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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth 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
Forsyth County 451 118 25.8 21.4-30.8 333 74.2 69.2-78.6
GENDER
Male 173 37 19.7 14.1-26.8 136 80.3 73.2-85.9
Female 278 81 31.5 25.3-38.5 197 68.5 61.5-74.7
RACE
White 336 87 25.6 20.5-31.4 249 74.4 68.6-79.5
Other 111 31 27.5 18.9-38.2 80 72.5 61.8-81.1
AGE
18-44 197 54 26.5 19.9-34.4 143 73.5 65.6-80.1
45+ 251 64 25.6 20.0-32.0 187 74.4 68.0-80.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 39 21.5 15.3-29.4 148 78.5 70.6-84.7
Some College + 263 79 29.4 23.5-36.1 184 70.6 63.9-76.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 61 26.4 19.9-34.1 153 73.6 65.9-80.1
$50,000+ 138 38 28.7 21.0-38.0 100 71.3 62.0-79.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 176 46.4 40.7-52.2 225 53.6 47.8-59.3
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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