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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 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,681 | 7,184 | 76.0 | 74.8-77.1 | 2,497 | 24.0 | 22.9-25.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,529 | 2,751 | 79.3 | 77.4-81.1 | 778 | 20.7 | 18.9-22.6 |
Female | 6,152 | 4,433 | 72.8 | 71.3-74.2 | 1,719 | 27.2 | 25.8-28.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,518 | 5,767 | 79.6 | 78.4-80.8 | 1,751 | 20.4 | 19.2-21.6 |
African American | 1,575 | 1,049 | 68.9 | 65.7-72.0 | 526 | 31.1 | 28.0-34.3 |
Other Minorities | 547 | 333 | 61.0 | 55.3-66.4 | 214 | 39.0 | 33.6-44.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 557 | 304 | 55.1 | 49.4-60.6 | 253 | 44.9 | 39.4-50.6 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,118 | 6,875 | 78.3 | 77.2-79.4 | 2,243 | 21.7 | 20.6-22.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 439 | 330 | 77.7 | 72.5-82.3 | 109 | 22.3 | 17.7-27.5 |
25-34 | 1,361 | 1,054 | 77.0 | 74.0-79.8 | 307 | 23.0 | 20.2-26.0 |
35-44 | 1,891 | 1,472 | 78.6 | 76.1-80.8 | 419 | 21.4 | 19.2-23.9 |
45-54 | 1,843 | 1,400 | 76.7 | 74.3-78.9 | 443 | 23.3 | 21.1-25.7 |
55-64 | 1,731 | 1,256 | 73.7 | 71.1-76.2 | 475 | 26.3 | 23.8-28.9 |
65-74 | 1,303 | 927 | 72.4 | 69.4-75.2 | 376 | 27.6 | 24.8-30.6 |
75+ | 1,064 | 705 | 68.7 | 65.3-71.9 | 359 | 31.3 | 28.1-34.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,514 | 839 | 57.0 | 53.1-60.9 | 675 | 43.0 | 39.1-46.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,757 | 1,885 | 71.2 | 68.9-73.4 | 872 | 28.8 | 26.6-31.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,301 | 1,765 | 78.6 | 76.2-80.8 | 536 | 21.4 | 19.2-23.8 |
College Graduate | 3,090 | 2,684 | 87.9 | 86.3-89.3 | 406 | 12.1 | 10.7-13.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,043 | 596 | 56.5 | 52.0-61.0 | 447 | 43.5 | 39.0-48.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,644 | 1,053 | 64.7 | 61.2-68.1 | 591 | 35.3 | 31.9-38.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,138 | 832 | 74.3 | 70.7-77.5 | 306 | 25.7 | 22.5-29.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,265 | 989 | 78.7 | 75.6-81.6 | 276 | 21.3 | 18.4-24.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,312 | 1,077 | 82.9 | 79.9-85.5 | 235 | 17.1 | 14.5-20.1 |
$75,000+ | 1,813 | 1,601 | 89.7 | 88.0-91.2 | 212 | 10.3 | 8.8-12.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,841 | 1,741 | 63.4 | 61.0-65.9 | 1,100 | 36.6 | 34.1-39.0 |
No | 6,570 | 5,256 | 80.5 | 79.2-81.8 | 1,314 | 19.5 | 18.2-20.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,152 | 881 | 78.6 | 75.5-81.3 | 271 | 21.4 | 18.7-24.5 |
Non-Veteran | 8,517 | 6,297 | 75.7 | 74.4-76.9 | 2,220 | 24.3 | 23.1-25.6 |
*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, 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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