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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

What other type of physical activity gave you the next most exercise 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 3,012 574 18.6 16.5-20.9 196 7.4 5.9- 9.2 614 18.9 16.9-21.0 159 4.7 3.7- 5.9 1,469 50.4 47.6-53.3
GENDER
Male 1,293 203 15.2 12.3-18.6 107 8.9 6.7-11.8 271 19.4 16.6-22.7 34 2.2 1.3- 3.8 678 54.2 50.0-58.4
Female 1,719 371 22.6 19.6-25.8 89 5.6 4.0- 7.8 343 18.2 15.7-21.0 125 7.6 5.9- 9.8 791 46.0 42.5-49.5
RACE
White 2,451 469 18.2 15.9-20.8 148 6.8 5.2- 8.9 525 20.6 18.4-23.1 115 3.8 2.9- 5.1 1,194 50.5 47.4-53.6
African American 354 67 22.6 16.2-30.6 26 9.4 5.9-14.6 59 13.0 9.2-18.2 33 9.4 5.9-14.6 169 45.6 38.2-53.2
Asian 29 10 18.1 7.2-38.5 5 14.7 4.4-39.6 1 3.5 0.5-21.3 5 10.0 3.2-27.0 8 53.8 30.8-75.3
Native American 64 6 16.6 4.0-48.8 5 4.8 1.6-13.9 16 32.1 14.4-56.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 36 45.3 26.2-65.9
Other Minorities 94 17 13.6 6.9-24.9 12 11.4 5.0-23.7 8 4.8 1.6-13.6 4 3.4 1.1-10.4 53 66.9 52.0-79.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 19 10.4 5.2-19.8 14 13.8 6.5-27.0 6 5.4 2.0-14.0 6 3.5 1.4- 8.6 57 66.8 52.4-78.6
-English Speaking 59 12 12.2 5.2-25.9 8 19.0 7.2-41.4 5 7.6 2.8-18.9 3 4.2 1.3-12.8 31 57.1 38.9-73.5
-Spanish Speaking 43 7 9.2 3.1-24.2 6 10.0 3.1-27.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.3 3 3.1 0.8-11.5 26 73.9 53.7-87.4
Non-Hispanic 2,905 555 19.0 16.8-21.4 182 7.1 5.6- 8.9 608 19.6 17.6-21.8 153 4.8 3.7- 6.1 1,407 49.5 46.6-52.3
AGE
18-24 242 37 14.4 9.0-22.1 35 15.6 9.3-25.0 17 5.3 2.6-10.5 17 6.7 3.5-12.5 136 58.1 47.9-67.6
25-34 581 111 17.5 13.1-22.9 64 11.2 8.0-15.5 62 10.5 7.6-14.4 39 4.9 3.1- 7.7 305 55.9 49.9-61.7
35-44 663 135 18.7 14.8-23.3 51 7.1 4.9-10.3 109 16.8 13.2-21.2 46 7.1 4.7-10.6 322 50.3 44.8-55.7
45-54 609 96 21.0 15.5-27.7 27 2.8 1.7- 4.5 155 25.3 20.4-30.8 28 3.2 2.0- 5.1 303 47.8 41.8-53.8
55-64 407 90 23.5 18.0-30.1 11 2.5 1.1- 5.4 120 32.1 25.6-39.4 14 2.7 1.2- 5.9 172 39.1 32.5-46.1
65-74 308 58 15.1 10.5-21.3 3 2.2 0.6- 7.3 95 33.8 26.0-42.6 9 2.0 0.9- 4.5 143 46.9 38.6-55.4
75+ 177 40 21.5 14.3-31.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 49 31.5 22.2-42.6 6 1.2 0.5- 3.2 81 45.6 35.4-56.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 250 39 14.6 9.1-22.6 12 10.2 3.9-24.0 80 24.3 17.6-32.5 6 0.7 0.2- 2.0 113 50.3 40.0-60.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 726 151 22.3 17.9-27.4 30 5.1 3.1- 8.2 166 20.7 16.9-25.2 30 4.7 2.9- 7.5 349 47.2 41.9-52.6
