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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,841 216 18.0 14.9-21.5 1,625 82.0 78.5-85.1
GENDER
Male 591 107 25.8 20.3-32.3 484 74.2 67.7-79.7
Female 1,250 109 12.0 9.0-15.7 1,141 88.0 84.3-91.0
AGE
18-24 144 39 39.8 28.1-52.8 105 60.2 47.2-71.9
25-34 283 50 23.9 16.8-32.9 233 76.1 67.1-83.2
35-44 365 65 22.4 16.5-29.7 300 77.6 70.3-83.5
45-54 410 40 10.0 6.6-14.9 370 90.0 85.1-93.4
55-64 283 16 3.3 1.9- 5.7 267 96.7 94.3-98.1
65-74 199 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 196 98.8 96.2-99.6
75+ 142 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 141 98.6 91.0-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 439 13 3.5 1.4- 8.5 426 96.5 91.5-98.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 637 65 17.4 12.1-24.4 572 82.6 75.6-87.9
Some Post-H.S. 432 75 23.9 17.6-31.7 357 76.1 68.3-82.4
College Graduate 328 63 26.1 19.4-34.0 265 73.9 66.0-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 16 5.1 2.1-11.6 328 94.9 88.4-97.9
$15,000- 24,999 430 41 18.0 11.5-27.0 389 82.0 73.0-88.5
$25,000- 34,999 224 33 14.7 9.2-22.5 191 85.3 77.5-90.8
$35,000- 49,999 198 44 22.9 15.7-32.2 154 77.1 67.8-84.3
$50,000-74,999 118 26 32.2 20.9-46.1 92 67.8 53.9-79.1
$75,000+ 93 29 38.3 26.0-52.3 64 61.7 47.7-74.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 7 24.6 11.2-45.7 22 75.4 54.3-88.8
Guilford 116 25 28.5 18.8-40.6 91 71.5 59.4-81.2
Mecklenburg 117 20 18.6 11.7-28.2 97 81.4 71.8-88.3
Orange 46 7 14.2 6.3-29.0 39 85.8 71.0-93.7
Wake 85 21 29.1 18.5-42.8 64 70.9 57.2-81.5
Chatham/Lee 69 8 13.1 6.3-25.5 61 86.9 74.5-93.7
Nash/Wilson 122 8 8.8 3.7-19.5 114 91.2 80.5-96.3
Craven/Pamlico 90 6 7.9 3.2-18.1 84 92.1 81.9-96.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 1 4.0 0.5-25.5 14 96.0 74.5-99.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 162 22 30.3 12.5-57.0 140 69.7 43.0-87.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 1 10.9 1.5-49.4 9 89.1 50.6-98.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 144 16 12.1 7.1-19.8 128 87.9 80.2-92.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 128 9 8.6 4.0-17.2 119 91.4 82.8-96.0
Northeast NC I 236 17 8.2 4.9-13.4 219 91.8 86.6-95.1
Northeast NC II 144 10 7.5 3.6-15.0 134 92.5 85.0-96.4
Northeastern Partnership 380 27 7.8 5.0-12.0 353 92.2 88.0-95.0
Mountain AHEC 50 9 19.7 9.5-36.4 41 80.3 63.6-90.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 967 78 11.5 7.9-16.5 889 88.5 83.5-92.1
Piedmont 802 128 23.0 18.5-28.2 674 77.0 71.8-81.5
Western NC 72 10 12.1 5.5-24.3 62 87.9 75.7-94.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical a ctivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.

^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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