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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Walking Running/Jogging Gardening/Raking/Mowing Aerobics/Ballet All others
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,541 2,282 46.3 44.1-48.6 305 8.7 7.4-10.2 450 9.9 8.6-11.3 223 4.3 3.5- 5.2 1,281 30.8 28.7-33.1
Eastern NC 503 255 45.2 40.1-50.4 40 10.8 7.7-14.9 46 8.3 5.9-11.4 19 3.4 2.0- 5.6 143 32.4 27.4-37.8
GENDER
Male 197 76 33.5 26.5-41.4 30 17.4 12.0-24.6 14 4.7 2.5- 8.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 75 42.8 34.7-51.3
Female 306 179 56.3 49.6-62.7 10 4.5 2.1- 9.3 32 11.7 7.9-16.9 17 5.0 3.0- 8.4 68 22.5 17.4-28.6
RACE
White 366 184 47.0 41.1-52.9 28 10.3 6.8-15.2 33 8.8 6.0-12.8 16 4.0 2.2- 7.0 105 29.9 24.7-35.8
Other 134 69 40.5 30.9-50.9 12 12.3 6.8-21.4 13 7.0 3.7-12.8 3 1.8 0.5- 5.8 37 38.5 27.8-50.4
AGE
18-44 240 96 36.7 30.0-43.9 34 16.2 11.3-22.7 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6 14 4.9 2.7- 8.7 81 37.9 30.6-45.7
45+ 259 155 56.8 49.6-63.7 6 3.3 1.4- 7.3 31 13.9 9.4-20.1 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 62 24.9 19.2-31.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 127 49.8 41.9-57.7 12 8.9 5.0-15.2 25 9.1 5.9-13.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 60 31.4 23.9-40.0
Some College + 276 127 41.1 34.6-48.1 28 12.4 8.2-18.4 21 7.6 4.6-12.2 17 5.4 3.1- 9.4 83 33.4 26.9-40.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 278 128 38.4 32.1-45.2 26 13.8 9.2-20.2 27 8.7 5.7-13.1 7 2.5 1.2- 5.3 90 36.6 29.7-44.1
$50,000+ 106 48 47.6 36.8-58.5 10 8.2 4.1-15.9 10 7.4 3.6-14.7 6 3.0 1.2- 7.2 32 33.8 24.0-45.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 295 160 53.3 46.6-59.9 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5 26 8.8 5.8-13.2 15 4.9 2.8- 8.4 85 30.4 24.5-37.0
Forsyth 327 172 48.0 41.6-54.4 15 7.2 3.7-13.6 28 7.5 5.0-11.1 11 4.1 2.2- 7.6 101 33.2 27.5-39.5
Guilford 296 144 44.1 37.6-50.9 17 5.9 3.4- 9.9 27 8.3 5.4-12.5 13 3.2 1.8- 5.8 95 38.5 31.9-45.6
Henderson/Transylvania 343 177 47.3 41.1-53.5 13 6.7 3.8-11.6 48 13.4 9.7-18.3 17 3.7 2.2- 6.1 88 28.9 23.2-35.3
Mecklenburg 329 159 43.0 36.4-49.9 30 11.1 7.2-16.7 26 7.5 4.9-11.2 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 91 33.0 26.7-39.9
Orange 341 140 39.8 33.7-46.1 52 16.7 12.6-21.9 19 4.6 2.8- 7.3 17 4.7 2.7- 8.0 113 34.2 28.6-40.4
Pitt 295 141 46.0 38.8-53.4 32 12.3 8.3-17.7 25 9.0 5.7-14.0 16 4.1 2.4- 6.9 81 28.6 22.7-35.3
Randolph 271 144 54.2 46.7-61.4 6 2.8 1.2- 6.6 39 11.9 8.5-16.3 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 71 28.0 21.7-35.2
Robeson 238 125 47.4 39.1-55.8 10 9.2 3.5-21.7 18 6.2 3.7-10.2 12 4.1 2.2- 7.7 73 33.2 25.8-41.5
Wake 331 163 45.2 39.1-51.4 32 10.8 7.2-15.8 23 7.3 4.4-11.8 24 5.7 3.7- 8.8 89 31.0 25.0-37.8
Western NC 428 223 48.5 43.0-54.1 10 2.5 1.3- 4.8 60 13.3 10.2-17.2 16 3.9 2.3- 6.8 119 31.8 26.6-37.5
Piedmont NC 544 279 47.5 42.1-53.0 39 8.5 5.8-12.1 65 13.0 9.7-17.1 29 4.6 3.0- 7.0 132 26.5 21.6-32.1

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity. The respondents reporting no leisure time activity for this question are excluded
First five most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#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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