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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,587 2,972 43.2 41.3-45.1 3,615 56.8 54.9-58.7
Western NC 645 270 39.7 35.4-44.1 375 60.3 55.9-64.6
GENDER
Male 275 98 31.8 26.1-38.2 177 68.2 61.8-73.9
Female 370 172 48.8 43.0-54.6 198 51.2 45.4-57.0
RACE
White 599 254 39.9 35.5-44.6 345 60.1 55.4-64.5
Other 44 15 37.0 21.9-55.1 29 63.0 44.9-78.1
AGE
18-44 237 105 38.7 31.7-46.1 132 61.3 53.9-68.3
45+ 403 163 40.4 35.2-46.0 240 59.6 54.0-64.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 368 132 35.2 29.7-41.1 236 64.8 58.9-70.3
Some College + 276 138 45.9 39.2-52.8 138 54.1 47.2-60.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 395 161 37.5 32.1-43.3 234 62.5 56.7-67.9
$50,000+ 106 60 51.3 40.7-61.7 46 48.7 38.3-59.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 409 191 46.0 40.4-51.8 218 54.0 48.2-59.6
Forsyth 461 206 41.4 36.3-46.7 255 58.6 53.3-63.7
Guilford 411 184 43.9 38.1-50.0 227 56.1 50.0-61.9
Henderson/Transylvania 464 208 42.7 37.1-48.6 256 57.3 51.4-62.9
Mecklenburg 437 206 41.5 35.9-47.3 231 58.5 52.7-64.1
Orange 430 193 46.1 38.7-53.6 237 53.9 46.4-61.3
Pitt 411 205 49.2 43.1-55.3 206 50.8 44.7-56.9
Randolph 421 179 40.0 33.7-46.6 242 60.0 53.4-66.3
Robeson 429 181 39.1 33.5-45.0 248 60.9 55.0-66.5
Wake 423 208 49.1 43.3-54.9 215 50.9 45.1-56.7
Piedmont NC 868 394 44.7 40.5-49.0 474 55.3 51.0-59.5
Eastern NC 778 347 41.3 37.2-45.5 431 58.7 54.5-62.8

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activity , but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no physical activity.

#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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