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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 16,843 | 3,103 | 22.2 | 21.3-23.2 | 13,740 | 77.8 | 76.8-78.7 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,465 | 1,780 | 22.5 | 21.3-23.8 | 7,685 | 77.5 | 76.2-78.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,443 | 820 | 27.7 | 25.5-29.9 | 2,623 | 72.3 | 70.1-74.5 |
Female | 6,022 | 960 | 17.5 | 16.3-18.8 | 5,062 | 82.5 | 81.2-83.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,363 | 1,489 | 24.7 | 23.3-26.2 | 5,874 | 75.3 | 73.8-76.7 |
African American | 1,528 | 216 | 18.7 | 15.6-22.2 | 1,312 | 81.3 | 77.8-84.4 |
Other Minorities | 534 | 67 | 12.2 | 9.0-16.3 | 467 | 87.8 | 83.7-91.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 549 | 72 | 13.6 | 10.3-17.8 | 477 | 86.4 | 82.2-89.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 8,910 | 1,705 | 23.5 | 22.2-24.8 | 7,205 | 76.5 | 75.2-77.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 425 | 125 | 32.7 | 27.0-39.0 | 300 | 67.3 | 61.0-73.0 |
25-34 | 1,330 | 329 | 26.1 | 23.2-29.2 | 1,001 | 73.9 | 70.8-76.8 |
35-44 | 1,849 | 452 | 26.4 | 24.0-29.0 | 1,397 | 73.6 | 71.0-76.0 |
45-54 | 1,807 | 369 | 21.1 | 18.8-23.6 | 1,438 | 78.9 | 76.4-81.2 |
55-64 | 1,701 | 267 | 16.3 | 14.2-18.5 | 1,434 | 83.7 | 81.5-85.8 |
65-74 | 1,264 | 161 | 14.4 | 12.1-16.9 | 1,103 | 85.6 | 83.1-87.9 |
75+ | 1,045 | 72 | 7.6 | 5.8-10.0 | 973 | 92.4 | 90.0-94.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,468 | 122 | 13.9 | 10.8-17.9 | 1,346 | 86.1 | 82.1-89.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,676 | 386 | 17.9 | 15.8-20.3 | 2,290 | 82.1 | 79.7-84.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,261 | 396 | 22.4 | 19.7-25.2 | 1,865 | 77.6 | 74.8-80.3 |
College Graduate | 3,044 | 875 | 30.7 | 28.6-32.8 | 2,169 | 69.3 | 67.2-71.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,017 | 84 | 12.4 | 9.1-16.6 | 933 | 87.6 | 83.4-90.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,602 | 200 | 15.3 | 12.7-18.3 | 1,402 | 84.7 | 81.7-87.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,123 | 209 | 20.7 | 17.6-24.2 | 914 | 79.3 | 75.8-82.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,243 | 252 | 23.7 | 20.1-27.6 | 991 | 76.3 | 72.4-79.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,294 | 305 | 26.6 | 23.2-30.2 | 989 | 73.4 | 69.8-76.8 |
$75,000+ | 1,781 | 528 | 32.5 | 29.8-35.3 | 1,253 | 67.5 | 64.7-70.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,799 | 269 | 12.1 | 10.3-14.1 | 2,530 | 87.9 | 85.9-89.7 |
No | 6,498 | 1,477 | 25.8 | 24.3-27.4 | 5,021 | 74.2 | 72.6-75.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,129 | 233 | 25.5 | 21.9-29.5 | 896 | 74.5 | 70.5-78.1 |
Non-Veteran | 8,332 | 1,546 | 22.1 | 20.8-23.5 | 6,786 | 77.9 | 76.5-79.2 |
*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = 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 vigorous physical ac
tivity 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.
** 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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