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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,968 1,154 29.1 27.0-31.3 2,814 70.9 68.7-73.0
RACE
White 3,041 742 23.2 21.0-25.4 2,299 76.8 74.6-79.0
African American 638 309 45.6 39.8-51.7 329 54.4 48.3-60.2
Asian 40 23 62.1 40.2-79.9 17 37.9 20.1-59.8
Native American 108 14 11.7 6.3-20.6 94 88.3 79.4-93.7
Other Minorities 116 60 52.7 39.5-65.6 56 47.3 34.4-60.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 135 61 44.3 32.1-57.1 74 55.7 42.9-67.9
-English Speaking 66 24 24.7 13.7-40.6 42 75.3 59.4-86.3
-Spanish Speaking 69 37 55.1 37.9-71.2 32 44.9 28.8-62.1
Non-Hispanic 3,827 1,092 28.4 26.3-30.6 2,735 71.6 69.4-73.7
AGE
18-24 281 129 46.8 37.9-55.9 152 53.2 44.1-62.1
25-34 664 262 38.7 33.6-44.1 402 61.3 55.9-66.4
35-44 734 201 25.1 21.0-29.7 533 74.9 70.3-79.0
45-54 773 190 23.3 19.2-27.9 583 76.7 72.1-80.8
55-64 581 129 20.8 16.4-25.9 452 79.2 74.1-83.6
65-74 492 117 20.0 15.5-25.5 375 80.0 74.5-84.5
75+ 410 118 29.7 23.9-36.3 292 70.3 63.7-76.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 611 146 25.0 19.4-31.6 465 75.0 68.4-80.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,155 273 24.5 21.0-28.4 882 75.5 71.6-79.0
Some Post-H.S. 999 289 28.6 24.7-32.8 710 71.4 67.2-75.3
College Graduate 1,192 441 38.5 34.6-42.7 751 61.5 57.3-65.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 453 141 26.7 21.2-33.0 312 73.3 67.0-78.8
$15,000- 24,999 668 184 34.8 28.6-41.6 484 65.2 58.4-71.4
$25,000- 34,999 464 140 26.1 20.5-32.5 324 73.9 67.5-79.5
$35,000- 49,999 487 142 27.0 21.9-32.7 345 73.0 67.3-78.1
$50,000-74,999 445 120 27.3 21.7-33.7 325 72.7 66.3-78.3
$75,000+ 435 140 35.2 29.2-41.7 295 64.8 58.3-70.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 248 56 20.3 15.4-26.4 192 79.7 73.6-84.6
Forsyth 280 85 30.0 24.0-36.7 195 70.0 63.3-76.0
Guilford 257 91 38.2 30.7-46.4 166 61.8 53.6-69.3
Henderson/Transylvania 277 45 16.2 11.6-22.2 232 83.8 77.8-88.4
Mecklenburg 276 182 65.2 58.2-71.6 94 34.8 28.4-41.8
Orange 250 119 41.7 31.8-52.3 131 58.3 47.7-68.2
Pitt 252 82 28.8 22.5-36.1 170 71.2 63.9-77.5
Randolph 247 37 13.0 9.1-18.4 210 87.0 81.6-90.9
Robeson 251 49 19.5 14.0-26.4 202 80.5 73.6-86.0
Wake 237 133 56.6 49.2-63.7 104 43.4 36.3-50.8
Western NC 362 62 18.4 13.8-24.2 300 81.6 75.8-86.2
Piedmont NC 542 106 20.8 16.6-25.7 436 79.2 74.3-83.4
Eastern NC 489 107 23.9 19.6-28.8 382 76.1 71.2-80.4

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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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