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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,452 6,865 75.0 73.6-76.3 2,587 25.0 23.7-26.4
GENDER
Male 3,478 2,629 77.9 75.7-79.9 849 22.1 20.1-24.3
Female 5,974 4,236 72.3 70.5-74.0 1,738 27.7 26.0-29.5
RACE
White 6,937 5,230 77.9 76.4-79.4 1,707 22.1 20.6-23.6
African American 1,872 1,236 70.1 66.9-73.1 636 29.9 26.9-33.1
Asian 51 42 83.6 63.9-93.7 9 16.4 6.3-36.1
Native American 230 146 67.1 55.4-77.0 84 32.9 23.0-44.6
Other Minorities 325 185 56.9 48.5-64.9 140 43.1 35.1-51.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 337 199 56.5 48.0-64.6 138 43.5 35.4-52.0
-English Speaking 136 100 73.4 59.3-84.0 36 26.6 16.0-40.7
-Spanish Speaking 201 99 50.6 40.5-60.7 102 49.4 39.3-59.5
Non-Hispanic 9,105 6,658 76.2 74.9-77.5 2,447 23.8 22.5-25.1
AGE
18-24 583 465 83.1 78.4-86.9 118 16.9 13.1-21.6
25-34 1,415 1,105 80.4 77.2-83.3 310 19.6 16.7-22.8
35-44 1,787 1,331 75.0 71.7-77.9 456 25.0 22.1-28.3
45-54 1,845 1,356 75.0 71.7-78.0 489 25.0 22.0-28.3
55-64 1,537 1,066 69.5 65.9-72.8 471 30.5 27.2-34.1
65-74 1,276 910 71.0 67.1-74.6 366 29.0 25.4-32.9
75+ 939 577 62.0 57.3-66.4 362 38.0 33.6-42.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,603 864 55.3 51.1-59.3 739 44.7 40.7-48.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,834 1,856 67.9 65.1-70.5 978 32.1 29.5-34.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,351 1,836 82.7 80.3-84.8 515 17.3 15.2-19.7
College Graduate 2,635 2,292 87.9 86.1-89.5 343 12.1 10.5-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,107 640 55.2 50.2-60.2 467 44.8 39.8-49.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,731 1,139 66.8 63.0-70.4 592 33.2 29.6-37.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,040 749 73.5 69.1-77.5 291 26.5 22.5-30.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,242 990 81.6 78.1-84.7 252 18.4 15.3-21.9
$50,000-74,999 1,011 836 84.3 80.8-87.2 175 15.7 12.8-19.2
$75,000+ 1,158 1,039 89.8 86.9-92.0 119 10.2 8.0-13.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 354 78.8 74.2-82.8 100 21.2 17.2-25.8
Guilford 446 344 78.0 73.1-82.3 102 22.0 17.7-26.9
Mecklenburg 449 353 78.1 73.1-82.4 96 21.9 17.6-26.9
Orange 452 393 82.7 73.4-89.2 59 17.3 10.8-26.6
Wake 453 371 80.3 75.2-84.6 82 19.7 15.4-24.8
Chatham/Lee 400 287 73.2 67.5-78.1 113 26.8 21.9-32.5
Nash/Wilson 380 264 71.4 66.0-76.3 116 28.6 23.7-34.0
Craven/Pamlico 455 340 75.8 70.9-80.0 115 24.2 20.0-29.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 309 71.5 66.3-76.2 129 28.5 23.8-33.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 320 74.4 69.4-78.9 135 25.6 21.1-30.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 313 69.4 62.7-75.5 166 30.6 24.5-37.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 318 64.6 50.5-76.5 108 35.4 23.5-49.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 302 64.6 59.4-69.4 174 35.4 30.6-40.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 256 61.5 55.5-67.1 164 38.5 32.9-44.5
Northeast NC I 461 315 68.8 63.1-74.0 146 31.2 26.0-36.9
Northeast NC II 513 361 73.1 68.5-77.2 152 26.9 22.8-31.5
Northeastern Partnership 974 676 71.6 68.0-74.9 298 28.4 25.1-32.0
Mountain AHEC 1,308 993 76.5 72.8-79.8 315 23.5 20.2-27.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,320 2,282 73.2 70.8-75.5 1,038 26.8 24.5-29.2
Piedmont 4,053 3,055 76.3 74.3-78.2 998 23.7 21.8-25.7
Western NC 2,079 1,528 73.4 70.1-76.4 551 26.6 23.6-29.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.

^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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