SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity

As far as you know, have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.*

Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,881 3,169 47.1 45.3-49.0 3,712 52.9 51.0-54.7
-Eastern NC 2,392 1,165 49.6 46.1-53.0 1,227 50.4 47.0-53.9
GENDER
Male 859 403 48.8 43.3-54.3 456 51.2 45.7-56.7
Female 1,533 762 50.3 46.2-54.4 771 49.7 45.6-53.8
RACE
White 1,419 672 49.8 45.5-54.2 747 50.2 45.8-54.5
African American 757 392 51.2 45.2-57.1 365 48.8 42.9-54.8
Other Minorities 203 96 46.1 33.7-59.0 107 53.9 41.0-66.3
AGE
18-24 197 111 45.7 34.9-56.9 86 54.3 43.1-65.1
25-34 479 349 69.0 62.0-75.2 130 31.0 24.8-38.0
35-44 584 328 57.5 50.8-64.0 256 42.5 36.0-49.2
45-54 617 233 38.4 32.1-45.1 384 61.6 54.9-67.9
55-64 515 144 29.6 23.6-36.4 371 70.4 63.6-76.4
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 145 39.2 30.8-48.3 206 60.8 51.7-69.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 823 394 48.4 42.7-54.1 429 51.6 45.9-57.3
Some Post-H.S. 667 345 51.2 44.2-58.0 322 48.8 42.0-55.8
College Graduate 551 281 55.9 49.3-62.3 270 44.1 37.7-50.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 279 160 56.6 45.6-66.9 119 43.4 33.1-54.4
$15,000- 24,999 488 248 55.3 47.8-62.6 240 44.7 37.4-52.2
$25,000- 34,999 300 153 55.6 46.4-64.5 147 44.4 35.5-53.6
$35,000- 49,999 347 176 48.9 40.6-57.2 171 51.1 42.8-59.4
$50,000-74,999 280 127 44.9 35.5-54.7 153 55.1 45.3-64.5
$75,000+ 253 128 55.6 45.8-65.0 125 44.4 35.0-54.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 306 135 41.7 35.2-48.4 171 58.3 51.6-64.8
Guilford 335 158 53.5 47.1-59.7 177 46.5 40.3-52.9
Mecklenburg 356 182 46.5 40.0-53.2 174 53.5 46.8-60.0
Orange 367 185 48.1 39.9-56.3 182 51.9 43.7-60.1
Wake 376 187 46.9 40.8-53.0 189 53.1 47.0-59.2
Chatham/Lee 277 110 36.1 29.7-43.1 167 63.9 56.9-70.3
Nash/Wilson 273 135 50.9 43.9-57.9 138 49.1 42.1-56.1
Craven/Pamlico 302 154 49.3 42.5-56.1 148 50.7 43.9-57.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 314 109 33.6 27.8-40.0 205 66.4 60.0-72.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 327 125 36.7 30.0-43.9 202 63.3 56.1-70.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 359 171 44.1 35.4-53.1 188 55.9 46.9-64.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 302 113 39.0 27.4-52.1 189 61.0 47.9-72.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 364 188 52.6 46.6-58.4 176 47.4 41.6-53.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 301 142 48.6 41.4-55.9 159 51.4 44.1-58.6
Northeast NC I 325 133 40.4 33.7-47.6 192 59.6 52.4-66.3
Northeast NC II 361 162 41.4 35.5-47.5 199 58.6 52.5-64.5
Northeastern Partnership 686 295 41.1 36.5-45.7 391 58.9 54.3-63.5
Mountain AHEC 887 356 38.2 33.5-43.3 531 61.8 56.7-66.5
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,045 1,429 47.6 45.0-50.2 1,616 52.4 49.8-55.0
Western NC 1,444 575 40.1 36.0-44.3 869 59.9 55.7-64.0

Back to Physical Activity.

* This question was asked only if the respondent (< 65 yrs.) and who believed medical treatments were available for HIV.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook