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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

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 6,744 4,830 70.5 68.8-72.2 1,914 29.5 27.8-31.2
Buncombe County 415 310 74.7 69.3-79.4 105 25.3 20.6-30.7
GENDER
Male 160 121 74.9 66.2-82.0 39 25.1 18.0-33.8
Female 255 189 74.5 67.5-80.4 66 25.5 19.6-32.5
RACE
White 367 280 75.8 70.0-80.8 87 24.2 19.2-30.0
Other 41 27 69.9 52.6-83.0 14 30.1 17.0-47.4
AGE
18-44 153 121 78.1 69.2-85.0 32 21.9 15.0-30.8
45+ 256 184 71.3 64.0-77.6 72 28.7 22.4-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 96 60.5 51.4-69.0 63 39.5 31.0-48.6
Some College + 252 211 84.5 78.1-89.3 41 15.5 10.7-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 153 70.0 62.1-76.8 64 30.0 23.2-37.9
$50,000+ 89 78 88.5 79.5-93.8 11 11.5 6.2-20.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 465 353 77.3 72.8-81.3 112 22.7 18.7-27.2
Guilford 424 316 76.5 70.9-81.2 108 23.5 18.8-29.1
Henderson/Transylvania 475 361 70.3 63.7-76.2 114 29.7 23.8-36.3
Mecklenburg 447 347 75.1 69.0-80.4 100 24.9 19.6-31.0
Orange 441 358 77.5 67.7-85.0 83 22.5 15.0-32.3
Pitt 417 314 78.5 73.7-82.7 103 21.5 17.3-26.3
Randolph 433 289 67.7 61.8-73.0 144 32.3 27.0-38.2
Robeson 445 259 59.1 53.2-64.8 186 40.9 35.2-46.8
Wake 432 349 81.6 76.9-85.5 83 18.4 14.5-23.1
Western NC 659 450 70.8 66.5-74.7 209 29.2 25.3-33.5
Piedmont NC 889 585 65.3 61.2-69.1 304 34.7 30.9-38.8
Eastern NC 802 539 68.6 64.5-72.4 263 31.4 27.6-35.5

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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