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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 981 302 32.8 28.4-37.6 679 67.2 62.4-71.6
GENDER
Male 352 134 42.7 35.3-50.5 218 57.3 49.5-64.7
Female 629 168 25.2 20.4-30.6 461 74.8 69.4-79.6
AGE
18-24 87 33 43.5 28.7-59.6 54 56.5 40.4-71.3
25-34 188 74 40.3 30.3-51.1 114 59.7 48.9-69.7
35-44 219 65 31.1 23.0-40.5 154 68.9 59.5-77.0
45-54 209 66 28.9 21.2-38.0 143 71.1 62.0-78.8
55-64 121 27 24.3 15.0-36.8 94 75.7 63.2-85.0
65-74 85 20 22.6 13.2-36.0 65 77.4 64.0-86.8
75+ 56 10 16.6 7.9-31.6 46 83.4 68.4-92.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 46 28.7 19.2-40.6 135 71.3 59.4-80.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 328 103 34.9 27.3-43.4 225 65.1 56.6-72.7
Some Post-H.S. 269 78 31.5 23.3-41.0 191 68.5 59.0-76.7
College Graduate 197 73 35.5 27.3-44.7 124 64.5 55.3-72.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 34 16.7 9.7-27.2 104 83.3 72.8-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 223 67 32.9 23.1-44.4 156 67.1 55.6-76.9
$25,000- 34,999 152 55 42.8 30.8-55.7 97 57.2 44.3-69.2
$35,000- 49,999 121 40 42.7 29.9-56.7 81 57.3 43.3-70.1
$50,000-74,999 61 24 30.9 18.1-47.4 37 69.1 52.6-81.9
$75,000+ 57 26 44.3 28.8-60.9 31 55.7 39.1-71.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 25 5 18.8 7.5-39.6 20 81.2 60.4-92.5
Forsyth 92 31 34.1 23.9-46.1 61 65.9 53.9-76.1
Guilford 110 31 23.9 16.0-34.2 79 76.1 65.8-84.0
Henderson/Transylvania 12 4 15.8 3.5-49.1 8 84.2 50.9-96.5
Mecklenburg 129 44 30.4 22.5-39.7 85 69.6 60.3-77.5
Orange 37 14 39.2 22.4-59.2 23 60.8 40.8-77.6
Pitt 100 25 28.4 17.6-42.4 75 71.6 57.6-82.4
Randolph 15 5 37.1 14.5-67.3 10 62.9 32.7-85.5
Robeson 87 25 34.9 20.2-53.2 62 65.1 46.8-79.8
Wake 71 27 38.2 25.2-53.2 44 61.8 46.8-74.8
Western NC 22 7 40.3 19.9-64.6 15 59.7 35.4-80.1
Piedmont NC 104 35 34.4 24.0-46.5 69 65.6 53.5-76.0
Eastern NC 177 49 33.6 25.0-43.4 128 66.4 56.6-75.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r less than three days per week.

#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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