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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,366 2,432 38.1 36.3-40.0 3,934 61.9 60.0-63.7
GENDER
Male 2,486 1,047 41.3 38.3-44.3 1,439 58.7 55.7-61.7
Female 3,880 1,385 35.1 32.9-37.4 2,495 64.9 62.6-67.1
RACE
White 4,846 1,956 40.5 38.3-42.7 2,890 59.5 57.3-61.7
African American 981 302 32.8 28.4-37.6 679 67.2 62.4-71.6
Asian 70 25 39.7 24.2-57.7 45 60.3 42.3-75.8
Native American 171 45 28.8 17.6-43.3 126 71.2 56.7-82.4
Other Minorities 257 85 27.0 19.9-35.4 172 73.0 64.6-80.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 283 102 30.8 23.1-39.9 181 69.2 60.1-76.9
-English Speaking 118 56 39.0 27.2-52.2 62 61.0 47.8-72.8
-Spanish Speaking 165 46 27.7 18.5-39.4 119 72.3 60.6-81.5
Non-Hispanic 6,072 2,326 38.6 36.7-40.6 3,746 61.4 59.4-63.3
AGE
18-24 460 223 47.1 39.9-54.5 237 52.9 45.5-60.1
25-34 1,106 482 41.5 37.4-45.8 624 58.5 54.2-62.6
35-44 1,258 499 39.4 35.5-43.4 759 60.6 56.6-64.5
45-54 1,268 484 35.5 31.7-39.4 784 64.5 60.6-68.3
55-64 924 333 34.6 30.4-39.1 591 65.4 60.9-69.6
65-74 743 267 33.1 28.3-38.2 476 66.9 61.8-71.7
75+ 555 123 24.5 19.6-30.2 432 75.5 69.8-80.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,000 258 26.5 22.3-31.1 742 73.5 68.9-77.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,846 655 34.4 31.3-37.8 1,191 65.6 62.2-68.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,489 571 40.5 36.5-44.6 918 59.5 55.4-63.5
College Graduate 2,016 943 48.4 45.1-51.8 1,073 51.6 48.2-54.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 628 187 29.2 23.6-35.5 441 70.8 64.5-76.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,041 363 34.4 29.8-39.3 678 65.6 60.7-70.2
$25,000- 34,999 770 288 39.7 34.4-45.3 482 60.3 54.7-65.6
$35,000- 49,999 864 354 41.4 36.5-46.4 510 58.6 53.6-63.5
$50,000-74,999 718 331 43.3 37.6-49.1 387 56.7 50.9-62.4
$75,000+ 862 448 51.2 46.5-55.9 414 48.8 44.1-53.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 153 40.5 34.9-46.3 246 59.5 53.7-65.1
Forsyth 450 167 36.7 31.6-42.2 283 63.3 57.8-68.4
Guilford 397 152 36.1 30.7-41.9 245 63.9 58.1-69.3
Henderson/Transylvania 448 193 44.7 38.8-50.8 255 55.3 49.2-61.2
Mecklenburg 430 162 36.5 30.7-42.7 268 63.5 57.3-69.3
Orange 420 217 51.4 43.9-58.7 203 48.6 41.3-56.1
Pitt 395 153 42.6 36.0-49.4 242 57.4 50.6-64.0
Randolph 401 143 40.5 33.4-48.0 258 59.5 52.0-66.6
Robeson 413 125 31.1 25.3-37.6 288 68.9 62.4-74.7
Wake 417 182 43.2 37.7-48.8 235 56.8 51.2-62.3
Western NC 613 225 39.9 35.3-44.7 388 60.1 55.3-64.7
Piedmont NC 831 285 33.9 29.9-38.2 546 66.1 61.8-70.1
Eastern NC 752 275 39.7 35.5-44.1 477 60.3 55.9-64.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or 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 moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r 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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