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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

Risk Factors

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,366 2,432 38.1 36.3-40.0 2,657 42.2 40.3-44.1 1,277 19.7 18.2-21.3
Mecklenburg County 430 162 36.5 30.7-42.7 196 46.8 40.6-53.1 72 16.7 12.7-21.6
GENDER
Male 158 57 37.1 27.6-47.6 70 43.9 34.3-53.9 31 19.1 12.9-27.2
Female 272 105 35.9 29.7-42.6 126 49.9 42.9-56.9 41 14.2 10.1-19.6
RACE
White 258 106 42.4 34.2-51.0 116 44.8 36.7-53.2 36 12.9 8.8-18.4
Other 169 54 29.0 21.5-37.9 80 49.9 40.7-59.0 35 21.1 14.6-29.7
AGE
18-44 232 87 37.0 29.1-45.6 113 49.4 40.8-58.1 32 13.6 8.9-20.2
45+ 194 72 35.1 28.1-42.7 82 42.0 34.5-49.8 40 22.9 16.8-30.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 41 30.1 19.8-43.0 57 45.5 34.4-57.2 35 24.3 16.2-34.7
Some College + 296 120 39.9 33.1-47.1 139 47.6 40.5-54.8 37 12.5 8.8-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 74 38.0 28.3-48.7 81 48.6 38.5-58.9 33 13.4 8.9-19.7
$50,000+ 146 61 39.7 31.1-48.9 72 49.0 39.9-58.1 13 11.3 6.5-19.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 153 40.5 34.9-46.3 174 42.7 37.0-48.5 72 16.8 13.1-21.3
Forsyth 450 167 36.7 31.6-42.2 197 44.9 39.5-50.4 86 18.4 14.6-22.9
Guilford 397 152 36.1 30.7-41.9 168 45.9 39.9-52.1 77 17.9 13.9-22.8
Henderson/Transylvania 448 193 44.7 38.8-50.8 181 37.9 32.3-43.8 74 17.4 12.2-24.1
Orange 420 217 51.4 43.9-58.7 157 32.4 26.7-38.5 46 16.3 8.9-27.8
Pitt 395 153 42.6 36.0-49.4 166 41.1 35.3-47.1 76 16.3 12.4-21.2
Randolph 401 143 40.5 33.4-48.0 162 38.2 31.8-45.0 96 21.3 17.1-26.3
Robeson 413 125 31.1 25.3-37.6 168 41.0 35.1-47.2 120 27.9 22.7-33.7
Wake 417 182 43.2 37.7-48.8 177 43.2 37.8-48.9 58 13.6 10.1-18.1
Western NC 613 225 39.9 35.3-44.7 246 39.5 35.0-44.1 142 20.6 17.2-24.4
Piedmont NC 831 285 33.9 29.9-38.2 351 41.7 37.5-46.0 195 24.4 20.8-28.3
Eastern NC 752 275 39.7 35.5-44.1 314 42.0 37.7-46.4 163 18.3 15.4-21.7

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activity , but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no physical activity.

#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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