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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-MALES

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 3,341 1,301 40.0 37.4-42.7 1,310 39.8 37.2-42.5 730 20.2 18.1-22.4
RACE
White 2,479 1,027 42.9 39.8-46.1 984 40.5 37.5-43.6 468 16.5 14.5-18.9
African American 579 199 40.8 34.7-47.3 226 38.3 32.5-44.4 154 20.9 16.6-25.8
Asian 24 6 16.6 6.0-38.5 14 71.5 46.2-88.0 4 11.9 3.2-35.5
Native American 82 27 19.5 10.5-33.3 33 45.6 27.0-65.5 22 34.9 18.1-56.4
Other Minorities 161 36 20.7 12.8-31.6 46 29.1 19.8-40.5 79 50.3 38.9-61.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 40 18.4 11.1-29.0 51 29.9 20.7-41.1 78 51.7 40.4-62.8
-English Speaking 53 20 22.3 10.5-41.3 23 48.8 28.0-70.1 10 28.8 13.0-52.3
-Spanish Speaking 116 20 17.3 9.0-30.5 28 24.5 15.2-37.0 68 58.2 44.9-70.4
Non-Hispanic 3,169 1,258 41.9 39.2-44.7 1,259 40.7 38.1-43.4 652 17.4 15.5-19.4
AGE
18-24 210 112 53.2 43.2-62.8 73 34.9 26.0-45.0 25 11.9 7.2-19.2
25-34 514 223 42.6 36.2-49.3 202 37.6 31.7-43.9 89 19.8 15.0-25.7
35-44 672 269 40.2 35.0-45.6 280 42.6 37.3-48.1 123 17.2 13.2-22.0
45-54 665 231 31.5 26.5-37.1 284 47.5 41.7-53.3 150 21.0 16.5-26.3
55-64 563 210 35.8 30.4-41.5 211 37.9 32.3-43.8 142 26.3 21.4-32.0
65-74 440 167 39.5 33.1-46.3 159 36.2 30.0-42.9 114 24.3 18.8-30.8
75+ 259 80 34.5 26.8-43.1 97 34.0 26.7-42.2 82 31.4 24.0-39.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 570 123 21.6 16.2-28.2 203 34.2 28.2-40.7 244 44.2 37.4-51.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 983 370 41.7 36.7-46.8 371 34.5 30.1-39.2 242 23.9 19.9-28.3
Some Post-H.S. 782 338 45.0 39.3-50.8 318 42.8 37.2-48.5 126 12.2 9.3-15.9
College Graduate 997 466 44.5 40.1-48.9 416 46.0 41.6-50.5 115 9.5 7.4-12.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 282 89 30.8 22.4-40.6 101 31.5 23.1-41.2 92 37.8 28.2-48.4
$15,000- 24,999 591 192 34.8 28.6-41.6 218 34.8 29.0-41.1 181 30.4 24.6-36.8
$25,000- 34,999 356 145 40.9 33.2-49.1 143 40.7 33.0-48.9 68 18.4 12.8-25.7
$35,000- 49,999 504 211 39.6 33.7-45.9 216 42.8 36.6-49.2 77 17.6 13.1-23.3
$50,000-74,999 424 190 40.0 33.1-47.3 190 50.8 43.5-58.0 44 9.3 6.2-13.6
$75,000+ 497 242 50.7 44.2-57.2 203 42.0 35.8-48.5 52 7.3 5.0-10.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 174 76 43.1 34.7-51.9 63 38.4 30.1-47.3 35 18.6 12.9-26.0
Guilford 164 69 46.3 37.5-55.3 62 35.0 27.3-43.6 33 18.7 12.8-26.6
Mecklenburg 168 65 37.8 28.5-48.1 66 39.5 30.4-49.4 37 22.7 15.9-31.4
Orange 164 75 42.2 32.2-52.8 62 43.5 32.1-55.6 27 14.4 9.2-21.7
Wake 168 65 38.5 30.0-47.8 71 40.9 32.4-50.0 32 20.6 13.7-29.8
Chatham/Lee 147 49 29.0 20.8-38.9 56 38.9 28.9-50.0 42 32.0 23.0-42.7
Nash/Wilson 136 44 33.5 24.9-43.4 65 46.1 36.4-56.0 27 20.4 13.8-29.1
Craven/Pamlico 165 60 38.0 29.4-47.3 56 34.6 26.4-43.9 49 27.4 20.3-35.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 158 54 32.2 24.4-41.1 64 43.8 33.9-54.2 40 24.0 17.3-32.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 162 64 41.9 32.1-52.3 71 37.9 29.1-47.6 27 20.3 11.1-34.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 170 54 37.2 22.4-54.9 73 37.0 25.8-49.8 43 25.7 16.1-38.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 150 86 45.1 28.4-63.1 43 19.8 12.0-30.8 21 35.1 15.7-61.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 171 57 35.6 27.6-44.5 60 35.8 27.9-44.6 54 28.6 21.7-36.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 121 42 30.7 22.0-41.0 44 40.8 29.2-53.4 35 28.5 19.8-39.2
Northeast NC I 134 45 28.2 19.8-38.3 55 48.4 35.9-61.2 34 23.4 15.7-33.5
Northeast NC II 178 68 34.4 26.6-43.1 69 43.3 34.8-52.2 41 22.3 15.9-30.4
Northeastern Partnership 312 113 32.4 26.3-39.2 124 44.9 37.7-52.3 75 22.7 17.5-28.9
Mountain AHEC 468 220 44.9 37.4-52.6 170 37.4 31.0-44.3 78 17.7 12.7-24.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,120 407 37.6 33.1-42.4 431 41.2 36.4-46.3 282 21.1 17.6-25.2
Piedmont 1,474 564 40.6 36.9-44.4 594 39.9 36.3-43.5 316 19.5 16.8-22.6
Western NC 747 330 42.6 36.7-48.7 285 36.6 31.5-42.1 132 20.8 15.9-26.6

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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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