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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 570 420 75.9 71.1-80.1 150 24.1 19.9-28.9
GENDER
Male 219 162 77.6 69.8-83.9 57 22.4 16.1-30.2
Female 351 258 74.4 68.1-79.8 93 25.6 20.2-31.9
RACE
White 507 377 77.1 72.3-81.3 130 22.9 18.7-27.7
Other 62 42 59.0 38.4-76.9 20 41.0 23.1-61.6
AGE
18-44 137 105 79.6 70.2-86.6 32 20.4 13.4-29.8
45+ 432 314 73.5 68.0-78.3 118 26.5 21.7-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 264 166 65.9 57.5-73.4 98 34.1 26.6-42.5
Some College + 302 251 84.9 79.7-89.0 51 15.1 11.0-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 367 256 71.2 64.6-77.0 111 28.8 23.0-35.4
$50,000+ 127 110 86.0 77.1-91.8 17 14.0 8.2-22.9

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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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