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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Graham/Swain/Jackson Counties

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
-Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 318 64.6 50.5-76.5 108 35.4 23.5-49.5
GENDER
Male 162 131 59.3 37.4-78.0 31 40.7 22.0-62.6
Female 264 187 71.3 64.7-77.1 77 28.7 22.9-35.3
RACE
White 367 276 76.5 70.6-81.6 91 23.5 18.4-29.4
Other 58 42 31.7 12.6-60.0 16 68.3 40.0-87.4
AGE
18-44 161 125 57.4 36.7-75.7 36 42.6 24.3-63.3
45+ 264 192 73.9 67.5-79.4 72 26.1 20.6-32.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 123 46.2 29.3-64.1 75 53.8 35.9-70.7
Some College + 226 193 84.6 76.3-90.3 33 15.4 9.7-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 192 59.1 40.7-75.3 73 40.9 24.7-59.3
$50,000+ 79 70 90.2 80.9-95.3 9 9.8 4.7-19.1
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
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***
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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^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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