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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--MALE Respondents Only

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,551 589 25.7 23.0-28.5 1,962 74.3 71.5-77.0
RACE
White 1,924 468 26.4 23.3-29.7 1,456 73.6 70.3-76.7
African American 364 74 27.9 21.1-35.8 290 72.1 64.2-78.9
Asian 32 6 39.4 15.7-69.4 26 60.6 30.6-84.3
Native American 69 10 15.9 5.3-39.3 59 84.1 60.7-94.7
Other Minorities 145 25 14.2 8.1-23.5 120 85.8 76.5-91.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 155 31 21.3 12.8-33.2 124 78.7 66.8-87.2
-English Speaking 55 16 33.5 18.3-53.2 39 66.5 46.8-81.7
-Spanish Speaking 100 15 17.7 8.7-32.8 85 82.3 67.2-91.3
Non-Hispanic 2,391 556 26.0 23.2-28.9 1,835 74.0 71.1-76.8
AGE
18-24 185 72 41.4 30.9-52.8 113 58.6 47.2-69.1
25-34 440 139 30.8 25.0-37.2 301 69.2 62.8-75.0
35-44 549 155 28.9 23.8-34.6 394 71.1 65.4-76.2
45-54 520 106 20.9 16.4-26.4 414 79.1 73.6-83.6
55-64 366 73 18.7 13.9-24.8 293 81.3 75.2-86.1
65-74 289 27 8.1 4.8-13.6 262 91.9 86.4-95.2
75+ 180 10 4.3 1.7-10.2 170 95.7 89.8-98.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 433 49 11.8 7.9-17.3 384 88.2 82.7-92.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 755 135 19.2 15.2-24.0 620 80.8 76.0-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 523 128 31.0 24.4-38.5 395 69.0 61.5-75.6
College Graduate 833 276 39.2 34.2-44.3 557 60.8 55.7-65.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 200 28 19.8 11.4-32.2 172 80.2 67.8-88.6
$15,000- 24,999 400 72 20.5 14.7-27.9 328 79.5 72.1-85.3
$25,000- 34,999 316 67 27.9 20.2-37.2 249 72.1 62.8-79.8
$35,000- 49,999 391 100 27.9 21.5-35.4 291 72.1 64.6-78.5
$50,000-74,999 289 85 30.6 22.0-40.8 204 69.4 59.2-78.0
$75,000+ 429 152 38.3 32.0-44.9 277 61.7 55.1-68.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 157 32 22.2 15.5-30.8 125 77.8 69.2-84.5
Forsyth 178 44 27.7 20.3-36.5 134 72.3 63.5-79.7
Guilford 150 32 19.9 13.7-28.0 118 80.1 72.0-86.3
Henderson/Transylvania 184 46 27.5 20.7-35.6 138 72.5 64.4-79.3
Mecklenburg 159 39 28.8 19.9-39.8 120 71.2 60.2-80.1
Orange 180 59 35.2 27.7-43.4 121 64.8 56.6-72.3
Pitt 156 45 27.8 20.9-36.0 111 72.2 64.0-79.1
Randolph 169 34 20.7 14.5-28.8 135 79.3 71.2-85.5
Robeson 173 18 14.3 7.6-25.4 155 85.7 74.6-92.4
Wake 180 55 29.7 22.5-38.1 125 70.3 61.9-77.5
Western NC 271 49 24.2 18.2-31.5 222 75.8 68.5-81.8
Piedmont NC 314 67 24.2 18.3-31.3 247 75.8 68.7-81.7
Eastern NC 280 69 26.7 20.9-33.4 211 73.3 66.6-79.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = 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 vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or 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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