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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 995 269 25.3 21.6-29.4 726 74.7 70.6-78.4
GENDER
Male 361 120 31.5 25.1-38.6 241 68.5 61.4-74.9
Female 634 149 20.5 16.5-25.2 485 79.5 74.8-83.5
AGE
18-24 82 24 26.1 15.1-41.3 58 73.9 58.7-84.9
25-34 184 58 30.0 21.8-39.8 126 70.0 60.2-78.2
35-44 225 65 24.2 17.5-32.4 160 75.8 67.6-82.5
45-54 211 58 27.7 19.8-37.3 153 72.3 62.7-80.2
55-64 121 25 18.8 10.7-30.9 96 81.2 69.1-89.3
65-74 92 21 21.1 11.7-35.0 71 78.9 65.0-88.3
75+ 64 14 16.5 8.5-29.7 50 83.5 70.3-91.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 34 16.1 9.9-25.0 158 83.9 75.0-90.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 333 104 31.0 24.3-38.7 229 69.0 61.3-75.7
Some Post-H.S. 268 76 25.3 18.4-33.7 192 74.7 66.3-81.6
College Graduate 195 53 23.0 16.2-31.6 142 77.0 68.4-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 30 16.3 8.6-28.8 112 83.7 71.2-91.4
$15,000- 24,999 224 66 26.6 18.9-36.0 158 73.4 64.0-81.1
$25,000- 34,999 151 47 28.1 19.0-39.5 104 71.9 60.5-81.0
$35,000- 49,999 121 34 28.1 17.7-41.6 87 71.9 58.4-82.3
$50,000-74,999 62 17 23.1 12.6-38.7 45 76.9 61.3-87.4
$75,000+ 57 12 13.3 6.8-24.5 45 86.7 75.5-93.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 7 30.4 13.1-55.8 17 69.6 44.2-86.9
Forsyth 92 45 42.8 31.9-54.5 47 57.2 45.5-68.1
Guilford 111 35 31.5 21.4-43.8 76 68.5 56.2-78.6
Henderson/Transylvania 13 5 17.1 4.4-48.2 8 82.9 51.8-95.6
Mecklenburg 127 35 28.2 20.3-37.7 92 71.8 62.3-79.7
Orange 39 14 28.9 15.5-47.4 25 71.1 52.6-84.5
Pitt 103 20 20.8 11.9-33.9 83 79.2 66.1-88.1
Randolph 17 4 28.6 9.8-59.6 13 71.4 40.4-90.2
Robeson 84 17 27.4 13.1-48.4 67 72.6 51.6-86.9
Wake 70 25 34.9 22.4-50.0 45 65.1 50.0-77.6
Western NC 23 8 39.3 20.2-62.5 15 60.7 37.5-79.8
Piedmont NC 108 24 22.9 14.7-33.7 84 77.1 66.3-85.3
Eastern NC 184 30 19.6 13.4-27.8 154 80.4 72.2-86.6

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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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