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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,491 6,556 42.1 41.0-43.1 6,756 39.7 38.7-40.8 3,179 18.2 17.4-19.0
-Mecklenburg County 849 362 43.4 39.2-47.7 357 40.5 36.4-44.7 130 16.1 13.0-19.8
GENDER
Male 304 142 46.0 39.3-53.0 118 38.2 31.7-45.0 44 15.8 11.1-22.1
Female 545 220 40.8 36.0-45.8 239 42.8 38.0-47.7 86 16.4 12.8-20.7
RACE
White 585 285 49.6 44.6-54.6 234 40.6 35.8-45.5 66 9.9 7.4-13.1
Other 260 74 31.2 24.3-39.0 122 40.7 33.3-48.4 64 28.2 21.2-36.4
AGE
18-44 330 147 45.1 38.5-51.8 135 38.3 32.1-44.9 48 16.6 11.8-22.9
45+ 512 212 41.4 36.6-46.3 218 42.8 38.0-47.8 82 15.8 12.5-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 55 25.1 17.8-34.1 109 46.3 37.2-55.6 56 28.6 20.6-38.3
Some College + 627 306 50.8 46.2-55.4 247 38.2 33.9-42.7 74 11.0 8.6-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 350 123 36.5 29.9-43.7 155 40.3 33.6-47.3 72 23.2 17.3-30.4
$50,000+ 373 194 52.8 46.9-58.7 154 40.8 35.2-46.6 25 6.4 4.1- 9.7

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activit y, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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