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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

NC Physical Activity

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,501 1,874 28.7 27.0-30.4 4,627 71.3 69.6-73.0
Buncombe County 401 98 21.8 17.6-26.6 303 78.2 73.4-82.4
GENDER
Male 153 42 23.3 16.9-31.3 111 76.7 68.7-83.1
Female 248 56 20.3 15.4-26.4 192 79.7 73.6-84.6
RACE
White 359 72 16.5 12.9-20.9 287 83.5 79.1-87.1
Other 38 25 66.2 48.3-80.4 13 33.8 19.6-51.7
AGE
18-44 148 35 21.5 15.2-29.5 113 78.5 70.5-84.8
45+ 247 62 21.9 16.8-28.2 185 78.1 71.8-83.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 37 24.7 17.6-33.4 116 75.3 66.6-82.4
Some College + 244 60 20.0 15.2-25.8 184 80.0 74.2-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 60 24.6 18.8-31.5 150 75.4 68.5-81.2
$50,000+ 86 9 9.6 4.9-17.9 77 90.4 82.1-95.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 453 142 30.8 26.1-35.9 311 69.2 64.1-73.9
Guilford 408 153 40.7 34.8-46.8 255 59.3 53.2-65.2
Henderson/Transylvania 460 66 14.2 10.8-18.4 394 85.8 81.6-89.2
Mecklenburg 435 279 61.3 54.9-67.4 156 38.7 32.6-45.1
Orange 425 193 42.8 36.1-49.7 232 57.2 50.3-63.9
Pitt 408 135 31.7 26.2-37.7 273 68.3 62.3-73.8
Randolph 417 56 11.0 8.2-14.7 361 89.0 85.3-91.8
Robeson 421 84 18.7 14.5-23.9 337 81.3 76.1-85.5
Wake 415 230 56.1 50.5-61.6 185 43.9 38.4-49.5
Western NC 634 100 17.2 13.7-21.4 534 82.8 78.6-86.3
Piedmont NC 857 175 20.9 17.5-24.7 682 79.1 75.3-82.5
Eastern NC 767 163 21.9 18.6-25.7 604 78.1 74.3-81.4

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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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