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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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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 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 462 | 337 | 74.7 | 69.0-79.6 | 125 | 25.3 | 20.4-31.0 |
Buncombe | 453 | 348 | 76.5 | 70.2-81.8 | 105 | 23.5 | 18.2-29.8 |
Cabarrus | 423 | 311 | 75.3 | 69.4-80.3 | 112 | 24.7 | 19.7-30.6 |
Catawba | 448 | 326 | 74.0 | 68.8-78.6 | 122 | 26.0 | 21.4-31.2 |
Cumberland | 456 | 346 | 77.6 | 72.7-81.8 | 110 | 22.4 | 18.2-27.3 |
Davidson | 458 | 309 | 71.9 | 66.2-77.0 | 149 | 28.1 | 23.0-33.8 |
Durham | 467 | 361 | 73.9 | 67.9-79.2 | 106 | 26.1 | 20.8-32.1 |
Forsyth | 457 | 353 | 79.5 | 74.8-83.5 | 104 | 20.5 | 16.5-25.2 |
Gaston | 449 | 320 | 69.8 | 63.4-75.6 | 129 | 30.2 | 24.4-36.6 |
Guilford | 471 | 349 | 75.2 | 69.9-79.8 | 122 | 24.8 | 20.2-30.1 |
Iredell | 407 | 309 | 76.7 | 71.4-81.2 | 98 | 23.3 | 18.8-28.6 |
Johnston | 389 | 283 | 76.4 | 70.6-81.3 | 106 | 23.6 | 18.7-29.4 |
Mecklenburg | 881 | 692 | 78.8 | 75.1-82.1 | 189 | 21.2 | 17.9-24.9 |
New Hanover | 450 | 364 | 81.6 | 76.9-85.5 | 86 | 18.4 | 14.5-23.1 |
Onslow | 397 | 301 | 77.0 | 71.5-81.8 | 96 | 23.0 | 18.2-28.5 |
Orange | 421 | 360 | 83.5 | 77.1-88.4 | 61 | 16.5 | 11.6-22.9 |
Pitt | 443 | 325 | 72.5 | 66.0-78.2 | 118 | 27.5 | 21.8-34.0 |
Randolph | 457 | 303 | 68.2 | 63.0-73.0 | 154 | 31.8 | 27.0-37.0 |
Robeson | 448 | 266 | 59.3 | 53.3-65.0 | 182 | 40.7 | 35.0-46.7 |
Rowan | 475 | 307 | 68.6 | 63.3-73.6 | 168 | 31.4 | 26.4-36.7 |
Union | 383 | 306 | 79.0 | 73.6-83.6 | 77 | 21.0 | 16.4-26.4 |
Wake | 861 | 683 | 80.2 | 76.6-83.4 | 178 | 19.8 | 16.6-23.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 472 | 349 | 77.3 | 72.2-81.8 | 123 | 22.7 | 18.2-27.8 |
Northeast Partnership II | 511 | 355 | 70.3 | 65.0-75.1 | 156 | 29.7 | 24.9-35.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 519 | 312 | 61.1 | 55.4-66.5 | 207 | 38.9 | 33.5-44.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 425 | 304 | 73.8 | 68.1-78.8 | 121 | 26.2 | 21.2-31.9 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 527 | 339 | 66.5 | 61.2-71.4 | 188 | 33.5 | 28.6-38.8 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 429 | 306 | 71.1 | 65.6-76.1 | 123 | 28.9 | 23.9-34.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 478 | 346 | 72.5 | 67.1-77.3 | 132 | 27.5 | 22.7-32.9 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 525 | 394 | 74.2 | 69.0-78.7 | 131 | 25.8 | 21.3-31.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 649 | 455 | 72.6 | 68.1-76.7 | 194 | 27.4 | 23.3-31.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 470 | 330 | 72.0 | 66.7-76.8 | 140 | 28.0 | 23.2-33.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 408 | 293 | 73.1 | 67.6-78.1 | 115 | 26.9 | 21.9-32.4 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 511 | 354 | 71.4 | 66.1-76.1 | 157 | 28.6 | 23.9-33.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 767 | 564 | 74.7 | 70.4-78.7 | 203 | 25.3 | 21.3-29.6 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 1,189 | 784 | 68.8 | 65.3-72.2 | 405 | 31.2 | 27.8-34.7 |
No | 16,058 | 11,776 | 74.7 | 73.8-75.6 | 4,282 | 25.3 | 24.4-26.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 5,563 | 3,913 | 71.7 | 70.1-73.3 | 1,650 | 28.3 | 26.7-29.9 |
Piedmont | 9,681 | 7,184 | 76.0 | 74.8-77.1 | 2,497 | 24.0 | 22.9-25.2 |
Western NC | 2,003 | 1,463 | 73.7 | 71.0-76.2 | 540 | 26.3 | 23.8-29.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,220 | 912 | 75.3 | 71.8-78.5 | 308 | 24.7 | 21.5-28.2 |
Northwest | 3,283 | 2,334 | 73.6 | 71.6-75.5 | 949 | 26.4 | 24.5-28.4 |
Charlotte | 2,552 | 1,933 | 76.2 | 73.8-78.4 | 619 | 23.8 | 21.6-26.2 |
Greensboro | 2,226 | 1,659 | 75.4 | 72.8-77.8 | 567 | 24.6 | 22.2-27.2 |
Southern Regional | 1,792 | 1,207 | 68.6 | 65.5-71.5 | 585 | 31.4 | 28.5-34.5 |
Coastal | 877 | 669 | 74.7 | 70.9-78.1 | 208 | 25.3 | 21.9-29.1 |
Wake | 2,424 | 1,836 | 77.6 | 75.3-79.8 | 588 | 22.4 | 20.2-24.7 |
Area L | 702 | 456 | 66.8 | 61.9-71.3 | 246 | 33.2 | 28.7-38.1 |
Eastern | 2,171 | 1,554 | 73.8 | 71.3-76.1 | 617 | 26.2 | 23.9-28.7 |
*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, Edgecombe, 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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