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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

Leisure Time Physical Activity *

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,452 6,865 75.0 73.6-76.3 2,587 25.0 23.7-26.4
-Western NC 2,079 1,528 73.4 70.1-76.4 551 26.6 23.6-29.9
GENDER
Male 779 598 75.2 69.5-80.2 181 24.8 19.8-30.5
Female 1,300 930 71.7 68.1-75.1 370 28.3 24.9-31.9
RACE
White 1,892 1,392 74.4 71.2-77.3 500 25.6 22.7-28.8
African American 74 56 71.3 46.6-87.6 18 28.7 12.4-53.4
Other Minorities 104 72 56.7 35.9-75.3 32 43.3 24.7-64.1
AGE
18-24 136 111 84.8 74.9-91.2 25 15.2 8.8-25.1
25-34 282 230 84.0 76.5-89.4 52 16.0 10.6-23.5
35-44 342 259 69.9 60.4-77.9 83 30.1 22.1-39.6
45-54 383 283 68.7 59.5-76.7 100 31.3 23.3-40.5
55-64 355 247 70.2 62.9-76.6 108 29.8 23.4-37.1
65-74 344 255 74.8 67.8-80.6 89 25.2 19.4-32.2
75+ 220 131 60.4 51.8-68.4 89 39.6 31.6-48.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 351 195 54.1 43.7-64.3 156 45.9 35.7-56.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 645 428 69.2 63.3-74.5 217 30.8 25.5-36.7
Some Post-H.S. 547 433 80.9 74.9-85.7 114 19.1 14.3-25.1
College Graduate 529 467 86.1 81.3-89.9 62 13.9 10.1-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 272 160 58.9 50.2-67.1 112 41.1 32.9-49.8
$15,000- 24,999 407 286 68.0 58.6-76.1 121 32.0 23.9-41.4
$25,000- 34,999 255 194 79.1 71.7-85.0 61 20.9 15.0-28.3
$35,000- 49,999 270 214 75.9 65.8-83.7 56 24.1 16.3-34.2
$50,000-74,999 206 176 86.1 78.1-91.5 30 13.9 8.5-21.9
$75,000+ 206 185 88.5 80.3-93.6 21 11.5 6.4-19.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 354 78.8 74.2-82.8 100 21.2 17.2-25.8
Guilford 446 344 78.0 73.1-82.3 102 22.0 17.7-26.9
Mecklenburg 449 353 78.1 73.1-82.4 96 21.9 17.6-26.9
Orange 452 393 82.7 73.4-89.2 59 17.3 10.8-26.6
Wake 453 371 80.3 75.2-84.6 82 19.7 15.4-24.8
Chatham/Lee 400 287 73.2 67.5-78.1 113 26.8 21.9-32.5
Nash/Wilson 380 264 71.4 66.0-76.3 116 28.6 23.7-34.0
Craven/Pamlico 455 340 75.8 70.9-80.0 115 24.2 20.0-29.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 309 71.5 66.3-76.2 129 28.5 23.8-33.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 320 74.4 69.4-78.9 135 25.6 21.1-30.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 479 313 69.4 62.7-75.5 166 30.6 24.5-37.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 318 64.6 50.5-76.5 108 35.4 23.5-49.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 302 64.6 59.4-69.4 174 35.4 30.6-40.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 420 256 61.5 55.5-67.1 164 38.5 32.9-44.5
Northeast NC I 461 315 68.8 63.1-74.0 146 31.2 26.0-36.9
Northeast NC II 513 361 73.1 68.5-77.2 152 26.9 22.8-31.5
Northeastern Partnership 974 676 71.6 68.0-74.9 298 28.4 25.1-32.0
Mountain AHEC 1,308 993 76.5 72.8-79.8 315 23.5 20.2-27.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,320 2,282 73.2 70.8-75.5 1,038 26.8 24.5-29.2
Piedmont 4,053 3,055 76.3 74.3-78.2 998 23.7 21.8-25.7

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*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.

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