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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,501 1,874 28.7 27.0-30.4 4,627 71.3 69.6-73.0
GENDER
Male 2,533 720 28.2 25.6-30.9 1,813 71.8 69.1-74.4
Female 3,968 1,154 29.1 27.0-31.3 2,814 70.9 68.7-73.0
RACE
White 4,954 1,202 23.7 21.9-25.6 3,752 76.3 74.4-78.1
African American 1,000 460 41.2 36.7-45.8 540 58.8 54.2-63.3
Asian 71 41 59.9 42.2-75.3 30 40.1 24.7-57.8
Native American 177 26 18.1 9.7-31.3 151 81.9 68.7-90.3
Other Minorities 260 135 48.3 39.1-57.6 125 51.7 42.4-60.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 288 140 43.4 34.7-52.5 148 56.6 47.5-65.3
-English Speaking 120 46 34.1 23.1-47.0 74 65.9 53.0-76.9
-Spanish Speaking 168 94 46.8 35.6-58.5 74 53.2 41.5-64.4
Non-Hispanic 6,202 1,731 27.6 26.0-29.3 4,471 72.4 70.7-74.0
AGE
18-24 463 197 38.9 32.2-46.0 266 61.1 54.0-67.8
25-34 1,101 434 37.6 33.6-41.8 667 62.4 58.2-66.4
35-44 1,280 357 26.6 23.3-30.0 923 73.4 70.0-76.7
45-54 1,288 312 22.8 19.7-26.2 976 77.2 73.8-80.3
55-64 942 202 21.2 17.6-25.4 740 78.8 74.6-82.4
65-74 780 175 19.1 15.6-23.2 605 80.9 76.8-84.4
75+ 592 179 31.6 25.5-38.5 413 68.4 61.5-74.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,036 255 24.4 20.5-28.8 781 75.6 71.2-79.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,903 443 23.8 20.9-26.9 1,460 76.2 73.1-79.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,519 435 28.3 24.9-31.9 1,084 71.7 68.1-75.1
College Graduate 2,025 733 38.1 34.9-41.3 1,292 61.9 58.7-65.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 651 206 31.0 25.0-37.7 445 69.0 62.3-75.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,062 294 30.5 26.1-35.4 768 69.5 64.6-73.9
$25,000- 34,999 775 247 30.6 25.8-35.9 528 69.4 64.1-74.2
$35,000- 49,999 876 243 27.4 23.1-32.1 633 72.6 67.9-76.9
$50,000-74,999 732 191 24.3 20.1-29.1 541 75.7 70.9-79.9
$75,000+ 863 263 32.1 28.0-36.6 600 67.9 63.4-72.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 98 21.8 17.6-26.6 303 78.2 73.4-82.4
Forsyth 453 142 30.8 26.1-35.9 311 69.2 64.1-73.9
Guilford 408 153 40.7 34.8-46.8 255 59.3 53.2-65.2
Henderson/Transylvania 460 66 14.2 10.8-18.4 394 85.8 81.6-89.2
Mecklenburg 435 279 61.3 54.9-67.4 156 38.7 32.6-45.1
Orange 425 193 42.8 36.1-49.7 232 57.2 50.3-63.9
Pitt 408 135 31.7 26.2-37.7 273 68.3 62.3-73.8
Randolph 417 56 11.0 8.2-14.7 361 89.0 85.3-91.8
Robeson 421 84 18.7 14.5-23.9 337 81.3 76.1-85.5
Wake 415 230 56.1 50.5-61.6 185 43.9 38.4-49.5
Western NC 634 100 17.2 13.7-21.4 534 82.8 78.6-86.3
Piedmont NC 857 175 20.9 17.5-24.7 682 79.1 75.3-82.5
Eastern NC 767 163 21.9 18.6-25.7 604 78.1 74.3-81.4

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#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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