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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Extremely safe Quite safe Slightly safe Not at all safe
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,918 1,064 26.8 24.8-29.0 2,348 59.1 56.7-61.5 413 11.8 10.2-13.6 93 2.2 1.7- 2.9
RACE
White 3,007 905 30.2 27.8-32.7 1,796 58.4 55.8-61.1 255 9.5 8.0-11.4 51 1.8 1.2- 2.7
African American 626 109 18.1 13.9-23.2 383 60.5 54.3-66.3 107 17.8 13.2-23.5 27 3.7 2.3- 6.0
Asian 40 13 30.9 15.3-52.5 22 59.7 38.9-77.5 4 9.1 2.8-25.9 1 0.4 0.0- 2.6
Native American 106 19 17.1 8.6-31.2 59 54.1 39.8-67.8 19 24.5 13.1-41.2 9 4.3 2.0- 9.0
Other Minorities 114 13 10.1 4.3-22.0 75 69.4 55.9-80.3 23 18.5 10.2-31.3 3 1.9 0.5- 6.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 132 21 10.2 5.3-18.6 88 70.5 58.5-80.3 21 18.1 10.5-29.5 2 1.2 0.2- 5.8
-English Speaking 65 17 23.2 11.6-41.1 44 70.0 51.2-83.8 4 6.8 1.4-27.1 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 67 4 2.5 0.6-10.0 44 70.9 54.7-83.0 17 24.7 13.6-40.8 2 1.9 0.4- 9.1
Non-Hispanic 3,780 1,042 27.8 25.6-30.0 2,257 58.6 56.2-61.0 390 11.3 9.7-13.1 91 2.3 1.7- 3.0
AGE
18-24 280 57 21.5 15.2-29.6 173 60.5 51.1-69.2 43 16.6 10.1-26.1 7 1.3 0.5- 3.6
25-34 663 178 27.7 23.1-32.7 400 59.9 54.5-65.0 73 11.0 8.1-14.8 12 1.5 0.7- 2.9
35-44 733 191 25.2 21.0-30.0 434 56.9 51.5-62.0 87 14.1 10.6-18.6 21 3.8 2.1- 6.6
45-54 766 207 29.9 25.1-35.2 460 58.4 53.1-63.5 81 10.0 7.4-13.3 18 1.7 0.9- 3.4
55-64 571 173 29.5 24.2-35.3 321 55.7 49.7-61.6 65 13.2 9.5-18.1 12 1.6 0.7- 3.6
65-74 482 136 27.9 22.0-34.6 296 62.4 55.6-68.7 39 7.5 4.8-11.6 11 2.2 1.0- 4.9
75+ 392 116 26.8 21.2-33.3 247 65.5 58.7-71.7 20 5.3 3.1- 8.9 9 2.4 1.0- 5.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 587 113 20.0 15.1-25.9 381 63.2 56.5-69.5 71 14.0 9.8-19.6 22 2.9 1.6- 5.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 292 25.7 22.1-29.5 688 57.4 53.0-61.6 134 14.3 11.1-18.2 31 2.7 1.7- 4.3
Some Post-H.S. 990 255 25.7 21.8-29.9 589 60.8 56.3-65.2 120 11.3 8.9-14.3 26 2.2 1.2- 3.9
College Graduate 1,187 402 34.5 30.5-38.6 685 56.9 52.7-61.0 86 7.5 5.6-10.2 14 1.1 0.6- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 440 91 23.4 17.5-30.6 263 58.7 51.3-65.7 66 13.8 9.9-19.1 20 4.1 2.2- 7.3
$15,000- 24,999 658 138 16.2 12.6-20.7 395 64.1 58.0-69.8 103 16.2 11.9-21.7 22 3.4 1.9- 6.1
$25,000- 34,999 464 105 24.7 18.9-31.5 296 59.1 51.7-66.1 51 14.8 9.5-22.3 12 1.4 0.7- 3.1
$35,000- 49,999 487 134 29.7 24.2-35.9 294 60.1 53.8-66.0 53 9.1 6.3-12.8 6 1.1 0.4- 3.2
$50,000-74,999 444 155 37.3 30.9-44.1 254 52.2 45.4-58.9 32 9.7 6.2-14.7 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3
$75,000+ 432 174 39.2 32.9-45.9 231 54.8 48.1-61.3 24 5.5 3.3- 9.0 3 0.5 0.1- 2.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 246 84 35.9 28.8-43.6 139 54.7 47.1-62.0 20 7.6 4.7-12.0 3 1.9 0.4- 7.8
Forsyth 275 78 26.1 20.8-32.3 160 60.6 53.9-66.9 31 10.9 7.4-15.9 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9
Guilford 255 65 22.9 17.5-29.5 153 63.7 56.4-70.4 24 8.2 5.3-12.6 13 5.1 2.8- 9.3
Henderson/Transylvania 275 108 34.2 27.5-41.6 146 57.4 49.2-65.2 18 6.9 3.7-12.3 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
Mecklenburg 273 59 22.7 17.3-29.0 172 59.2 52.2-65.8 37 16.4 11.7-22.7 5 1.7 0.7- 4.4
Orange 249 70 24.5 17.5-33.2 157 65.7 55.7-74.5 19 8.9 5.0-15.3 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
Pitt 248 48 22.3 13.9-33.7 163 62.4 52.6-71.3 31 12.4 8.4-17.9 6 2.9 1.2- 6.7
Randolph 245 66 28.0 17.9-40.9 153 59.7 48.2-70.3 22 10.6 6.3-17.3 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0
Robeson 246 33 12.1 8.4-17.2 153 65.2 58.2-71.6 47 18.6 13.7-24.8 13 4.1 2.2- 7.5
Wake 232 69 26.2 20.5-32.8 144 63.1 55.7-70.0 17 9.8 5.7-16.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8
Western NC 358 111 31.9 26.7-37.7 210 56.6 50.6-62.4 33 10.5 6.9-15.5 4 1.0 0.3- 3.0
Piedmont NC 533 152 27.1 22.7-31.9 325 60.6 55.2-65.7 45 10.7 7.3-15.4 11 1.6 0.9- 3.1
Eastern NC 483 121 26.8 22.4-31.9 273 56.1 50.7-61.3 69 13.9 10.7-17.8 20 3.2 1.9- 5.5

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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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