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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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During the past month, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,036 11,128 74.8 73.9-75.7 3,908 25.2 24.3-26.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 601 429 73.9 69.4-77.9 172 26.1 22.1-30.6
GENDER
Male 215 149 73.5 66.2-79.7 66 26.5 20.3-33.8
Female 386 280 74.2 68.5-79.2 106 25.8 20.8-31.5
RACE
White 506 372 74.9 70.2-79.1 134 25.1 20.9-29.8
Other 92 55 64.6 48.5-77.9 37 35.4 22.1-51.5
AGE
18-44 203 153 77.4 69.8-83.5 50 22.6 16.5-30.2
45+ 393 271 71.3 65.5-76.4 122 28.7 23.6-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 287 173 62.1 54.7-68.9 114 37.9 31.1-45.3
Some College + 310 254 84.7 79.5-88.7 56 15.3 11.3-20.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 346 224 66.5 60.0-72.4 122 33.5 27.6-40.0
$50,000+ 123 108 88.4 80.7-93.3 15 11.6 6.7-19.3

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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