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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 6,482 2,271 34.6 32.8-36.4 4,211 65.4 63.6-67.2
Buncombe County 401 176 46.4 40.7-52.2 225 53.6 47.8-59.3
GENDER
Male 152 65 48.6 39.7-57.7 87 51.4 42.3-60.3
Female 249 111 44.3 37.3-51.6 138 55.7 48.4-62.7
RACE
White 358 164 48.7 42.6-54.9 194 51.3 45.1-57.4
Other 38 10 24.7 12.8-42.3 28 75.3 57.7-87.2
AGE
18-44 148 73 49.9 40.8-59.1 75 50.1 40.9-59.2
45+ 247 99 42.4 35.2-50.0 148 57.6 50.0-64.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 59 43.2 34.3-52.5 94 56.8 47.5-65.7
Some College + 244 116 48.8 41.4-56.3 128 51.2 43.7-58.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 92 45.9 38.3-53.8 118 54.1 46.2-61.7
$50,000+ 86 46 52.5 40.3-64.4 40 47.5 35.6-59.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 451 118 25.8 21.4-30.8 333 74.2 69.2-78.6
Guilford 406 97 26.5 21.1-32.7 309 73.5 67.3-78.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 208 45.9 40.0-51.8 251 54.1 48.2-60.0
Mecklenburg 435 70 14.2 10.9-18.2 365 85.8 81.8-89.1
Orange 426 95 20.9 16.5-26.1 331 79.1 73.9-83.5
Pitt 407 135 29.8 25.0-35.2 272 70.2 64.8-75.0
Randolph 416 190 48.2 42.1-54.3 226 51.8 45.7-57.9
Robeson 421 198 48.8 42.6-55.0 223 51.2 45.0-57.4
Wake 413 71 16.0 12.5-20.4 342 84.0 79.6-87.5
Western NC 631 305 49.2 44.6-53.8 326 50.8 46.2-55.4
Piedmont NC 854 309 36.8 32.7-41.1 545 63.2 58.9-67.3
Eastern NC 762 299 39.3 35.1-43.6 463 60.7 56.4-64.9

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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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