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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Physical Activity

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,744 4,830 70.5 68.8-72.2 1,914 29.5 27.8-31.2
Piedmont NC 889 585 65.3 61.2-69.1 304 34.7 30.9-38.8
GENDER
Male 323 223 69.9 63.3-75.7 100 30.1 24.3-36.7
Female 566 362 61.4 56.3-66.2 204 38.6 33.8-43.7
RACE
White 724 494 68.1 63.8-72.2 230 31.9 27.8-36.2
Other 159 88 54.5 44.6-64.0 71 45.5 36.0-55.4
AGE
18-44 375 271 72.4 66.4-77.7 104 27.6 22.3-33.6
45+ 502 305 57.8 52.3-63.0 197 42.2 37.0-47.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 480 266 56.7 51.1-62.2 214 43.3 37.8-48.9
Some College + 405 317 78.0 72.8-82.5 88 22.0 17.5-27.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 460 291 61.5 55.7-67.0 169 38.5 33.0-44.3
$50,000+ 218 172 78.8 71.6-84.5 46 21.2 15.5-28.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 415 310 74.7 69.3-79.4 105 25.3 20.6-30.7
Forsyth 465 353 77.3 72.8-81.3 112 22.7 18.7-27.2
Guilford 424 316 76.5 70.9-81.2 108 23.5 18.8-29.1
Henderson/Transylvania 475 361 70.3 63.7-76.2 114 29.7 23.8-36.3
Mecklenburg 447 347 75.1 69.0-80.4 100 24.9 19.6-31.0
Orange 441 358 77.5 67.7-85.0 83 22.5 15.0-32.3
Pitt 417 314 78.5 73.7-82.7 103 21.5 17.3-26.3
Randolph 433 289 67.7 61.8-73.0 144 32.3 27.0-38.2
Robeson 445 259 59.1 53.2-64.8 186 40.9 35.2-46.8
Wake 432 349 81.6 76.9-85.5 83 18.4 14.5-23.1
Western NC 659 450 70.8 66.5-74.7 209 29.2 25.3-33.5
Eastern NC 802 539 68.6 64.5-72.4 263 31.4 27.6-35.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.

#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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