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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--MALE Respondents Only

What other type of physical activity gave you the next most exercise 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 1,293 203 15.2 12.3-18.6 107 8.9 6.7-11.8 271 19.4 16.6-22.7 34 2.2 1.3- 3.8 678 54.2 50.0-58.4
RACE
White 1,026 155 14.3 11.2-18.0 75 7.8 5.4-11.3 229 21.3 18.0-25.1 26 2.4 1.3- 4.4 541 54.2 49.4-58.9
African American 156 30 22.5 14.1-34.0 18 13.6 7.9-22.4 26 12.8 7.5-21.0 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5 78 49.2 38.4-60.1
Asian 16 6 18.0 5.3-46.3 4 29.9 8.4-66.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.4 3.4-44.6 3 37.8 11.8-73.3
Native American 32 2 19.9 3.5-62.9 4 6.0 1.6-20.0 10 41.8 16.9-71.7 0 0.0 . - . 16 32.3 13.7-59.0
Other Minorities 53 7 7.2 2.4-19.4 6 10.7 3.9-25.9 5 6.1 1.6-20.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 34 75.5 57.3-87.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 7 5.9 1.8-17.1 8 14.6 5.6-32.8 4 7.0 2.1-20.7 2 1.6 0.3- 7.1 33 71.0 51.8-84.8
-English Speaking 26 3 3.3 0.9-10.7 5 28.7 10.2-58.8 3 8.8 2.4-27.4 1 2.8 0.4-17.7 14 56.5 31.3-78.6
-Spanish Speaking 28 4 7.6 1.7-27.8 3 5.2 1.4-17.6 1 5.8 0.8-32.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9 19 80.7 56.7-93.0
Non-Hispanic 1,236 196 15.8 12.8-19.3 99 8.6 6.3-11.6 267 20.2 17.3-23.6 32 2.3 1.3- 3.9 642 53.1 48.7-57.4
AGE
18-24 100 9 5.3 2.2-12.3 20 19.9 10.4-34.7 8 5.7 2.0-15.2 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 62 66.9 51.8-79.1
25-34 243 32 16.3 10.0-25.5 28 9.8 5.9-15.8 26 10.1 6.3-15.9 7 1.5 0.6- 3.7 150 62.3 53.2-70.6
35-44 305 51 14.2 9.8-20.1 32 10.2 6.5-15.5 46 15.5 10.8-21.8 13 4.6 2.1- 9.7 163 55.6 47.8-63.1
45-54 270 39 20.8 12.9-31.8 17 3.9 2.1- 7.0 71 29.6 22.1-38.3 6 0.7 0.3- 1.7 137 45.1 36.6-53.8
55-64 168 35 22.2 14.3-32.7 5 1.9 0.7- 5.6 47 33.5 23.8-44.9 6 3.6 1.2-10.2 75 38.8 29.0-49.5
65-74 125 24 14.6 8.4-24.1 1 2.5 0.4-15.5 45 36.8 25.5-49.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 54 45.9 33.7-58.6
75+ 67 11 12.3 6.0-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 24 37.1 22.3-54.7 0 0.0 . - . 32 50.6 34.3-66.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 121 15 13.4 6.4-25.7 5 9.7 2.2-33.7 39 21.6 13.4-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 62 55.4 40.5-69.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 330 56 18.5 12.8-25.9 20 6.9 3.9-12.0 90 24.4 18.6-31.4 3 0.9 0.2- 4.0 161 49.2 41.5-57.1
Some Post-H.S. 269 43 16.4 10.0-25.5 26 10.0 5.9-16.2 42 13.9 9.2-20.5 10 2.4 1.0- 5.6 148 57.4 47.6-66.6
College Graduate 570 89 12.8 9.5-17.1 55 9.4 6.6-13.3 100 18.9 14.6-24.0 21 3.7 1.8- 7.5 305 55.2 49.2-61.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 19 28.4 14.3-48.4 6 15.2 5.2-37.1 19 13.0 6.7-23.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5 26 43.1 25.7-62.4
$15,000- 24,999 147 24 19.7 11.7-31.4 12 5.1 2.2-11.5 30 19.2 11.9-29.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 79 55.6 43.0-67.4
$25,000- 34,999 168 21 13.0 6.9-23.0 19 9.1 5.0-15.7 38 19.4 12.8-28.4 2 0.4 0.1- 2.4 88 58.1 47.3-68.3
$35,000- 49,999 228 29 10.1 4.8-20.0 11 4.4 2.1- 9.0 52 25.2 17.1-35.4 7 1.9 0.7- 4.8 129 58.5 48.0-68.3
$50,000-74,999 180 28 19.2 10.9-31.7 9 6.1 2.7-13.1 44 19.6 13.0-28.5 5 4.2 1.3-12.6 94 50.9 38.4-63.2
$75,000+ 293 48 14.7 10.1-21.0 29 10.5 6.4-16.8 48 16.7 11.5-23.6 8 1.5 0.7- 3.5 160 56.5 48.4-64.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 73 13 16.5 9.3-27.6 2 6.5 1.4-25.4 16 24.7 15.1-37.7 5 5.5 2.0-14.1 37 46.8 34.4-59.7
Forsyth 104 15 12.6 7.4-20.5 8 9.5 4.7-18.4 26 25.5 17.3-35.7 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 53 50.5 40.1-60.9
Guilford 85 21 21.2 13.0-32.6 9 13.9 6.5-27.3 14 19.1 10.9-31.1 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 38 43.5 31.7-56.0
Henderson/Transylvania 96 20 24.5 15.1-37.1 6 7.5 3.1-17.1 25 22.1 14.6-32.1 2 2.7 0.5-12.7 43 43.2 32.5-54.6
Mecklenburg 76 11 12.4 6.6-22.2 8 12.3 5.6-24.7 8 9.8 4.6-19.8 2 2.6 0.6- 9.9 47 62.9 49.8-74.3
Orange 113 23 17.6 11.5-26.0 11 10.9 5.8-19.7 16 10.2 6.0-16.6 5 7.0 2.7-16.8 58 54.3 44.0-64.2
Pitt 84 15 20.6 12.1-32.6 9 8.2 4.1-15.7 10 9.9 5.1-18.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 49 59.8 47.8-70.8
Randolph 82 8 7.1 3.4-14.3 5 7.1 2.8-16.8 21 25.8 16.8-37.5 3 3.1 0.9-10.2 45 56.9 44.7-68.3
Robeson 61 5 7.8 2.9-19.6 7 12.6 5.3-27.0 16 18.6 10.6-30.5 0 0.0 . - . 33 60.9 45.0-74.8
Wake 104 15 17.1 9.2-29.5 13 10.8 5.4-20.5 15 14.2 8.3-23.1 4 2.6 0.9- 6.8 57 55.4 43.9-66.3
Western NC 127 17 11.1 6.7-18.1 12 13.0 7.4-21.9 37 23.6 16.9-32.0 1 3.4 0.5-20.0 60 48.8 39.1-58.7
Piedmont NC 146 20 14.8 8.5-24.6 9 8.6 3.5-19.6 39 25.0 17.5-34.3 4 2.9 0.9- 8.9 74 48.7 37.8-59.6
Eastern NC 142 20 15.9 10.0-24.3 8 4.8 2.2-10.2 28 17.0 11.4-24.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 84 61.8 52.4-70.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity and reported some type of exercise. 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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