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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,484 2,164 33.2 31.4-35.0 4,320 66.8 65.0-68.6
Piedmont NC 854 287 34.6 30.5-39.0 567 65.4 61.0-69.5
GENDER
Male 315 92 30.2 23.9-37.5 223 69.8 62.5-76.1
Female 539 195 38.4 33.3-43.8 344 61.6 56.2-66.7
RACE
White 698 222 32.8 28.4-37.6 476 67.2 62.4-71.6
Other 151 62 39.7 30.0-50.3 89 60.3 49.7-70.0
AGE
18-44 365 116 34.5 28.1-41.4 249 65.5 58.6-71.9
45+ 479 167 34.6 29.5-40.0 312 65.4 60.0-70.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 457 179 38.7 33.2-44.6 278 61.3 55.4-66.8
Some College + 393 105 28.3 22.4-35.0 288 71.7 65.0-77.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 440 165 40.6 34.8-46.7 275 59.4 53.3-65.2
$50,000+ 215 54 25.6 17.7-35.4 161 74.4 64.6-82.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 153 36.8 31.5-42.4 247 63.2 57.6-68.5
Forsyth 452 164 35.5 30.5-40.8 288 64.5 59.2-69.5
Guilford 408 156 35.5 30.1-41.3 252 64.5 58.7-69.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 121 28.3 22.4-34.9 338 71.7 65.1-77.6
Mecklenburg 436 164 34.2 28.9-39.9 272 65.8 60.1-71.1
Orange 425 115 23.6 18.8-29.3 310 76.4 70.7-81.2
Pitt 406 129 29.0 24.1-34.5 277 71.0 65.5-75.9
Randolph 416 131 27.2 22.5-32.4 285 72.8 67.6-77.5
Robeson 419 139 28.3 23.6-33.6 280 71.7 66.4-76.4
Wake 413 137 30.7 25.9-36.0 276 69.3 64.0-74.1
Western NC 634 202 31.7 27.5-36.3 432 68.3 63.7-72.5
Eastern NC 762 266 33.4 29.5-37.5 496 66.6 62.5-70.5

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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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