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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--WHITE 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 2,451 469 18.2 15.9-20.8 148 6.8 5.2- 8.9 525 20.6 18.4-23.1 115 3.8 2.9- 5.1 1,194 50.5 47.4-53.6
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,425 314 22.8 19.6-26.3 73 5.7 3.9- 8.1 296 19.8 17.0-23.0 89 5.5 4.0- 7.5 653 46.3 42.5-50.1
AGE
18-24 182 23 11.9 6.7-20.2 26 15.9 8.4-28.2 16 6.7 3.1-13.7 12 5.9 2.5-13.4 105 59.5 47.4-70.6
25-34 456 93 17.7 13.2-23.4 48 10.4 6.9-15.4 55 12.7 9.1-17.6 23 2.9 1.7- 4.9 237 56.2 49.5-62.7
35-44 517 106 18.8 14.6-23.9 40 7.0 4.6-10.6 90 18.2 13.9-23.3 31 5.8 3.3- 9.8 250 50.2 44.1-56.3
45-54 510 79 20.5 14.4-28.4 18 2.3 1.2- 4.3 128 25.6 20.3-31.7 23 2.9 1.7- 4.7 262 48.7 42.0-55.4
55-64 342 75 22.2 16.4-29.4 10 2.6 1.1- 6.1 100 32.8 25.7-40.8 12 3.1 1.3- 6.9 145 39.3 32.1-47.0
65-74 266 51 15.2 10.2-22.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 87 36.3 27.6-46.0 8 2.1 0.9- 5.2 118 45.1 36.2-54.4
75+ 160 37 21.9 14.2-32.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 44 30.6 20.9-42.5 6 1.4 0.5- 3.6 72 46.0 35.2-57.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 160 23 13.2 6.7-24.3 7 14.0 4.7-34.9 60 31.1 21.6-42.4 5 1.0 0.3- 3.2 65 40.8 29.7-52.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 581 121 22.1 17.3-27.7 21 3.5 1.9- 6.3 149 22.8 18.4-28.0 22 4.4 2.5- 7.7 268 47.2 41.3-53.2
Some Post-H.S. 573 122 19.9 15.1-25.8 31 5.4 3.1- 9.2 117 18.6 14.5-23.6 23 2.9 1.6- 5.2 280 53.2 46.4-59.8
College Graduate 1,132 203 15.7 12.8-19.0 88 8.5 6.3-11.3 197 18.4 15.1-22.2 65 4.6 3.1- 7.0 579 52.8 48.3-57.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 38 28.0 16.9-42.6 11 14.2 6.0-29.9 34 14.6 8.8-23.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 58 42.2 29.0-56.5
$15,000- 24,999 279 53 18.4 12.9-25.5 16 3.4 1.8- 6.5 67 25.6 18.8-33.8 10 1.8 0.8- 4.1 133 50.8 42.2-59.4
$25,000- 34,999 288 54 19.2 12.7-27.9 17 4.6 2.4- 8.6 70 22.2 16.2-29.7 10 1.9 0.8- 4.6 137 52.1 43.3-60.8
$35,000- 49,999 392 72 18.0 12.6-25.2 19 5.7 3.1-10.2 87 23.8 17.9-31.0 15 3.7 1.8- 7.5 199 48.7 41.3-56.2
$50,000-74,999 376 61 18.7 12.9-26.4 18 4.4 2.3- 8.3 93 22.3 16.8-29.1 14 4.1 1.9- 8.7 190 50.4 41.9-58.9
$75,000+ 513 105 17.7 13.7-22.6 37 8.0 5.0-12.4 87 16.8 12.6-22.0 20 3.9 2.0- 7.5 264 53.6 47.3-59.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 169 30 16.1 11.0-23.0 8 6.6 2.7-15.2 46 24.4 17.8-32.3 10 5.5 2.5-11.8 75 47.4 38.5-56.4
Forsyth 186 35 17.5 12.4-24.3 7 5.2 2.3-11.3 45 26.4 19.5-34.8 9 5.3 2.6-10.3 90 45.6 37.7-53.7
Guilford 147 32 19.7 13.6-27.6 8 4.6 2.1- 9.7 27 17.4 11.4-25.6 7 4.4 2.0- 9.6 73 53.9 44.6-63.0
Henderson/Transylvania 223 46 19.4 13.8-26.5 17 9.6 4.9-17.9 61 26.2 20.2-33.2 9 4.3 1.9- 9.2 90 40.5 33.2-48.3
Mecklenburg 133 24 16.6 10.8-24.7 8 8.1 3.4-17.8 19 14.9 9.1-23.4 7 3.9 1.8- 8.4 75 56.5 46.1-66.4
Orange 215 47 21.1 15.6-27.8 18 9.0 5.2-14.9 32 12.5 8.5-18.0 17 10.3 6.0-17.2 101 47.1 39.6-54.8
Pitt 153 34 20.3 13.8-28.9 14 8.0 4.5-13.9 19 11.7 7.2-18.4 8 4.4 2.0- 9.3 78 55.7 46.4-64.5
Randolph 163 27 11.8 7.7-17.7 9 6.4 3.1-12.7 42 22.8 16.2-30.9 6 2.0 0.7- 5.0 79 57.2 47.6-66.2
Robeson 62 11 15.1 7.2-28.9 2 3.1 0.7-12.3 12 15.1 7.8-27.2 4 3.9 1.4-10.5 33 62.8 47.4-76.0
Wake 183 36 21.0 15.0-28.6 17 9.5 5.2-16.6 30 14.4 9.7-20.7 12 5.3 2.9- 9.3 88 49.9 41.6-58.1
Western NC 260 49 16.7 12.4-22.2 12 6.0 3.2-10.9 61 21.3 16.5-27.1 6 4.0 1.4-11.2 132 52.0 45.0-58.9
Piedmont NC 317 61 19.5 14.2-26.2 14 6.8 3.3-13.7 72 23.5 18.1-30.0 14 4.1 2.1- 7.9 156 46.1 38.5-53.8
Eastern NC 240 37 17.0 12.0-23.5 14 6.0 3.3-10.9 59 21.3 16.2-27.5 6 1.8 0.6- 5.1 124 53.8 46.4-61.0

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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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