BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,247	12,560	74.4	73.5-75.3	4,687	25.6	24.7-26.5
-Mecklenburg County	881	692	78.8	75.1-82.1	189	21.2	17.9-24.9
GENDER
Male	313	257	82.6	76.5-87.4	56	17.4	12.6-23.5
Female	568	435	75.1	70.4-79.2	133	24.9	20.8-29.6
RACE
White	602	510	87.8	84.8-90.2	92	12.2	9.8-15.2
Other	275	178	62.0	54.0-69.3	97	38.0	30.7-46.0
AGE
18-44	346	272	78.3	72.1-83.4	74	21.7	16.6-27.9
45+	526	412	79.3	75.2-82.9	114	20.7	17.1-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	148	62.7	53.5-71.1	83	37.3	28.9-46.5
Some College +	648	543	85.7	82.5-88.3	105	14.3	11.7-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	250	67.2	60.0-73.6	112	32.8	26.4-40.0
$50,000+	385	345	91.6	88.3-94.0	40	8.4	6.0-11.7

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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: 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,247	12,560	74.4	73.5-75.3	4,687	25.6	24.7-26.5
-Mecklenburg County	881	692	78.8	75.1-82.1	189	21.2	17.9-24.9
GENDER
Male	313	257	82.6	76.5-87.4	56	17.4	12.6-23.5
Female	568	435	75.1	70.4-79.2	133	24.9	20.8-29.6
RACE
White	602	510	87.8	84.8-90.2	92	12.2	9.8-15.2
Other	275	178	62.0	54.0-69.3	97	38.0	30.7-46.0
AGE
18-44	346	272	78.3	72.1-83.4	74	21.7	16.6-27.9
45+	526	412	79.3	75.2-82.9	114	20.7	17.1-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	148	62.7	53.5-71.1	83	37.3	28.9-46.5
Some College +	648	543	85.7	82.5-88.3	105	14.3	11.7-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	250	67.2	60.0-73.6	112	32.8	26.4-40.0
$50,000+	385	345	91.6	88.3-94.0	40	8.4	6.0-11.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Exercise

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