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2009 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 13,266 9,476 73.6 72.2-74.9 3,790 26.4 25.1-27.8
-Piedmont NC 6,782 4,971 75.9 74.2-77.5 1,811 24.1 22.5-25.8
GENDER
Male 2,564 2,007 79.9 77.4-82.3 557 20.1 17.7-22.6
Female 4,218 2,964 72.1 69.8-74.4 1,254 27.9 25.6-30.2
RACE
White 5,454 4,068 78.0 76.2-79.7 1,386 22.0 20.3-23.8
African American 933 613 69.4 64.7-73.7 320 30.6 26.3-35.3
Other Minorities 341 247 74.1 66.1-80.7 94 25.9 19.3-33.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 238 167 73.3 63.6-81.2 71 26.7 18.8-36.4
Non-Hispanic 6,520 4,787 76.1 74.4-77.7 1,733 23.9 22.3-25.6
AGE
18-24 185 140 79.4 71.5-85.5 45 20.6 14.5-28.5
25-34 638 508 80.0 75.4-84.0 130 20.0 16.0-24.6
35-44 1,092 884 78.0 73.7-81.7 208 22.0 18.3-26.3
45-54 1,353 1,038 76.7 73.3-79.7 315 23.3 20.3-26.7
55-64 1,381 985 73.8 70.6-76.7 396 26.2 23.3-29.4
65+ 2,064 1,356 66.2 63.0-69.3 708 33.8 30.7-37.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 831 436 61.8 54.9-68.3 395 38.2 31.7-45.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,855 1,214 68.9 65.2-72.4 641 31.1 27.6-34.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,638 1,208 75.3 71.8-78.5 430 24.7 21.5-28.2
College Graduate 2,445 2,104 86.8 84.7-88.5 341 13.2 11.5-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 612 333 57.3 49.2-65.0 279 42.7 35.0-50.8
$15,000- 24,999 952 597 66.2 60.5-71.5 355 33.8 28.5-39.5
$25,000- 34,999 642 420 67.5 61.3-73.2 222 32.5 26.8-38.7
$35,000- 49,999 845 620 73.4 68.1-78.0 225 26.6 22.0-31.9
$50,000-74,999 959 763 80.9 77.0-84.3 196 19.1 15.7-23.0
$75,000+ 1,707 1,510 89.4 87.4-91.2 197 10.6 8.8-12.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,157 1,267 63.7 60.1-67.1 890 36.3 32.9-39.9
No 4,198 3,391 80.9 78.8-82.7 807 19.1 17.3-21.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 790 602 77.4 72.5-81.6 188 22.6 18.4-27.5
Non-Veteran 5,429 3,942 75.5 73.6-77.4 1,487 24.5 22.6-26.4

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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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