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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-MALES

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 3,449 2,541 74.0 71.6-76.3 908 26.0 23.7-28.4
RACE
White 2,561 1,982 78.4 75.7-80.8 579 21.6 19.2-24.3
African American 600 394 68.2 62.4-73.5 206 31.8 26.5-37.6
Asian 26 19 85.3 63.5-95.1 7 14.7 4.9-36.5
Native American 83 57 61.4 41.0-78.5 26 38.6 21.5-59.0
Other Minorities 162 76 45.3 34.3-56.9 86 54.7 43.1-65.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 81 44.1 33.3-55.5 88 55.9 44.5-66.7
-English Speaking 53 37 66.2 43.7-83.2 16 33.8 16.8-56.3
-Spanish Speaking 116 44 37.9 26.1-51.2 72 62.1 48.8-73.9
Non-Hispanic 3,277 2,457 76.5 74.2-78.7 820 23.5 21.3-25.8
AGE
18-24 218 170 76.9 67.8-84.1 48 23.1 15.9-32.2
25-34 529 399 73.5 67.4-78.8 130 26.5 21.2-32.6
35-44 685 520 74.5 69.2-79.2 165 25.5 20.8-30.8
45-54 685 500 74.7 69.2-79.4 185 25.3 20.6-30.8
55-64 585 424 71.1 65.5-76.1 161 28.9 23.9-34.5
65-74 459 328 74.3 68.0-79.7 131 25.7 20.3-32.0
75+ 270 187 69.8 61.5-76.9 83 30.2 23.1-38.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 600 334 52.6 45.8-59.2 266 47.4 40.8-54.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,022 722 70.7 66.1-74.9 300 29.3 25.1-33.9
Some Post-H.S. 806 628 79.7 74.8-83.9 178 20.3 16.1-25.2
College Graduate 1,011 850 85.2 82.0-87.9 161 14.8 12.1-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 300 197 58.5 48.4-68.0 103 41.5 32.0-51.6
$15,000- 24,999 610 405 64.9 58.4-70.9 205 35.1 29.1-41.6
$25,000- 34,999 366 274 75.2 67.5-81.6 92 24.8 18.4-32.5
$35,000- 49,999 521 411 75.8 69.8-81.0 110 24.2 19.0-30.2
$50,000-74,999 435 373 86.3 81.3-90.1 62 13.7 9.9-18.7
$75,000+ 502 422 86.6 82.2-90.1 80 13.4 9.9-17.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 133 76.5 68.8-82.8 45 23.5 17.2-31.2
Guilford 165 122 73.3 64.4-80.6 43 26.7 19.4-35.6
Mecklenburg 169 118 68.2 58.4-76.6 51 31.8 23.4-41.6
Orange 169 131 81.0 73.3-87.0 38 19.0 13.0-26.7
Wake 174 133 74.7 65.6-82.1 41 25.3 17.9-34.4
Chatham/Lee 150 102 62.7 51.8-72.4 48 37.3 27.6-48.2
Nash/Wilson 139 106 77.1 68.5-83.9 33 22.9 16.1-31.5
Craven/Pamlico 168 113 65.3 56.0-73.6 55 34.7 26.4-44.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 113 70.9 62.2-78.3 48 29.1 21.7-37.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 136 77.7 64.5-87.0 31 22.3 13.0-35.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 176 122 69.3 56.6-79.6 54 30.7 20.4-43.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 135 64.7 40.1-83.3 27 35.3 16.7-59.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 176 115 67.2 58.9-74.6 61 32.8 25.4-41.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 84 67.5 56.7-76.6 41 32.5 23.4-43.3
Northeast NC I 142 98 70.8 60.3-79.4 44 29.2 20.6-39.7
Northeast NC II 183 132 72.3 63.7-79.5 51 27.7 20.5-36.3
Northeastern Partnership 325 230 71.8 65.2-77.6 95 28.2 22.4-34.8
Mountain AHEC 490 388 77.2 70.7-82.7 102 22.8 17.3-29.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,155 818 73.0 68.4-77.1 337 27.0 22.9-31.6
Piedmont 1,520 1,115 74.1 70.8-77.2 405 25.9 22.8-29.2
Western NC 774 608 75.3 69.6-80.3 166 24.7 19.7-30.4

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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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