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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing during the past month?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Walking Running/Jogging Gardening/Raking/Mowing Aerobics/Ballet All others
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,670 1,597 59.2 56.3-62.0 116 4.8 3.7- 6.4 227 9.1 7.5-10.9 184 6.9 5.6- 8.4 546 20.0 17.7-22.4
RACE
White 2,147 1,249 56.9 53.7-60.0 92 4.7 3.4- 6.5 201 10.2 8.4-12.4 145 7.1 5.6- 8.9 460 21.1 18.5-23.8
African American 366 250 66.6 58.9-73.6 14 5.2 2.7- 9.8 17 5.2 2.7- 9.7 28 5.1 3.2- 8.1 57 17.8 12.2-25.2
Asian 25 18 77.2 50.3-91.9 2 9.2 1.8-36.3 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 3 11.5 2.4-40.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7
Native American 57 37 62.1 42.1-78.7 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4 2 1.9 0.5- 7.8 13 32.0 16.4-53.1
Other Minorities 59 34 62.7 45.0-77.6 3 4.7 1.0-19.9 4 8.0 2.3-24.4 5 12.0 4.2-30.1 13 12.6 5.9-25.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 38 57.9 40.4-73.6 4 6.0 1.5-20.7 4 5.7 1.5-19.5 8 17.9 7.5-36.8 14 12.5 5.7-25.3
-English Speaking 44 20 42.5 24.6-62.6 3 4.4 1.2-14.4 4 12.3 3.3-36.4 5 18.3 6.1-43.6 12 22.6 9.7-44.1
-Spanish Speaking 24 18 71.3 42.9-89.1 1 7.4 1.0-38.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.6 4.6-48.7 2 3.8 0.8-16.3
Non-Hispanic 2,599 1,557 59.2 56.3-62.1 112 4.8 3.6- 6.4 223 9.2 7.6-11.1 175 6.4 5.2- 7.9 532 20.3 18.0-22.8
AGE
18-24 197 86 47.1 36.4-58.1 37 16.0 9.8-25.0 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 27 8.8 5.3-14.2 45 27.3 18.3-38.5
25-34 501 278 59.2 53.1-65.1 44 7.3 4.9-10.9 25 7.0 4.3-11.1 42 9.8 6.6-14.4 112 16.6 12.8-21.3
35-44 515 297 56.7 50.5-62.8 19 4.3 2.2- 8.0 39 7.0 4.4-10.7 44 8.6 5.6-12.9 116 23.5 18.5-29.3
45-54 529 351 67.0 60.9-72.7 12 1.6 0.7- 3.7 37 8.7 5.3-13.9 33 6.2 3.7-10.2 96 16.5 12.7-21.1
55-64 372 236 61.3 53.9-68.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 45 13.2 8.5-19.9 21 5.3 3.1- 8.8 68 19.5 14.3-26.1
65-74 299 186 59.4 50.6-67.7 0 0.0 . - . 52 22.9 15.8-32.0 10 1.8 0.8- 4.1 51 15.9 10.7-23.0
75+ 234 149 63.9 54.6-72.2 0 0.0 . - . 22 11.0 6.2-18.6 6 1.5 0.5- 4.1 57 23.7 16.8-32.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 263 187 77.7 68.0-85.2 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 27 8.6 5.0-14.4 5 1.4 0.3- 6.3 40 11.9 6.1-22.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 688 452 63.9 58.4-69.1 9 2.2 0.9- 5.0 87 11.5 8.6-15.2 21 3.6 1.9- 6.6 119 18.9 14.8-23.8
Some Post-H.S. 714 395 52.8 47.4-58.3 31 5.9 3.4-10.0 51 6.8 4.5-10.3 63 9.6 6.9-13.1 174 24.9 20.4-30.0
College Graduate 998 556 53.9 49.4-58.4 72 8.0 5.8-11.0 62 9.0 6.3-12.8 95 9.7 7.4-12.6 213 19.3 16.1-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 238 150 66.6 55.6-76.1 9 5.2 1.2-20.0 29 7.5 4.5-12.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.3 45 19.8 12.4-30.0
$15,000- 24,999 396 233 55.5 47.2-63.5 13 5.0 2.6- 9.7 37 8.3 5.0-13.3 21 4.6 2.4- 8.5 92 26.6 19.3-35.5
$25,000- 34,999 331 198 61.2 53.0-68.8 15 5.9 2.8-11.8 30 10.5 6.4-16.7 32 7.9 4.8-12.6 56 14.6 10.1-20.5
$35,000- 49,999 356 203 52.6 45.3-59.8 12 2.9 1.2- 6.4 42 14.3 9.6-20.8 22 7.0 3.9-12.5 77 23.2 17.5-30.1
$50,000-74,999 358 213 54.3 46.7-61.8 15 4.1 2.0- 8.2 25 9.2 5.3-15.7 25 9.3 5.7-15.0 80 23.0 17.1-30.1
$75,000+ 368 190 52.4 45.2-59.4 30 9.6 5.8-15.5 30 7.4 4.5-11.8 39 9.7 6.3-14.7 79 20.9 15.7-27.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 115 65.8 57.5-73.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 12 6.4 3.4-11.6 13 8.1 4.4-14.4 36 18.2 12.7-25.4
Forsyth 189 120 62.2 53.9-69.8 7 3.5 1.6- 7.2 14 7.2 4.1-12.3 7 4.4 2.0- 9.2 41 22.8 16.3-30.8
Guilford 180 103 56.3 47.7-64.5 11 8.2 4.2-15.4 15 7.0 4.1-11.8 12 5.9 3.2-10.8 39 22.6 16.0-31.0
Henderson/Transylvania 206 123 60.3 51.8-68.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 21 8.6 5.4-13.4 12 4.5 2.4- 8.1 48 25.7 18.4-34.7
Mecklenburg 210 127 59.9 52.1-67.3 12 6.9 3.5-13.1 12 5.5 3.0- 9.9 19 9.0 5.1-15.5 40 18.6 13.6-25.0
Orange 196 99 51.3 42.7-59.9 24 14.4 9.2-21.7 9 3.7 1.9- 7.1 16 9.1 5.2-15.3 48 21.5 15.9-28.5
Pitt 166 107 71.2 61.8-79.1 11 5.6 2.9-10.6 12 7.4 3.7-14.2 11 5.0 2.6- 9.3 25 10.8 6.8-16.7
Randolph 153 90 63.2 53.0-72.4 0 0.0 . - . 19 10.9 6.6-17.6 9 5.2 2.4-11.0 35 20.6 13.7-29.8
Robeson 134 82 61.0 51.3-69.9 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 11 8.2 4.4-14.9 10 8.0 3.9-15.4 28 21.2 14.3-30.3
Wake 187 117 64.5 56.3-71.9 13 7.3 3.9-13.2 8 3.8 1.7- 8.3 20 9.4 5.9-14.9 29 14.9 10.0-21.7
Western NC 232 143 61.0 53.7-67.8 3 1.5 0.4- 5.4 28 11.1 7.3-16.4 14 7.7 4.3-13.5 44 18.7 13.9-24.8
Piedmont NC 332 192 57.9 51.1-64.4 17 4.8 2.8- 8.3 34 10.1 6.9-14.6 24 7.5 4.7-11.7 65 19.7 14.8-25.7
Eastern NC 306 179 56.3 49.6-62.7 10 4.5 2.1- 9.3 32 11.7 7.9-16.9 17 5.0 3.0- 8.4 68 22.5 17.4-28.6

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity. The respondents reporting no leisure time activity for this question are excluded
First five most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#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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