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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,872 1,236 70.1 66.9-73.1 636 29.9 26.9-33.1
GENDER
Male 608 431 76.6 71.6-80.9 177 23.4 19.1-28.4
Female 1,264 805 65.0 60.9-68.9 459 35.0 31.1-39.1
AGE
18-24 147 113 82.8 73.9-89.1 34 17.2 10.9-26.1
25-34 286 202 78.1 71.3-83.7 84 21.9 16.3-28.7
35-44 372 247 65.7 58.0-72.6 125 34.3 27.4-42.0
45-54 413 276 68.5 61.3-74.9 137 31.5 25.1-38.7
55-64 288 177 62.3 53.8-70.2 111 37.7 29.8-46.2
65-74 208 130 62.4 52.3-71.5 78 37.6 28.5-47.7
75+ 143 80 55.7 43.5-67.3 63 44.3 32.7-56.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 447 250 58.5 51.3-65.3 197 41.5 34.7-48.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 651 388 61.1 55.2-66.7 263 38.9 33.3-44.8
Some Post-H.S. 435 319 79.4 73.2-84.5 116 20.6 15.5-26.8
College Graduate 332 275 87.2 81.8-91.2 57 12.8 8.8-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 203 54.8 46.5-62.8 148 45.2 37.2-53.5
$15,000- 24,999 434 277 70.6 63.9-76.6 157 29.4 23.4-36.1
$25,000- 34,999 227 146 61.5 51.6-70.6 81 38.5 29.4-48.4
$35,000- 49,999 199 152 81.5 72.6-88.0 47 18.5 12.0-27.4
$50,000-74,999 118 91 75.0 61.1-85.1 27 25.0 14.9-38.9
$75,000+ 94 82 88.7 78.7-94.3 12 11.3 5.7-21.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 22 80.1 57.4-92.3 7 19.9 7.7-42.6
Guilford 116 83 74.7 64.1-83.1 33 25.3 16.9-35.9
Mecklenburg 120 87 69.3 59.0-77.9 33 30.7 22.1-41.0
Orange 48 36 75.1 58.7-86.5 12 24.9 13.5-41.3
Wake 86 67 78.8 67.4-86.9 19 21.2 13.1-32.6
Chatham/Lee 70 50 76.1 61.3-86.5 20 23.9 13.5-38.7
Nash/Wilson 125 78 63.8 53.7-72.7 47 36.2 27.3-46.3
Craven/Pamlico 91 64 72.5 60.3-82.1 27 27.5 17.9-39.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 11 82.8 58.3-94.3 5 17.2 5.7-41.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 5 46.7 17.8-78.0 4 53.3 22.0-82.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 166 109 74.5 62.6-83.5 57 25.5 16.5-37.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 9 89.3 51.1-98.5 1 10.7 1.5-48.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 145 89 63.6 54.2-72.1 56 36.4 27.9-45.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 129 66 52.4 40.0-64.6 63 47.6 35.4-60.0
Northeast NC I 238 157 68.2 60.9-74.7 81 31.8 25.3-39.1
Northeast NC II 147 91 66.1 56.3-74.6 56 33.9 25.4-43.7
Northeastern Partnership 385 248 67.1 61.0-72.6 137 32.9 27.4-39.0
Mountain AHEC 51 41 81.6 63.6-91.9 10 18.4 8.1-36.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 981 613 67.6 62.9-72.0 368 32.4 28.0-37.1
Piedmont 817 567 71.8 67.3-75.8 250 28.2 24.2-32.7
Western NC 74 56 71.3 46.6-87.6 18 28.7 12.4-53.4

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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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