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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 |
| Piedmont NC | 659 | 116 | 18.4 | 14.9-22.4 | 543 | 81.6 | 77.6-85.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 235 | 55 | 23.1 | 17.4-30.0 | 180 | 76.9 | 70.0-82.6 |
| Female | 424 | 61 | 14.8 | 10.9-19.8 | 363 | 85.2 | 80.2-89.1 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 548 | 101 | 19.5 | 15.6-24.1 | 447 | 80.5 | 75.9-84.4 |
| Other | 102 | 14 | 12.7 | 6.8-22.5 | 88 | 87.3 | 77.5-93.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 281 | 69 | 27.8 | 21.7-34.8 | 212 | 72.2 | 65.2-78.3 |
| 45+ | 374 | 47 | 10.4 | 7.5-14.4 | 327 | 89.6 | 85.6-92.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 344 | 44 | 13.6 | 9.8-18.7 | 300 | 86.4 | 81.3-90.2 |
| Some College + | 314 | 72 | 24.0 | 18.4-30.7 | 242 | 76.0 | 69.3-81.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 382 | 61 | 17.4 | 13.4-22.3 | 321 | 82.6 | 77.7-86.6 |
| $50,000+ | 158 | 42 | 27.1 | 18.6-37.8 | 116 | 72.9 | 62.2-81.4 |
| 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 |
| Gaston | 456 | 73 | 19.2 | 15.1-24.0 | 383 | 80.8 | 76.0-84.9 |
| 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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