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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

In the past week, how much time did you spend walking or bicycling for transportation, such as to and from work or shopping?*

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  Total
Respond.#
None Less than 60 minutes 60-119 minutes 2-4 hours More than 4 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,434 5,485 85.7 84.4-87.0 372 5.5 4.7- 6.3 244 3.5 2.9- 4.2 260 4.1 3.3- 5.0 73 1.3 0.9- 1.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,511 4,736 86.6 85.2-87.9 303 5.2 4.5- 6.1 198 3.1 2.5- 3.8 216 3.9 3.2- 4.8 58 1.2 0.8- 1.7
No 906 738 82.3 77.9-85.9 67 6.4 4.5- 9.1 46 5.3 3.4- 8.3 41 4.2 2.5- 7.2 14 1.8 0.8- 4.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 127 111 81.0 64.2-91.1 6 6.6 2.5-16.5 3 5.8 1.0-27.8 6 6.5 1.6-23.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
Recommended Range 2,459 2,077 86.0 83.8-88.0 134 4.5 3.6- 5.6 108 3.6 2.7- 4.8 114 4.5 3.3- 6.1 26 1.4 0.8- 2.5
Overweight 2,131 1,826 85.9 83.5-88.0 122 5.2 4.0- 6.6 71 3.5 2.5- 5.0 86 4.0 2.9- 5.6 26 1.3 0.7- 2.4
Obese 1,312 1,113 85.0 82.0-87.6 84 6.9 5.1- 9.3 58 3.7 2.6- 5.3 41 3.1 2.0- 4.9 16 1.3 0.6- 2.6
Current Smoker
No 4,941 4,221 85.6 84.0-87.0 290 5.7 4.8- 6.8 192 3.5 2.9- 4.4 188 4.1 3.3- 5.2 50 1.0 0.7- 1.6
Yes 1,469 1,244 86.2 83.4-88.6 82 4.7 3.5- 6.4 51 3.3 2.1- 5.0 70 3.9 2.7- 5.8 22 1.8 1.0- 3.3
Binge Drinker
No 5,807 4,998 86.7 85.3-88.0 319 5.0 4.3- 5.8 211 3.3 2.7- 4.0 220 3.9 3.1- 4.8 59 1.2 0.8- 1.7
Yes 554 429 79.1 73.8-83.6 49 8.7 5.9-12.5 29 4.1 2.5- 6.8 35 5.8 3.4- 9.6 12 2.3 1.0- 5.3
Heavy Drinker
No 6,151 5,250 85.9 84.6-87.2 357 5.4 4.6- 6.2 233 3.4 2.8- 4.1 242 4.0 3.2- 4.9 69 1.3 0.9- 1.9
Yes 215 180 82.8 71.7-90.2 13 8.3 3.4-18.9 7 1.3 0.5- 3.5 12 6.7 2.5-16.6 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 2,368 1,900 80.8 78.1-83.2 165 6.6 5.3- 8.3 120 5.0 3.8- 6.6 143 5.7 4.3- 7.6 40 1.8 1.1- 2.9
Some Physical Activity 2,582 2,230 86.6 84.6-88.4 148 5.3 4.2- 6.6 93 3.1 2.3- 4.1 84 3.6 2.6- 4.9 27 1.4 0.8- 2.3
Physically Inactive 1,245 1,140 91.8 89.2-93.8 50 3.8 2.5- 5.7 22 1.5 0.8- 2.8 27 2.6 1.5- 4.4 6 0.3 0.1- 1.1
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 1,327 1,165 87.3 84.3-89.7 82 5.5 4.1- 7.5 33 3.3 2.0- 5.4 38 2.8 1.8- 4.1 9 1.2 0.5- 2.6
No 5,090 4,303 85.3 83.7-86.7 290 5.4 4.6- 6.4 211 3.5 2.9- 4.3 222 4.4 3.6- 5.5 64 1.3 0.9- 1.9
Disability Status
Yes 1,585 1,398 88.3 85.5-90.6 89 5.6 4.1- 7.7 38 2.7 1.7- 4.5 47 2.4 1.6- 3.6 13 0.9 0.4- 2.2
No 4,805 4,053 85.0 83.5-86.5 276 5.3 4.5- 6.3 204 3.7 3.0- 4.5 212 4.6 3.7- 5.7 60 1.4 1.0- 2.0
Current Asthma
Yes 413 364 87.1 80.3-91.7 17 5.6 2.5-11.7 14 2.8 1.3- 6.0 16 4.3 1.9- 9.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
No 5,998 5,099 85.6 84.2-86.9 355 5.5 4.7- 6.3 230 3.5 2.9- 4.3 243 4.1 3.3- 5.0 71 1.4 1.0- 1.9
Diabetes
Yes 497 447 92.5 89.3-94.8 28 3.6 2.2- 6.0 14 2.4 1.3- 4.5 5 0.7 0.2- 2.0 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Yes, During Pregnancy 52 44 90.3 77.2-96.2 3 4.5 0.9-19.8 3 3.8 1.0-13.7 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 0 0.0 . - .
No 5,878 4,988 85.2 83.7-86.5 341 5.6 4.8- 6.5 227 3.5 2.9- 4.3 252 4.3 3.5- 5.3 70 1.3 0.9- 1.9
Arthritis
Yes 2,085 1,819 86.6 84.2-88.7 120 5.9 4.6- 7.6 59 3.1 2.1- 4.4 63 2.6 1.8- 3.7 24 1.8 1.0- 3.1
No 4,308 3,631 85.2 83.5-86.8 247 5.3 4.4- 6.3 185 3.7 2.9- 4.6 196 4.7 3.8- 5.9 49 1.1 0.7- 1.7

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

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