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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Onslow County

Risk Factors

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
Onslow County 418 210 55.2 48.2-62.0 208 44.8 38.0-51.8
GENDER
Male 175 104 62.6 51.2-72.8 71 37.4 27.2-48.8
Female 243 106 45.9 38.9-53.1 137 54.1 46.9-61.1
RACE
White 323 165 54.2 45.9-62.3 158 45.8 37.7-54.1
Other 83 39 58.3 44.6-70.8 44 41.7 29.2-55.4
AGE
18-44 258 138 59.3 49.8-68.1 120 40.7 31.9-50.2
45+ 157 70 46.4 37.5-55.5 87 53.6 44.5-62.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 98 54.9 46.5-63.0 100 45.1 37.0-53.5
Some College + 220 112 55.5 44.4-66.1 108 44.5 33.9-55.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 124 51.3 41.9-60.7 137 48.7 39.3-58.1
$50,000+ 89 51 60.9 49.1-71.5 38 39.1 28.5-50.9
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
Durham 381 159 44.6 37.9-51.5 222 55.4 48.5-62.1
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
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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