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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 6,484 2,164 33.2 31.4-35.0 4,320 66.8 65.0-68.6
GENDER
Male 2,525 747 29.7 27.0-32.6 1,778 70.3 67.4-73.0
Female 3,959 1,417 36.4 34.2-38.8 2,542 63.6 61.2-65.8
RACE
White 4,938 1,591 32.2 30.2-34.3 3,347 67.8 65.7-69.8
African American 999 416 40.6 36.0-45.3 583 59.4 54.7-64.0
Asian 72 12 15.9 7.5-30.9 60 84.1 69.1-92.5
Native American 176 52 30.1 19.5-43.5 124 69.9 56.5-80.5
Other Minorities 259 77 26.6 19.4-35.4 182 73.4 64.6-80.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 286 79 22.7 16.0-31.0 207 77.3 69.0-84.0
-English Speaking 119 40 27.2 17.2-40.3 79 72.8 59.7-82.8
-Spanish Speaking 167 39 21.0 13.1-31.8 128 79.0 68.2-86.9
Non-Hispanic 6,187 2,080 33.9 32.1-35.8 4,107 66.1 64.2-67.9
AGE
18-24 460 137 30.5 24.0-37.8 323 69.5 62.2-76.0
25-34 1,100 338 28.9 25.1-33.0 762 71.1 67.0-74.9
35-44 1,280 411 33.3 29.7-37.2 869 66.7 62.8-70.3
45-54 1,287 392 31.0 27.3-34.9 895 69.0 65.1-72.7
55-64 935 308 33.1 28.9-37.6 627 66.9 62.4-71.1
65-74 775 296 42.2 37.1-47.4 479 57.8 52.6-62.9
75+ 593 261 44.2 37.8-50.8 332 55.8 49.2-62.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,033 419 40.1 35.4-45.0 614 59.9 55.0-64.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,896 680 35.6 32.4-39.0 1,216 64.4 61.0-67.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,519 522 32.4 28.7-36.3 997 67.6 63.7-71.3
College Graduate 2,018 534 25.9 23.2-28.8 1,484 74.1 71.2-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 647 289 43.2 36.8-49.9 358 56.8 50.1-63.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,061 420 37.8 33.2-42.6 641 62.2 57.4-66.8
$25,000- 34,999 774 282 39.6 34.3-45.1 492 60.4 54.9-65.7
$35,000- 49,999 873 298 33.5 29.0-38.2 575 66.5 61.8-71.0
$50,000-74,999 730 189 27.2 21.9-33.2 541 72.8 66.8-78.1
$75,000+ 862 177 20.4 17.0-24.4 685 79.6 75.6-83.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 153 36.8 31.5-42.4 247 63.2 57.6-68.5
Forsyth 452 164 35.5 30.5-40.8 288 64.5 59.2-69.5
Guilford 408 156 35.5 30.1-41.3 252 64.5 58.7-69.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 121 28.3 22.4-34.9 338 71.7 65.1-77.6
Mecklenburg 436 164 34.2 28.9-39.9 272 65.8 60.1-71.1
Orange 425 115 23.6 18.8-29.3 310 76.4 70.7-81.2
Pitt 406 129 29.0 24.1-34.5 277 71.0 65.5-75.9
Randolph 416 131 27.2 22.5-32.4 285 72.8 67.6-77.5
Robeson 419 139 28.3 23.6-33.6 280 71.7 66.4-76.4
Wake 413 137 30.7 25.9-36.0 276 69.3 64.0-74.1
Western NC 634 202 31.7 27.5-36.3 432 68.3 63.7-72.5
Piedmont NC 854 287 34.6 30.5-39.0 567 65.4 61.0-69.5
Eastern NC 762 266 33.4 29.5-37.5 496 66.6 62.5-70.5

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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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