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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,118 3,242 37.7 36.1-39.4 5,876 62.3 60.6-63.9
-Piedmont NC 3,921 1,421 37.6 35.3-39.9 2,500 62.4 60.1-64.7
GENDER
Male 1,474 564 40.6 36.9-44.4 910 59.4 55.6-63.1
Female 2,447 857 34.8 32.1-37.6 1,590 65.2 62.4-67.9
RACE
White 2,881 1,118 39.9 37.2-42.6 1,763 60.1 57.4-62.8
African American 784 238 36.3 31.3-41.6 546 63.7 58.4-68.7
Other Minorities 201 48 22.4 15.2-31.7 153 77.6 68.3-84.8
AGE
18-24 239 117 52.9 43.9-61.7 122 47.1 38.3-56.1
25-34 625 247 38.0 32.8-43.5 378 62.0 56.5-67.2
35-44 830 328 40.5 36.0-45.3 502 59.5 54.7-64.0
45-54 800 281 31.6 27.2-36.3 519 68.4 63.7-72.8
55-64 588 205 35.6 30.3-41.2 383 64.4 58.8-69.7
65-74 441 141 32.0 26.3-38.3 300 68.0 61.7-73.7
75+ 368 93 25.5 19.8-32.2 275 74.5 67.8-80.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 558 115 19.2 15.0-24.3 443 80.8 75.7-85.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,024 315 35.2 30.6-40.2 709 64.8 59.8-69.4
Some Post-H.S. 930 354 44.0 39.2-48.9 576 56.0 51.1-60.8
College Graduate 1,396 633 43.2 39.6-46.8 763 56.8 53.2-60.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 347 99 30.6 23.5-38.7 248 69.4 61.3-76.5
$15,000- 24,999 645 199 33.3 27.8-39.4 446 66.7 60.6-72.2
$25,000- 34,999 392 141 35.8 29.0-43.3 251 64.2 56.7-71.0
$35,000- 49,999 532 206 39.4 33.6-45.4 326 60.6 54.6-66.4
$50,000-74,999 463 193 39.2 33.1-45.7 270 60.8 54.3-66.9
$75,000+ 654 322 50.5 45.2-55.8 332 49.5 44.2-54.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 439 169 39.5 34.1-45.2 270 60.5 54.8-65.9
Guilford 437 165 41.0 35.5-46.7 272 59.0 53.3-64.5
Mecklenburg 443 167 37.3 31.6-43.5 276 62.7 56.5-68.4
Orange 440 212 45.7 38.5-53.1 228 54.3 46.9-61.5
Wake 440 177 38.9 33.5-44.5 263 61.1 55.5-66.5
Chatham/Lee 382 124 30.2 24.9-36.2 258 69.8 63.8-75.1
Nash/Wilson 367 100 29.3 24.0-35.2 267 70.7 64.8-76.0
Craven/Pamlico 442 158 37.1 31.8-42.8 284 62.9 57.2-68.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 424 124 29.6 24.7-35.0 300 70.4 65.0-75.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 441 163 41.1 34.4-48.2 278 58.9 51.8-65.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 463 144 35.0 26.3-44.9 319 65.0 55.1-73.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 409 186 42.9 33.3-53.1 223 57.1 46.9-66.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 459 132 31.3 26.4-36.7 327 68.7 63.3-73.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 404 115 29.0 24.0-34.6 289 71.0 65.4-76.0
Northeast NC I 441 135 28.9 24.1-34.3 306 71.1 65.7-75.9
Northeast NC II 491 177 35.7 30.7-41.0 314 64.3 59.0-69.3
Northeastern Partnership 932 312 33.3 29.6-37.3 620 66.7 62.7-70.4
Mountain AHEC 1,256 510 41.3 36.8-45.9 746 58.7 54.1-63.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,193 1,053 36.6 33.7-39.5 2,140 63.4 60.5-66.3
Piedmont 3,921 1,421 37.6 35.3-39.9 2,500 62.4 60.1-64.7
Western NC 2,004 768 40.4 36.8-44.2 1,236 59.6 55.8-63.2

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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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