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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,366 2,432 38.1 36.3-40.0 3,934 61.9 60.0-63.7
Orange County 420 217 51.4 43.9-58.7 203 48.6 41.3-56.1
GENDER
Male 177 100 57.7 49.5-65.6 77 42.3 34.4-50.5
Female 243 117 45.6 34.8-56.9 126 54.4 43.1-65.2
RACE
White 343 185 53.1 44.1-61.8 158 46.9 38.2-55.9
Other 74 29 42.1 29.5-55.9 45 57.9 44.1-70.5
AGE
18-44 215 124 54.3 42.9-65.3 91 45.7 34.7-57.1
45+ 203 91 45.9 37.9-54.1 112 54.1 45.9-62.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 37 37.8 21.5-57.4 42 62.2 42.6-78.5
Some College + 340 179 55.5 49.2-61.7 161 44.5 38.3-50.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 77 45.4 36.5-54.6 97 54.6 45.4-63.5
$50,000+ 155 94 64.2 55.8-71.9 61 35.8 28.1-44.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 153 40.5 34.9-46.3 246 59.5 53.7-65.1
Forsyth 450 167 36.7 31.6-42.2 283 63.3 57.8-68.4
Guilford 397 152 36.1 30.7-41.9 245 63.9 58.1-69.3
Henderson/Transylvania 448 193 44.7 38.8-50.8 255 55.3 49.2-61.2
Mecklenburg 430 162 36.5 30.7-42.7 268 63.5 57.3-69.3
Pitt 395 153 42.6 36.0-49.4 242 57.4 50.6-64.0
Randolph 401 143 40.5 33.4-48.0 258 59.5 52.0-66.6
Robeson 413 125 31.1 25.3-37.6 288 68.9 62.4-74.7
Wake 417 182 43.2 37.7-48.8 235 56.8 51.2-62.3
Western NC 613 225 39.9 35.3-44.7 388 60.1 55.3-64.7
Piedmont NC 831 285 33.9 29.9-38.2 546 66.1 61.8-70.1
Eastern NC 752 275 39.7 35.5-44.1 477 60.3 55.9-64.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or 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 moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r 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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