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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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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 14,767 10,751 75.7 74.7-76.8 4,016 24.3 23.2-25.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 346 247 74.1 67.6-79.6 99 25.9 20.4-32.4
Buncombe 354 267 79.7 73.9-84.5 87 20.3 15.5-26.1
Cabarrus 358 247 69.7 61.8-76.7 111 30.3 23.3-38.2
Catawba 407 312 78.8 73.3-83.4 95 21.2 16.6-26.7
Cumberland 380 275 76.1 70.2-81.2 105 23.9 18.8-29.8
Davidson 368 249 71.9 65.2-77.7 119 28.1 22.3-34.8
Durham 331 256 76.7 69.1-82.9 75 23.3 17.1-30.9
Forsyth 377 279 75.2 68.9-80.6 98 24.8 19.4-31.1
Gaston 387 262 71.4 65.3-76.9 125 28.6 23.1-34.7
Guilford 387 304 80.4 74.5-85.2 83 19.6 14.8-25.5
Iredell 391 269 70.6 64.4-76.1 122 29.4 23.9-35.6
Johnston 437 288 67.7 59.3-75.0 149 32.3 25.0-40.7
Mecklenburg 683 551 82.1 77.7-85.9 132 17.9 14.1-22.3
New Hanover 389 311 83.6 78.0-88.0 78 16.4 12.0-22.0
Onslow 377 270 78.5 73.3-82.9 107 21.5 17.1-26.7
Orange 346 285 86.5 81.7-90.1 61 13.5 9.9-18.3
Pitt 381 269 71.7 65.3-77.3 112 28.3 22.7-34.7
Randolph 373 262 73.9 67.5-79.4 111 26.1 20.6-32.5
Robeson 409 262 65.5 59.1-71.3 147 34.5 28.7-40.9
Rowan 450 325 76.5 71.6-80.8 125 23.5 19.2-28.4
Union 375 276 75.6 69.7-80.7 99 24.4 19.3-30.3
Wake 606 484 81.1 76.7-84.8 122 18.9 15.2-23.3
Wayne 356 237 68.6 61.5-74.9 119 31.4 25.1-38.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,776 3,369 73.4 71.6-75.2 1,407 26.6 24.8-28.4
Piedmont 7,095 5,253 76.5 75.0-78.0 1,842 23.5 22.0-25.0
Western NC 2,896 2,129 77.2 75.1-79.1 767 22.8 20.9-24.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,910 1,433 78.4 75.9-80.8 477 21.6 19.2-24.1
Northwest 3,105 2,216 74.0 71.5-76.3 889 26.0 23.7-28.5
Charlotte 2,036 1,488 76.1 73.2-78.8 548 23.9 21.2-26.8
Greensboro 1,657 1,248 77.5 74.5-80.3 409 22.5 19.7-25.5
Southern Regional 1,363 952 74.8 71.6-77.9 411 25.2 22.1-28.4
Coastal 763 568 75.8 71.3-79.9 195 24.2 20.1-28.7
Wake 1,585 1,178 77.1 73.9-80.1 407 22.9 19.9-26.1
Area L 403 279 71.4 65.1-76.9 124 28.6 23.1-34.9
Eastern 1,945 1,389 73.6 70.7-76.3 556 26.4 23.7-29.3

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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.

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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