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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 6,482 2,271 34.6 32.8-36.4 4,211 65.4 63.6-67.2
GENDER
Male 2,526 851 32.8 30.0-35.7 1,675 67.2 64.3-70.0
Female 3,956 1,420 36.3 34.0-38.6 2,536 63.7 61.4-66.0
RACE
White 4,938 1,795 37.0 34.9-39.1 3,143 63.0 60.9-65.1
African American 997 294 28.9 24.7-33.5 703 71.1 66.5-75.3
Asian 72 17 25.2 13.5-42.0 55 74.8 58.0-86.5
Native American 177 103 45.9 33.7-58.6 74 54.1 41.4-66.3
Other Minorities 259 51 21.9 14.6-31.5 208 78.1 68.5-85.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 287 56 19.5 12.8-28.5 231 80.5 71.5-87.2
-English Speaking 119 32 34.5 22.6-48.6 87 65.5 51.4-77.4
-Spanish Speaking 168 24 13.9 6.8-26.1 144 86.1 73.9-93.2
Non-Hispanic 6,184 2,210 35.6 33.8-37.5 3,974 64.4 62.5-66.2
AGE
18-24 463 154 33.9 27.1-41.4 309 66.1 58.6-72.9
25-34 1,098 371 34.8 30.8-39.0 727 65.2 61.0-69.2
35-44 1,279 499 36.1 32.4-40.0 780 63.9 60.0-67.6
45-54 1,284 510 38.4 34.5-42.5 774 61.6 57.5-65.5
55-64 940 330 34.6 30.4-39.1 610 65.4 60.9-69.6
65-74 772 255 32.1 27.5-37.1 517 67.9 62.9-72.5
75+ 592 134 22.0 17.6-27.2 458 78.0 72.8-82.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,030 379 34.2 29.6-39.1 651 65.8 60.9-70.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,902 682 35.9 32.7-39.2 1,220 64.1 60.8-67.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,515 566 37.9 34.0-41.9 949 62.1 58.1-66.0
College Graduate 2,017 638 30.3 27.4-33.3 1,379 69.7 66.7-72.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 648 242 32.6 27.2-38.6 406 67.4 61.4-72.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,059 394 36.2 31.5-41.2 665 63.8 58.8-68.5
$25,000- 34,999 775 298 39.4 34.2-44.9 477 60.6 55.1-65.8
$35,000- 49,999 873 338 37.3 32.6-42.3 535 62.7 57.7-67.4
$50,000-74,999 729 280 43.2 37.5-49.1 449 56.8 50.9-62.5
$75,000+ 862 264 28.9 24.8-33.4 598 71.1 66.6-75.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 176 46.4 40.7-52.2 225 53.6 47.8-59.3
Forsyth 451 118 25.8 21.4-30.8 333 74.2 69.2-78.6
Guilford 406 97 26.5 21.1-32.7 309 73.5 67.3-78.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 208 45.9 40.0-51.8 251 54.1 48.2-60.0
Mecklenburg 435 70 14.2 10.9-18.2 365 85.8 81.8-89.1
Orange 426 95 20.9 16.5-26.1 331 79.1 73.9-83.5
Pitt 407 135 29.8 25.0-35.2 272 70.2 64.8-75.0
Randolph 416 190 48.2 42.1-54.3 226 51.8 45.7-57.9
Robeson 421 198 48.8 42.6-55.0 223 51.2 45.0-57.4
Wake 413 71 16.0 12.5-20.4 342 84.0 79.6-87.5
Western NC 631 305 49.2 44.6-53.8 326 50.8 46.2-55.4
Piedmont NC 854 309 36.8 32.7-41.1 545 63.2 58.9-67.3
Eastern NC 762 299 39.3 35.1-43.6 463 60.7 56.4-64.9

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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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