BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as brisk walking, bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes sma ll increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as brisk walking, bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes smal l increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
TOTAL	1,030	730	70.8	66.4-74.9	300	29.2	25.1-33.6
GENDER
Male	366	261	67.8	60.3-74.5	105	32.2	25.5-39.7
Female	664	469	73.1	67.6-78.0	195	26.9	22.0-32.4
AGE
18-24	89	72	80.0	64.2-89.9	17	20.0	10.1-35.8
25-34	190	145	79.1	68.8-86.7	45	20.9	13.3-31.2
35-44	231	159	67.9	58.3-76.2	72	32.1	23.8-41.7
45-54	217	147	62.7	52.7-71.7	70	37.3	28.3-47.3
55-64	125	85	64.3	51.4-75.5	40	35.7	24.5-48.6
65-74	94	68	69.5	54.8-81.1	26	30.5	18.9-45.2
75+	67	43	66.4	50.1-79.5	24	33.6	20.5-49.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	198	126	58.4	46.7-69.3	72	41.6	30.7-53.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	344	241	72.5	65.3-78.7	103	27.5	21.3-34.7
Some Post-H.S.	278	200	74.8	66.5-81.6	78	25.2	18.4-33.5
College Graduate	203	159	76.5	66.8-84.0	44	23.5	16.0-33.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	146	100	63.2	49.6-75.0	46	36.8	25.0-50.4
$15,000- 24,999	234	161	70.6	59.9-79.4	73	29.4	20.6-40.1
$25,000- 34,999	159	126	85.0	76.1-91.0	33	15.0	9.0-23.9
$35,000- 49,999	123	83	64.8	50.8-76.6	40	35.2	23.4-49.2
$50,000-74,999	62	51	79.7	58.3-91.7	11	20.3	8.3-41.7
$75,000+	59	51	87.1	73.6-94.3	8	12.9	5.7-26.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	27	19	79.1	60.4-90.4	8	20.9	9.6-39.6
Forsyth	94	70	76.8	65.3-85.3	24	23.2	14.7-34.7
Guilford	113	83	75.9	65.4-84.0	30	24.1	16.0-34.6
Henderson/Transylvania	13	6	25.6	6.7-62.3	7	74.4	37.7-93.3
Mecklenburg	132	104	77.9	68.6-85.0	28	22.1	15.0-31.4
Orange	41	34	81.8	61.7-92.6	7	18.2	7.4-38.3
Pitt	107	70	67.3	54.3-78.1	37	32.7	21.9-45.7
Randolph	17	12	78.4	52.3-92.3	5	21.6	7.7-47.7
Robeson	90	59	67.7	54.4-78.6	31	32.3	21.4-45.6
Wake	72	51	72.3	57.3-83.5	21	27.7	16.5-42.7
Western NC	23	14	58.4	35.3-78.4	9	41.6	21.6-64.7
Piedmont NC	113	74	60.1	47.7-71.3	39	39.9	28.7-52.3
Eastern NC	188	134	73.9	65.8-80.6	54	26.1	19.4-34.2

Total
Respond.#

Yes

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,030

730

70.8

66.4-74.9

300

29.2

25.1-33.6

GENDER

Male

366

261

67.8

60.3-74.5

105

32.2

25.5-39.7

Female

664

469

73.1

67.6-78.0

195

26.9

22.0-32.4

AGE

18-24

80.0

64.2-89.9

20.0

10.1-35.8

25-34

190

145

79.1

68.8-86.7

20.9

13.3-31.2

35-44

231

159

67.9

58.3-76.2

32.1

23.8-41.7

45-54

217

147

62.7

52.7-71.7

37.3

28.3-47.3

55-64

125

64.3

51.4-75.5

35.7

24.5-48.6

65-74

69.5

54.8-81.1

30.5

18.9-45.2

75+

66.4

50.1-79.5

33.6

20.5-49.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

198

126

58.4

46.7-69.3

41.6

30.7-53.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

344

241

72.5

65.3-78.7

103

27.5

21.3-34.7

Some Post-H.S.

278

200

74.8

66.5-81.6

25.2

18.4-33.5

College Graduate

203

159

76.5

66.8-84.0

23.5

16.0-33.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

146

100

63.2

49.6-75.0

36.8

25.0-50.4

$15,000- 24,999

234

161

70.6

59.9-79.4

29.4

20.6-40.1

$25,000- 34,999

159

126

85.0

76.1-91.0

15.0

9.0-23.9

$35,000- 49,999

123

64.8

50.8-76.6

35.2

23.4-49.2

$50,000-74,999

79.7

58.3-91.7

20.3

8.3-41.7

$75,000+

87.1

73.6-94.3

12.9

5.7-26.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

79.1

60.4-90.4

20.9

9.6-39.6

Forsyth

76.8

65.3-85.3

23.2

14.7-34.7

Guilford

113

75.9

65.4-84.0

24.1

16.0-34.6

Henderson/Transylvania

25.6

6.7-62.3

74.4

37.7-93.3

Mecklenburg

132

104

77.9

68.6-85.0

22.1

15.0-31.4

Orange

81.8

61.7-92.6

18.2

7.4-38.3

Pitt

107

67.3

54.3-78.1

32.7

21.9-45.7

Randolph

78.4

52.3-92.3

21.6

7.7-47.7

Robeson

67.7

54.4-78.6

32.3

21.4-45.6

Wake

72.3

57.3-83.5

27.7

16.5-42.7

Western NC

58.4

35.3-78.4

41.6

21.6-64.7

Piedmont NC

113

60.1

47.7-71.3

39.9

28.7-52.3

Eastern NC

188

134

73.9

65.8-80.6

26.1

19.4-34.2

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* If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

#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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