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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,558 1,166 19.2 17.7-20.8 5,392 80.8 79.2-82.3
GENDER
Male 2,551 589 25.7 23.0-28.5 1,962 74.3 71.5-77.0
Female 4,007 577 13.1 11.7-14.7 3,430 86.9 85.3-88.3
RACE
White 4,987 945 20.3 18.5-22.2 4,042 79.7 77.8-81.5
African American 1,021 139 16.5 13.0-20.6 882 83.5 79.4-87.0
Asian 70 12 27.6 13.6-48.1 58 72.4 51.9-86.4
Native American 177 18 16.1 7.5-31.4 159 83.9 68.6-92.5
Other Minorities 260 41 12.9 8.3-19.5 219 87.1 80.5-91.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 288 55 18.2 12.1-26.4 233 81.8 73.6-87.9
-English Speaking 121 34 26.4 16.6-39.3 87 73.6 60.7-83.4
-Spanish Speaking 167 21 15.0 8.1-26.1 146 85.0 73.9-91.9
Non-Hispanic 6,259 1,109 19.2 17.7-20.9 5,150 80.8 79.1-82.3
AGE
18-24 470 141 29.8 23.4-37.2 329 70.2 62.8-76.6
25-34 1,116 277 24.6 21.0-28.5 839 75.4 71.5-79.0
35-44 1,289 285 21.5 18.4-24.9 1,004 78.5 75.1-81.6
45-54 1,297 221 17.1 14.4-20.3 1,076 82.9 79.7-85.6
55-64 949 142 14.4 11.5-17.9 807 85.6 82.1-88.5
65-74 782 63 7.5 5.0-11.1 719 92.5 88.9-95.0
75+ 599 24 3.9 2.2- 6.7 575 96.1 93.3-97.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,049 75 7.9 5.7-11.0 974 92.1 89.0-94.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,919 259 14.9 12.5-17.6 1,660 85.1 82.4-87.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,533 261 20.9 17.4-24.9 1,272 79.1 75.1-82.6
College Graduate 2,039 568 31.0 27.9-34.3 1,471 69.0 65.7-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 656 59 12.6 8.4-18.5 597 87.4 81.5-91.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,075 154 14.5 11.2-18.5 921 85.5 81.5-88.8
$25,000- 34,999 792 113 17.6 13.4-22.8 679 82.4 77.2-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 879 191 23.9 19.7-28.6 688 76.1 71.4-80.3
$50,000-74,999 734 181 25.8 20.6-31.8 553 74.2 68.2-79.4
$75,000+ 868 285 34.2 29.8-38.9 583 65.8 61.1-70.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 408 70 19.3 15.1-24.4 338 80.7 75.6-84.9
Forsyth 462 74 19.0 14.7-24.1 388 81.0 75.9-85.3
Guilford 411 79 18.6 14.6-23.5 332 81.4 76.5-85.4
Henderson/Transylvania 457 87 21.4 17.0-26.5 370 78.6 73.5-83.0
Mecklenburg 439 83 21.5 16.3-27.8 356 78.5 72.2-83.7
Orange 430 136 31.6 26.0-37.8 294 68.4 62.2-74.0
Pitt 407 85 22.6 17.8-28.2 322 77.4 71.8-82.2
Randolph 419 60 14.9 11.2-19.6 359 85.1 80.4-88.8
Robeson 428 43 12.2 8.0-18.4 385 87.8 81.6-92.0
Wake 422 99 23.9 19.4-29.1 323 76.1 70.9-80.6
Western NC 637 90 19.0 15.2-23.5 547 81.0 76.5-84.8
Piedmont NC 867 133 16.4 13.2-20.1 734 83.6 79.9-86.8
Eastern NC 771 127 19.8 16.5-23.6 644 80.2 76.4-83.5

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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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