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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%) | ||
| North Carolina | 12,228 | 5,393 | 46.4 | 44.8-48.0 | 4,933 | 40.4 | 38.8-41.9 | 1,902 | 13.2 | 12.2-14.3 |
| -Eastern NC | 3,350 | 1,395 | 45.0 | 41.7-48.4 | 1,361 | 39.4 | 36.2-42.7 | 594 | 15.6 | 13.3-18.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,209 | 571 | 52.0 | 46.4-57.5 | 454 | 36.1 | 31.0-41.7 | 184 | 11.8 | 9.1-15.2 |
| Female | 2,141 | 824 | 38.3 | 34.8-41.9 | 907 | 42.6 | 38.9-46.3 | 410 | 19.2 | 15.9-22.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,253 | 1,008 | 47.9 | 44.0-51.8 | 899 | 39.6 | 36.0-43.3 | 346 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.7 |
| African American | 757 | 237 | 36.0 | 29.6-42.9 | 333 | 40.2 | 34.0-46.9 | 187 | 23.8 | 17.5-31.4 |
| Other Minorities | 322 | 142 | 47.9 | 35.5-60.5 | 122 | 37.4 | 24.6-52.3 | 58 | 14.7 | 9.2-22.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 138 | 76 | 48.6 | 30.8-66.8 | 43 | 40.4 | 22.0-62.0 | 19 | 10.9 | 4.9-22.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,208 | 1,318 | 44.7 | 41.4-48.1 | 1,316 | 39.3 | 36.3-42.5 | 574 | 15.9 | 13.6-18.5 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 123 | 71 | 58.7 | 44.6-71.6 | 37 | 25.4 | 16.2-37.6 | 15 | 15.9 | 7.3-31.1 |
| 25-34 | 367 | 201 | 54.1 | 44.4-63.4 | 133 | 37.4 | 28.1-47.8 | 33 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.7 |
| 35-44 | 512 | 253 | 46.8 | 39.4-54.2 | 201 | 43.9 | 36.4-51.7 | 58 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.3 |
| 45-54 | 659 | 249 | 40.5 | 34.7-46.7 | 308 | 44.1 | 38.3-50.1 | 102 | 15.4 | 11.4-20.3 |
| 55-64 | 690 | 272 | 39.2 | 33.6-45.0 | 294 | 44.0 | 38.4-49.8 | 124 | 16.8 | 12.9-21.6 |
| 65+ | 975 | 342 | 32.8 | 28.4-37.5 | 374 | 38.6 | 33.6-43.8 | 259 | 28.6 | 24.2-33.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 438 | 132 | 36.2 | 28.0-45.3 | 181 | 41.5 | 32.7-50.8 | 125 | 22.3 | 16.1-30.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,054 | 398 | 41.5 | 35.4-47.9 | 413 | 36.7 | 30.7-43.1 | 243 | 21.8 | 16.8-27.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 946 | 408 | 48.7 | 42.2-55.3 | 403 | 39.9 | 33.9-46.3 | 135 | 11.3 | 8.7-14.7 |
| College Graduate | 908 | 457 | 50.4 | 45.2-55.6 | 363 | 41.3 | 36.3-46.6 | 88 | 8.3 | 6.1-11.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 419 | 114 | 29.8 | 21.7-39.4 | 175 | 45.8 | 34.8-57.3 | 130 | 24.4 | 17.7-32.5 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 576 | 205 | 41.8 | 34.0-50.0 | 228 | 37.5 | 29.8-45.8 | 143 | 20.8 | 15.4-27.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 341 | 153 | 55.3 | 45.0-65.1 | 131 | 33.9 | 25.3-43.7 | 57 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 461 | 206 | 44.3 | 37.0-51.9 | 187 | 41.9 | 34.3-50.0 | 68 | 13.7 | 9.6-19.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 466 | 211 | 47.0 | 39.8-54.3 | 209 | 45.0 | 37.8-52.3 | 46 | 8.0 | 5.2-12.2 |
| $75,000+ | 644 | 340 | 55.1 | 47.7-62.2 | 261 | 38.1 | 31.5-45.1 | 43 | 6.8 | 4.5-10.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,271 | 395 | 36.2 | 30.6-42.2 | 510 | 39.3 | 34.2-44.5 | 366 | 24.5 | 20.8-28.7 |
| No | 1,978 | 956 | 49.1 | 44.7-53.4 | 812 | 39.7 | 35.5-44.1 | 210 | 11.2 | 8.4-14.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 540 | 265 | 49.3 | 41.6-57.0 | 190 | 38.2 | 30.5-46.5 | 85 | 12.6 | 9.1-17.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,517 | 1,011 | 44.7 | 40.7-48.7 | 1,057 | 39.5 | 35.7-43.3 | 449 | 15.8 | 13.1-19.0 |
*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 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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