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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Exercise

During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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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
-Eastern NC 3,320 2,282 73.2 70.8-75.5 1,038 26.8 24.5-29.2
GENDER
Male 1,168 841 75.3 71.3-79.0 327 24.7 21.0-28.7
Female 2,152 1,441 71.3 68.3-74.1 711 28.7 25.9-31.7
RACE
White 2,072 1,511 76.4 73.4-79.2 561 23.6 20.8-26.6
African American 981 613 67.6 62.9-72.0 368 32.4 28.0-37.1
Other Minorities 248 143 65.3 54.6-74.6 105 34.7 25.4-45.4
AGE
18-24 202 162 87.8 80.6-92.6 40 12.2 7.4-19.4
25-34 494 368 78.4 72.9-83.1 126 21.6 16.9-27.1
35-44 597 429 74.9 68.8-80.2 168 25.1 19.8-31.2
45-54 645 441 70.5 64.4-76.0 204 29.5 24.0-35.6
55-64 569 365 64.1 57.7-69.9 204 35.9 30.1-42.3
65-74 463 302 64.3 57.4-70.7 161 35.7 29.3-42.6
75+ 329 198 60.9 52.8-68.5 131 39.1 31.5-47.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 661 350 56.1 49.6-62.3 311 43.9 37.7-50.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,112 705 66.4 61.7-70.9 407 33.6 29.1-38.3
Some Post-H.S. 851 640 81.0 76.7-84.7 211 19.0 15.3-23.3
College Graduate 690 584 88.3 84.7-91.1 106 11.7 8.9-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 472 261 49.8 41.9-57.7 211 50.2 42.3-58.1
$15,000- 24,999 658 411 68.5 62.5-73.8 247 31.5 26.2-37.5
$25,000- 34,999 382 269 69.2 61.1-76.2 113 30.8 23.8-38.9
$35,000- 49,999 425 326 81.0 74.7-86.0 99 19.0 14.0-25.3
$50,000-74,999 333 260 81.1 74.1-86.6 73 18.9 13.4-25.9
$75,000+ 291 257 88.7 82.0-93.1 34 11.3 6.9-18.0
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
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 256 61.5 55.5-67.1 164 38.5 32.9-44.5
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***
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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^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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