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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,696 2,556 40.3 38.4-42.3 4,140 59.7 57.7-61.6
GENDER
Male 2,479 1,027 42.9 39.8-46.1 1,452 57.1 53.9-60.2
Female 4,217 1,529 38.0 35.7-40.2 2,688 62.0 59.8-64.3
AGE
18-24 355 190 55.3 47.0-63.3 165 44.7 36.7-53.0
25-34 924 413 45.2 40.2-50.2 511 54.8 49.8-59.8
35-44 1,250 526 42.9 38.9-46.9 724 57.1 53.1-61.1
45-54 1,296 477 34.4 30.5-38.4 819 65.6 61.6-69.5
55-64 1,141 432 38.7 34.6-43.0 709 61.3 57.0-65.4
65-74 973 332 36.6 32.3-41.1 641 63.4 58.9-67.7
75+ 719 173 25.3 20.8-30.3 546 74.7 69.7-79.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 858 202 26.1 21.2-31.7 656 73.9 68.3-78.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,925 640 37.5 34.0-41.3 1,285 62.5 58.7-66.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,750 702 45.0 41.1-49.0 1,048 55.0 51.0-58.9
College Graduate 2,150 1,007 44.1 41.1-47.2 1,143 55.9 52.8-58.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 618 178 31.6 25.9-38.0 440 68.4 62.0-74.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,063 374 37.7 32.8-42.9 689 62.3 57.1-67.2
$25,000- 34,999 727 276 43.5 37.7-49.5 451 56.5 50.5-62.3
$35,000- 49,999 963 385 41.9 37.3-46.7 578 58.1 53.3-62.7
$50,000-74,999 828 367 41.5 36.5-46.6 461 58.5 53.4-63.5
$75,000+ 1,017 513 50.7 46.2-55.2 504 49.3 44.8-53.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 390 153 41.0 35.2-47.0 237 59.0 53.0-64.8
Guilford 308 121 41.1 34.7-47.9 187 58.9 52.1-65.3
Mecklenburg 291 123 43.9 36.4-51.8 168 56.1 48.2-63.6
Orange 364 191 52.3 44.2-60.3 173 47.7 39.7-55.8
Wake 317 132 40.9 34.8-47.3 185 59.1 52.7-65.2
Chatham/Lee 277 94 32.7 26.2-39.9 183 67.3 60.1-73.8
Nash/Wilson 228 68 31.8 25.2-39.3 160 68.2 60.7-74.8
Craven/Pamlico 341 133 41.0 34.8-47.4 208 59.0 52.6-65.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 395 121 30.9 25.7-36.5 274 69.1 63.5-74.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 420 156 41.1 34.2-48.4 264 58.9 51.6-65.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 280 96 33.4 26.3-41.3 184 66.6 58.7-73.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 352 163 51.7 45.3-58.1 189 48.3 41.9-54.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 192 58 33.2 25.7-41.7 134 66.8 58.3-74.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 252 77 33.4 27.0-40.5 175 66.6 59.5-73.0
Northeast NC I 201 73 36.1 29.0-43.8 128 63.9 56.2-71.0
Northeast NC II 334 133 41.2 34.9-47.7 201 58.8 52.3-65.1
Northeastern Partnership 535 206 39.9 34.8-45.1 329 60.1 54.9-65.2
Mountain AHEC 1,124 461 42.3 37.6-47.1 663 57.7 52.9-62.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,988 731 40.9 37.3-44.6 1,257 59.1 55.4-62.7
Piedmont 2,881 1,118 39.9 37.2-42.6 1,763 60.1 57.4-62.8
Western NC 1,827 707 40.8 37.1-44.7 1,120 59.2 55.3-62.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or 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 moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity 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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