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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,118 3,242 37.7 36.1-39.4 5,876 62.3 60.6-63.9
GENDER
Male 3,341 1,301 40.0 37.4-42.7 2,040 60.0 57.3-62.6
Female 5,777 1,941 35.5 33.6-37.5 3,836 64.5 62.5-66.4
RACE
White 6,696 2,556 40.3 38.4-42.3 4,140 59.7 57.7-61.6
African American 1,796 512 34.0 30.4-37.8 1,284 66.0 62.2-69.6
Asian 47 16 27.3 14.2-46.2 31 72.7 53.8-85.8
Native American 225 74 29.2 20.1-40.3 151 70.8 59.7-79.9
Other Minorities 321 75 23.0 16.7-30.7 246 77.0 69.3-83.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 87 19.8 14.0-27.3 247 80.2 72.7-86.0
-English Speaking 133 59 32.3 21.2-45.9 74 67.7 54.1-78.8
-Spanish Speaking 201 28 15.6 9.2-25.1 173 84.4 74.9-90.8
Non-Hispanic 8,775 3,150 38.9 37.2-40.6 5,625 61.1 59.4-62.8
AGE
18-24 567 276 51.8 45.4-58.2 291 48.2 41.8-54.6
25-34 1,383 543 39.4 35.4-43.5 840 60.6 56.5-64.6
35-44 1,749 692 39.8 36.5-43.3 1,057 60.2 56.7-63.5
45-54 1,795 618 32.7 29.4-36.1 1,177 67.3 63.9-70.6
55-64 1,479 512 35.2 31.7-38.9 967 64.8 61.1-68.3
65-74 1,203 386 34.9 31.0-39.0 817 65.1 61.0-69.0
75+ 879 194 22.9 19.0-27.3 685 77.1 72.7-81.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,509 329 21.0 17.7-24.8 1,180 79.0 75.2-82.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,705 862 36.0 32.9-39.1 1,843 64.0 60.9-67.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,291 887 43.7 40.3-47.2 1,404 56.3 52.8-59.7
College Graduate 2,589 1,156 43.6 40.8-46.4 1,433 56.4 53.6-59.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,055 294 28.6 24.2-33.4 761 71.4 66.6-75.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,679 537 33.9 30.0-38.0 1,142 66.1 62.0-70.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,008 370 38.8 34.0-43.8 638 61.2 56.2-66.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,207 466 40.5 36.3-44.7 741 59.5 55.3-63.7
$50,000-74,999 989 421 41.0 36.4-45.7 568 59.0 54.3-63.6
$75,000+ 1,143 567 50.5 46.2-54.7 576 49.5 45.3-53.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 169 39.5 34.1-45.2 270 60.5 54.8-65.9
Guilford 437 165 41.0 35.5-46.7 272 59.0 53.3-64.5
Mecklenburg 443 167 37.3 31.6-43.5 276 62.7 56.5-68.4
Orange 440 212 45.7 38.5-53.1 228 54.3 46.9-61.5
Wake 440 177 38.9 33.5-44.5 263 61.1 55.5-66.5
Chatham/Lee 382 124 30.2 24.9-36.2 258 69.8 63.8-75.1
Nash/Wilson 367 100 29.3 24.0-35.2 267 70.7 64.8-76.0
Craven/Pamlico 442 158 37.1 31.8-42.8 284 62.9 57.2-68.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 124 29.6 24.7-35.0 300 70.4 65.0-75.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 441 163 41.1 34.4-48.2 278 58.9 51.8-65.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 463 144 35.0 26.3-44.9 319 65.0 55.1-73.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 409 186 42.9 33.3-53.1 223 57.1 46.9-66.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 459 132 31.3 26.4-36.7 327 68.7 63.3-73.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 404 115 29.0 24.0-34.6 289 71.0 65.4-76.0
Northeast NC I 441 135 28.9 24.1-34.3 306 71.1 65.7-75.9
Northeast NC II 491 177 35.7 30.7-41.0 314 64.3 59.0-69.3
Northeastern Partnership 932 312 33.3 29.6-37.3 620 66.7 62.7-70.4
Mountain AHEC 1,256 510 41.3 36.8-45.9 746 58.7 54.1-63.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,193 1,053 36.6 33.7-39.5 2,140 63.4 60.5-66.3
Piedmont 3,921 1,421 37.6 35.3-39.9 2,500 62.4 60.1-64.7
Western NC 2,004 768 40.4 36.8-44.2 1,236 59.6 55.8-63.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or 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 moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity 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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