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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 6,482 2,271 34.6 32.8-36.4 4,211 65.4 63.6-67.2
Western NC 631 305 49.2 44.6-53.8 326 50.8 46.2-55.4
GENDER
Male 270 130 49.3 42.4-56.3 140 50.7 43.7-57.6
Female 361 175 49.0 43.1-54.9 186 51.0 45.1-56.9
RACE
White 585 291 51.2 46.4-56.0 294 48.8 44.0-53.6
Other 44 14 28.3 15.9-45.2 30 71.7 54.8-84.1
AGE
18-44 235 113 48.1 40.5-55.9 122 51.9 44.1-59.5
45+ 392 190 50.2 44.6-55.8 202 49.8 44.2-55.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 361 170 48.7 42.6-54.8 191 51.3 45.2-57.4
Some College + 269 134 49.8 42.7-56.8 135 50.2 43.2-57.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 387 190 49.5 43.5-55.4 197 50.5 44.6-56.5
$50,000+ 103 56 54.9 44.1-65.3 47 45.1 34.7-55.9
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
Wake 413 71 16.0 12.5-20.4 342 84.0 79.6-87.5
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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