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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-FEMALES

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 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 6,915 2,837 44.5 42.8-46.3 2,941 42.4 40.7-44.1 1,137 13.1 12.0-14.3
African American 1,407 441 32.9 29.6-36.5 637 44.2 40.6-47.9 329 22.8 20.0-25.9
Asian 57 20 34.4 21.0-50.7 28 55.5 39.5-70.4 9 10.1 4.5-21.1
Native American 175 58 40.3 30.0-51.5 71 40.2 30.3-51.0 46 19.5 13.6-27.2
Other Minorities 321 111 35.3 28.3-43.0 130 40.7 33.1-48.8 80 24.0 18.2-30.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 110 34.1 27.3-41.6 143 42.4 34.8-50.3 78 23.5 17.8-30.4
-English Speaking 150 63 43.0 33.1-53.4 63 42.8 32.8-53.6 24 14.2 8.1-23.8
-Spanish Speaking 181 47 30.0 21.6-40.1 80 42.2 32.4-52.7 54 27.8 20.0-37.1
Non-Hispanic 8,553 3,364 42.1 40.6-43.7 3,665 42.7 41.2-44.2 1,524 15.2 14.2-16.3
AGE
18-24 267 129 49.3 41.6-57.0 104 38.5 31.1-46.4 34 12.3 8.1-18.1
25-34 978 452 47.4 43.5-51.4 418 40.8 37.0-44.7 108 11.8 9.2-14.9
35-44 1,425 654 45.4 42.1-48.6 636 44.7 41.5-48.0 135 9.9 8.1-12.1
45-54 1,735 705 39.9 37.1-42.9 778 46.0 43.0-49.0 252 14.1 12.1-16.4
55-64 1,808 688 38.8 36.0-41.7 796 44.0 41.2-46.8 324 17.2 15.2-19.4
65-74 1,426 501 34.2 31.3-37.3 597 41.7 38.6-44.9 328 24.1 21.3-27.0
75+ 1,200 327 27.7 24.6-31.0 460 38.7 35.2-42.3 413 33.6 30.2-37.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,253 324 30.3 26.4-34.6 492 39.9 35.5-44.4 437 29.8 26.2-33.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,676 916 37.6 34.8-40.4 1,173 43.2 40.5-45.9 587 19.2 17.3-21.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,400 948 41.2 38.2-44.3 1,092 44.8 41.7-47.9 360 14.0 11.9-16.4
College Graduate 2,561 1,290 51.1 48.4-53.7 1,051 41.3 38.8-43.9 220 7.6 6.4- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,036 280 26.2 22.6-30.1 413 42.4 38.1-46.7 343 31.5 27.7-35.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,511 495 37.2 33.5-41.1 652 41.8 37.9-45.7 364 21.0 18.2-24.1
$25,000- 34,999 970 362 37.5 33.3-42.0 448 44.6 40.2-49.1 160 17.9 14.6-21.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,235 527 45.8 41.8-49.9 554 41.9 38.1-45.8 154 12.2 9.6-15.4
$50,000-74,999 1,210 550 44.0 40.2-48.0 561 48.3 44.4-52.3 99 7.6 6.0- 9.7
$75,000+ 1,561 822 55.2 51.9-58.4 629 38.3 35.1-41.5 110 6.6 5.2- 8.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,222 922 32.1 29.7-34.7 1,310 41.2 38.8-43.7 990 26.7 24.7-28.8
No 5,459 2,486 46.2 44.2-48.1 2,409 43.3 41.4-45.2 564 10.5 9.3-11.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 209 101 49.3 40.8-57.8 79 39.5 31.4-48.2 29 11.2 7.2-17.1
Non-Veteran 8,690 3,378 41.4 39.9-43.0 3,734 42.7 41.2-44.3 1,578 15.8 14.8-16.9

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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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