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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 3,955 927 22.0 20.2-24.0 3,028 78.0 76.0-79.8
RACE
White 3,031 702 21.6 19.6-23.9 2,329 78.4 76.1-80.4
African American 634 149 20.5 16.5-25.2 485 79.5 74.8-83.5
Asian 40 14 35.9 19.6-56.4 26 64.1 43.6-80.4
Native American 108 15 12.8 6.8-23.0 93 87.2 77.0-93.2
Other Minorities 116 42 33.2 22.0-46.7 74 66.8 53.3-78.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 135 49 33.5 22.7-46.3 86 66.5 53.7-77.3
-English Speaking 66 18 27.5 15.3-44.3 48 72.5 55.7-84.7
-Spanish Speaking 69 31 36.8 22.3-54.2 38 63.2 45.8-77.7
Non-Hispanic 3,814 877 21.5 19.6-23.4 2,937 78.5 76.6-80.4
AGE
18-24 279 80 26.6 19.9-34.5 199 73.4 65.5-80.1
25-34 663 172 22.0 18.0-26.7 491 78.0 73.3-82.0
35-44 735 166 18.0 14.5-22.1 569 82.0 77.9-85.5
45-54 772 189 24.3 20.0-29.1 583 75.7 70.9-80.0
55-64 576 131 24.0 19.2-29.7 445 76.0 70.3-80.8
65-74 491 96 19.1 14.4-24.8 395 80.9 75.2-85.6
75+ 406 83 20.5 15.7-26.3 323 79.5 73.7-84.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 611 114 19.7 15.1-25.2 497 80.3 74.8-84.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,148 237 21.2 18.0-24.8 911 78.8 75.2-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 994 233 20.5 17.2-24.3 761 79.5 75.7-82.8
College Graduate 1,191 339 26.0 22.5-29.8 852 74.0 70.2-77.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 451 84 16.6 11.8-22.9 367 83.4 77.1-88.2
$15,000- 24,999 665 148 24.3 19.4-30.1 517 75.7 69.9-80.6
$25,000- 34,999 465 123 21.9 17.1-27.6 342 78.1 72.4-82.9
$35,000- 49,999 486 122 24.4 19.6-30.1 364 75.6 69.9-80.4
$50,000-74,999 443 103 22.9 17.7-29.1 340 77.1 70.9-82.3
$75,000+ 435 109 18.2 14.2-23.0 326 81.8 77.0-85.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 249 67 25.6 20.0-32.1 182 74.4 67.9-80.0
Forsyth 279 98 32.0 26.2-38.4 181 68.0 61.6-73.8
Guilford 256 54 20.0 14.7-26.7 202 80.0 73.3-85.3
Henderson/Transylvania 277 63 22.7 17.2-29.3 214 77.3 70.7-82.8
Mecklenburg 274 69 25.1 19.7-31.3 205 74.9 68.7-80.3
Orange 246 96 33.9 25.4-43.7 150 66.1 56.3-74.6
Pitt 250 33 17.8 9.9-30.0 217 82.2 70.0-90.1
Randolph 245 42 17.6 12.5-24.3 203 82.4 75.7-87.5
Robeson 251 34 14.7 9.8-21.5 217 85.3 78.5-90.2
Wake 235 74 33.3 26.7-40.7 161 66.7 59.3-73.3
Western NC 363 108 32.3 26.8-38.3 255 67.7 61.7-73.2
Piedmont NC 543 111 18.4 14.8-22.7 432 81.6 77.3-85.2
Eastern NC 487 78 17.1 13.5-21.5 409 82.9 78.5-86.5

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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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