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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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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%)
TOTAL 13,951 5,705 44.0 42.8-45.3 5,899 41.6 40.4-42.9 2,347 14.3 13.5-15.2
GENDER
Male 5,051 2,226 46.6 44.5-48.7 2,085 40.5 38.5-42.6 740 12.9 11.5-14.3
Female 8,900 3,479 41.6 40.1-43.1 3,814 42.7 41.2-44.2 1,607 15.7 14.7-16.8
RACE
White 10,967 4,689 46.8 45.4-48.3 4,613 41.3 39.9-42.8 1,665 11.8 11.0-12.7
African American 2,026 675 37.9 34.6-41.3 894 42.5 39.3-45.7 457 19.7 17.4-22.1
Asian 94 39 45.3 32.4-59.0 43 46.4 33.5-59.9 12 8.2 3.7-17.1
Native American 259 90 43.6 35.2-52.3 105 38.0 30.4-46.3 64 18.4 13.5-24.7
Other Minorities 562 190 33.3 28.0-39.2 231 42.3 36.4-48.6 141 24.3 19.3-30.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 564 180 31.0 25.9-36.6 247 43.8 37.9-49.8 137 25.2 20.1-31.1
-English Speaking 226 99 45.9 37.0-55.0 95 41.0 32.5-50.0 32 13.1 8.1-20.5
-Spanish Speaking 338 81 25.7 19.9-32.6 152 44.8 37.5-52.3 105 29.5 23.0-37.0
Non-Hispanic 13,357 5,513 45.1 43.8-46.5 5,642 41.4 40.1-42.7 2,202 13.4 12.6-14.3
AGE
18-24 467 234 50.4 44.5-56.3 178 38.4 32.8-44.4 55 11.2 8.0-15.5
25-34 1,428 692 49.5 46.0-53.0 588 39.6 36.3-43.1 148 10.9 8.7-13.6
35-44 2,241 1,028 45.5 42.8-48.2 988 44.0 41.3-46.7 225 10.5 8.9-12.3
45-54 2,800 1,177 42.5 40.2-44.9 1,227 43.8 41.4-46.2 396 13.7 12.2-15.4
55-64 2,933 1,171 41.4 39.1-43.7 1,278 43.0 40.7-45.3 484 15.7 14.1-17.4
65-74 2,291 855 38.1 35.6-40.6 947 40.9 38.4-43.4 489 21.0 19.0-23.2
75+ 1,717 518 31.4 28.6-34.3 665 38.4 35.5-41.3 534 30.3 27.5-33.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,982 560 32.3 28.8-36.1 781 38.6 35.0-42.4 641 29.0 25.6-32.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,122 1,471 40.4 38.0-42.8 1,798 42.6 40.3-45.0 853 17.0 15.5-18.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,603 1,520 45.7 43.1-48.3 1,575 42.3 39.8-44.9 508 12.0 10.5-13.7
College Graduate 4,226 2,150 51.9 49.7-54.0 1,736 41.5 39.4-43.6 340 6.6 5.8- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,418 404 31.1 27.0-35.4 565 40.7 36.7-44.8 449 28.3 25.0-31.8
$15,000- 24,999 2,291 771 37.9 34.4-41.4 972 41.6 38.3-45.1 548 20.5 18.1-23.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,533 609 43.0 39.2-46.9 668 39.8 36.2-43.6 256 17.2 14.5-20.2
$35,000- 49,999 2,007 860 44.6 41.5-47.9 880 43.3 40.1-46.4 267 12.1 10.2-14.3
$50,000-74,999 2,008 940 48.8 45.5-52.1 900 43.6 40.5-46.9 168 7.6 6.2- 9.2
$75,000+ 2,844 1,478 53.1 50.5-55.7 1,179 41.3 38.7-43.9 187 5.6 4.7- 6.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,013 1,540 34.2 32.0-36.4 2,046 41.4 39.2-43.5 1,427 24.4 22.7-26.3
No 8,584 4,037 48.5 46.9-50.2 3,703 41.7 40.2-43.3 844 9.7 8.8-10.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,072 929 49.4 46.3-52.5 815 37.6 34.7-40.5 328 13.0 11.4-14.9
Non-Veteran 11,877 4,775 43.2 41.8-44.6 5,083 42.3 40.9-43.7 2,019 14.5 13.6-15.5

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*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.

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