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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--MALE 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 1,871 685 34.0 30.9-37.3 189 12.3 10.1-14.9 223 10.7 8.8-12.9 39 1.8 1.1- 2.7 735 41.3 37.8-44.8
RACE
White 1,473 537 35.1 31.5-38.9 150 12.0 9.6-15.0 187 12.0 9.7-14.7 33 1.9 1.1- 3.1 566 39.0 35.1-43.0
African American 240 88 29.0 22.0-37.2 24 15.3 9.4-23.9 26 8.2 5.1-13.0 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 98 45.9 37.0-55.2
Asian 27 10 45.7 20.9-72.7 3 5.0 1.0-22.0 2 7.9 1.4-34.9 0 0.0 . - . 12 41.4 17.0-71.0
Native American 45 20 40.8 21.2-63.7 5 22.8 7.1-53.4 4 4.8 1.3-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 16 31.6 14.0-56.8
Other Minorities 74 26 27.7 15.9-43.8 5 7.3 2.5-19.1 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 38 62.6 45.6-77.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 80 25 27.1 15.6-42.9 5 5.6 1.9-15.7 6 2.7 1.0- 7.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5 43 64.2 48.0-77.8
-English Speaking 40 12 25.2 11.6-46.4 3 7.2 2.2-21.2 4 4.7 1.3-15.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 20 62.0 41.3-79.0
-Spanish Speaking 40 13 28.4 12.9-51.5 2 4.5 0.7-24.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 23 65.8 42.3-83.4
Non-Hispanic 1,788 659 34.5 31.2-37.9 184 12.7 10.4-15.5 217 11.1 9.2-13.5 38 1.8 1.2- 2.9 690 39.8 36.3-43.4
AGE
18-24 143 28 19.3 11.1-31.6 29 21.1 13.2-32.1 3 3.9 1.2-12.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 80 54.5 41.9-66.5
25-34 339 77 22.6 17.1-29.2 60 20.3 14.7-27.3 23 5.2 2.9- 9.3 7 2.0 0.6- 6.4 172 49.9 42.4-57.4
35-44 414 109 27.8 22.1-34.4 62 13.5 9.5-18.9 49 9.9 6.6-14.5 7 1.6 0.5- 4.5 187 47.2 40.6-54.0
45-54 384 160 41.5 34.4-48.9 25 6.2 3.7-10.3 48 15.9 10.5-23.4 8 1.9 0.8- 4.1 143 34.5 27.8-41.9
55-64 253 133 55.3 46.7-63.6 9 4.8 2.2-10.2 36 12.2 8.0-18.2 5 1.1 0.4- 3.1 70 26.6 19.8-34.7
65-74 202 104 52.9 42.9-62.6 0 0.0 . - . 40 20.6 13.7-29.8 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0 53 25.1 17.3-34.9
75+ 119 69 54.9 42.4-66.9 0 0.0 . - . 22 24.8 14.9-38.2 3 3.4 0.8-14.2 25 16.9 10.0-26.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 216 104 45.7 35.6-56.2 9 4.5 2.1- 9.5 28 9.3 5.7-14.9 4 1.1 0.3- 3.5 71 39.4 29.2-50.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 510 198 36.0 30.3-42.1 26 9.3 5.8-14.6 79 14.4 10.4-19.4 6 0.6 0.2- 2.1 201 39.7 33.6-46.2
Some Post-H.S. 404 148 32.3 25.7-39.7 40 10.8 6.9-16.5 46 10.2 6.4-15.9 9 1.8 0.9- 3.9 161 44.9 37.0-53.0
College Graduate 737 233 28.9 24.4-33.8 114 19.3 15.0-24.4 70 8.3 6.0-11.4 19 2.7 1.3- 5.3 301 40.9 35.7-46.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 110 51 39.2 26.2-53.9 8 14.7 5.2-35.4 13 8.8 4.1-17.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 36 36.2 23.0-51.8
$15,000- 24,999 238 87 28.4 21.2-36.9 20 11.0 6.2-18.9 28 7.0 4.3-11.4 4 0.7 0.2- 3.1 99 52.9 42.9-62.7
$25,000- 34,999 235 88 34.2 26.1-43.3 26 15.9 9.6-25.2 28 9.7 5.6-16.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.1 92 39.4 30.6-49.1
$35,000- 49,999 305 100 33.0 25.2-41.9 28 10.8 6.0-18.6 39 15.6 9.8-23.9 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 133 39.5 31.6-48.0
$50,000-74,999 247 79 33.4 25.1-42.9 25 7.8 4.4-13.4 38 14.1 8.6-22.1 7 1.1 0.4- 2.9 98 43.6 33.5-54.3
$75,000+ 379 117 27.5 21.9-33.9 55 19.0 13.8-25.6 40 10.2 6.9-14.8 10 1.8 0.8- 3.7 157 41.5 34.8-48.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 116 45 40.4 30.9-50.8 6 3.9 1.5- 9.7 14 11.3 6.6-18.9 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 49 42.9 33.1-53.3
Forsyth 138 52 35.6 27.1-45.1 8 10.4 4.5-22.2 14 7.8 4.3-13.6 4 3.9 1.4-10.2 60 42.3 33.4-51.8
Guilford 116 41 32.8 23.8-43.3 6 3.8 1.6- 8.5 12 9.4 5.0-17.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 56 53.3 42.8-63.5
Henderson/Transylvania 137 54 34.7 26.6-43.8 11 12.3 6.8-21.2 27 18.1 11.8-26.7 5 2.9 1.2- 7.1 40 31.9 23.6-41.6
Mecklenburg 119 32 26.3 17.0-38.4 18 15.3 8.8-25.3 14 9.4 5.3-16.1 4 1.9 0.7- 5.3 51 47.1 36.2-58.4
Orange 145 41 28.2 20.8-37.0 28 19.1 13.1-26.9 10 5.4 2.8-10.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 65 47.0 38.1-56.1
Pitt 129 34 25.9 19.2-33.9 21 17.6 11.2-26.4 13 10.4 5.7-18.3 5 3.4 1.4- 8.0 56 42.8 34.0-52.2
Randolph 118 54 45.8 35.9-55.9 6 5.4 2.3-12.3 20 12.7 8.1-19.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 36 34.8 25.4-45.5
Robeson 104 43 37.8 26.8-50.2 7 14.5 5.3-33.7 7 4.7 2.0-10.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6 45 41.6 30.0-54.2
Wake 144 46 27.6 20.4-36.1 19 13.9 8.3-22.4 15 10.5 5.8-18.2 4 2.3 0.9- 6.3 60 45.7 36.4-55.4
Western NC 196 80 38.6 31.0-46.8 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0 32 15.1 10.6-21.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 75 42.2 34.2-50.6
Piedmont NC 212 87 37.1 29.5-45.5 22 12.1 7.6-18.7 31 15.8 10.5-23.1 5 1.8 0.7- 4.3 67 33.3 25.2-42.4
Eastern NC 197 76 33.5 26.5-41.4 30 17.4 12.0-24.6 14 4.7 2.5- 8.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 75 42.8 34.7-51.3

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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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