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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Bladen/Columbus/Sampson Counties

Physical Activity

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,452 6,865 75.0 73.6-76.3 2,587 25.0 23.7-26.4
-Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 256 61.5 55.5-67.1 164 38.5 32.9-44.5
GENDER
Male 127 78 61.3 50.3-71.3 49 38.7 28.7-49.7
Female 293 178 61.6 55.2-67.6 115 38.4 32.4-44.8
RACE
White 262 173 66.9 60.1-73.1 89 33.1 26.9-39.9
Other 158 83 53.2 42.1-64.0 75 46.8 36.0-57.9
AGE
18-44 149 100 67.1 57.6-75.3 49 32.9 24.7-42.4
45+ 270 155 56.9 49.0-64.3 115 43.1 35.7-51.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 140 51.1 43.8-58.4 124 48.9 41.6-56.2
Some College + 156 116 78.6 70.3-85.1 40 21.4 14.9-29.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 280 162 58.1 50.3-65.4 118 41.9 34.6-49.7
$50,000+ 60 45 76.1 62.2-86.0 15 23.9 14.0-37.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 354 78.8 74.2-82.8 100 21.2 17.2-25.8
Guilford 446 344 78.0 73.1-82.3 102 22.0 17.7-26.9
Mecklenburg 449 353 78.1 73.1-82.4 96 21.9 17.6-26.9
Orange 452 393 82.7 73.4-89.2 59 17.3 10.8-26.6
Wake 453 371 80.3 75.2-84.6 82 19.7 15.4-24.8
Chatham/Lee 400 287 73.2 67.5-78.1 113 26.8 21.9-32.5
Nash/Wilson 380 264 71.4 66.0-76.3 116 28.6 23.7-34.0
Craven/Pamlico 455 340 75.8 70.9-80.0 115 24.2 20.0-29.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 309 71.5 66.3-76.2 129 28.5 23.8-33.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 320 74.4 69.4-78.9 135 25.6 21.1-30.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 313 69.4 62.7-75.5 166 30.6 24.5-37.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 318 64.6 50.5-76.5 108 35.4 23.5-49.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 302 64.6 59.4-69.4 174 35.4 30.6-40.6
Northeast NC I 461 315 68.8 63.1-74.0 146 31.2 26.0-36.9
Northeast NC II 513 361 73.1 68.5-77.2 152 26.9 22.8-31.5
Northeastern Partnership 974 676 71.6 68.0-74.9 298 28.4 25.1-32.0
Mountain AHEC 1,308 993 76.5 72.8-79.8 315 23.5 20.2-27.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,320 2,282 73.2 70.8-75.5 1,038 26.8 24.5-29.2
Piedmont 4,053 3,055 76.3 74.3-78.2 998 23.7 21.8-25.7
Western NC 2,079 1,528 73.4 70.1-76.4 551 26.6 23.6-29.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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