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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 606 338 48.6 42.7-54.6 38 10.0 6.7-14.7 43 6.6 4.5- 9.7 32 3.4 2.2- 5.3 155 31.3 25.7-37.4
GENDER
Male 240 88 29.0 22.0-37.2 24 15.3 9.4-23.9 26 8.2 5.1-13.0 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 98 45.9 37.0-55.2
Female 366 250 66.6 58.9-73.6 14 5.2 2.7- 9.8 17 5.2 2.7- 9.7 28 5.1 3.2- 8.1 57 17.8 12.2-25.2

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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