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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake County

Exercise

During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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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
Wake County 432 349 81.6 76.9-85.5 83 18.4 14.5-23.1
GENDER
Male 184 156 83.3 75.8-88.8 28 16.7 11.2-24.2
Female 248 193 79.7 73.4-84.8 55 20.3 15.2-26.6
RACE
White 312 264 87.0 82.3-90.6 48 13.0 9.4-17.7
Other 118 84 69.6 58.6-78.7 34 30.4 21.3-41.4
AGE
18-44 244 207 83.8 77.3-88.6 37 16.2 11.4-22.7
45+ 184 139 78.0 70.6-84.0 45 22.0 16.0-29.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 72 63.5 52.2-73.5 39 36.5 26.5-47.8
Some College + 321 277 88.2 83.7-91.5 44 11.8 8.5-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 111 71.5 62.1-79.4 45 28.5 20.6-37.9
$50,000+ 177 161 92.5 87.7-95.5 16 7.5 4.5-12.3
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
Western NC 659 450 70.8 66.5-74.7 209 29.2 25.3-33.5
Piedmont NC 889 585 65.3 61.2-69.1 304 34.7 30.9-38.8
Eastern NC 802 539 68.6 64.5-72.4 263 31.4 27.6-35.5

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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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