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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,118 3,242 37.7 36.1-39.4 3,675 39.9 38.3-41.6 2,201 22.4 21.0-23.8
-Eastern NC 3,193 1,053 36.6 33.7-39.5 1,247 39.3 36.4-42.3 893 24.1 21.7-26.7
GENDER
Male 1,120 407 37.6 33.1-42.4 431 41.2 36.4-46.3 282 21.1 17.6-25.2
Female 2,073 646 35.6 32.2-39.2 816 37.6 34.3-41.0 611 26.8 23.8-30.1
RACE
White 1,988 731 40.9 37.3-44.6 786 39.2 35.6-43.0 471 19.9 17.2-22.8
African American 943 252 30.0 25.0-35.6 369 41.5 36.3-46.9 322 28.4 24.2-33.1
Other Minorities 244 63 25.0 16.4-36.3 85 33.0 23.0-44.7 96 42.0 30.9-54.0
AGE
18-24 195 86 44.7 33.8-56.1 71 40.2 29.2-52.3 38 15.1 9.4-23.5
25-34 482 169 38.0 31.3-45.2 219 42.2 35.6-49.1 94 19.8 14.6-26.4
35-44 581 228 40.8 34.6-47.4 228 37.6 31.6-44.0 125 21.6 15.9-28.5
45-54 628 200 32.5 26.8-38.8 264 45.1 38.6-51.8 164 22.4 17.6-28.0
55-64 547 179 33.8 28.0-40.1 208 37.8 31.8-44.3 160 28.4 22.9-34.6
65-74 432 130 39.2 32.2-46.7 156 32.5 26.2-39.5 146 28.3 22.7-34.7
75+ 309 55 18.1 12.6-25.2 94 32.6 25.1-41.2 160 49.3 41.0-57.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 625 130 20.6 15.9-26.2 195 30.3 24.5-36.8 300 49.1 42.3-55.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,064 332 36.1 31.1-41.3 422 38.9 34.1-43.8 310 25.1 21.0-29.6
Some Post-H.S. 827 305 40.0 34.1-46.2 351 44.7 38.5-51.2 171 15.3 11.9-19.5
College Graduate 672 286 46.1 40.3-52.1 277 40.5 34.7-46.5 109 13.4 10.0-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 447 116 25.2 19.2-32.3 156 32.0 24.5-40.7 175 42.8 34.8-51.1
$15,000- 24,999 635 184 33.4 26.8-40.6 252 38.3 32.1-44.8 199 28.4 22.8-34.7
$25,000- 34,999 367 130 41.8 33.6-50.5 153 39.4 31.6-47.8 84 18.8 13.6-25.3
$35,000- 49,999 413 147 38.9 31.8-46.5 195 43.5 36.0-51.2 71 17.6 12.2-24.7
$50,000-74,999 328 142 44.1 35.5-53.1 138 43.0 34.0-52.5 48 12.9 8.2-19.7
$75,000+ 285 148 51.7 42.4-60.9 105 41.6 32.6-51.2 32 6.7 3.9-11.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 169 39.5 34.1-45.2 167 39.5 34.1-45.1 103 21.0 17.0-25.7
Guilford 437 165 41.0 35.5-46.7 195 42.1 36.7-47.7 77 16.9 13.1-21.6
Mecklenburg 443 167 37.3 31.6-43.5 187 41.7 35.9-47.6 89 21.0 16.7-26.1
Orange 440 212 45.7 38.5-53.1 158 36.1 29.0-43.8 70 18.2 12.1-26.4
Wake 440 177 38.9 33.5-44.5 183 42.2 36.7-48.0 80 18.9 14.6-24.1
Chatham/Lee 382 124 30.2 24.9-36.2 151 38.8 32.5-45.4 107 31.0 25.2-37.5
Nash/Wilson 367 100 29.3 24.0-35.2 165 43.5 37.5-49.7 102 27.2 22.3-32.8
Craven/Pamlico 442 158 37.1 31.8-42.8 164 35.3 30.1-40.8 120 27.6 22.7-33.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 124 29.6 24.7-35.0 190 45.8 39.9-51.9 110 24.6 20.1-29.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 441 163 41.1 34.4-48.2 195 40.6 34.5-47.0 83 18.3 13.1-25.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 463 144 35.0 26.3-44.9 193 39.2 32.2-46.6 126 25.8 19.7-32.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 409 186 42.9 33.3-53.1 141 27.2 20.7-34.7 82 29.9 17.5-46.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 459 132 31.3 26.4-36.7 178 37.7 32.6-43.0 149 31.0 26.3-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 404 115 29.0 24.0-34.6 154 39.9 33.6-46.6 135 31.0 25.8-36.8
Northeast NC I 441 135 28.9 24.1-34.3 175 43.2 36.5-50.0 131 27.9 23.0-33.4
Northeast NC II 491 177 35.7 30.7-41.0 190 41.5 36.2-46.9 124 22.9 18.8-27.5
Northeastern Partnership 932 312 33.3 29.6-37.3 365 42.1 37.9-46.3 255 24.6 21.4-28.2
Mountain AHEC 1,256 510 41.3 36.8-45.9 477 38.1 34.2-42.2 269 20.6 17.3-24.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,921 1,421 37.6 35.3-39.9 1,630 40.9 38.7-43.2 870 21.5 19.6-23.4
Western NC 2,004 768 40.4 36.8-44.2 798 37.3 34.1-40.6 438 22.3 19.3-25.5

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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 acti vity, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^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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