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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Risk Factors

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,558 1,166 19.2 17.7-20.8 5,392 80.8 79.2-82.3
Randolph County 419 60 14.9 11.2-19.6 359 85.1 80.4-88.8
GENDER
Male 169 34 20.7 14.5-28.8 135 79.3 71.2-85.5
Female 250 26 9.2 5.9-14.2 224 90.8 85.8-94.1
RACE
White 379 55 15.2 11.2-20.2 324 84.8 79.8-88.8
Other 39 5 12.3 4.7-28.6 34 87.7 71.4-95.3
AGE
18-44 176 36 20.4 14.2-28.3 140 79.6 71.7-85.8
45+ 240 24 8.6 5.6-13.0 216 91.4 87.0-94.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 34 12.4 8.6-17.6 240 87.6 82.4-91.4
Some College + 145 26 19.8 12.6-29.7 119 80.2 70.3-87.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 30 13.6 9.2-19.7 202 86.4 80.3-90.8
$50,000+ 80 22 26.9 16.7-40.3 58 73.1 59.7-83.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 408 70 19.3 15.1-24.4 338 80.7 75.6-84.9
Forsyth 462 74 19.0 14.7-24.1 388 81.0 75.9-85.3
Guilford 411 79 18.6 14.6-23.5 332 81.4 76.5-85.4
Henderson/Transylvania 457 87 21.4 17.0-26.5 370 78.6 73.5-83.0
Mecklenburg 439 83 21.5 16.3-27.8 356 78.5 72.2-83.7
Orange 430 136 31.6 26.0-37.8 294 68.4 62.2-74.0
Pitt 407 85 22.6 17.8-28.2 322 77.4 71.8-82.2
Robeson 428 43 12.2 8.0-18.4 385 87.8 81.6-92.0
Wake 422 99 23.9 19.4-29.1 323 76.1 70.9-80.6
Western NC 637 90 19.0 15.2-23.5 547 81.0 76.5-84.8
Piedmont NC 867 133 16.4 13.2-20.1 734 83.6 79.9-86.8
Eastern NC 771 127 19.8 16.5-23.6 644 80.2 76.4-83.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = 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 vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or 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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