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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Walking Running/Jogging Gardening/Raking/Mowing Aerobics/Ballet All others
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,541 2,282 46.3 44.1-48.6 305 8.7 7.4-10.2 450 9.9 8.6-11.3 223 4.3 3.5- 5.2 1,281 30.8 28.7-33.1
GENDER
Male 1,871 685 34.0 30.9-37.3 189 12.3 10.1-14.9 223 10.7 8.8-12.9 39 1.8 1.1- 2.7 735 41.3 37.8-44.8
Female 2,670 1,597 59.2 56.3-62.0 116 4.8 3.7- 6.4 227 9.1 7.5-10.9 184 6.9 5.6- 8.4 546 20.0 17.7-22.4
RACE
White 3,620 1,786 45.8 43.3-48.3 242 8.5 7.0-10.2 388 11.1 9.6-12.8 178 4.4 3.6- 5.5 1,026 30.2 27.8-32.7
African American 606 338 48.6 42.7-54.6 38 10.0 6.7-14.7 43 6.6 4.5- 9.7 32 3.4 2.2- 5.3 155 31.3 25.7-37.4
Asian 52 28 59.3 38.5-77.2 5 6.8 2.1-20.0 3 4.8 0.9-21.2 3 4.9 1.0-20.9 13 24.2 9.6-49.0
Native American 102 57 48.0 31.8-64.6 7 15.7 5.0-39.6 7 4.0 1.3-11.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 29 31.8 18.0-49.7
Other Minorities 133 60 41.7 29.9-54.6 8 6.2 2.6-14.1 8 4.0 1.4-10.8 6 5.4 2.0-13.8 51 42.6 29.7-56.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 148 63 38.6 27.5-51.0 9 5.8 2.5-12.9 10 3.8 1.6- 8.9 9 6.9 2.9-15.7 57 44.9 32.3-58.2
-English Speaking 84 32 32.3 20.4-46.9 6 6.1 2.4-14.3 8 7.8 3.0-19.0 6 7.9 2.7-21.3 32 45.9 31.2-61.4
-Spanish Speaking 64 31 43.4 26.5-61.9 3 5.5 1.4-19.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 3 6.1 1.6-21.4 25 44.1 25.9-64.0
Non-Hispanic 4,387 2,216 46.7 44.4-49.0 296 8.8 7.5-10.4 440 10.2 8.9-11.7 213 4.1 3.4- 5.0 1,222 30.2 28.0-32.5
AGE
18-24 340 114 31.6 24.3-40.0 66 18.9 13.4-25.9 5 2.6 0.9- 7.1 30 4.5 2.8- 7.1 125 42.4 34.0-51.3
25-34 840 355 39.9 35.3-44.7 104 14.2 10.9-18.2 48 6.1 4.1- 8.8 49 5.7 3.8- 8.4 284 34.1 29.5-39.1
35-44 929 406 41.8 37.3-46.4 81 9.0 6.6-12.2 88 8.5 6.3-11.3 51 4.9 3.3- 7.3 303 35.8 31.4-40.4
45-54 913 511 53.8 48.9-58.7 37 4.0 2.5- 6.2 85 12.4 9.0-16.9 41 3.9 2.5- 6.1 239 25.8 21.8-30.3
55-64 625 369 58.4 52.8-63.8 11 2.7 1.3- 5.4 81 12.7 9.4-17.0 26 3.2 2.0- 5.1 138 23.0 18.6-28.1
65-74 501 290 56.6 50.0-63.0 0 0.0 . - . 92 21.9 16.7-28.2 15 1.6 0.9- 3.1 104 19.9 15.2-25.6
75+ 353 218 60.0 52.4-67.1 0 0.0 . - . 44 17.0 11.6-24.2 9 2.3 0.8- 6.4 82 20.7 15.5-27.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 479 291 59.6 52.0-66.8 13 2.7 1.3- 5.6 55 9.0 6.2-12.8 9 1.2 0.5- 3.2 111 27.5 20.7-35.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,198 650 49.8 45.6-54.0 35 5.8 3.8- 8.7 166 12.9 10.4-16.0 27 2.1 1.2- 3.7 320 29.4 25.6-33.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,118 543 43.2 38.7-47.8 71 8.2 5.8-11.4 97 8.4 6.1-11.5 72 5.9 4.4- 8.0 335 34.3 29.6-39.2
