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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 999 416 40.6 36.0-45.3 583 59.4 54.7-64.0
GENDER
Male 361 153 39.2 32.3-46.5 208 60.8 53.5-67.7
Female 638 263 41.6 35.8-47.8 375 58.4 52.2-64.2
AGE
18-24 83 28 39.7 24.6-57.1 55 60.3 42.9-75.4
25-34 185 73 37.0 27.5-47.6 112 63.0 52.4-72.5
35-44 227 93 37.9 29.5-47.1 134 62.1 52.9-70.5
45-54 211 79 33.8 25.8-42.9 132 66.2 57.1-74.2
55-64 121 57 48.7 36.4-61.1 64 51.3 38.9-63.6
65-74 91 45 55.4 41.2-68.7 46 44.6 31.3-58.8
75+ 65 35 54.3 38.1-69.5 30 45.7 30.5-61.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 190 92 53.2 42.0-64.1 98 46.8 35.9-58.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 335 148 42.5 34.6-50.8 187 57.5 49.2-65.4
Some Post-H.S. 270 108 35.1 27.3-43.8 162 64.9 56.2-72.7
College Graduate 197 65 30.8 23.1-39.7 132 69.2 60.3-76.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 67 45.5 33.3-58.3 75 54.5 41.7-66.7
$15,000- 24,999 226 115 48.0 37.7-58.6 111 52.0 41.4-62.3
$25,000- 34,999 152 64 52.4 39.8-64.8 88 47.6 35.2-60.2
$35,000- 49,999 122 46 30.7 20.9-42.7 76 69.3 57.3-79.1
$50,000-74,999 62 17 19.2 10.4-33.0 45 80.8 67.0-89.6
$75,000+ 57 13 17.8 7.9-35.2 44 82.2 64.8-92.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 10 36.5 18.8-58.8 14 63.5 41.2-81.2
Forsyth 92 42 46.9 35.4-58.7 50 53.1 41.3-64.6
Guilford 112 47 35.3 25.2-47.0 65 64.7 53.0-74.8
Henderson/Transylvania 13 7 76.9 41.6-94.0 6 23.1 6.0-58.4
Mecklenburg 129 49 37.9 29.0-47.7 80 62.1 52.3-71.0
Orange 40 9 21.4 10.3-39.1 31 78.6 60.9-89.7
Pitt 103 39 36.8 27.1-47.6 64 63.2 52.4-72.9
Randolph 17 10 61.9 33.6-83.9 7 38.1 16.1-66.4
Robeson 84 32 33.5 21.9-47.4 52 66.5 52.6-78.1
Wake 70 29 36.7 24.1-51.5 41 63.3 48.5-75.9
Western NC 23 10 34.9 18.0-56.7 13 65.1 43.3-82.0
Piedmont NC 108 52 46.6 34.6-58.9 56 53.4 41.1-65.4
Eastern NC 184 80 40.0 31.8-48.8 104 60.0 51.2-68.2

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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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