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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise--WHITE Respondents Only

During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,111 3,827 73.8 71.8-75.6 1,284 26.2 24.4-28.2
GENDER
Male 1,969 1,568 78.2 75.3-81.0 401 21.8 19.0-24.7
Female 3,142 2,259 69.6 67.1-72.0 883 30.4 28.0-32.9
AGE
18-24 328 256 80.9 73.6-86.6 72 19.1 13.4-26.4
25-34 804 675 81.8 77.3-85.5 129 18.2 14.5-22.7
35-44 941 747 77.7 73.6-81.4 194 22.3 18.6-26.4
45-54 1,016 782 75.2 70.9-79.0 234 24.8 21.0-29.1
55-64 778 548 66.9 61.8-71.7 230 33.1 28.3-38.2
65-74 674 457 61.2 55.6-66.6 217 38.8 33.4-44.4
75+ 532 335 60.5 53.1-67.4 197 39.5 32.6-46.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 675 349 54.4 48.5-60.2 326 45.6 39.8-51.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,491 1,004 64.8 60.9-68.4 487 35.2 31.6-39.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,192 928 79.7 76.3-82.7 264 20.3 17.3-23.7
College Graduate 1,741 1,539 89.2 86.8-91.2 202 10.8 8.8-13.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 266 59.7 51.7-67.2 177 40.3 32.8-48.3
$15,000- 24,999 701 452 60.7 54.9-66.3 249 39.3 33.7-45.1
$25,000- 34,999 592 446 74.5 68.5-79.6 146 25.5 20.4-31.5
$35,000- 49,999 723 582 79.1 74.5-83.1 141 20.9 16.9-25.5
$50,000-74,999 651 550 83.3 78.6-87.2 101 16.7 12.8-21.4
$75,000+ 770 686 88.1 84.3-91.1 84 11.9 8.9-15.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 367 280 75.8 70.0-80.8 87 24.2 19.2-30.0
Forsyth 345 272 80.8 75.8-84.9 73 19.2 15.1-24.2
Guilford 282 219 80.1 74.1-85.0 63 19.9 15.0-25.9
Henderson/Transylvania 434 343 77.1 71.6-81.7 91 22.9 18.3-28.4
Mecklenburg 269 222 81.7 73.1-88.0 47 18.3 12.0-26.9
Orange 358 301 78.8 66.3-87.5 57 21.2 12.5-33.7
Pitt 289 235 85.0 80.1-88.9 54 15.0 11.1-19.9
Randolph 391 271 70.5 64.4-75.9 120 29.5 24.1-35.6
Robeson 176 115 66.1 57.3-73.9 61 33.9 26.1-42.7
Wake 312 264 87.0 82.3-90.6 48 13.0 9.4-17.7
Western NC 613 419 70.9 66.6-74.9 194 29.1 25.1-33.4
Piedmont NC 724 494 68.1 63.8-72.2 230 31.9 27.8-36.2
Eastern NC 551 392 72.6 67.9-76.8 159 27.4 23.2-32.1

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#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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