SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITES

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,937 5,230 77.9 76.4-79.4 1,707 22.1 20.6-23.6
GENDER
Male 2,580 2,016 80.7 78.3-82.9 564 19.3 17.1-21.7
Female 4,357 3,214 75.3 73.3-77.2 1,143 24.7 22.8-26.7
AGE
18-24 366 307 87.1 81.6-91.2 59 12.9 8.8-18.4
25-34 950 795 85.9 82.5-88.8 155 14.1 11.2-17.5
35-44 1,272 1,001 80.0 76.5-83.1 271 20.0 16.9-23.5
45-54 1,328 1,009 77.2 73.4-80.6 319 22.8 19.4-26.6
55-64 1,184 849 71.4 67.4-75.1 335 28.6 24.9-32.6
65-74 1,026 750 72.8 68.5-76.7 276 27.2 23.3-31.5
75+ 768 484 63.7 58.6-68.5 284 36.3 31.5-41.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 920 499 56.2 50.9-61.3 421 43.8 38.7-49.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,016 1,368 70.4 67.2-73.5 648 29.6 26.5-32.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,800 1,435 84.1 81.5-86.5 365 15.9 13.5-18.5
College Graduate 2,185 1,918 88.1 86.1-89.9 267 11.9 10.1-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 647 379 57.2 51.0-63.2 268 42.8 36.8-49.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,101 750 69.3 64.6-73.7 351 30.7 26.3-35.4
$25,000- 34,999 751 559 76.8 71.9-81.1 192 23.2 18.9-28.1
$35,000- 49,999 995 803 82.1 78.2-85.5 192 17.9 14.5-21.8
$50,000-74,999 847 709 85.6 82.0-88.5 138 14.4 11.5-18.0
$75,000+ 1,028 925 90.1 87.1-92.4 103 9.9 7.6-12.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 402 314 78.5 73.6-82.7 88 21.5 17.3-26.4
Guilford 313 251 80.8 75.2-85.4 62 19.2 14.6-24.8
Mecklenburg 293 244 85.2 80.1-89.2 49 14.8 10.8-19.9
Orange 372 333 88.4 80.1-93.6 39 11.6 6.4-19.9
Wake 325 274 83.9 78.7-88.1 51 16.1 11.9-21.3
Chatham/Lee 292 214 75.5 69.3-80.7 78 24.5 19.3-30.7
Nash/Wilson 236 175 78.1 71.8-83.2 61 21.9 16.8-28.2
Craven/Pamlico 352 266 76.1 70.6-80.9 86 23.9 19.1-29.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 407 292 72.7 67.3-77.5 115 27.3 22.5-32.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 434 307 74.7 69.5-79.3 127 25.3 20.7-30.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 290 190 67.0 59.0-74.2 100 33.0 25.8-41.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 367 276 76.5 70.6-81.6 91 23.5 18.4-29.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 202 141 70.6 63.1-77.1 61 29.4 22.9-36.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 262 173 66.9 60.1-73.1 89 33.1 26.9-39.9
Northeast NC I 211 152 69.2 61.2-76.3 59 30.8 23.7-38.8
Northeast NC II 349 260 76.1 70.8-80.7 89 23.9 19.3-29.2
Northeastern Partnership 560 412 74.3 69.9-78.3 148 25.7 21.7-30.1
Mountain AHEC 1,167 885 77.0 73.4-80.3 282 23.0 19.7-26.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,072 1,511 76.4 73.4-79.2 561 23.6 20.8-26.6
Piedmont 2,973 2,327 79.7 77.6-81.7 646 20.3 18.3-22.4
Western NC 1,892 1,392 74.4 71.2-77.3 500 25.6 22.7-28.8

Back to Physical Activity.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook