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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,000 460 41.2 36.7-45.8 540 58.8 54.2-63.3
GENDER
Male 362 151 35.4 28.9-42.5 211 64.6 57.5-71.1
Female 638 309 45.6 39.8-51.7 329 54.4 48.3-60.2
AGE
18-24 83 44 48.4 32.7-64.4 39 51.6 35.6-67.3
25-34 185 103 56.5 45.7-66.7 82 43.5 33.3-54.3
35-44 226 102 34.0 26.4-42.5 124 66.0 57.5-73.6
45-54 211 89 38.6 29.9-48.1 122 61.4 51.9-70.1
55-64 122 49 30.4 20.6-42.4 73 69.6 57.6-79.4
65-74 92 36 26.0 16.8-38.0 56 74.0 62.0-83.2
75+ 65 31 44.6 29.4-60.9 34 55.4 39.1-70.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 75 33.3 23.4-44.8 117 66.7 55.2-76.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 334 144 37.5 30.3-45.4 190 62.5 54.6-69.7
Some Post-H.S. 270 141 45.2 36.5-54.2 129 54.8 45.8-63.5
College Graduate 197 96 50.2 40.8-59.5 101 49.8 40.5-59.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 64 30.2 20.9-41.5 79 69.8 58.5-79.1
$15,000- 24,999 226 101 42.0 32.0-52.8 125 58.0 47.2-68.0
$25,000- 34,999 151 80 48.9 36.3-61.6 71 51.1 38.4-63.7
$35,000- 49,999 122 55 40.5 28.8-53.3 67 59.5 46.7-71.2
$50,000-74,999 62 32 52.4 33.7-70.4 30 47.6 29.6-66.3
$75,000+ 57 26 37.2 22.7-54.5 31 62.8 45.5-77.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 15 58.1 35.5-77.7 9 41.9 22.3-64.5
Forsyth 92 48 50.4 38.7-62.0 44 49.6 38.0-61.3
Guilford 112 54 45.9 34.1-58.3 58 54.1 41.7-65.9
Henderson/Transylvania 13 7 25.8 6.9-62.2 6 74.2 37.8-93.1
Mecklenburg 129 89 66.4 56.3-75.2 40 33.6 24.8-43.7
Orange 40 20 39.2 23.3-57.7 20 60.8 42.3-76.7
Pitt 105 50 44.9 32.7-57.7 55 55.1 42.3-67.3
Randolph 17 5 26.7 10.1-54.1 12 73.3 45.9-89.9
Robeson 84 27 24.5 15.5-36.5 57 75.5 63.5-84.5
Wake 70 48 70.2 55.7-81.5 22 29.8 18.5-44.3
Western NC 22 10 51.2 29.2-72.7 12 48.8 27.3-70.8
Piedmont NC 108 31 26.2 16.8-38.3 77 73.8 61.7-83.2
Eastern NC 184 56 31.6 24.0-40.3 128 68.4 59.7-76.0

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#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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