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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-FEMALES

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,777 1,941 35.5 33.6-37.5 3,836 64.5 62.5-66.4
RACE
White 4,217 1,529 38.0 35.7-40.2 2,688 62.0 59.8-64.3
African American 1,217 313 28.6 24.6-33.1 904 71.4 66.9-75.4
Asian 23 10 50.4 23.6-77.0 13 49.6 23.0-76.4
Native American 143 47 39.1 26.0-54.1 96 60.9 45.9-74.0
Other Minorities 160 39 26.3 17.2-38.0 121 73.7 62.0-82.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 47 22.1 13.8-33.5 118 77.9 66.5-86.2
-English Speaking 80 39 43.8 27.4-61.6 41 56.2 38.4-72.6
-Spanish Speaking 85 8 12.5 5.0-27.9 77 87.5 72.1-95.0
Non-Hispanic 5,606 1,892 36.2 34.2-38.2 3,714 63.8 61.8-65.8
AGE
18-24 357 164 50.3 42.5-58.1 193 49.7 41.9-57.5
25-34 869 320 36.1 31.6-40.8 549 63.9 59.2-68.4
35-44 1,077 423 39.5 35.3-43.9 654 60.5 56.1-64.7
45-54 1,130 387 33.8 29.9-37.9 743 66.2 62.1-70.1
55-64 916 302 34.7 30.1-39.5 614 65.3 60.5-69.9
65-74 763 219 31.3 26.6-36.3 544 68.7 63.7-73.4
75+ 620 114 16.7 12.7-21.6 506 83.3 78.4-87.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 939 206 20.4 16.7-24.7 733 79.6 75.3-83.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,722 492 30.5 27.1-34.2 1,230 69.5 65.8-72.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,509 549 42.5 38.6-46.6 960 57.5 53.4-61.4
College Graduate 1,592 690 42.8 39.3-46.4 902 57.2 53.6-60.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 773 205 27.3 22.7-32.5 568 72.7 67.5-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,088 345 33.0 28.6-37.8 743 67.0 62.2-71.4
$25,000- 34,999 652 225 36.9 31.0-43.2 427 63.1 56.8-69.0
$35,000- 49,999 703 255 41.3 35.7-47.1 448 58.7 52.9-64.3
$50,000-74,999 565 231 42.2 36.5-48.0 334 57.8 52.0-63.5
$75,000+ 646 325 50.2 44.9-55.4 321 49.8 44.6-55.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 265 93 35.8 29.3-42.8 172 64.2 57.2-70.7
Guilford 273 96 36.1 29.6-43.1 177 63.9 56.9-70.4
Mecklenburg 275 102 36.8 30.7-43.5 173 63.2 56.5-69.3
Orange 276 137 48.5 38.6-58.6 139 51.5 41.4-61.4
Wake 272 112 39.1 32.6-46.1 160 60.9 53.9-67.4
Chatham/Lee 235 75 31.4 25.0-38.6 160 68.6 61.4-75.0
Nash/Wilson 231 56 25.2 19.3-32.1 175 74.8 67.9-80.7
Craven/Pamlico 277 98 36.4 30.1-43.2 179 63.6 56.8-69.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 266 70 27.3 21.4-34.1 196 72.7 65.9-78.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 279 99 40.5 31.4-50.3 180 59.5 49.7-68.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 293 90 32.8 26.0-40.4 203 67.2 59.6-74.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 259 100 40.2 33.4-47.3 159 59.8 52.7-66.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 288 75 27.5 22.0-33.9 213 72.5 66.1-78.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 283 73 27.7 22.1-34.1 210 72.3 65.9-77.9
Northeast NC I 307 90 29.5 24.1-35.5 217 70.5 64.5-75.9
Northeast NC II 313 109 36.9 30.9-43.3 204 63.1 56.7-69.1
Northeastern Partnership 620 199 34.1 29.8-38.6 421 65.9 61.4-70.2
Mountain AHEC 788 290 37.8 33.2-42.5 498 62.2 57.5-66.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,073 646 35.6 32.2-39.2 1,427 64.4 60.8-67.8
Piedmont 2,447 857 34.8 32.1-37.6 1,590 65.2 62.4-67.9
Western NC 1,257 438 38.4 34.2-42.7 819 61.6 57.3-65.8

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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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