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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake County

NC Physical Activity

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,482 2,271 34.6 32.8-36.4 4,211 65.4 63.6-67.2
Wake County 413 71 16.0 12.5-20.4 342 84.0 79.6-87.5
GENDER
Male 177 25 13.0 8.5-19.4 152 87.0 80.6-91.5
Female 236 46 19.4 14.3-25.8 190 80.6 74.2-85.7
RACE
White 301 52 15.6 11.6-20.7 249 84.4 79.3-88.4
Other 110 18 16.6 10.1-26.2 92 83.4 73.8-89.9
AGE
18-44 232 36 13.3 9.3-18.8 196 86.7 81.2-90.7
45+ 177 34 20.1 14.1-27.8 143 79.9 72.2-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 17 16.4 9.4-26.9 88 83.6 73.1-90.6
Some College + 308 54 15.9 12.0-20.8 254 84.1 79.2-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 146 27 17.2 11.4-25.2 119 82.8 74.8-88.6
$50,000+ 173 29 15.0 10.1-21.8 144 85.0 78.2-89.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 176 46.4 40.7-52.2 225 53.6 47.8-59.3
Forsyth 451 118 25.8 21.4-30.8 333 74.2 69.2-78.6
Guilford 406 97 26.5 21.1-32.7 309 73.5 67.3-78.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 208 45.9 40.0-51.8 251 54.1 48.2-60.0
Mecklenburg 435 70 14.2 10.9-18.2 365 85.8 81.8-89.1
Orange 426 95 20.9 16.5-26.1 331 79.1 73.9-83.5
Pitt 407 135 29.8 25.0-35.2 272 70.2 64.8-75.0
Randolph 416 190 48.2 42.1-54.3 226 51.8 45.7-57.9
Robeson 421 198 48.8 42.6-55.0 223 51.2 45.0-57.4
Western NC 631 305 49.2 44.6-53.8 326 50.8 46.2-55.4
Piedmont NC 854 309 36.8 32.7-41.1 545 63.2 58.9-67.3
Eastern NC 762 299 39.3 35.1-43.6 463 60.7 56.4-64.9

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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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