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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,021 139 16.5 13.0-20.6 882 83.5 79.4-87.0
GENDER
Male 364 74 27.9 21.1-35.8 290 72.1 64.2-78.9
Female 657 65 7.9 5.6-11.1 592 92.1 88.9-94.4
AGE
18-24 88 18 22.6 12.0-38.7 70 77.4 61.3-88.0
25-34 189 43 25.5 16.8-36.8 146 74.5 63.2-83.2
35-44 228 35 17.2 11.1-25.7 193 82.8 74.3-88.9
45-54 216 23 13.0 7.7-21.1 193 87.0 78.9-92.3
55-64 124 10 11.7 5.1-24.6 114 88.3 75.4-94.9
65-74 94 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 90 98.6 96.1-99.5
75+ 65 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 63 99.6 98.3-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 196 15 10.9 5.1-21.7 181 89.1 78.3-94.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 341 45 16.9 11.1-24.7 296 83.1 75.3-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 277 42 18.1 11.7-26.9 235 81.9 73.1-88.3
College Graduate 200 36 19.7 13.1-28.4 164 80.3 71.6-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 8 4.6 1.7-11.9 137 95.4 88.1-98.3
$15,000- 24,999 233 32 15.2 8.5-25.7 201 84.8 74.3-91.5
$25,000- 34,999 156 25 20.7 12.0-33.2 131 79.3 66.8-88.0
$35,000- 49,999 122 26 32.8 20.7-47.6 96 67.2 52.4-79.3
$50,000-74,999 62 10 13.2 6.2-26.2 52 86.8 73.8-93.8
$75,000+ 57 14 27.8 14.9-45.8 43 72.2 54.2-85.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 3 11.2 3.6-30.3 24 88.8 69.7-96.4
Forsyth 94 13 17.0 9.5-28.5 81 83.0 71.5-90.5
Guilford 114 16 12.1 6.9-20.4 98 87.9 79.6-93.1
Henderson/Transylvania 12 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 131 23 15.4 10.0-23.1 108 84.6 76.9-90.0
Orange 40 8 17.9 7.9-35.7 32 82.1 64.3-92.1
Pitt 106 14 13.7 7.3-24.2 92 86.3 75.8-92.7
Randolph 17 2 16.5 3.4-52.3 15 83.5 47.7-96.6
Robeson 90 7 16.4 4.8-43.2 83 83.6 56.8-95.2
Wake 72 18 23.0 13.7-36.1 54 77.0 63.9-86.3
Western NC 23 2 14.0 3.0-46.1 21 86.0 53.9-97.0
Piedmont NC 112 16 20.1 11.9-31.8 96 79.9 68.2-88.1
Eastern NC 183 17 14.6 8.6-23.9 166 85.4 76.1-91.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.

#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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