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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Exercise

During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises
such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,644 11,529 76.2 75.3-77.1 4,115 23.8 22.9-24.7
-Mtn. AHEC 929 695 76.1 72.3-79.5 234 23.9 20.5-27.7
GENDER
Male 347 260 77.3 71.1-82.5 87 22.7 17.5-28.9
Female 582 435 75.1 70.2-79.4 147 24.9 20.6-29.8
RACE
White 827 625 77.5 73.7-81.0 202 22.5 19.0-26.3
Other 98 67 61.2 46.3-74.3 31 38.8 25.7-53.7
AGE
18-44 242 188 78.2 71.0-84.1 54 21.8 15.9-29.0
45+ 686 506 74.6 70.3-78.4 180 25.4 21.6-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 393 247 65.1 58.2-71.4 146 34.9 28.6-41.8
Some College + 531 444 84.9 80.8-88.3 87 15.1 11.7-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 563 392 70.6 65.2-75.4 171 29.4 24.6-34.8
$50,000+ 235 209 88.0 81.9-92.2 26 12.0 7.8-18.1

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^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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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