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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-FEMALES

Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,944 1,430 25.7 24.0-27.5 4,514 74.3 72.5-76.0
RACE
White 4,339 1,157 28.3 26.2-30.4 3,182 71.7 69.6-73.8
African American 1,256 206 19.7 16.3-23.6 1,050 80.3 76.4-83.7
Asian 24 7 41.2 17.6-69.6 17 58.8 30.4-82.4
Native American 146 31 14.8 9.3-22.7 115 85.2 77.3-90.7
Other Minorities 161 25 14.3 8.1-24.0 136 85.7 76.0-91.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 31 12.9 7.5-21.3 137 87.1 78.7-92.5
-English Speaking 83 29 37.5 22.4-55.4 54 62.5 44.6-77.6
-Spanish Speaking 85 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5 83 98.1 92.5-99.5
Non-Hispanic 5,769 1,395 26.2 24.5-28.0 4,374 73.8 72.0-75.5
AGE
18-24 364 147 40.5 33.1-48.4 217 59.5 51.6-66.9
25-34 877 284 33.0 28.7-37.6 593 67.0 62.4-71.3
35-44 1,095 339 29.0 25.4-33.0 756 71.0 67.0-74.6
45-54 1,155 298 26.1 22.6-29.9 857 73.9 70.1-77.4
55-64 943 193 20.4 16.8-24.6 750 79.6 75.4-83.2
65-74 805 108 13.9 10.9-17.7 697 86.1 82.3-89.1
75+ 657 49 5.2 3.4- 7.9 608 94.8 92.1-96.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 986 82 7.1 5.1- 9.8 904 92.9 90.2-94.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,792 326 19.8 17.0-23.1 1,466 80.2 76.9-83.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,535 411 32.5 28.8-36.4 1,124 67.5 63.6-71.2
College Graduate 1,614 609 37.0 33.7-40.5 1,005 63.0 59.5-66.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 799 112 13.5 10.5-17.3 687 86.5 82.7-89.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,112 216 19.7 16.2-23.7 896 80.3 76.3-83.8
$25,000- 34,999 672 183 29.4 24.0-35.5 489 70.6 64.5-76.0
$35,000- 49,999 716 220 33.0 27.8-38.5 496 67.0 61.5-72.2
$50,000-74,999 574 206 37.4 31.9-43.2 368 62.6 56.8-68.1
$75,000+ 653 287 41.7 36.7-46.8 366 58.3 53.2-63.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 273 75 29.4 23.3-36.3 198 70.6 63.7-76.7
Guilford 281 77 28.0 22.2-34.7 204 72.0 65.3-77.8
Mecklenburg 279 96 35.4 29.3-41.9 183 64.6 58.1-70.7
Orange 282 118 41.7 32.7-51.2 164 58.3 48.8-67.3
Wake 277 88 28.9 23.4-35.2 189 71.1 64.8-76.6
Chatham/Lee 244 46 18.6 13.7-24.8 198 81.4 75.2-86.3
Nash/Wilson 240 38 14.4 10.2-20.0 202 85.6 80.0-89.8
Craven/Pamlico 283 66 24.9 19.5-31.2 217 75.1 68.8-80.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 273 62 23.7 18.2-30.3 211 76.3 69.7-81.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 286 74 32.6 23.6-43.2 212 67.4 56.8-76.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 68 24.1 18.2-31.1 233 75.9 68.9-81.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 71 28.3 22.4-35.1 193 71.7 64.9-77.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 297 55 19.8 15.0-25.6 242 80.2 74.4-85.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 292 50 18.5 14.1-24.0 242 81.5 76.0-85.9
Northeast NC I 316 52 17.6 13.2-23.0 264 82.4 77.0-86.8
Northeast NC II 326 67 25.0 19.6-31.3 259 75.0 68.7-80.4
Northeastern Partnership 642 119 22.2 18.3-26.5 523 77.8 73.5-81.7
Mountain AHEC 812 213 27.1 23.1-31.5 599 72.9 68.5-76.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,140 440 26.3 23.1-29.7 1,700 73.7 70.3-76.9
Piedmont 2,510 660 24.4 22.2-26.8 1,850 75.6 73.2-77.8
Western NC 1,294 330 29.4 25.6-33.7 964 70.6 66.3-74.4

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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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