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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--WHITE 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 3,620 1,786 45.8 43.3-48.3 242 8.5 7.0-10.2 388 11.1 9.6-12.8 178 4.4 3.6- 5.5 1,026 30.2 27.8-32.7
GENDER
Male 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
Female 2,147 1,249 56.9 53.7-60.0 92 4.7 3.4- 6.5 201 10.2 8.4-12.4 145 7.1 5.6- 8.9 460 21.1 18.5-23.8
AGE
18-24 247 82 33.7 24.8-43.9 49 18.5 12.2-27.0 4 3.2 1.0- 9.9 20 4.7 2.7- 8.2 92 39.8 30.0-50.5
25-34 639 264 38.3 33.0-43.7 86 14.6 10.8-19.6 44 7.9 5.4-11.5 35 5.5 3.4- 8.8 210 33.7 28.5-39.3
35-44 713 299 39.7 34.7-44.8 60 9.1 6.4-12.9 73 9.1 6.5-12.5 38 5.3 3.4- 8.2 243 36.9 31.9-42.1
45-54 749 411 53.2 47.6-58.7 34 4.3 2.6- 6.9 70 12.7 8.8-18.0 37 4.4 2.7- 7.0 197 25.4 21.0-30.5
55-64 514 294 57.4 51.3-63.4 9 3.0 1.4- 6.3 69 13.1 9.4-18.0 23 3.1 1.9- 5.3 119 23.3 18.6-28.9
65-74 432 243 55.6 48.6-62.5 0 0.0 . - . 86 24.7 18.7-31.8 15 2.0 1.0- 3.8 88 17.7 13.1-23.5
75+ 305 186 58.7 50.3-66.6 0 0.0 . - . 37 16.3 10.5-24.4 9 2.8 1.0- 7.6 73 22.2 16.4-29.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 312 195 65.3 56.2-73.5 6 1.3 0.5- 3.5 39 9.3 6.0-14.2 5 1.0 0.2- 4.3 67 23.1 15.8-32.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 943 507 49.5 44.9-54.2 24 4.9 2.9- 8.0 148 15.3 12.2-19.1 22 2.2 1.2- 4.0 242 28.1 23.9-32.7
Some Post-H.S. 879 424 43.9 38.7-49.2 54 7.8 5.2-11.6 89 10.1 7.2-14.0 49 5.3 3.7- 7.8 263 32.9 27.7-38.5
College Graduate 1,479 655 38.7 35.1-42.5 158 14.0 11.2-17.4 112 8.9 6.8-11.5 101 6.4 4.8- 8.6 453 32.0 28.4-35.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 243 134 51.9 41.2-62.4 13 12.5 5.1-27.6 33 8.7 5.3-14.0 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 58 25.8 17.3-36.6
$15,000- 24,999 429 211 44.4 37.2-51.8 20 5.2 2.8- 9.2 52 9.9 6.7-14.3 16 2.6 1.3- 5.3 130 37.9 30.5-45.9
$25,000- 34,999 417 213 48.9 41.7-56.1 30 11.7 7.2-18.7 54 12.9 8.8-18.5 23 4.4 2.5- 7.9 97 22.1 16.7-28.7
$35,000- 49,999 553 251 42.9 36.7-49.3 29 4.9 2.6- 8.9 73 16.1 11.5-22.0 21 4.0 2.2- 7.1 179 32.2 26.7-38.2
$50,000-74,999 530 258 42.9 36.5-49.6 33 5.7 3.5- 9.2 54 12.4 8.4-17.9 28 5.1 3.1- 8.4 157 33.8 27.1-41.3
$75,000+ 662 267 36.5 31.6-41.7 76 15.7 11.8-20.6 60 9.1 6.5-12.5 46 4.9 3.4- 7.1 213 33.8 28.8-39.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 267 141 51.7 44.7-58.7 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0 25 9.2 6.0-13.8 14 5.0 2.8- 8.9 79 31.3 25.1-38.4
Forsyth 255 130 46.9 39.7-54.3 13 7.7 3.6-15.8 25 8.8 5.7-13.3 9 4.2 2.1- 8.3 78 32.3 26.0-39.4
Guilford 206 96 41.8 34.4-49.5 10 5.6 2.8-10.9 20 9.4 5.7-14.9 9 3.7 1.8- 7.2 71 39.6 31.9-47.8
Henderson/Transylvania 325 170 48.6 42.3-55.0 12 7.0 3.9-12.3 45 13.3 9.5-18.4 16 3.8 2.2- 6.4 82 27.3 21.6-33.7
Mecklenburg 213 107 44.8 36.3-53.6 20 12.9 7.6-21.0 19 7.6 4.7-12.1 12 3.6 2.0- 6.7 55 31.1 23.6-39.7
Orange 287 114 38.1 31.6-45.0 45 17.9 13.3-23.8 17 5.1 3.0- 8.3 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9 96 34.4 28.3-41.0
Pitt 225 100 42.7 33.8-52.0 29 15.3 10.1-22.4 19 8.4 5.0-13.8 13 4.4 2.4- 7.8 64 29.3 22.4-37.2
Randolph 252 133 53.9 46.2-61.5 6 3.0 1.3- 7.0 37 12.1 8.6-16.8 8 2.7 1.2- 5.9 68 28.3 21.8-35.8
Robeson 108 51 42.0 31.3-53.6 4 7.6 1.9-25.9 10 7.7 3.9-14.6 7 5.5 2.5-11.5 36 37.3 26.1-50.1
Wake 255 117 40.9 34.3-47.9 26 11.9 7.6-18.2 21 9.4 5.7-15.0 21 6.9 4.3-10.8 70 30.9 24.6-38.1
Western NC 398 208 49.4 43.7-55.2 10 2.7 1.4- 5.2 59 14.1 10.8-18.3 15 3.8 2.1- 6.6 106 30.0 24.7-35.8
Piedmont NC 463 235 44.9 39.1-50.8 31 7.8 5.1-11.7 58 14.4 10.6-19.2 23 4.6 2.9- 7.4 116 28.2 22.7-34.6
Eastern NC 366 184 47.0 41.1-52.9 28 10.3 6.8-15.2 33 8.8 6.0-12.8 16 4.0 2.2- 7.0 105 29.9 24.7-35.8

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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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