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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-FEMALES

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,953 4,379 74.6 72.9-76.3 1,574 25.4 23.7-27.1
RACE
White 4,344 3,320 78.0 76.1-79.8 1,024 22.0 20.2-23.9
African American 1,258 850 68.2 64.1-72.0 408 31.8 28.0-35.9
Asian 24 19 94.9 85.9-98.2 5 5.1 1.8-14.1
Native American 147 97 75.8 64.9-84.2 50 24.2 15.8-35.1
Other Minorities 162 83 50.9 39.0-62.7 79 49.1 37.3-61.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 84 46.4 34.4-58.7 84 53.6 41.3-65.6
-English Speaking 83 64 81.4 68.0-90.1 19 18.6 9.9-32.0
-Spanish Speaking 85 20 30.6 17.6-47.6 65 69.4 52.4-82.4
Non-Hispanic 5,778 4,290 76.0 74.3-77.6 1,488 24.0 22.4-25.7
AGE
18-24 364 285 80.4 74.2-85.4 79 19.6 14.6-25.8
25-34 878 709 79.3 74.9-83.2 169 20.7 16.8-25.1
35-44 1,097 866 77.8 73.6-81.6 231 22.2 18.4-26.4
45-54 1,157 898 78.0 74.2-81.4 259 22.0 18.6-25.8
55-64 948 703 76.0 71.6-79.8 245 24.0 20.2-28.4
65-74 805 553 68.3 63.4-72.9 252 31.7 27.1-36.6
75+ 657 332 51.4 45.7-57.0 325 48.6 43.0-54.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 987 531 50.7 45.6-55.9 456 49.3 44.1-54.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,796 1,285 74.1 70.9-77.0 511 25.9 23.0-29.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,536 1,220 82.1 79.2-84.7 316 17.9 15.3-20.8
College Graduate 1,617 1,333 82.7 79.9-85.2 284 17.3 14.8-20.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 801 502 59.9 54.4-65.1 299 40.1 34.9-45.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,115 809 72.7 68.4-76.7 306 27.3 23.3-31.6
$25,000- 34,999 673 526 78.8 73.5-83.3 147 21.2 16.7-26.5
$35,000- 49,999 716 597 84.1 79.7-87.7 119 15.9 12.3-20.3
$50,000-74,999 574 480 84.2 79.4-88.0 94 15.8 12.0-20.6
$75,000+ 654 575 89.0 85.4-91.7 79 11.0 8.3-14.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 273 202 76.2 70.2-81.2 71 23.8 18.8-29.8
Guilford 281 229 81.8 75.8-86.5 52 18.2 13.5-24.2
Mecklenburg 279 218 78.6 72.7-83.5 61 21.4 16.5-27.3
Orange 282 232 77.0 64.2-86.2 50 23.0 13.8-35.8
Wake 277 224 81.2 75.4-85.9 53 18.8 14.1-24.6
Chatham/Lee 245 175 69.9 62.3-76.6 70 30.1 23.4-37.7
Nash/Wilson 240 164 66.8 59.6-73.2 76 33.2 26.8-40.4
Craven/Pamlico 284 207 71.1 63.9-77.3 77 28.9 22.7-36.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 275 201 73.0 66.2-78.9 74 27.0 21.1-33.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 226 81.9 76.2-86.5 61 18.1 13.5-23.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 214 73.5 66.4-79.6 87 26.5 20.4-33.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 198 74.8 67.3-81.0 66 25.2 19.0-32.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 297 195 65.5 59.1-71.4 102 34.5 28.6-40.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 292 190 66.9 60.6-72.7 102 33.1 27.3-39.4
Northeast NC I 316 215 68.7 62.6-74.3 101 31.3 25.7-37.4
Northeast NC II 326 236 74.8 69.3-79.5 90 25.2 20.5-30.7
Northeastern Partnership 642 451 72.5 68.4-76.2 191 27.5 23.8-31.6
Mountain AHEC 813 614 77.2 73.1-80.8 199 22.8 19.2-26.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,142 1,494 71.9 68.6-74.9 648 28.1 25.1-31.4
Piedmont 2,514 1,909 75.7 73.2-78.0 605 24.3 22.0-26.8
Western NC 1,297 976 76.3 72.9-79.4 321 23.7 20.6-27.1

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*If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

^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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