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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 4,357 | 3,214 | 75.3 | 73.3-77.2 | 1,143 | 24.7 | 22.8-26.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 231 | 187 | 84.3 | 77.0-89.7 | 44 | 15.7 | 10.3-23.0 |
25-34 | 591 | 482 | 82.5 | 77.7-86.4 | 109 | 17.5 | 13.6-22.3 |
35-44 | 764 | 593 | 78.6 | 74.1-82.5 | 171 | 21.4 | 17.5-25.9 |
45-54 | 841 | 640 | 77.9 | 73.4-81.9 | 201 | 22.1 | 18.1-26.6 |
55-64 | 729 | 515 | 67.7 | 62.1-72.8 | 214 | 32.3 | 27.2-37.9 |
65-74 | 637 | 461 | 73.3 | 68.0-77.9 | 176 | 26.7 | 22.1-32.0 |
75+ | 533 | 311 | 58.2 | 51.9-64.2 | 222 | 41.8 | 35.8-48.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 581 | 305 | 53.7 | 47.5-59.8 | 276 | 46.3 | 40.2-52.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,290 | 860 | 67.9 | 63.8-71.7 | 430 | 32.1 | 28.3-36.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,163 | 908 | 82.8 | 79.6-85.6 | 255 | 17.2 | 14.4-20.4 |
College Graduate | 1,314 | 1,135 | 85.1 | 82.1-87.7 | 179 | 14.9 | 12.3-17.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 461 | 269 | 54.2 | 47.1-61.1 | 192 | 45.8 | 38.9-52.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 737 | 507 | 71.4 | 66.2-76.1 | 230 | 28.6 | 23.9-33.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 478 | 353 | 72.5 | 65.5-78.5 | 125 | 27.5 | 21.5-34.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 575 | 470 | 85.3 | 80.2-89.3 | 105 | 14.7 | 10.7-19.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 488 | 406 | 85.1 | 80.3-88.8 | 82 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.7 |
$75,000+ | 581 | 509 | 86.8 | 82.5-90.2 | 72 | 13.2 | 9.8-17.5 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 245 | 192 | 76.2 | 69.3-81.9 | 53 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.7 |
Guilford | 201 | 157 | 78.8 | 71.5-84.6 | 44 | 21.2 | 15.4-28.5 |
Mecklenburg | 183 | 154 | 84.8 | 78.3-89.5 | 29 | 15.2 | 10.5-21.7 |
Orange | 237 | 211 | 87.1 | 73.4-94.3 | 26 | 12.9 | 5.7-26.6 |
Wake | 197 | 165 | 83.4 | 76.5-88.6 | 32 | 16.6 | 11.4-23.5 |
Chatham/Lee | 175 | 126 | 74.6 | 67.2-80.9 | 49 | 25.4 | 19.1-32.8 |
Nash/Wilson | 151 | 104 | 71.2 | 62.7-78.4 | 47 | 28.8 | 21.6-37.3 |
Craven/Pamlico | 221 | 165 | 74.9 | 68.1-80.6 | 56 | 25.1 | 19.4-31.9 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 258 | 181 | 70.4 | 63.7-76.4 | 77 | 29.6 | 23.6-36.3 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 273 | 192 | 72.7 | 65.5-78.9 | 81 | 27.3 | 21.1-34.5 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 185 | 116 | 61.8 | 51.7-71.0 | 69 | 38.2 | 29.0-48.3 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 162 | 72.6 | 65.6-78.6 | 67 | 27.4 | 21.4-34.4 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 119 | 82 | 70.7 | 61.1-78.8 | 37 | 29.3 | 21.2-38.9 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 177 | 116 | 67.8 | 59.9-74.9 | 61 | 32.2 | 25.1-40.1 |
Northeast NC I | 138 | 94 | 67.5 | 58.4-75.4 | 44 | 32.5 | 24.6-41.6 |
Northeast NC II | 221 | 164 | 74.5 | 67.6-80.4 | 57 | 25.5 | 19.6-32.4 |
Northeastern Partnership | 359 | 258 | 72.6 | 67.1-77.5 | 101 | 27.4 | 22.5-32.9 |
Mountain AHEC | 737 | 544 | 72.7 | 68.1-76.9 | 193 | 27.3 | 23.1-31.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,326 | 951 | 76.5 | 73.0-79.7 | 375 | 23.5 | 20.3-27.0 |
Piedmont | 1,836 | 1,404 | 75.9 | 73.0-78.6 | 432 | 24.1 | 21.4-27.0 |
Western NC | 1,195 | 859 | 71.5 | 67.7-75.0 | 336 | 28.5 | 25.0-32.3 |
*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.
^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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