 | 26 | 26.5 | 18.4-36.7 | 76 | 73.5 | 63.3-81.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 405 | 89 | 24.3 | 19.7-29.7 | 316 | 75.7 | 70.3-80.3 |
| Cumberland | 422 | 106 | 26.6 | 21.1-33.0 | 316 | 73.4 | 67.0-78.9 |
| Durham | 391 | 89 | 28.1 | 22.0-35.2 | 302 | 71.9 | 64.8-78.0 |
| Forsyth | 454 | 84 | 21.9 | 17.2-27.4 | 370 | 78.1 | 72.6-82.8 |
| Guilford | 404 | 74 | 19.5 | 15.4-24.3 | 330 | 80.5 | 75.7-84.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 420 | 87 | 20.2 | 16.3-24.8 | 333 | 79.8 | 75.2-83.7 |
| New Hanover | 396 | 99 | 30.0 | 23.0-38.0 | 297 | 70.0 | 62.0-77.0 |
| Onslow | 432 | 119 | 29.8 | 24.3-35.9 | 313 | 70.2 | 64.1-75.7 |
| Wake | 420 | 100 | 24.1 | 19.8-29.1 | 320 | 75.9 | 70.9-80.2 |
| Western NC | 603 | 105 | 19.5 | 16.0-23.5 | 498 | 80.5 | 76.5-84.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 659 | 116 | 18.4 | 14.9-22.4 | 543 | 81.6 | 77.6-85.1 |
| Eastern NC | 609 | 100 | 18.2 | 14.6-22.4 | 509 | 81.8 | 77.6-85.4 |
*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = 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 vigorous physical ac
tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or 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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