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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

NC Physical Activity

What type of physical activity or exercise did you spend the most time doing 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%)
North Carolina 4,541 2,282 46.3 44.1-48.6 305 8.7 7.4-10.2 450 9.9 8.6-11.3 223 4.3 3.5- 5.2 1,281 30.8 28.7-33.1
Randolph County 271 144 54.2 46.7-61.4 6 2.8 1.2- 6.6 39 11.9 8.5-16.3 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 71 28.0 21.7-35.2
GENDER
Male 118 54 45.8 35.9-55.9 6 5.4 2.3-12.3 20 12.7 8.1-19.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 36 34.8 25.4-45.5
Female 153 90 63.2 53.0-72.4 0 0.0 . - . 19 10.9 6.6-17.6 9 5.2 2.4-11.0 35 20.6 13.7-29.8
RACE
White 252 133 53.9 46.2-61.5 6 3.0 1.3- 7.0 37 12.1 8.6-16.8 8 2.7 1.2- 5.9 68 28.3 21.8-35.8
Other 19 11 58.2 33.6-79.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.1 1.8-29.4 3 10.9 3.2-31.3 3 22.8 7.6-51.7
AGE
18-44 114 50 51.3 40.1-62.4 6 5.1 2.2-11.8 11 6.9 3.7-12.6 7 4.1 1.8- 9.4 40 32.5 23.1-43.5
45+ 156 93 57.4 48.2-66.2 0 0.0 . - . 28 17.9 12.3-25.4 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0 31 22.6 15.2-32.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 169 94 59.2 49.8-67.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 32 15.3 10.6-21.8 6 2.7 1.1- 6.1 36 22.1 15.3-30.9
Some College + 102 50 45.6 34.6-57.0 5 6.4 2.5-15.7 7 5.9 2.7-12.5 5 4.1 1.4-11.5 35 38.0 27.1-50.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 71 51.9 42.4-61.2 4 3.6 1.2-10.3 26 15.9 10.6-23.1 8 4.6 2.2- 9.3 33 24.1 16.9-33.2
$50,000+ 64 28 40.2 27.6-54.3 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 7 9.8 4.6-19.9 2 3.7 0.8-15.6 26 43.9 30.3-58.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 295 160 53.3 46.6-59.9 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5 26 8.8 5.8-13.2 15 4.9 2.8- 8.4 85 30.4 24.5-37.0
Forsyth 327 172 48.0 41.6-54.4 15 7.2 3.7-13.6 28 7.5 5.0-11.1 11 4.1 2.2- 7.6 101 33.2 27.5-39.5
Guilford 296 144 44.1 37.6-50.9 17 5.9 3.4- 9.9 27 8.3 5.4-12.5 13 3.2 1.8- 5.8 95 38.5 31.9-45.6
Henderson/Transylvania 343 177 47.3 41.1-53.5 13 6.7 3.8-11.6 48 13.4 9.7-18.3 17 3.7 2.2- 6.1 88 28.9 23.2-35.3
Mecklenburg 329 159 43.0 36.4-49.9 30 11.1 7.2-16.7 26 7.5 4.9-11.2 23 5.5 3.3- 9.0 91 33.0 26.7-39.9
Orange 341 140 39.8 33.7-46.1 52 16.7 12.6-21.9 19 4.6 2.8- 7.3 17 4.7 2.7- 8.0 113 34.2 28.6-40.4
Pitt 295 141 46.0 38.8-53.4 32 12.3 8.3-17.7 25 9.0 5.7-14.0 16 4.1 2.4- 6.9 81 28.6 22.7-35.3
Robeson 238 125 47.4 39.1-55.8 10 9.2 3.5-21.7 18 6.2 3.7-10.2 12 4.1 2.2- 7.7 73 33.2 25.8-41.5
Wake 331 163 45.2 39.1-51.4 32 10.8 7.2-15.8 23 7.3 4.4-11.8 24 5.7 3.7- 8.8 89 31.0 25.0-37.8
Western NC 428 223 48.5 43.0-54.1 10 2.5 1.3- 4.8 60 13.3 10.2-17.2 16 3.9 2.3- 6.8 119 31.8 26.6-37.5
Piedmont NC 544 279 47.5 42.1-53.0 39 8.5 5.8-12.1 65 13.0 9.7-17.1 29 4.6 3.0- 7.0 132 26.5 21.6-32.1
Eastern NC 503 255 45.2 40.1-50.4 40 10.8 7.7-14.9 46 8.3 5.9-11.4 19 3.4 2.0- 5.6 143 32.4 27.4-37.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity. 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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