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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,667 1,335 48.9 46.0-51.9 609 23.1 20.6-25.8 723 27.9 25.3-30.7
RACE
White 1,915 967 48.4 44.9-51.9 434 24.0 21.1-27.2 514 27.6 24.4-30.9
African American 495 247 51.5 44.9-58.2 126 24.3 18.9-30.7 122 24.2 18.9-30.3
Asian 24 16 54.6 26.2-80.3 5 26.6 7.3-62.5 3 18.8 4.9-50.9
Native American 68 34 70.3 52.9-83.3 18 12.7 6.4-23.7 16 17.0 8.2-31.9
Other Minorities 152 65 43.2 31.9-55.2 24 15.1 8.1-26.4 63 41.8 30.8-53.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 77 44.9 33.8-56.5 22 14.0 7.4-25.0 59 41.1 30.5-52.7
-English Speaking 45 30 47.8 26.7-69.6 4 19.4 5.0-52.2 11 32.9 15.7-56.2
-Spanish Speaking 113 47 44.1 31.5-57.6 18 12.5 6.1-23.9 48 43.4 31.0-56.7
Non-Hispanic 2,509 1,258 49.3 46.3-52.4 587 24.0 21.4-26.8 664 26.6 23.9-29.5
AGE
18-24 216 101 44.4 35.1-54.1 63 30.3 22.0-40.2 52 25.3 17.6-35.0
25-34 528 271 50.5 44.1-56.9 114 21.0 16.2-26.7 143 28.6 22.9-34.9
35-44 678 335 50.3 44.9-55.7 171 24.4 20.2-29.1 172 25.3 20.9-30.3
45-54 679 344 46.4 40.7-52.1 164 23.7 19.0-29.2 171 29.9 24.7-35.7
55-64 566 284 53.1 47.2-58.9 97 15.4 11.7-20.0 185 31.5 26.2-37.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 374 158 41.9 34.2-50.0 72 14.3 9.8-20.3 144 43.8 35.7-52.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 836 372 45.5 40.2-51.0 212 24.3 19.9-29.2 252 30.2 25.6-35.3
Some Post-H.S. 662 331 47.6 41.5-53.7 169 27.2 22.0-33.2 162 25.2 20.1-31.0
College Graduate 792 474 58.4 53.3-63.3 154 22.0 17.9-26.8 164 19.6 16.0-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 101 40.9 30.6-52.2 53 32.4 21.6-45.5 52 26.6 17.5-38.3
$15,000- 24,999 462 234 48.3 41.1-55.5 93 20.5 15.0-27.3 135 31.3 24.9-38.5
$25,000- 34,999 286 129 52.2 43.3-61.0 76 21.8 15.7-29.5 81 26.0 19.2-34.1
$35,000- 49,999 428 205 46.0 39.2-52.9 108 27.7 21.9-34.4 115 26.3 20.7-32.8
$50,000-74,999 372 202 50.0 42.2-57.8 88 28.7 21.3-37.6 82 21.3 15.7-28.1
$75,000+ 439 253 57.6 50.8-64.1 86 20.7 15.6-26.8 100 21.8 16.9-27.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 126 74 52.5 42.2-62.6 22 19.8 12.5-29.9 30 27.7 18.9-38.5
Guilford 126 63 51.3 41.1-61.3 30 27.3 18.7-38.0 33 21.5 14.8-30.2
Mecklenburg 137 71 50.7 39.9-61.5 31 23.6 15.5-34.2 35 25.7 17.9-35.5
Orange 143 92 63.5 52.4-73.3 22 15.6 9.7-24.0 29 20.9 13.8-30.4
Wake 154 77 50.4 40.9-59.8 29 16.5 10.7-24.7 48 33.1 24.8-42.6
Chatham/Lee 113 52 46.5 35.7-57.8 23 16.3 10.3-24.9 38 37.2 27.0-48.6
Nash/Wilson 111 52 42.1 32.2-52.7 23 27.4 17.8-39.7 36 30.5 21.7-41.0
Craven/Pamlico 112 56 47.9 37.2-58.9 29 28.0 18.7-39.8 27 24.0 15.9-34.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 128 54 38.4 29.0-48.7 38 30.8 21.9-41.4 36 30.8 20.3-43.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 122 59 44.4 33.1-56.3 23 16.9 10.6-25.8 40 38.7 26.6-52.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 138 61 39.3 26.4-53.9 38 35.3 19.1-55.8 39 25.4 15.8-38.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 123 54 32.9 19.7-49.4 36 21.4 12.3-34.6 33 45.7 25.4-67.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 140 64 46.3 37.1-55.9 32 23.0 16.0-31.9 44 30.7 22.7-40.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 103 49 52.5 40.2-64.4 29 25.3 16.8-36.3 25 22.2 14.4-32.6
Northeast NC I 105 46 35.2 24.4-47.8 29 29.1 19.0-41.7 30 35.7 21.6-52.7
Northeast NC II 137 87 64.9 54.8-73.8 18 11.1 6.7-17.6 32 24.1 16.2-34.2
Northeastern Partnership 242 133 55.5 47.2-63.5 47 16.7 12.2-22.6 62 27.7 20.3-36.7
Mountain AHEC 346 184 47.8 39.3-56.4 77 19.3 14.1-25.8 85 32.9 23.9-43.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 889 437 47.4 42.0-52.8 206 24.0 19.6-29.1 246 28.6 23.7-34.0
Piedmont 1,214 606 50.3 46.2-54.4 277 23.0 19.6-26.7 331 26.7 23.3-30.4
Western NC 564 292 46.4 39.8-53.1 126 21.9 16.9-27.9 146 31.7 24.9-39.4

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* 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.

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