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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,057 666 63.8 59.3-68.1 391 36.2 31.9-40.7
GENDER
Male 369 257 70.4 63.2-76.7 112 29.6 23.3-36.8
Female 688 409 59.0 53.2-64.6 279 41.0 35.4-46.8
AGE
18-24 91 59 66.0 50.0-79.1 32 34.0 20.9-50.0
25-34 193 139 75.3 65.5-83.1 54 24.7 16.9-34.5
35-44 238 155 67.5 58.5-75.4 83 32.5 24.6-41.5
45-54 220 130 58.8 49.3-67.7 90 41.2 32.3-50.7
55-64 128 73 50.3 38.1-62.5 55 49.7 37.5-61.9
65-74 95 55 54.3 40.2-67.7 40 45.7 32.3-59.8
75+ 71 38 53.3 37.8-68.2 33 46.7 31.8-62.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 97 40.2 30.6-50.5 108 59.8 49.5-69.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 355 203 61.5 53.8-68.6 152 38.5 31.4-46.2
Some Post-H.S. 283 195 72.0 63.8-78.9 88 28.0 21.1-36.2
College Graduate 206 166 83.7 76.4-89.0 40 16.3 11.0-23.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 75 49.5 37.0-62.1 75 50.5 37.9-63.0
$15,000- 24,999 238 141 60.2 49.7-69.9 97 39.8 30.1-50.3
$25,000- 34,999 164 119 76.2 65.0-84.7 45 23.8 15.3-35.0
$35,000- 49,999 125 81 62.9 49.5-74.5 44 37.1 25.5-50.5
$50,000-74,999 63 52 85.9 71.9-93.5 11 14.1 6.5-28.1
$75,000+ 59 46 78.5 60.4-89.7 13 21.5 10.3-39.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 17 73.8 54.7-86.9 10 26.2 13.1-45.3
Forsyth 96 66 71.5 60.2-80.5 30 28.5 19.5-39.8
Guilford 117 80 69.9 57.2-80.2 37 30.1 19.8-42.8
Henderson/Transylvania 13 6 27.7 6.9-66.5 7 72.3 33.5-93.1
Mecklenburg 133 99 73.5 64.1-81.2 34 26.5 18.8-35.9
Orange 42 27 67.2 48.3-81.8 15 32.8 18.2-51.7
Pitt 111 70 64.7 54.2-73.9 41 35.3 26.1-45.8
Randolph 17 10 50.3 24.1-76.3 7 49.7 23.7-75.9
Robeson 96 49 52.9 39.0-66.4 47 47.1 33.6-61.0
Wake 74 51 72.3 58.4-82.9 23 27.7 17.1-41.6
Western NC 23 15 71.1 48.8-86.4 8 28.9 13.6-51.2
Piedmont NC 115 64 56.0 44.1-67.2 51 44.0 32.8-55.9
Eastern NC 193 112 61.2 52.7-69.1 81 38.8 30.9-47.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.

#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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