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| Total Respond.^ |
Meets Recommendation | Some Physical Activity | Physically Inactive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 16,491 | 6,556 | 42.1 | 41.0-43.1 | 6,756 | 39.7 | 38.7-40.8 | 3,179 | 18.2 | 17.4-19.0 |
| -Western NC | 1,902 | 804 | 43.8 | 40.8-46.8 | 756 | 39.5 | 36.7-42.5 | 342 | 16.7 | 14.6-19.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 678 | 314 | 48.3 | 43.4-53.3 | 249 | 35.5 | 31.0-40.2 | 115 | 16.2 | 13.1-19.9 |
| Female | 1,224 | 490 | 39.8 | 36.4-43.3 | 507 | 43.1 | 39.5-46.8 | 227 | 17.1 | 14.4-20.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,693 | 728 | 45.6 | 42.5-48.7 | 691 | 40.8 | 37.8-43.9 | 274 | 13.6 | 11.8-15.6 |
| African American | 88 | 30 | 36.6 | 22.1-54.1 | 28 | 28.2 | 17.3-42.3 | 30 | 35.2 | 21.8-51.3 |
| Other Minorities | 120 | 46 | 30.3 | 20.2-42.8 | 37 | 34.1 | 22.8-47.5 | 37 | 35.6 | 24.2-48.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 77 | 21 | 20.7 | 11.3-34.7 | 20 | 31.3 | 18.8-47.1 | 36 | 48.1 | 33.7-62.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,824 | 783 | 45.8 | 42.7-48.8 | 736 | 40.3 | 37.4-43.3 | 305 | 13.9 | 12.2-15.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 100 | 54 | 55.0 | 42.5-66.9 | 29 | 32.6 | 22.0-45.4 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.1-20.9 |
| 25-34 | 258 | 125 | 47.7 | 40.4-55.1 | 96 | 34.9 | 28.5-42.0 | 37 | 17.4 | 12.0-24.5 |
| 35-44 | 302 | 144 | 45.5 | 38.7-52.4 | 118 | 40.4 | 33.7-47.5 | 40 | 14.1 | 9.7-20.1 |
| 45-54 | 334 | 148 | 42.6 | 36.4-48.9 | 141 | 43.8 | 37.6-50.2 | 45 | 13.6 | 9.8-18.6 |
| 55-64 | 364 | 142 | 38.8 | 33.0-44.9 | 154 | 45.6 | 39.6-51.8 | 68 | 15.6 | 11.8-20.3 |
| 65-74 | 282 | 113 | 42.3 | 35.8-49.1 | 114 | 40.2 | 33.8-47.0 | 55 | 17.4 | 13.1-22.8 |
| 75+ | 256 | 76 | 28.7 | 22.8-35.4 | 101 | 41.1 | 34.3-48.3 | 79 | 30.2 | 24.1-37.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 323 | 100 | 36.2 | 28.2-44.9 | 123 | 36.3 | 29.2-44.2 | 100 | 27.5 | 21.2-34.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 583 | 235 | 42.1 | 36.8-47.7 | 233 | 40.5 | 35.3-45.9 | 115 | 17.4 | 13.7-21.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 458 | 197 | 43.0 | 37.2-49.1 | 189 | 42.9 | 37.0-49.0 | 72 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.2 |
| College Graduate | 532 | 267 | 51.9 | 46.8-57.0 | 211 | 37.9 | 33.2-42.9 | 54 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 266 | 88 | 35.4 | 27.7-44.0 | 101 | 36.5 | 29.2-44.5 | 77 | 28.1 | 21.0-36.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 396 | 150 | 39.8 | 33.2-46.8 | 163 | 40.1 | 33.7-46.9 | 83 | 20.1 | 15.4-25.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 260 | 107 | 43.4 | 36.0-51.1 | 106 | 39.7 | 32.5-47.5 | 47 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 283 | 140 | 48.4 | 41.3-55.6 | 118 | 43.4 | 36.4-50.7 | 25 | 8.1 | 5.1-12.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 205 | 101 | 54.0 | 44.8-62.9 | 87 | 38.5 | 30.4-47.4 | 17 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.4 |
| $75,000+ | 218 | 119 | 50.7 | 42.8-58.5 | 80 | 41.9 | 34.2-50.1 | 19 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 637 | 209 | 34.5 | 29.7-39.6 | 228 | 38.0 | 32.9-43.4 | 200 | 27.6 | 23.4-32.1 |
| No | 1,233 | 584 | 47.7 | 44.0-51.5 | 516 | 40.6 | 37.0-44.2 | 133 | 11.7 | 9.4-14.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 252 | 107 | 41.5 | 34.5-48.8 | 106 | 42.8 | 35.8-50.2 | 39 | 15.7 | 11.0-21.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,650 | 697 | 44.1 | 40.9-47.5 | 650 | 39.1 | 35.9-42.3 | 303 | 16.8 | 14.6-19.3 |
*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activit
y, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.
^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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