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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.#
Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,880 1,385 35.1 32.9-37.4 1,656 43.0 40.7-45.4 839 21.9 19.9-24.0
RACE
White 2,967 1,125 38.0 35.4-40.6 1,269 42.3 39.7-45.0 573 19.7 17.6-22.0
African American 629 168 25.2 20.4-30.6 274 47.3 41.3-53.4 187 27.6 22.5-33.3
Asian 38 14 30.4 15.5-51.1 18 48.6 28.5-69.3 6 21.0 8.1-44.2
Native American 107 28 33.1 19.0-51.0 45 36.0 24.0-50.1 34 30.9 19.3-45.6
Other Minorities 115 41 34.6 22.8-48.6 45 38.7 26.9-52.0 29 26.8 16.3-40.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 132 50 34.5 23.1-48.1 50 40.5 28.7-53.5 32 25.0 15.3-38.1
-English Speaking 65 29 27.4 15.5-43.5 22 43.6 27.2-61.6 14 29.0 13.8-51.1
-Spanish Speaking 67 21 38.8 22.9-57.4 28 38.6 23.5-56.4 18 22.6 11.6-39.4
Non-Hispanic 3,742 1,333 35.2 32.9-37.5 1,605 43.3 40.9-45.7 804 21.5 19.6-23.6
AGE
18-24 277 125 42.4 33.7-51.5 116 43.6 34.8-52.8 36 14.0 8.2-22.8
25-34 670 283 40.4 35.2-45.8 303 46.9 41.6-52.3 84 12.7 9.5-16.7
35-44 724 273 35.4 30.6-40.6 334 44.1 38.9-49.3 117 20.5 16.1-25.7
45-54 762 274 32.4 27.9-37.4 326 43.3 38.2-48.5 162 24.3 19.8-29.5
55-64 566 190 32.3 27.0-38.0 243 44.8 39.0-50.9 133 22.9 18.4-28.1
65-74 465 153 32.4 26.3-39.1 179 39.1 32.7-45.9 133 28.6 22.9-35.0
75+ 385 76 23.0 17.4-29.9 148 32.9 26.8-39.6 161 44.1 37.2-51.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 583 125 24.2 18.7-30.6 213 33.1 27.4-39.3 245 42.7 36.2-49.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,121 388 34.6 30.6-38.9 460 44.0 39.7-48.4 273 21.4 18.2-25.0
Some Post-H.S. 974 349 35.8 31.4-40.5 452 46.5 41.9-51.1 173 17.7 14.4-21.6
College Graduate 1,193 520 42.2 38.1-46.3 529 44.7 40.6-48.9 144 13.1 10.5-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 432 119 24.7 18.8-31.8 172 41.6 34.5-49.1 141 33.6 27.2-40.8
$15,000- 24,999 655 220 33.4 27.7-39.6 270 40.5 34.6-46.6 165 26.2 20.5-32.7
$25,000- 34,999 463 163 37.1 30.6-44.1 223 48.2 41.2-55.3 77 14.7 10.6-20.0
$35,000- 49,999 478 192 41.9 35.8-48.3 210 42.8 36.7-49.1 76 15.3 11.3-20.4
$50,000-74,999 437 192 40.7 34.3-47.3 205 45.7 39.1-52.5 40 13.6 9.0-20.1
$75,000+ 438 221 49.5 43.0-56.0 185 41.3 35.1-47.9 32 9.2 6.1-13.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 245 91 38.0 31.3-45.2 110 45.6 38.3-53.1 44 16.4 12.0-22.0
Forsyth 276 94 30.2 24.6-36.5 121 46.8 40.0-53.6 61 23.1 17.7-29.5
Guilford 251 96 36.9 30.1-44.3 105 44.9 37.2-52.9 50 18.2 13.5-24.2
Henderson/Transylvania 267 105 40.4 32.4-49.0 111 36.2 29.0-44.1 51 23.4 14.7-35.0
Mecklenburg 272 105 35.9 29.7-42.6 126 49.9 42.9-56.9 41 14.2 10.1-19.6
Orange 243 117 45.6 34.8-56.9 104 35.6 26.8-45.6 22 18.7 7.2-40.5
Pitt 242 80 38.4 29.1-48.6 105 41.2 33.1-49.7 57 20.5 15.2-27.0
Randolph 240 74 34.0 23.4-46.5 104 43.2 33.3-53.8 62 22.7 17.1-29.6
Robeson 250 77 29.0 23.1-35.7 94 38.8 31.9-46.2 79 32.2 25.8-39.3
Wake 238 97 40.1 33.1-47.4 107 46.5 39.2-53.8 34 13.5 9.3-19.1
Western NC 352 119 35.6 30.1-41.4 145 43.6 37.7-49.6 88 20.9 16.8-25.6
Piedmont NC 525 168 30.0 25.6-34.9 222 42.0 36.8-47.3 135 28.0 23.3-33.2
Eastern NC 479 162 38.0 32.8-43.5 202 41.0 36.0-46.2 115 21.0 17.1-25.5

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activity , but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no physical activity.

#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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