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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,796 512 34.0 30.4-37.8 745 39.9 36.4-43.4 539 26.2 23.2-29.3
GENDER
Male 579 199 40.8 34.7-47.3 226 38.3 32.5-44.4 154 20.9 16.6-25.8
Female 1,217 313 28.6 24.6-33.1 519 41.1 37.0-45.3 385 30.3 26.5-34.4
AGE
18-24 143 60 52.7 40.7-64.4 48 29.4 19.9-41.2 35 17.9 11.5-26.7
25-34 280 90 41.3 32.8-50.4 141 39.2 31.7-47.3 49 19.5 13.1-27.9
35-44 358 130 39.5 32.1-47.4 146 37.2 30.1-44.9 82 23.3 17.2-30.8
45-54 399 111 26.2 20.3-33.3 169 48.9 41.4-56.5 119 24.8 19.6-30.9
55-64 277 62 17.6 12.7-23.9 122 48.9 40.3-57.5 93 33.5 25.8-42.2
65-74 190 39 24.0 15.2-35.8 73 40.6 30.3-51.8 78 35.3 26.4-45.4
75+ 135 16 10.5 5.6-18.7 40 33.1 22.6-45.6 79 56.4 44.1-68.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 419 87 21.4 15.4-29.0 147 34.9 27.9-42.5 185 43.7 36.4-51.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 620 175 31.7 25.5-38.5 244 39.2 33.4-45.3 201 29.1 23.9-34.9
Some Post-H.S. 427 145 40.7 33.2-48.6 191 42.6 35.3-50.3 91 16.7 12.2-22.5
College Graduate 325 104 41.4 33.9-49.4 161 42.1 34.9-49.7 60 16.4 11.6-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 334 90 26.1 19.3-34.3 121 34.6 27.2-42.8 123 39.3 31.2-48.1
$15,000- 24,999 423 110 31.8 24.2-40.4 188 43.5 35.8-51.4 125 24.8 19.0-31.6
$25,000- 34,999 220 73 32.5 24.3-42.1 92 40.9 31.8-50.7 55 26.5 18.5-36.5
$35,000- 49,999 196 66 38.5 29.1-48.9 95 45.6 35.9-55.6 35 16.0 9.9-24.6
$50,000-74,999 116 41 42.0 29.9-55.2 58 40.9 29.7-53.2 17 17.0 9.1-29.6
$75,000+ 90 41 50.4 36.9-63.9 41 39.2 26.9-53.1 8 10.4 4.5-21.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 11 39.3 21.1-60.9 11 42.5 23.3-64.2 5 18.2 6.2-42.9
Guilford 113 40 41.4 30.6-53.2 52 43.5 32.8-55.0 21 15.1 9.0-24.1
Mecklenburg 116 35 31.1 22.4-41.4 55 45.4 35.5-55.6 26 23.5 15.9-33.3
Orange 45 13 28.7 16.3-45.5 24 58.4 42.2-72.9 8 12.9 6.2-25.0
Wake 82 30 37.5 25.8-50.9 32 36.3 25.3-48.9 20 26.2 16.6-38.8
Chatham/Lee 69 23 34.1 21.2-49.9 30 43.7 27.0-61.9 16 22.2 11.9-37.6
Nash/Wilson 120 30 27.0 18.1-38.2 50 40.0 30.4-50.3 40 33.0 24.2-43.2
Craven/Pamlico 89 19 19.8 12.0-30.9 36 38.6 27.1-51.5 34 41.6 28.9-55.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 2 14.6 3.0-49.0 8 67.5 35.9-88.5 5 17.8 5.8-43.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 2 16.4 3.7-50.0 6 75.5 42.3-92.8 1 8.1 1.1-41.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 160 42 39.4 21.1-61.2 73 37.6 24.4-52.8 45 23.1 13.8-35.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 3 40.6 14.7-73.1 5 42.0 16.8-72.2 2 17.4 4.1-51.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 140 39 31.8 23.3-41.9 54 36.6 27.6-46.6 47 31.6 23.5-40.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 124 33 25.3 16.8-36.4 46 46.2 33.2-59.7 45 28.5 19.9-39.1
Northeast NC I 228 59 25.2 19.3-32.1 91 42.6 35.0-50.6 78 32.2 25.6-39.6
Northeast NC II 142 42 26.8 19.1-36.2 49 42.1 31.9-53.0 51 31.1 22.8-40.9
Northeastern Partnership 370 101 26.0 21.0-31.8 140 42.3 35.8-49.1 129 31.6 26.1-37.7
Mountain AHEC 47 17 32.5 18.4-50.6 18 40.7 23.4-60.7 12 26.8 13.3-46.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 943 252 30.0 25.0-35.6 369 41.5 36.3-46.9 322 28.4 24.2-33.1
Piedmont 784 238 36.3 31.3-41.6 346 39.0 34.3-43.9 200 24.8 20.7-29.3
Western NC 69 22 46.0 25.5-68.0 30 33.4 18.6-52.4 17 20.6 10.3-36.9

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous
physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical acti vity, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^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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