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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford County

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
Guilford County 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
GENDER
Male 116 41 32.8 23.8-43.3 6 3.8 1.6- 8.5 12 9.4 5.0-17.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 56 53.3 42.8-63.5
Female 180 103 56.3 47.7-64.5 11 8.2 4.2-15.4 15 7.0 4.1-11.8 12 5.9 3.2-10.8 39 22.6 16.0-31.0
RACE
White 206 96 41.8 34.4-49.5 10 5.6 2.8-10.9 20 9.4 5.7-14.9 9 3.7 1.8- 7.2 71 39.6 31.9-47.8
Other 88 48 49.2 36.5-62.0 5 5.5 2.1-13.8 7 6.2 2.5-14.7 4 2.3 0.7- 7.3 24 36.8 24.9-50.6
AGE
18-44 130 56 38.3 29.1-48.5 13 9.6 5.3-16.9 8 4.2 1.9- 8.9 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5 46 44.5 34.5-54.9
45+ 162 88 51.9 42.9-60.7 2 1.1 0.2- 4.8 17 11.2 6.6-18.5 6 3.1 1.3- 7.3 49 32.8 24.6-42.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 60 55.9 43.5-67.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 8 8.5 3.8-17.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 28 34.6 23.7-47.5
Some College + 197 84 37.5 30.3-45.2 16 9.0 5.3-15.1 19 8.1 4.9-13.2 11 4.7 2.5- 8.6 67 40.7 32.7-49.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 66 49.6 39.4-59.9 6 5.6 2.3-13.0 14 9.4 5.2-16.4 6 3.1 1.3- 7.5 39 32.3 23.2-43.0
$50,000+ 106 42 33.6 24.7-43.7 8 6.3 2.9-13.0 11 8.7 4.3-16.7 3 2.1 0.6- 7.3 42 49.3 38.6-60.0
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
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
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

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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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