Some Post-H.S. 739 154 20.4 15.9-25.8 49 7.1 4.8-10.4 142 16.7 13.2-20.8 43 5.0 3.2- 7.7 351 50.9 45.0-56.8
College Graduate 1,290 230 15.7 13.1-18.8 104 8.6 6.5-11.1 223 17.6 14.6-21.0 80 5.7 4.0- 8.0 653 52.4 48.3-56.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 53 30.1 20.0-42.5 13 12.5 5.9-24.5 44 14.4 9.4-21.4 7 2.3 0.9- 5.7 82 40.7 29.9-52.5
$15,000- 24,999 405 78 20.8 14.8-28.3 25 4.2 2.3- 7.4 86 19.9 14.8-26.2 20 4.5 2.3- 8.6 196 50.7 42.7-58.7
$25,000- 34,999 381 66 17.1 11.9-24.0 29 7.4 4.6-11.6 83 19.2 14.4-25.3 14 2.3 1.0- 5.2 189 53.9 46.4-61.3
$35,000- 49,999 471 83 17.5 12.6-23.7 24 5.7 3.4- 9.5 101 22.0 16.7-28.3 28 5.4 3.2- 8.8 235 49.5 42.7-56.3
$50,000-74,999 424 76 20.5 14.5-28.1 21 5.3 2.9- 9.4 100 20.9 15.8-27.0 15 3.8 1.8- 7.9 212 49.5 41.5-57.5
$75,000+ 569 114 17.3 13.5-21.8 44 8.3 5.4-12.5 95 15.9 12.1-20.7 26 5.5 3.1- 9.5 290 53.0 47.1-58.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 182 34 17.5 12.3-24.4 10 6.9 3.1-14.7 47 23.7 17.4-31.3 10 5.1 2.3-11.0 81 46.8 38.3-55.4
Forsyth 231 40 15.2 10.9-20.8 12 6.6 3.6-11.9 54 25.9 19.6-33.3 12 5.2 2.8- 9.3 113 47.2 39.9-54.5
Guilford 204 44 21.0 15.0-28.7 15 9.5 5.0-17.3 36 17.5 12.0-24.7 12 4.9 2.7- 8.9 97 47.1 38.9-55.5
Henderson/Transylvania 234 50 22.0 16.0-29.6 17 9.0 4.6-16.8 62 24.8 19.1-31.5 10 4.3 2.0- 8.8 95 39.9 32.8-47.5
Mecklenburg 202 38 16.3 11.6-22.4 14 9.7 5.2-17.3 23 10.9 7.0-16.7 15 8.8 5.0-15.1 112 54.3 45.9-62.4
Orange 254 57 22.3 17.0-28.6 21 8.2 5.0-13.2 38 11.5 8.1-16.2 23 11.3 7.2-17.4 115 46.6 39.7-53.8
Pitt 199 39 18.7 12.9-26.3 16 7.2 4.2-12.1 29 12.8 8.6-18.6 11 4.6 2.4- 8.6 104 56.7 48.5-64.5
Randolph 175 30 12.6 8.4-18.5 9 6.0 2.9-11.9 44 22.1 15.9-29.8 8 3.2 1.4- 7.2 84 56.2 47.0-65.0
Robeson 136 20 12.0 7.1-19.7 9 9.0 4.2-18.2 31 17.7 11.8-25.7 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4 71 58.5 47.5-68.7
Wake 229 44 21.3 15.2-29.0 21 8.5 5.0-14.2 35 13.6 9.4-19.1 17 6.2 3.7-10.0 112 50.4 42.8-58.0
Western NC 283 51 15.6 11.6-20.6 17 8.2 4.9-13.4 63 19.8 15.3-25.2 7 3.8 1.4-10.3 145 52.6 45.8-59.3
Piedmont NC 363 73 19.2 14.3-25.2 16 6.6 3.4-12.6 82 23.3 18.3-29.1 17 4.5 2.5- 8.0 175 46.4 39.5-53.5
Eastern NC 320 54 19.1 14.3-25.1 19 6.2 3.7-10.2 70 18.2 14.1-23.2 12 3.1 1.5- 6.1 165 53.4 46.8-59.9

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity and reported some type of exercise. 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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