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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-FEMALES

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,777 1,941 35.5 33.6-37.5 2,365 40.1 38.2-42.0 1,471 24.4 22.7-26.2
RACE
White 4,217 1,529 38.0 35.7-40.2 1,740 41.0 38.8-43.2 948 21.1 19.3-23.0
African American 1,217 313 28.6 24.6-33.1 519 41.1 37.0-45.3 385 30.3 26.5-34.4
Asian 23 10 50.4 23.6-77.0 9 45.1 19.5-73.6 4 4.5 1.4-13.4
Native American 143 47 39.1 26.0-54.1 48 37.2 24.9-51.3 48 23.7 15.3-34.8
Other Minorities 160 39 26.3 17.2-38.0 43 24.8 15.8-36.6 78 48.9 37.0-61.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 47 22.1 13.8-33.5 36 24.8 15.5-37.4 82 53.0 40.6-65.1
-English Speaking 80 39 43.8 27.4-61.6 23 38.0 22.0-57.1 18 18.2 9.6-31.8
-Spanish Speaking 85 8 12.5 5.0-27.9 13 19.0 9.0-35.7 64 68.6 51.6-81.7
Non-Hispanic 5,606 1,892 36.2 34.2-38.2 2,326 40.8 38.9-42.8 1,388 23.0 21.4-24.7
AGE
18-24 357 164 50.3 42.5-58.1 120 31.3 24.6-38.9 73 18.3 13.4-24.5
25-34 869 320 36.1 31.6-40.8 400 44.7 40.1-49.5 149 19.2 15.4-23.6
35-44 1,077 423 39.5 35.3-43.9 450 40.5 36.2-44.8 204 20.0 16.4-24.3
45-54 1,130 387 33.8 29.9-37.9 505 44.9 40.6-49.2 238 21.3 17.9-25.2
55-64 916 302 34.7 30.1-39.5 387 42.4 37.8-47.2 227 22.9 19.0-27.3
65-74 763 219 31.3 26.6-36.3 298 36.2 31.4-41.3 246 32.5 27.8-37.7
75+ 620 114 16.7 12.7-21.6 186 33.3 28.1-39.1 320 50.0 44.2-55.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 939 206 20.4 16.7-24.7 285 28.6 24.2-33.5 448 51.0 45.7-56.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,722 492 30.5 27.1-34.2 740 43.6 40.0-47.3 490 25.8 22.8-29.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,509 549 42.5 38.6-46.6 678 41.4 37.6-45.2 282 16.1 13.6-19.0
College Graduate 1,592 690 42.8 39.3-46.4 658 42.2 38.7-45.7 244 15.1 12.7-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 773 205 27.3 22.7-32.5 282 32.9 28.1-38.0 286 39.8 34.5-45.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,088 345 33.0 28.6-37.8 450 40.2 35.8-44.8 293 26.8 22.8-31.2
$25,000- 34,999 652 225 36.9 31.0-43.2 289 42.4 36.4-48.6 138 20.7 16.1-26.2
$35,000- 49,999 703 255 41.3 35.7-47.1 344 44.5 39.1-50.1 104 14.2 10.7-18.4
$50,000-74,999 565 231 42.2 36.5-48.0 258 44.4 38.7-50.1 76 13.5 9.9-18.1
$75,000+ 646 325 50.2 44.9-55.4 263 41.5 36.4-46.8 58 8.3 5.9-11.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 265 93 35.8 29.3-42.8 104 40.6 34.1-47.6 68 23.6 18.5-29.6
Guilford 273 96 36.1 29.6-43.1 133 48.7 41.7-55.7 44 15.3 10.9-20.9
Mecklenburg 275 102 36.8 30.7-43.5 121 44.0 37.5-50.6 52 19.2 14.5-25.0
Orange 276 137 48.5 38.6-58.6 96 30.4 22.7-39.2 43 21.1 11.9-34.6
Wake 272 112 39.1 32.6-46.1 112 43.5 36.5-50.7 48 17.4 12.8-23.1
Chatham/Lee 235 75 31.4 25.0-38.6 95 38.6 31.6-46.1 65 30.0 23.1-37.9
Nash/Wilson 231 56 25.2 19.3-32.1 100 41.0 34.2-48.2 75 33.8 27.2-41.1
Craven/Pamlico 277 98 36.4 30.1-43.2 108 35.8 29.6-42.5 71 27.8 21.5-35.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 266 70 27.3 21.4-34.1 126 47.6 40.5-54.7 70 25.1 19.4-31.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 279 99 40.5 31.4-50.3 124 42.7 34.6-51.2 56 16.8 12.3-22.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 293 90 32.8 26.0-40.4 120 41.4 34.4-48.7 83 25.8 19.7-33.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 259 100 40.2 33.4-47.3 98 36.1 29.8-43.1 61 23.7 17.5-31.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 288 75 27.5 22.0-33.9 118 39.4 33.2-45.8 95 33.1 27.2-39.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 283 73 27.7 22.1-34.1 110 39.3 33.0-45.9 100 33.0 27.1-39.4
Northeast NC I 307 90 29.5 24.1-35.5 120 39.4 33.3-45.8 97 31.2 25.5-37.4
Northeast NC II 313 109 36.9 30.9-43.3 121 39.7 33.6-46.1 83 23.4 18.8-28.7
Northeastern Partnership 620 199 34.1 29.8-38.6 241 39.6 35.1-44.2 180 26.4 22.7-30.4
Mountain AHEC 788 290 37.8 33.2-42.5 307 38.8 34.4-43.4 191 23.4 19.7-27.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,073 646 35.6 32.2-39.2 816 37.6 34.3-41.0 611 26.8 23.8-30.1
Piedmont 2,447 857 34.8 32.1-37.6 1,036 41.9 39.2-44.7 554 23.3 20.9-25.8
Western NC 1,257 438 38.4 34.2-42.7 513 37.9 34.2-41.7 306 23.8 20.6-27.3

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous
physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical acti vity, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^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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