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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
Eastern NC 802 539 68.6 64.5-72.4 263 31.4 27.6-35.5
GENDER
Male 285 209 73.0 66.2-78.9 76 27.0 21.1-33.8
Female 517 330 64.9 59.9-69.6 187 35.1 30.4-40.1
RACE
White 551 392 72.6 67.9-76.8 159 27.4 23.2-32.1
Other 246 143 60.0 52.0-67.5 103 40.0 32.5-48.0
AGE
18-44 355 258 73.4 67.4-78.7 97 26.6 21.3-32.6
45+ 440 277 63.0 57.6-68.1 163 37.0 31.9-42.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 427 243 56.8 50.9-62.6 184 43.2 37.4-49.1
Some College + 371 295 83.5 79.0-87.2 76 16.5 12.8-21.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 454 296 67.5 62.1-72.4 158 32.5 27.6-37.9
$50,000+ 138 113 83.0 74.7-89.0 25 17.0 11.0-25.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 415 310 74.7 69.3-79.4 105 25.3 20.6-30.7
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

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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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