College Graduate 1,735 789 40.7 37.3-44.1 186 14.0 11.4-17.1 132 8.6 6.8-10.9 114 6.0 4.6- 7.8 514 30.7 27.5-34.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 201 55.3 46.3-64.0 17 9.1 3.9-20.0 42 8.0 5.2-12.2 7 1.0 0.4- 2.2 81 26.5 19.2-35.4
$15,000- 24,999 634 320 41.9 35.9-48.1 33 8.0 5.1-12.4 65 7.7 5.4-10.8 25 2.6 1.5- 4.7 191 39.8 33.1-46.9
$25,000- 34,999 566 286 47.8 41.5-54.1 41 10.9 7.1-16.2 58 10.1 7.0-14.3 33 4.4 2.7- 6.9 148 26.9 21.6-32.9
$35,000- 49,999 661 303 41.9 36.3-47.6 40 7.2 4.3-11.7 81 15.0 10.9-20.2 27 3.8 2.2- 6.4 210 32.1 27.1-37.6
$50,000-74,999 605 292 43.5 37.5-49.7 40 6.0 3.9- 9.3 63 11.7 8.1-16.6 32 5.1 3.2- 8.0 178 33.7 27.3-40.6
$75,000+ 747 307 37.7 33.0-42.6 85 15.2 11.6-19.6 70 9.0 6.6-12.2 49 5.0 3.4- 7.3 236 33.1 28.4-38.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 295 160 53.3 46.6-59.9 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5 26 8.8 5.8-13.2 15 4.9 2.8- 8.4 85 30.4 24.5-37.0
Forsyth 327 172 48.0 41.6-54.4 15 7.2 3.7-13.6 28 7.5 5.0-11.1 11 4.1 2.2- 7.6 101 33.2 27.5-39.5
Guilford 296 144 44.1 37.6-50.9 17 5.9 3.4- 9.9 27 8.3 5.4-12.5 13 3.2 1.8- 5.8 95 38.5 31.9-45.6
Henderson/Transylvania 343 177 47.3 41.1-53.5 13 6.7 3.8-11.6 48 13.4 9.7-18.3 17 3.7 2.2- 6.1 88 28.9 23.2-35.3
Mecklenburg 329 159 43.0 36.4-49.9 30 11.1 7.2-16.7 26 7.5 4.9-11.2 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 91 33.0 26.7-39.9
Orange 341 140 39.8 33.7-46.1 52 16.7 12.6-21.9 19 4.6 2.8- 7.3 17 4.7 2.7- 8.0 113 34.2 28.6-40.4
Pitt 295 141 46.0 38.8-53.4 32 12.3 8.3-17.7 25 9.0 5.7-14.0 16 4.1 2.4- 6.9 81 28.6 22.7-35.3
Randolph 271 144 54.2 46.7-61.4 6 2.8 1.2- 6.6 39 11.9 8.5-16.3 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 71 28.0 21.7-35.2
Robeson 238 125 47.4 39.1-55.8 10 9.2 3.5-21.7 18 6.2 3.7-10.2 12 4.1 2.2- 7.7 73 33.2 25.8-41.5
Wake 331 163 45.2 39.1-51.4 32 10.8 7.2-15.8 23 7.3 4.4-11.8 24 5.7 3.7- 8.8 89 31.0 25.0-37.8
Western NC 428 223 48.5 43.0-54.1 10 2.5 1.3- 4.8 60 13.3 10.2-17.2 16 3.9 2.3- 6.8 119 31.8 26.6-37.5
Piedmont NC 544 279 47.5 42.1-53.0 39 8.5 5.8-12.1 65 13.0 9.7-17.1 29 4.6 3.0- 7.0 132 26.5 21.6-32.1
Eastern NC 503 255 45.2 40.1-50.4 40 10.8 7.7-14.9 46 8.3 5.9-11.4 19 3.4 2.0- 5.6 143 32.4 27.4-37.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity. The respondents reporting no leisure time activity for this question are excluded
First five most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#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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