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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,007 577 13.1 11.7-14.7 3,430 86.9 85.3-88.3
RACE
White 3,063 477 14.6 12.8-16.6 2,586 85.4 83.4-87.2
African American 657 65 7.9 5.6-11.1 592 92.1 88.9-94.4
Asian 38 6 17.9 6.9-39.4 32 82.1 60.6-93.1
Native American 108 8 16.4 5.7-39.1 100 83.6 60.9-94.3
Other Minorities 115 16 10.5 5.1-20.6 99 89.5 79.4-94.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 133 24 12.5 6.6-22.2 109 87.5 77.8-93.4
-English Speaking 66 18 18.6 9.2-33.8 48 81.4 66.2-90.8
-Spanish Speaking 67 6 8.8 2.8-24.5 61 91.2 75.5-97.2
Non-Hispanic 3,868 553 13.2 11.7-14.9 3,315 86.8 85.1-88.3
AGE
18-24 285 69 16.8 11.7-23.7 216 83.2 76.3-88.3
25-34 676 138 18.0 14.3-22.5 538 82.0 77.5-85.7
35-44 740 130 14.2 11.2-17.9 610 85.8 82.1-88.8
45-54 777 115 13.5 10.5-17.1 662 86.5 82.9-89.5
55-64 583 69 10.5 7.4-14.5 514 89.5 85.5-92.6
65-74 493 36 7.1 4.0-12.4 457 92.9 87.6-96.0
75+ 419 14 3.6 1.8- 7.3 405 96.4 92.7-98.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 616 26 3.7 2.1- 6.5 590 96.3 93.5-97.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,164 124 10.9 8.6-13.8 1,040 89.1 86.2-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,010 133 13.2 10.3-16.8 877 86.8 83.2-89.7
College Graduate 1,206 292 22.5 19.3-26.1 914 77.5 73.9-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 456 31 8.0 4.4-14.0 425 92.0 86.0-95.6
$15,000- 24,999 675 82 8.8 6.4-12.1 593 91.2 87.9-93.6
$25,000- 34,999 476 46 8.9 5.8-13.4 430 91.1 86.6-94.2
$35,000- 49,999 488 91 19.0 14.6-24.5 397 81.0 75.5-85.4
$50,000-74,999 445 96 21.0 16.2-26.9 349 79.0 73.1-83.8
$75,000+ 439 133 28.6 22.9-35.1 306 71.4 64.9-77.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 251 38 16.6 11.9-22.6 213 83.4 77.4-88.1
Forsyth 284 30 10.7 7.3-15.4 254 89.3 84.6-92.7
Guilford 261 47 17.4 12.6-23.4 214 82.6 76.6-87.4
Henderson/Transylvania 273 41 14.9 10.2-21.1 232 85.1 78.9-89.8
Mecklenburg 280 44 14.0 9.9-19.3 236 86.0 80.7-90.1
Orange 250 77 28.4 20.9-37.3 173 71.6 62.7-79.1
Pitt 251 40 17.5 11.4-25.8 211 82.5 74.2-88.6
Randolph 250 26 9.2 5.9-14.2 224 90.8 85.8-94.1
Robeson 255 25 9.7 6.3-14.7 230 90.3 85.3-93.7
Wake 242 44 17.4 12.7-23.4 198 82.6 76.6-87.3
Western NC 366 41 12.9 9.4-17.5 325 87.1 82.5-90.6
Piedmont NC 553 66 9.8 7.4-12.9 487 90.2 87.1-92.6
Eastern NC 491 58 13.8 10.4-18.1 433 86.2 81.9-89.6

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.

#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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