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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-MALES

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 3,435 1,291 42.4 39.8-45.1 2,144 57.6 54.9-60.2
RACE
White 2,551 1,009 45.1 42.0-48.2 1,542 54.9 51.8-58.0
African American 599 205 41.2 35.2-47.5 394 58.8 52.5-64.8
Asian 25 10 41.0 17.7-69.2 15 59.0 30.8-82.3
Native American 83 24 31.7 15.3-54.3 59 68.3 45.7-84.7
Other Minorities 160 35 23.0 14.4-34.8 125 77.0 65.2-85.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 44 23.2 14.7-34.6 124 76.8 65.4-85.3
-English Speaking 53 23 40.6 21.1-63.6 30 59.4 36.4-78.9
-Spanish Speaking 115 21 18.2 9.8-31.2 94 81.8 68.8-90.2
Non-Hispanic 3,264 1,245 44.0 41.3-46.8 2,019 56.0 53.2-58.7
AGE
18-24 217 143 68.3 59.1-76.3 74 31.7 23.7-40.9
25-34 525 265 44.7 38.5-51.0 260 55.3 49.0-61.5
35-44 681 319 50.6 45.2-56.0 362 49.4 44.0-54.8
45-54 682 236 35.9 30.5-41.7 446 64.1 58.3-69.5
55-64 583 168 29.0 24.1-34.5 415 71.0 65.5-75.9
65-74 458 109 22.6 17.6-28.6 349 77.4 71.4-82.4
75+ 271 44 17.0 11.8-24.0 227 83.0 76.0-88.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 597 98 16.7 12.4-22.0 499 83.3 78.0-87.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,016 365 41.8 36.9-46.8 651 58.2 53.2-63.1
Some Post-H.S. 805 331 49.4 43.8-55.1 474 50.6 44.9-56.2
College Graduate 1,007 495 52.3 47.8-56.7 512 47.7 43.3-52.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 298 61 24.4 16.9-33.9 237 75.6 66.1-83.1
$15,000- 24,999 609 182 36.3 30.0-43.1 427 63.7 56.9-70.0
$25,000- 34,999 366 145 44.5 36.7-52.6 221 55.5 47.4-63.3
$35,000- 49,999 519 238 44.7 38.5-51.0 281 55.3 49.0-61.5
$50,000-74,999 433 213 52.1 44.8-59.2 220 47.9 40.8-55.2
$75,000+ 500 271 59.6 53.1-65.7 229 40.4 34.3-46.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 73 44.8 36.3-53.5 106 55.2 46.5-63.7
Guilford 164 73 48.8 40.0-57.8 91 51.2 42.2-60.0
Mecklenburg 169 66 39.7 30.3-49.9 103 60.3 50.1-69.7
Orange 169 78 45.2 34.9-55.9 91 54.8 44.1-65.1
Wake 172 78 44.3 35.6-53.3 94 55.7 46.7-64.4
Chatham/Lee 151 47 28.6 20.5-38.3 104 71.4 61.7-79.5
Nash/Wilson 137 42 32.8 24.4-42.6 95 67.2 57.4-75.6
Craven/Pamlico 167 57 38.4 29.7-47.8 110 61.6 52.2-70.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 54 31.2 23.7-40.0 107 68.8 60.0-76.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 164 62 42.5 32.7-52.9 102 57.5 47.1-67.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 175 62 46.3 32.0-61.2 113 53.7 38.8-68.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 71 36.8 23.6-52.3 90 63.2 47.7-76.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 175 47 28.0 20.8-36.5 128 72.0 63.5-79.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 33 24.7 17.1-34.2 92 75.3 65.8-82.9
Northeast NC I 142 53 35.6 26.0-46.5 89 64.4 53.5-74.0
Northeast NC II 184 60 33.1 25.4-41.8 124 66.9 58.2-74.6
Northeastern Partnership 326 113 33.9 27.7-40.7 213 66.1 59.3-72.3
Mountain AHEC 489 196 39.8 33.2-46.7 293 60.2 53.3-66.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,150 378 39.8 34.9-44.9 772 60.2 55.1-65.1
Piedmont 1,515 610 44.4 40.8-48.1 905 55.6 51.9-59.2
Western NC 770 303 39.6 34.2-45.3 467 60.4 54.7-65.8

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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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