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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITE MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
True False Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,915 967 48.4 44.9-51.9 434 24.0 21.1-27.2 514 27.6 24.4-30.9
AGE
18-24 135 63 42.6 30.9-55.2 38 30.6 20.0-43.8 34 26.8 16.6-40.1
25-34 355 183 48.9 41.1-56.8 77 22.3 16.6-29.4 95 28.8 21.8-36.9
35-44 502 245 50.3 44.2-56.5 136 27.8 22.7-33.5 121 21.9 17.3-27.2
45-54 482 245 45.1 38.5-51.8 109 23.4 17.9-29.9 128 31.6 25.5-38.4
55-64 441 231 54.3 47.7-60.8 74 15.9 11.7-21.3 136 29.7 24.0-36.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 183 78 43.2 31.9-55.1 41 15.9 10.2-24.0 64 40.9 28.9-54.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 560 239 43.7 37.4-50.3 141 23.9 19.0-29.7 180 32.3 26.5-38.7
Some Post-H.S. 503 249 44.1 37.3-51.2 125 29.3 23.0-36.5 129 26.6 20.7-33.5
College Graduate 667 401 58.5 53.1-63.7 125 20.9 16.7-25.9 141 20.6 16.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 61 41.7 29.3-55.2 30 30.8 17.8-47.6 29 27.6 16.5-42.3
$15,000- 24,999 250 124 49.1 39.2-59.2 54 23.5 15.8-33.5 72 27.3 19.3-37.2
$25,000- 34,999 204 85 47.6 37.4-58.0 59 27.7 19.6-37.6 60 24.7 17.2-34.2
$35,000- 49,999 328 164 43.0 35.5-50.9 76 28.9 22.1-36.9 88 28.0 21.3-35.9
$50,000-74,999 299 164 51.3 42.7-59.8 70 27.5 19.6-37.1 65 21.2 15.2-28.8
$75,000+ 386 223 56.9 49.6-63.9 73 20.6 15.2-27.3 90 22.6 17.3-28.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 107 68 57.9 46.5-68.5 15 17.3 9.8-28.7 24 24.8 16.2-36.0
Guilford 79 38 46.0 34.0-58.5 18 30.5 19.1-44.9 23 23.5 15.1-34.6
Mecklenburg 84 45 55.5 40.9-69.2 22 26.7 15.8-41.6 17 17.7 10.3-28.8
Orange 113 77 63.9 52.9-73.6 16 17.0 10.1-27.2 20 19.1 11.9-29.1
Wake 111 54 48.8 38.4-59.3 22 17.8 11.0-27.7 35 33.4 24.2-43.9
Chatham/Lee 81 36 46.8 33.6-60.5 19 18.9 11.2-30.1 26 34.3 22.6-48.3
Nash/Wilson 64 30 44.3 30.9-58.6 13 29.5 16.3-47.3 21 26.2 16.5-39.0
Craven/Pamlico 84 40 45.0 32.9-57.6 20 27.2 16.7-41.0 24 27.9 18.0-40.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 116 49 37.9 28.1-48.7 35 31.7 22.2-43.0 32 30.4 19.3-44.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 117 58 44.6 33.0-56.8 21 16.3 10.0-25.5 38 39.1 26.7-53.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 81 35 42.5 29.7-56.5 21 27.6 16.8-41.9 25 29.9 18.7-44.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 102 48 49.9 38.4-61.5 27 24.4 15.8-35.7 27 25.7 17.3-36.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 59 26 46.7 32.8-61.2 13 24.9 14.0-40.3 20 28.4 17.8-42.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 67 31 47.1 34.3-60.2 19 29.1 18.5-42.6 17 23.8 14.8-36.0
Northeast NC I 47 23 45.5 30.1-61.7 14 36.3 21.7-53.9 10 18.2 9.5-32.0
Northeast NC II 90 57 61.6 48.9-73.0 11 10.8 5.8-19.4 22 27.5 17.2-40.9
Northeastern Partnership 137 80 57.9 47.5-67.6 25 16.8 11.0-24.8 32 25.3 16.9-36.2
Mountain AHEC 294 163 51.8 42.1-61.4 60 18.1 12.9-25.0 71 30.0 20.3-42.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 538 266 47.2 40.3-54.1 124 25.4 19.6-32.1 148 27.5 21.3-34.6
Piedmont 880 435 48.9 44.1-53.6 206 24.0 20.1-28.4 239 27.1 23.1-31.5
Western NC 497 266 48.7 41.6-55.9 104 22.1 16.7-28.6 127 29.2 22.2-37.3

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^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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