SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-FEMALES

I'm going to read two statements about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. After I read each one, please tell me whether you think it is true or false, or if you don't know.
A pregnant woman with HIV can get treatment to help reduce the chances that she w ill pass the virus on to her baby.*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
 View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,412 2,519 58.0 55.7-60.2 708 15.3 13.7-16.9 1,185 26.7 24.8-28.8
RACE
White 3,131 1,772 56.7 54.1-59.3 503 16.4 14.5-18.5 856 26.9 24.7-29.3
African American 984 595 63.8 59.0-68.3 158 12.5 9.9-15.5 231 23.8 19.6-28.5
Asian 21 12 56.6 27.7-81.6 2 4.6 1.0-19.0 7 38.8 15.5-68.8
Native American 120 56 42.1 27.9-57.8 28 31.9 19.2-48.0 36 26.0 15.8-39.8
Other Minorities 145 78 58.4 45.8-70.1 16 9.0 4.3-17.9 51 32.6 22.1-45.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 150 74 56.8 44.0-68.7 25 11.3 5.9-20.4 51 31.9 21.5-44.6
-English Speaking 67 41 63.2 42.5-79.9 11 10.2 4.4-21.8 15 26.6 11.7-49.9
-Spanish Speaking 83 33 54.2 38.4-69.3 14 11.7 5.1-24.4 36 34.1 21.2-49.8
Non-Hispanic 4,259 2,443 58.1 55.9-60.4 683 15.5 13.9-17.2 1,133 26.4 24.4-28.4
AGE
18-24 361 225 58.3 50.2-65.8 52 13.9 9.4-20.2 84 27.8 21.0-35.8
25-34 877 554 63.8 59.1-68.3 142 16.4 13.2-20.2 181 19.8 16.2-24.0
35-44 1,091 640 60.0 55.6-64.2 190 16.0 13.1-19.4 261 24.0 20.5-28.0
45-54 1,146 606 54.7 50.4-59.0 199 15.2 12.5-18.5 341 30.0 26.2-34.1
55-64 937 494 51.3 46.5-56.1 125 13.8 10.7-17.7 318 34.8 30.5-39.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 496 229 46.5 39.2-54.0 89 20.2 15.0-26.5 178 33.3 26.8-40.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,310 670 53.5 49.2-57.7 245 18.0 15.0-21.4 395 28.5 24.9-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,224 712 58.0 53.6-62.2 199 15.3 12.4-18.8 313 26.7 23.0-30.8
College Graduate 1,377 905 66.8 63.2-70.3 174 10.8 8.7-13.2 298 22.4 19.4-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 486 268 55.6 48.7-62.4 83 14.9 10.8-20.2 135 29.5 23.6-36.1
$15,000- 24,999 806 436 55.1 49.6-60.5 164 21.9 17.7-26.7 206 23.0 18.7-27.9
$25,000- 34,999 550 310 58.7 51.9-65.2 97 15.3 11.2-20.5 143 26.0 20.4-32.5
$35,000- 49,999 622 362 53.5 47.5-59.5 102 19.3 14.8-24.9 158 27.1 22.0-33.0
$50,000-74,999 526 309 60.3 54.4-66.0 86 14.8 11.1-19.5 131 24.9 20.1-30.3
$75,000+ 610 403 65.3 60.0-70.3 63 8.3 5.9-11.5 144 26.4 21.9-31.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 188 111 59.5 51.2-67.3 24 14.2 9.2-21.3 53 26.3 19.9-33.9
Guilford 215 134 61.6 53.7-69.0 31 14.1 9.3-20.8 50 24.3 18.2-31.6
Mecklenburg 223 127 55.3 47.9-62.5 28 12.3 8.3-17.9 68 32.3 25.8-39.7
Orange 230 153 59.9 48.0-70.6 27 11.3 6.7-18.6 50 28.8 18.6-41.8
Wake 230 156 71.3 64.3-77.4 20 7.2 4.5-11.4 54 21.5 16.0-28.2
Chatham/Lee 175 106 60.9 51.8-69.3 25 11.5 7.4-17.3 44 27.6 19.9-37.0
Nash/Wilson 176 104 57.4 49.1-65.4 27 16.3 11.0-23.4 45 26.3 19.6-34.4
Craven/Pamlico 201 108 55.4 47.1-63.4 38 17.0 12.1-23.4 55 27.6 20.5-36.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 193 96 49.8 41.7-57.9 36 19.4 13.6-26.9 61 30.8 23.7-39.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 215 114 54.8 44.8-64.4 35 15.7 10.6-22.6 66 29.5 21.7-38.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 234 143 62.5 54.5-69.9 42 17.5 12.1-24.8 49 19.9 14.5-26.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 188 97 50.5 42.1-58.8 36 20.1 14.2-27.6 55 29.4 22.5-37.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 235 137 55.8 48.5-62.9 36 16.4 11.6-22.8 62 27.8 21.7-34.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 205 109 56.6 48.9-64.0 35 16.8 12.0-23.0 61 26.6 20.5-33.8
Northeast NC I 228 108 49.1 41.8-56.4 56 26.0 20.0-33.0 64 25.0 19.5-31.4
Northeast NC II 234 126 57.2 49.9-64.2 49 21.1 15.6-27.8 59 21.7 16.6-27.8
Northeastern Partnership 462 234 54.1 48.8-59.3 105 22.9 18.7-27.8 123 22.9 19.1-27.3
Mountain AHEC 569 318 58.9 53.4-64.2 92 16.0 12.4-20.5 159 25.1 20.8-29.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,578 872 59.0 55.0-62.9 283 16.4 13.8-19.4 423 24.6 21.3-28.1
Piedmont 1,910 1,147 58.0 54.8-61.1 272 14.3 12.2-16.8 491 27.7 24.8-30.7
Western NC 924 500 55.8 51.0-60.5 153 16.5 13.3-20.4 271 27.7 23.6-32.1

Back to Physical Activity.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook