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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--MALE Respondents Only

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,486 1,047 41.3 38.3-44.3 1,439 58.7 55.7-61.7
RACE
White 1,879 831 43.1 39.7-46.6 1,048 56.9 53.4-60.3
African American 352 134 42.7 35.3-50.5 218 57.3 49.5-64.7
Asian 32 11 51.1 26.2-75.4 21 48.9 24.6-73.8
Native American 64 17 25.6 11.3-48.3 47 74.4 51.7-88.7
Other Minorities 142 44 22.7 14.9-33.1 98 77.3 66.9-85.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 151 52 28.8 19.1-40.9 99 71.2 59.1-80.9
-English Speaking 53 27 49.8 31.5-68.1 26 50.2 31.9-68.5
-Spanish Speaking 98 25 22.8 12.6-37.6 73 77.2 62.4-87.4
Non-Hispanic 2,330 993 42.4 39.4-45.5 1,337 57.6 54.5-60.6
AGE
18-24 183 98 51.3 40.2-62.2 85 48.7 37.8-59.8
25-34 436 199 42.6 36.1-49.3 237 57.4 50.7-63.9
35-44 534 226 43.3 37.5-49.4 308 56.7 50.6-62.5
45-54 506 210 38.7 32.8-45.0 296 61.3 55.0-67.2
55-64 358 143 37.0 30.5-44.1 215 63.0 55.9-69.5
65-74 278 114 34.1 26.8-42.3 164 65.9 57.7-73.2
75+ 170 47 26.6 18.3-37.0 123 73.4 63.0-81.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 417 133 28.5 22.5-35.4 284 71.5 64.6-77.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 725 267 34.2 29.3-39.5 458 65.8 60.5-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 515 222 46.4 39.5-53.4 293 53.6 46.6-60.5
College Graduate 823 423 54.4 49.3-59.3 400 45.6 40.7-50.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 196 68 35.8 25.6-47.5 128 64.2 52.5-74.4
$15,000- 24,999 386 143 35.6 28.5-43.4 243 64.4 56.6-71.5
$25,000- 34,999 307 125 42.7 34.3-51.6 182 57.3 48.4-65.7
$35,000- 49,999 386 162 40.9 33.7-48.5 224 59.1 51.5-66.3
$50,000-74,999 281 139 45.8 36.7-55.3 142 54.2 44.7-63.3
$75,000+ 424 227 52.5 45.8-59.0 197 47.5 41.0-54.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 154 62 43.2 34.4-52.4 92 56.8 47.6-65.6
Forsyth 174 73 43.5 35.2-52.3 101 56.5 47.7-64.8
Guilford 146 56 35.4 27.2-44.6 90 64.6 55.4-72.8
Henderson/Transylvania 181 88 48.8 40.4-57.2 93 51.2 42.8-59.6
Mecklenburg 158 57 37.1 27.6-47.6 101 62.9 52.4-72.4
Orange 177 100 57.7 49.5-65.6 77 42.3 34.4-50.5
Pitt 153 73 46.9 37.5-56.4 80 53.1 43.6-62.5
Randolph 161 69 47.1 38.1-56.3 92 52.9 43.7-61.9
Robeson 163 48 33.0 23.8-43.8 115 67.0 56.2-76.2
Wake 179 85 45.9 37.5-54.5 94 54.1 45.5-62.5
Western NC 261 106 43.7 36.7-50.9 155 56.3 49.1-63.3
Piedmont NC 306 117 38.5 31.8-45.7 189 61.5 54.3-68.2
Eastern NC 273 113 41.6 34.9-48.7 160 58.4 51.3-65.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or 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 moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r 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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