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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,501 1,874 28.7 27.0-30.4 4,627 71.3 69.6-73.0
Western NC 634 100 17.2 13.7-21.4 534 82.8 78.6-86.3
GENDER
Male 272 38 16.2 11.4-22.5 234 83.8 77.5-88.6
Female 362 62 18.4 13.8-24.2 300 81.6 75.8-86.2
RACE
White 589 81 14.7 11.4-18.9 508 85.3 81.1-88.6
Other 43 17 41.4 25.5-59.3 26 58.6 40.7-74.5
AGE
18-44 234 51 23.5 17.1-31.2 183 76.5 68.8-82.9
45+ 396 49 12.3 9.0-16.5 347 87.7 83.5-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 362 58 17.4 13.0-22.9 304 82.6 77.1-87.0
Some College + 271 42 17.0 11.8-23.9 229 83.0 76.1-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 388 65 16.6 12.5-21.7 323 83.4 78.3-87.5
$50,000+ 104 5 6.3 2.5-14.7 99 93.7 85.3-97.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 98 21.8 17.6-26.6 303 78.2 73.4-82.4
Forsyth 453 142 30.8 26.1-35.9 311 69.2 64.1-73.9
Guilford 408 153 40.7 34.8-46.8 255 59.3 53.2-65.2
Henderson/Transylvania 460 66 14.2 10.8-18.4 394 85.8 81.6-89.2
Mecklenburg 435 279 61.3 54.9-67.4 156 38.7 32.6-45.1
Orange 425 193 42.8 36.1-49.7 232 57.2 50.3-63.9
Pitt 408 135 31.7 26.2-37.7 273 68.3 62.3-73.8
Randolph 417 56 11.0 8.2-14.7 361 89.0 85.3-91.8
Robeson 421 84 18.7 14.5-23.9 337 81.3 76.1-85.5
Wake 415 230 56.1 50.5-61.6 185 43.9 38.4-49.5
Piedmont NC 857 175 20.9 17.5-24.7 682 79.1 75.3-82.5
Eastern NC 767 163 21.9 18.6-25.7 604 78.1 74.3-81.4

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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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