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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

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 9,118 3,242 37.7 36.1-39.4 3,675 39.9 38.3-41.6 2,201 22.4 21.0-23.8
GENDER
Male 3,341 1,301 40.0 37.4-42.7 1,310 39.8 37.2-42.5 730 20.2 18.1-22.4
Female 5,777 1,941 35.5 33.6-37.5 2,365 40.1 38.2-42.0 1,471 24.4 22.7-26.2
RACE
White 6,696 2,556 40.3 38.4-42.3 2,724 40.8 38.9-42.6 1,416 18.9 17.5-20.4
African American 1,796 512 34.0 30.4-37.8 745 39.9 36.4-43.4 539 26.2 23.2-29.3
Asian 47 16 27.3 14.2-46.2 23 63.1 42.9-79.6 8 9.5 3.1-25.5
Native American 225 74 29.2 20.1-40.3 81 41.4 29.8-54.1 70 29.4 19.2-42.1
Other Minorities 321 75 23.0 16.7-30.7 89 27.3 20.5-35.4 157 49.7 41.4-58.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 87 19.8 14.0-27.3 87 28.0 21.0-36.2 160 52.2 43.7-60.6
-English Speaking 133 59 32.3 21.2-45.9 46 43.8 29.9-58.8 28 23.9 13.8-38.1
-Spanish Speaking 201 28 15.6 9.2-25.1 41 22.5 15.2-32.1 132 61.9 51.5-71.3
Non-Hispanic 8,775 3,150 38.9 37.2-40.6 3,585 40.8 39.2-42.4 2,040 20.3 19.1-21.6
AGE
18-24 567 276 51.8 45.4-58.2 193 33.2 27.4-39.5 98 15.0 11.4-19.5
25-34 1,383 543 39.4 35.4-43.5 602 41.1 37.3-45.1 238 19.5 16.3-23.1
35-44 1,749 692 39.8 36.5-43.3 730 41.5 38.1-45.0 327 18.6 15.9-21.8
45-54 1,795 618 32.7 29.4-36.1 789 46.2 42.6-49.8 388 21.2 18.3-24.4
55-64 1,479 512 35.2 31.7-38.9 598 40.3 36.6-44.0 369 24.5 21.3-28.0
65-74 1,203 386 34.9 31.0-39.0 457 36.2 32.3-40.2 360 28.9 25.2-32.9
75+ 879 194 22.9 19.0-27.3 283 33.6 29.2-38.2 402 43.5 38.8-48.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,509 329 21.0 17.7-24.8 488 31.3 27.5-35.3 692 47.7 43.4-52.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,705 862 36.0 32.9-39.1 1,111 39.2 36.3-42.1 732 24.9 22.4-27.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,291 887 43.7 40.3-47.2 996 42.0 38.7-45.4 408 14.3 12.3-16.5
College Graduate 2,589 1,156 43.6 40.8-46.4 1,074 44.0 41.2-46.9 359 12.4 10.7-14.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,055 294 28.6 24.2-33.4 383 32.3 27.9-37.1 378 39.1 34.1-44.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,679 537 33.9 30.0-38.0 668 37.5 33.8-41.4 474 28.6 25.0-32.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,008 370 38.8 34.0-43.8 432 41.6 36.7-46.6 206 19.6 15.9-24.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,207 466 40.5 36.3-44.7 560 43.7 39.5-47.9 181 15.9 12.9-19.3
$50,000-74,999 989 421 41.0 36.4-45.7 448 47.7 43.0-52.5 120 11.3 8.8-14.3
$75,000+ 1,143 567 50.5 46.2-54.7 466 41.8 37.7-46.0 110 7.7 6.0- 9.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 169 39.5 34.1-45.2 167 39.5 34.1-45.1 103 21.0 17.0-25.7
Guilford 437 165 41.0 35.5-46.7 195 42.1 36.7-47.7 77 16.9 13.1-21.6
Mecklenburg 443 167 37.3 31.6-43.5 187 41.7 35.9-47.6 89 21.0 16.7-26.1
Orange 440 212 45.7 38.5-53.1 158 36.1 29.0-43.8 70 18.2 12.1-26.4
Wake 440 177 38.9 33.5-44.5 183 42.2 36.7-48.0 80 18.9 14.6-24.1
Chatham/Lee 382 124 30.2 24.9-36.2 151 38.8 32.5-45.4 107 31.0 25.2-37.5
Nash/Wilson 367 100 29.3 24.0-35.2 165 43.5 37.5-49.7 102 27.2 22.3-32.8
Craven/Pamlico 442 158 37.1 31.8-42.8 164 35.3 30.1-40.8 120 27.6 22.7-33.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 124 29.6 24.7-35.0 190 45.8 39.9-51.9 110 24.6 20.1-29.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 441 163 41.1 34.4-48.2 195 40.6 34.5-47.0 83 18.3 13.1-25.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 463 144 35.0 26.3-44.9 193 39.2 32.2-46.6 126 25.8 19.7-32.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 409 186 42.9 33.3-53.1 141 27.2 20.7-34.7 82 29.9 17.5-46.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 459 132 31.3 26.4-36.7 178 37.7 32.6-43.0 149 31.0 26.3-36.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 404 115 29.0 24.0-34.6 154 39.9 33.6-46.6 135 31.0 25.8-36.8
Northeast NC I 441 135 28.9 24.1-34.3 175 43.2 36.5-50.0 131 27.9 23.0-33.4
Northeast NC II 491 177 35.7 30.7-41.0 190 41.5 36.2-46.9 124 22.9 18.8-27.5
Northeastern Partnership 932 312 33.3 29.6-37.3 365 42.1 37.9-46.3 255 24.6 21.4-28.2
Mountain AHEC 1,256 510 41.3 36.8-45.9 477 38.1 34.2-42.2 269 20.6 17.3-24.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,193 1,053 36.6 33.7-39.5 1,247 39.3 36.4-42.3 893 24.1 21.7-26.7
Piedmont 3,921 1,421 37.6 35.3-39.9 1,630 40.9 38.7-43.2 870 21.5 19.6-23.4
Western NC 2,004 768 40.4 36.8-44.2 798 37.3 34.1-40.6 438 22.3 19.3-25.5

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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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