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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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 14,767 10,751 75.7 74.7-76.8 4,016 24.3 23.2-25.3
-Piedmont NC 7,095 5,253 76.5 75.0-78.0 1,842 23.5 22.0-25.0
GENDER
Male 2,623 2,050 81.1 78.8-83.3 573 18.9 16.7-21.2
Female 4,472 3,203 72.2 70.2-74.1 1,269 27.8 25.9-29.8
RACE
White 5,668 4,289 79.9 78.4-81.3 1,379 20.1 18.7-21.6
African American 985 676 72.0 68.0-75.7 309 28.0 24.3-32.0
Other Minorities 417 268 62.9 55.9-69.4 149 37.1 30.6-44.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 312 189 58.9 50.7-66.6 123 41.1 33.4-49.3
Non-Hispanic 6,769 5,053 78.2 76.7-79.6 1,716 21.8 20.4-23.3
AGE
18-24 237 193 81.6 74.5-87.1 44 18.4 12.9-25.5
25-34 713 564 79.3 74.7-83.2 149 20.7 16.8-25.3
35-44 1,207 954 78.1 74.9-81.1 253 21.9 18.9-25.1
45-54 1,464 1,102 75.4 72.5-78.1 362 24.6 21.9-27.5
55-64 1,430 1,050 74.1 71.1-76.9 380 25.9 23.1-28.9
65-74 1,120 792 72.0 68.5-75.2 328 28.0 24.8-31.5
75+ 876 561 68.1 64.0-71.9 315 31.9 28.1-36.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 939 511 56.9 51.4-62.2 428 43.1 37.8-48.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,975 1,308 69.1 65.9-72.1 667 30.9 27.9-34.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,791 1,367 79.3 76.4-82.0 424 20.7 18.0-23.6
College Graduate 2,383 2,062 88.6 86.9-90.1 321 11.4 9.9-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 345 52.5 46.2-58.7 301 47.5 41.3-53.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,002 648 67.8 63.0-72.3 354 32.2 27.7-37.0
$25,000- 34,999 717 505 71.4 66.2-76.1 212 28.6 23.9-33.8
$35,000- 49,999 978 745 76.3 72.1-80.1 233 23.7 19.9-27.9
$50,000-74,999 1,042 853 84.4 81.4-87.0 189 15.6 13.0-18.6
$75,000+ 1,695 1,482 89.4 87.4-91.1 213 10.6 8.9-12.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,371 1,430 63.7 60.7-66.5 941 36.3 33.5-39.3
No 4,421 3,593 81.9 80.0-83.6 828 18.1 16.4-20.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 948 725 80.4 77.0-83.5 223 19.6 16.5-23.0
Non-Veteran 6,144 4,525 76.0 74.3-77.6 1,619 24.0 22.4-25.7

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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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