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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,312 | 634 | 16.3 | 14.6-18.1 | 3,678 | 83.7 | 81.9-85.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 231 | 70 | 33.3 | 24.6-43.3 | 161 | 66.7 | 56.7-75.4 |
25-34 | 585 | 125 | 22.2 | 17.7-27.3 | 460 | 77.8 | 72.7-82.3 |
35-44 | 761 | 150 | 16.8 | 13.7-20.5 | 611 | 83.2 | 79.5-86.3 |
45-54 | 835 | 138 | 16.7 | 13.4-20.6 | 697 | 83.3 | 79.4-86.6 |
55-64 | 717 | 79 | 12.6 | 9.2-16.9 | 638 | 87.4 | 83.1-90.8 |
65-74 | 626 | 51 | 8.8 | 6.1-12.6 | 575 | 91.2 | 87.4-93.9 |
75+ | 527 | 20 | 2.5 | 1.3- 4.6 | 507 | 97.5 | 95.4-98.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 574 | 20 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.2 | 554 | 96.3 | 92.8-98.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,273 | 118 | 10.8 | 8.3-13.8 | 1,155 | 89.2 | 86.2-91.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,150 | 176 | 21.1 | 17.3-25.5 | 974 | 78.9 | 74.5-82.7 |
College Graduate | 1,306 | 319 | 22.7 | 19.6-26.0 | 987 | 77.3 | 74.0-80.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 458 | 41 | 10.2 | 6.7-15.2 | 417 | 89.8 | 84.8-93.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 727 | 72 | 10.1 | 7.0-14.4 | 655 | 89.9 | 85.6-93.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 470 | 69 | 18.7 | 13.0-26.1 | 401 | 81.3 | 73.9-87.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 572 | 90 | 19.2 | 14.4-25.3 | 482 | 80.8 | 74.7-85.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 485 | 108 | 22.4 | 17.6-28.2 | 377 | 77.6 | 71.8-82.4 |
$75,000+ | 578 | 165 | 26.5 | 22.1-31.3 | 413 | 73.5 | 68.7-77.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 242 | 37 | 17.4 | 11.9-24.7 | 205 | 82.6 | 75.3-88.1 |
Guilford | 199 | 39 | 19.5 | 13.9-26.7 | 160 | 80.5 | 73.3-86.1 |
Mecklenburg | 183 | 44 | 23.7 | 17.5-31.3 | 139 | 76.3 | 68.7-82.5 |
Orange | 236 | 69 | 31.3 | 22.6-41.5 | 167 | 68.7 | 58.5-77.4 |
Wake | 197 | 46 | 23.2 | 17.3-30.4 | 151 | 76.8 | 69.6-82.7 |
Chatham/Lee | 173 | 21 | 12.8 | 8.1-19.7 | 152 | 87.2 | 80.3-91.9 |
Nash/Wilson | 151 | 16 | 10.8 | 6.3-17.9 | 135 | 89.2 | 82.1-93.7 |
Craven/Pamlico | 218 | 36 | 19.0 | 13.6-25.9 | 182 | 81.0 | 74.1-86.4 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 252 | 31 | 13.8 | 9.1-20.3 | 221 | 86.2 | 79.7-90.9 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 271 | 30 | 14.9 | 7.1-28.7 | 241 | 85.1 | 71.3-92.9 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 19 | 11.3 | 6.3-19.3 | 165 | 88.7 | 80.7-93.7 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 227 | 28 | 13.7 | 9.0-20.1 | 199 | 86.3 | 79.9-91.0 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 9 | 7.4 | 3.7-14.1 | 109 | 92.6 | 85.9-96.3 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 174 | 12 | 7.8 | 4.2-14.0 | 162 | 92.2 | 86.0-95.8 |
Northeast NC I | 134 | 14 | 10.5 | 6.0-17.5 | 120 | 89.5 | 82.5-94.0 |
Northeast NC II | 220 | 30 | 16.3 | 11.0-23.4 | 190 | 83.7 | 76.6-89.0 |
Northeastern Partnership | 354 | 44 | 14.7 | 10.6-20.1 | 310 | 85.3 | 79.9-89.4 |
Mountain AHEC | 730 | 101 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.2 | 629 | 84.0 | 79.8-87.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,311 | 170 | 17.4 | 14.0-21.5 | 1,141 | 82.6 | 78.5-86.0 |
Piedmont | 1,820 | 313 | 15.3 | 13.2-17.6 | 1,507 | 84.7 | 82.4-86.8 |
Western NC | 1,181 | 151 | 17.7 | 14.0-22.2 | 1,030 | 82.3 | 77.8-86.0 |
*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical a
ctivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.
^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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