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2008 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 15,824 11,420 75.4 74.4-76.3 4,404 24.6 23.7-25.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 390 262 70.6 63.6-76.7 128 29.4 23.3-36.4
Buncombe 344 271 80.6 74.9-85.3 73 19.4 14.7-25.1
Cabarrus 369 277 77.7 71.8-82.8 92 22.3 17.2-28.2
Catawba 448 324 74.0 68.3-79.0 124 26.0 21.0-31.7
Cumberland 475 327 73.2 67.9-77.9 148 26.8 22.1-32.1
Davidson 408 286 71.7 65.3-77.3 122 28.3 22.7-34.7
Durham 395 303 75.5 67.9-81.8 92 24.5 18.2-32.1
Forsyth 409 310 78.5 73.1-83.1 99 21.5 16.9-26.9
Gaston 414 280 69.2 62.5-75.2 134 30.8 24.8-37.5
Guilford 422 328 82.8 78.1-86.6 94 17.2 13.4-21.9
Iredell 430 305 75.5 70.5-80.0 125 24.5 20.0-29.5
Johnston 470 341 71.7 65.0-77.6 129 28.3 22.4-35.0
Mecklenburg 676 534 80.6 76.6-84.1 142 19.4 15.9-23.4
New Hanover 370 299 82.5 77.0-86.9 71 17.5 13.1-23.0
Onslow 410 311 78.6 73.4-83.1 99 21.4 16.9-26.6
Orange 379 325 82.8 76.5-87.6 54 17.2 12.4-23.5
Pitt 392 276 69.2 62.4-75.4 116 30.8 24.6-37.6
Randolph 401 263 69.2 62.5-75.2 138 30.8 24.8-37.5
Robeson 397 227 64.5 57.3-71.1 170 35.5 28.9-42.7
Rowan 447 297 70.2 64.1-75.7 150 29.8 24.3-35.9
Union 409 303 78.2 72.7-82.8 106 21.8 17.2-27.3
Wake 586 476 83.2 79.1-86.7 110 16.8 13.3-20.9
Wayne 447 296 68.7 61.0-75.4 151 31.3 24.6-39.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 5,302 3,682 72.2 70.5-73.9 1,620 27.8 26.1-29.5
Piedmont 7,610 5,600 76.9 75.5-78.3 2,010 23.1 21.7-24.5
Western NC 2,912 2,138 75.2 72.9-77.4 774 24.8 22.6-27.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,908 1,414 77.3 74.7-79.6 494 22.7 20.4-25.3
Northwest 3,313 2,353 72.7 70.3-74.9 960 27.3 25.1-29.7
Charlotte 2,102 1,552 76.1 73.6-78.5 550 23.9 21.5-26.4
Greensboro 1,814 1,335 76.5 73.5-79.3 479 23.5 20.7-26.5
Southern Regional 1,546 1,035 73.3 70.2-76.2 511 26.7 23.8-29.8
Coastal 776 579 74.7 70.4-78.5 197 25.3 21.5-29.6
Wake 1,718 1,316 79.7 76.9-82.3 402 20.3 17.7-23.1
Area L 475 314 68.4 62.8-73.5 161 31.6 26.5-37.2
Eastern 2,172 1,522 72.6 69.8-75.2 650 27.4 24.8-30.2

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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