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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 16,491 6,556 42.1 41.0-43.1 9,935 57.9 56.9-59.0
GENDER
Male 5,921 2,614 46.1 44.3-47.8 3,307 53.9 52.2-55.7
Female 10,570 3,942 38.3 37.1-39.5 6,628 61.7 60.5-62.9
RACE
White 12,484 5,303 45.6 44.4-46.8 7,181 54.4 53.2-55.6
African American 2,844 879 34.5 31.9-37.1 1,965 65.5 62.9-68.1
Asian 113 44 34.9 25.4-45.7 69 65.1 54.3-74.6
Native American 284 120 45.6 38.2-53.2 164 54.4 46.8-61.8
Other Minorities 709 188 24.6 20.3-29.4 521 75.4 70.6-79.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 862 233 23.6 20.2-27.4 629 76.4 72.6-79.8
-English Speaking 259 111 41.0 33.7-48.8 148 59.0 51.2-66.3
-Spanish Speaking 603 122 18.6 15.0-22.9 481 81.4 77.1-85.0
Non-Hispanic 15,616 6,319 43.9 42.9-45.0 9,297 56.1 55.0-57.1
AGE
18-24 783 393 52.5 47.9-57.0 390 47.5 43.0-52.1
25-34 2,319 1,037 44.3 41.8-46.8 1,282 55.7 53.2-58.2
35-44 3,089 1,326 43.2 41.0-45.3 1,763 56.8 54.7-59.0
45-54 3,208 1,284 39.9 37.8-42.1 1,924 60.1 57.9-62.2
55-64 3,026 1,148 39.6 37.4-41.7 1,878 60.4 58.3-62.6
65-74 2,246 820 37.5 35.1-39.9 1,426 62.5 60.1-64.9
75+ 1,749 520 30.2 27.6-32.8 1,229 69.8 67.2-72.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,560 697 30.0 27.2-33.0 1,863 70.0 67.0-72.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,953 1,819 40.2 38.2-42.2 3,134 59.8 57.8-61.8
Some Post-H.S. 4,026 1,664 44.6 42.5-46.8 2,362 55.4 53.2-57.5
College Graduate 4,922 2,365 48.9 47.1-50.6 2,557 51.1 49.4-52.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,967 580 31.4 28.5-34.5 1,387 68.6 65.5-71.5
$15,000- 24,999 2,955 1,019 34.5 32.0-37.1 1,936 65.5 62.9-68.0
$25,000- 34,999 2,036 840 43.9 40.8-47.1 1,196 56.1 52.9-59.2
$35,000- 49,999 2,272 981 45.2 42.5-47.9 1,291 54.8 52.1-57.5
$50,000-74,999 2,185 983 46.8 44.0-49.6 1,202 53.2 50.4-56.0
$75,000+ 2,714 1,355 51.0 48.7-53.3 1,359 49.0 46.7-51.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,166 1,535 32.4 30.5-34.3 3,631 67.6 65.7-69.5
No 11,046 4,913 45.8 44.5-47.0 6,133 54.2 53.0-55.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,223 1,014 48.9 46.2-51.6 1,209 51.1 48.4-53.8
Non-Veteran 14,259 5,538 41.0 39.9-42.2 8,721 59.0 57.8-60.1

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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.

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