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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,311 1,465 19.3 17.9-20.7 7,846 80.7 79.3-82.1
GENDER
Male 3,402 689 23.9 21.6-26.4 2,713 76.1 73.6-78.4
Female 5,909 776 15.0 13.6-16.6 5,133 85.0 83.4-86.4
RACE
White 6,840 1,181 20.6 19.0-22.3 5,659 79.4 77.7-81.0
African American 1,841 216 18.0 14.9-21.5 1,625 82.0 78.5-85.1
Asian 48 10 18.3 8.3-35.7 38 81.7 64.3-91.7
Native American 226 16 5.2 2.4-10.9 210 94.8 89.1-97.6
Other Minorities 321 34 11.4 6.9-18.2 287 88.6 81.8-93.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 336 44 10.1 6.1-16.5 292 89.9 83.5-93.9
-English Speaking 136 32 17.9 10.2-29.6 104 82.1 70.4-89.8
-Spanish Speaking 200 12 7.4 3.2-16.2 188 92.6 83.8-96.8
Non-Hispanic 8,965 1,417 19.8 18.4-21.3 7,548 80.2 78.7-81.6
AGE
18-24 576 180 36.1 30.0-42.6 396 63.9 57.4-70.0
25-34 1,397 314 23.5 20.3-27.0 1,083 76.5 73.0-79.7
35-44 1,767 361 21.9 19.2-24.9 1,406 78.1 75.1-80.8
45-54 1,826 282 16.1 13.7-18.9 1,544 83.9 81.1-86.3
55-64 1,511 173 12.9 10.5-15.8 1,338 87.1 84.2-89.5
65-74 1,247 104 8.6 6.6-11.0 1,143 91.4 89.0-93.4
75+ 921 43 4.2 2.8- 6.3 878 95.8 93.7-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,575 61 4.4 3.0- 6.4 1,514 95.6 93.6-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,781 337 16.9 14.4-19.7 2,444 83.1 80.3-85.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,320 408 24.2 21.1-27.5 1,912 75.8 72.5-78.9
College Graduate 2,609 657 26.4 24.0-29.0 1,952 73.6 71.0-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,089 84 8.3 6.1-11.1 1,005 91.7 88.9-93.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,707 193 15.6 12.4-19.4 1,514 84.4 80.6-87.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,026 170 20.3 16.5-24.7 856 79.7 75.3-83.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,231 236 20.5 17.3-24.1 995 79.5 75.9-82.7
$50,000-74,999 999 231 24.8 20.8-29.3 768 75.2 70.7-79.2
$75,000+ 1,149 347 31.9 28.0-36.0 802 68.1 64.0-72.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 80 21.3 16.7-26.7 370 78.7 73.3-83.3
Guilford 443 95 24.2 19.6-29.6 348 75.8 70.4-80.4
Mecklenburg 445 98 24.2 18.9-30.4 347 75.8 69.6-81.1
Orange 447 121 27.4 21.9-33.8 326 72.6 66.2-78.1
Wake 449 104 22.3 18.0-27.2 345 77.7 72.8-82.0
Chatham/Lee 392 47 12.2 8.5-17.2 345 87.8 82.8-91.5
Nash/Wilson 374 40 12.0 8.4-16.7 334 88.0 83.3-91.6
Craven/Pamlico 448 74 20.1 15.7-25.5 374 79.9 74.5-84.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 430 57 14.0 10.5-18.3 373 86.0 81.7-89.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 448 55 17.6 11.7-25.6 393 82.4 74.4-88.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 472 64 20.1 11.8-32.1 408 79.9 67.9-88.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 78 21.0 15.2-28.2 341 79.0 71.8-84.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 43 10.7 7.6-14.7 428 89.3 85.3-92.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 413 34 9.6 6.7-13.6 379 90.4 86.4-93.3
Northeast NC I 452 42 9.5 6.8-13.1 410 90.5 86.9-93.2
Northeast NC II 506 72 15.9 12.1-20.5 434 84.1 79.5-87.9
Northeastern Partnership 958 114 13.6 11.0-16.9 844 86.4 83.1-89.0
Mountain AHEC 1,288 223 19.0 16.0-22.4 1,065 81.0 77.6-84.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,268 415 17.2 14.9-19.8 2,853 82.8 80.2-85.1
Piedmont 3,996 729 20.3 18.4-22.4 3,267 79.7 77.6-81.6
Western NC 2,047 321 19.6 16.8-22.7 1,726 80.4 77.3-83.2

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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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