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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Extremely safe Quite safe Slightly safe Not at all safe
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 983 181 19.1 15.6-23.1 596 59.1 54.4-63.8 164 18.2 14.6-22.5 42 3.6 2.4- 5.3
GENDER
Male 357 72 20.4 14.8-27.3 213 57.4 49.9-64.7 57 18.8 13.4-25.6 15 3.4 1.8- 6.4
Female 626 109 18.1 13.9-23.2 383 60.5 54.3-66.3 107 17.8 13.2-23.5 27 3.7 2.3- 6.0
AGE
18-24 81 15 19.1 9.7-34.0 49 59.5 42.4-74.6 15 20.7 9.3-39.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
25-34 185 28 18.0 10.7-28.7 108 51.4 40.8-61.9 40 26.6 17.7-37.8 9 4.0 1.7- 8.9
35-44 225 45 17.5 11.5-25.7 138 63.8 54.6-72.2 35 14.9 9.7-22.1 7 3.8 1.5- 9.3
45-54 208 41 21.9 14.7-31.2 128 61.5 51.8-70.4 26 11.3 6.5-19.0 13 5.3 2.6-10.4
55-64 120 23 22.4 12.8-36.1 65 50.5 37.9-62.9 25 22.5 13.9-34.3 7 4.7 1.8-11.7
65-74 89 15 19.0 9.6-34.1 60 62.4 47.6-75.2 13 16.9 8.7-30.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
75+ 60 11 14.5 6.6-29.1 37 67.7 51.5-80.5 9 12.9 6.0-25.6 3 4.8 1.0-20.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 30 14.4 8.5-23.1 116 63.9 52.7-73.7 28 17.0 10.0-27.5 10 4.8 2.2-10.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 331 60 20.6 14.7-28.1 188 54.9 46.5-63.0 65 20.2 13.8-28.7 18 4.3 2.4- 7.8
Some Post-H.S. 268 50 21.9 14.8-31.1 164 55.9 46.7-64.7 47 20.2 13.8-28.6 7 2.0 0.8- 5.0
College Graduate 195 40 17.3 11.4-25.2 125 67.5 58.1-75.6 24 12.7 7.6-20.6 6 2.5 0.8- 7.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 139 23 28.5 17.3-43.2 79 49.6 36.8-62.4 28 14.9 8.5-24.8 9 7.1 3.2-14.8
$15,000- 24,999 219 29 11.6 6.8-19.2 137 72.5 63.5-80.0 39 12.5 8.0-19.1 14 3.3 1.7- 6.6
$25,000- 34,999 152 20 10.9 5.0-22.1 97 54.7 41.3-67.4 33 32.8 20.5-47.9 2 1.6 0.3- 8.0
$35,000- 49,999 121 29 21.0 12.7-32.7 67 53.1 40.1-65.7 22 25.1 14.7-39.4 3 0.8 0.2- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 62 14 28.0 12.7-50.9 42 56.1 36.4-74.0 6 16.0 6.4-34.4 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 56 16 33.0 18.6-51.5 33 53.3 36.2-69.7 7 13.7 6.0-28.3 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 6 35.0 16.0-60.2 11 36.9 19.1-59.0 6 25.8 11.1-49.1 1 2.3 0.3-15.4
Forsyth 91 22 26.0 16.7-38.1 45 51.0 39.2-62.7 21 20.4 12.7-31.1 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1
Guilford 110 19 14.5 8.5-23.5 68 65.1 53.4-75.3 16 13.0 7.4-21.8 7 7.4 3.0-17.5
Henderson/Transylvania 13 3 9.1 1.9-33.4 9 86.6 58.1-96.8 1 4.4 0.5-29.7 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 128 22 20.4 13.2-30.2 77 51.5 41.7-61.3 25 25.6 17.5-35.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.0
Orange 39 8 16.0 7.1-32.1 26 65.3 45.3-81.0 4 14.2 4.3-37.7 1 4.6 0.6-26.2
Pitt 103 13 9.1 5.0-16.2 69 70.2 59.9-78.7 18 16.1 10.0-25.0 3 4.5 1.3-14.2
Randolph 16 6 34.5 13.5-63.9 10 65.5 36.1-86.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 83 11 12.1 6.2-22.4 54 68.2 54.2-79.5 12 12.1 6.1-22.8 6 7.6 2.8-18.6
Wake 68 12 19.2 8.1-39.1 42 54.9 38.9-70.0 12 23.3 12.6-39.1 2 2.5 0.6-10.0
Western NC 22 4 20.1 7.4-44.3 12 44.4 24.2-66.7 5 30.1 12.1-57.4 1 5.4 0.7-30.1
Piedmont NC 105 26 23.0 14.8-34.1 58 53.5 41.1-65.6 15 19.4 10.0-34.2 6 4.1 1.7- 9.6
Eastern NC 181 29 17.1 11.3-25.2 115 65.4 56.5-73.3 29 14.5 9.4-21.7 8 3.0 1.3- 6.8

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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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