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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITES

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 6,696 2,556 40.3 38.4-42.3 2,724 40.8 38.9-42.6 1,416 18.9 17.5-20.4
GENDER
Male 2,479 1,027 42.9 39.8-46.1 984 40.5 37.5-43.6 468 16.5 14.5-18.9
Female 4,217 1,529 38.0 35.7-40.2 1,740 41.0 38.8-43.2 948 21.1 19.3-23.0
AGE
18-24 355 190 55.3 47.0-63.3 125 34.1 26.7-42.4 40 10.6 6.7-16.1
25-34 924 413 45.2 40.2-50.2 397 42.5 37.8-47.3 114 12.4 9.5-16.0
35-44 1,250 526 42.9 38.9-46.9 537 44.6 40.6-48.6 187 12.6 10.2-15.4
45-54 1,296 477 34.4 30.5-38.4 584 46.2 42.0-50.5 235 19.4 16.1-23.2
55-64 1,141 432 38.7 34.6-43.0 455 39.2 35.1-43.4 254 22.1 18.6-26.0
65-74 973 332 36.6 32.3-41.1 375 36.1 31.8-40.5 266 27.3 23.3-31.8
75+ 719 173 25.3 20.8-30.3 236 33.3 28.6-38.4 310 41.4 36.3-46.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 858 202 26.1 21.2-31.7 293 32.9 28.1-38.0 363 41.0 35.9-46.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,925 640 37.5 34.0-41.3 807 39.2 35.9-42.7 478 23.2 20.3-26.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,750 702 45.0 41.1-49.0 760 42.0 38.2-45.9 288 13.0 10.9-15.5
College Graduate 2,150 1,007 44.1 41.1-47.2 861 44.1 41.0-47.2 282 11.8 10.1-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 618 178 31.6 25.9-38.0 233 33.5 28.0-39.4 207 34.9 29.0-41.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,063 374 37.7 32.8-42.9 428 38.2 33.7-43.0 261 24.1 19.9-28.8
$25,000- 34,999 727 276 43.5 37.7-49.5 314 40.4 34.9-46.1 137 16.1 12.6-20.4
$35,000- 49,999 963 385 41.9 37.3-46.7 442 42.5 37.9-47.3 136 15.6 12.3-19.5
$50,000-74,999 828 367 41.5 36.5-46.6 369 48.5 43.4-53.6 92 10.0 7.6-13.1
$75,000+ 1,017 513 50.7 46.2-55.2 408 41.9 37.5-46.4 96 7.4 5.6- 9.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 390 153 41.0 35.2-47.0 148 39.3 33.7-45.2 89 19.7 15.8-24.4
Guilford 308 121 41.1 34.7-47.9 137 42.3 36.0-48.9 50 16.6 12.1-22.2
Mecklenburg 291 123 43.9 36.4-51.8 122 42.2 34.9-49.8 46 13.9 10.0-18.9
Orange 364 191 52.3 44.2-60.3 124 31.5 25.1-38.7 49 16.2 9.3-26.5
Wake 317 132 40.9 34.8-47.3 133 43.9 37.7-50.4 52 15.2 11.3-20.1
Chatham/Lee 277 94 32.7 26.2-39.9 112 41.2 34.3-48.4 71 26.1 19.9-33.5
Nash/Wilson 228 68 31.8 25.2-39.3 106 46.8 39.0-54.7 54 21.4 16.0-28.0
Craven/Pamlico 341 133 41.0 34.8-47.4 125 34.6 28.9-40.9 83 24.4 19.4-30.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 395 121 30.9 25.7-36.5 176 45.3 39.1-51.7 98 23.8 19.2-29.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 420 156 41.1 34.2-48.4 185 40.4 34.2-47.0 79 18.4 13.1-25.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 280 96 33.4 26.3-41.3 114 41.8 34.1-49.9 70 24.8 17.6-33.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 352 163 51.7 45.3-58.1 126 32.1 26.8-37.9 63 16.2 11.8-21.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 192 58 33.2 25.7-41.7 76 38.0 30.5-46.2 58 28.7 22.2-36.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 252 77 33.4 27.0-40.5 100 38.4 31.7-45.6 75 28.2 22.3-35.0
Northeast NC I 201 73 36.1 29.0-43.8 77 38.1 30.7-46.1 51 25.9 19.4-33.5
Northeast NC II 334 133 41.2 34.9-47.7 137 42.6 36.4-49.0 64 16.2 12.5-20.8
Northeastern Partnership 535 206 39.9 34.8-45.1 214 41.4 36.4-46.6 115 18.7 15.4-22.6
Mountain AHEC 1,124 461 42.3 37.6-47.1 435 38.9 34.8-43.2 228 18.8 15.7-22.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,988 731 40.9 37.3-44.6 786 39.2 35.6-43.0 471 19.9 17.2-22.8
Piedmont 2,881 1,118 39.9 37.2-42.6 1,201 42.3 39.7-44.9 562 17.8 15.9-19.9
Western NC 1,827 707 40.8 37.1-44.7 737 38.3 35.0-41.8 383 20.8 18.0-24.0

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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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