BRFSS 2005 - Western North Carolina**: (Leisure Time Physical Activity *)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,247	12,560	74.4	73.5-75.3	4,687	25.6	24.7-26.5
-Western NC	2,003	1,463	73.7	71.0-76.2	540	26.3	23.8-29.0
GENDER
Male	714	549	75.1	70.5-79.2	165	24.9	20.8-29.5
Female	1,289	914	72.5	69.3-75.5	375	27.5	24.5-30.7
RACE
White	1,783	1,329	76.6	74.0-79.0	454	23.4	21.0-26.0
African American	94	59	52.0	36.7-67.0	35	48.0	33.0-63.3
Other Minorities	125	75	57.4	44.5-69.3	50	42.6	30.7-55.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	79	34	42.0	28.4-57.0	45	58.0	43.0-71.6
Non-Hispanic	1,922	1,428	76.3	73.8-78.7	494	23.7	21.3-26.2
AGE
18-24	101	78	74.0	61.6-83.5	23	26.0	16.5-38.4
25-34	267	206	75.9	68.4-82.1	61	24.1	17.9-31.6
35-44	311	235	76.3	70.2-81.5	76	23.7	18.5-29.8
45-54	349	253	70.8	64.7-76.3	96	29.2	23.7-35.3
55-64	380	266	73.6	68.2-78.4	114	26.4	21.6-31.8
65-74	310	234	76.4	70.6-81.4	76	23.6	18.6-29.4
75+	277	184	66.8	60.1-73.0	93	33.2	27.0-39.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	348	190	57.2	49.5-64.7	158	42.8	35.3-50.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	611	422	68.8	63.4-73.7	189	31.2	26.3-36.6
Some Post-H.S.	480	371	81.0	76.5-84.8	109	19.0	15.2-23.5
College Graduate	555	472	85.3	81.5-88.5	83	14.7	11.5-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	282	171	63.7	55.6-71.0	111	36.3	29.0-44.4
$15,000- 24,999	416	268	61.5	54.7-67.8	148	38.5	32.2-45.3
$25,000- 34,999	269	190	69.9	62.5-76.4	79	30.1	23.6-37.5
$35,000- 49,999	294	242	84.0	78.6-88.2	52	16.0	11.8-21.4
$50,000-74,999	215	183	86.4	80.4-90.8	32	13.6	9.2-19.6
$75,000+	226	195	87.2	81.3-91.4	31	12.8	8.6-18.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	675	402	63.7	58.9-68.2	273	36.3	31.8-41.1
No	1,276	1,022	77.8	74.3-80.9	254	22.2	19.1-25.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	266	211	79.9	73.7-85.0	55	20.1	15.0-26.3
Non-Veteran	1,736	1,251	72.8	69.8-75.6	485	27.2	24.4-30.2

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*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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Western NC	2,003	1,463	73.7	71.0-76.2	540	26.3	23.8-29.0
GENDER
Male	714	549	75.1	70.5-79.2	165	24.9	20.8-29.5
Female	1,289	914	72.5	69.3-75.5	375	27.5	24.5-30.7
RACE
White	1,783	1,329	76.6	74.0-79.0	454	23.4	21.0-26.0
African American	94	59	52.0	36.7-67.0	35	48.0	33.0-63.3
Other Minorities	125	75	57.4	44.5-69.3	50	42.6	30.7-55.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	79	34	42.0	28.4-57.0	45	58.0	43.0-71.6
Non-Hispanic	1,922	1,428	76.3	73.8-78.7	494	23.7	21.3-26.2
AGE
18-24	101	78	74.0	61.6-83.5	23	26.0	16.5-38.4
25-34	267	206	75.9	68.4-82.1	61	24.1	17.9-31.6
35-44	311	235	76.3	70.2-81.5	76	23.7	18.5-29.8
45-54	349	253	70.8	64.7-76.3	96	29.2	23.7-35.3
55-64	380	266	73.6	68.2-78.4	114	26.4	21.6-31.8
65-74	310	234	76.4	70.6-81.4	76	23.6	18.6-29.4
75+	277	184	66.8	60.1-73.0	93	33.2	27.0-39.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	348	190	57.2	49.5-64.7	158	42.8	35.3-50.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	611	422	68.8	63.4-73.7	189	31.2	26.3-36.6
Some Post-H.S.	480	371	81.0	76.5-84.8	109	19.0	15.2-23.5
College Graduate	555	472	85.3	81.5-88.5	83	14.7	11.5-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	282	171	63.7	55.6-71.0	111	36.3	29.0-44.4
$15,000- 24,999	416	268	61.5	54.7-67.8	148	38.5	32.2-45.3
$25,000- 34,999	269	190	69.9	62.5-76.4	79	30.1	23.6-37.5
$35,000- 49,999	294	242	84.0	78.6-88.2	52	16.0	11.8-21.4
$50,000-74,999	215	183	86.4	80.4-90.8	32	13.6	9.2-19.6
$75,000+	226	195	87.2	81.3-91.4	31	12.8	8.6-18.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	675	402	63.7	58.9-68.2	273	36.3	31.8-41.1
No	1,276	1,022	77.8	74.3-80.9	254	22.2	19.1-25.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	266	211	79.9	73.7-85.0	55	20.1	15.0-26.3
Non-Veteran	1,736	1,251	72.8	69.8-75.6	485	27.2	24.4-30.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

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