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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity & Nutrition

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,375 1,676 31.8 29.7-34.0 3,699 68.2 66.0-70.3
-Western NC 1,159 335 30.4 26.6-34.4 824 69.6 65.6-73.4
GENDER
Male 451 89 19.4 15.1-24.7 362 80.6 75.3-84.9
Female 708 246 40.2 34.9-45.7 462 59.8 54.3-65.1
RACE
White 1,058 311 31.7 27.7-36.0 747 68.3 64.0-72.3
African American 35 6 10.0 3.8-23.9 29 90.0 76.1-96.2
Other Minorities 62 17 24.2 12.1-42.5 45 75.8 57.5-87.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 6 22.6 7.3-51.9 15 77.4 48.1-92.7
Non-Hispanic 1,136 328 30.5 26.7-34.7 808 69.5 65.3-73.3
AGE
18-24 43 11 25.3 14.0-41.4 32 74.7 58.6-86.0
25-34 78 28 30.4 19.4-44.1 50 69.6 55.9-80.6
35-44 131 57 43.1 32.2-54.8 74 56.9 45.2-67.8
45-54 188 75 41.4 32.9-50.5 113 58.6 49.5-67.1
55-64 276 67 21.9 16.7-28.2 209 78.1 71.8-83.3
65+ 432 95 21.2 16.6-26.7 337 78.8 73.3-83.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 28 22.7 13.9-34.7 124 77.3 65.3-86.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 369 95 23.6 18.6-29.6 274 76.4 70.4-81.4
Some Post-H.S. 300 96 35.6 27.5-44.6 204 64.4 55.4-72.5
College Graduate 335 116 36.3 28.9-44.4 219 63.7 55.6-71.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 39 21.6 13.4-33.0 115 78.4 67.0-86.6
$15,000- 24,999 220 57 27.3 17.8-39.4 163 72.7 60.6-82.2
$25,000- 34,999 136 42 36.7 26.8-47.9 94 63.3 52.1-73.2
$35,000- 49,999 155 44 32.2 23.0-43.0 111 67.8 57.0-77.0
$50,000-74,999 157 64 33.2 23.5-44.5 93 66.8 55.5-76.5
$75,000+ 162 62 41.3 31.9-51.5 100 58.7 48.5-68.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 435 104 22.3 17.5-27.9 331 77.7 72.1-82.5
No 716 229 33.8 28.9-39.1 487 66.2 60.9-71.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 167 31 22.1 14.8-31.7 136 77.9 68.3-85.2
Non-Veteran 989 304 31.5 27.4-36.0 685 68.5 64.0-72.6

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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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