2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise-FEMALES

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 11,130 8,053 73.3 71.9-74.6 3,077 26.7 25.4-28.1
-FEMALES 6,969 4,909 71.3 69.5-72.9 2,060 28.7 27.1-30.5
RACE
White 5,264 3,789 73.7 71.7-75.5 1,475 26.3 24.5-28.3
African American 1,184 769 63.5 58.9-67.9 415 36.5 32.1-41.1
Other Minorities 475 318 69.7 63.2-75.5 157 30.3 24.5-36.8
AGE
18-34 808 636 78.9 74.8-82.5 172 21.1 17.5-25.2
35-44 923 695 74.0 69.5-78.1 228 26.0 21.9-30.5
45-54 1,262 910 71.1 67.2-74.6 352 28.9 25.4-32.8
55-64 1,489 1,032 64.7 60.8-68.3 457 35.3 31.7-39.2
65-74 1,285 882 67.9 64.1-71.4 403 32.1 28.6-35.9
75+ 1,110 688 58.2 53.7-62.6 422 41.8 37.4-46.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 854 464 59.3 53.8-64.6 390 40.7 35.4-46.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,985 1,252 64.9 61.4-68.3 733 35.1 31.7-38.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,849 1,326 72.8 69.6-75.8 523 27.2 24.2-30.4
College Graduate 2,269 1,860 83.3 81.0-85.3 409 16.7 14.7-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 931 540 61.8 56.6-66.8 391 38.2 33.2-43.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,205 790 67.3 62.9-71.5 415 32.7 28.5-37.1
$25,000- 34,999 663 446 70.5 64.7-75.7 217 29.5 24.3-35.3
$35,000- 49,999 806 616 74.3 69.2-78.8 190 25.7 21.2-30.8
$50,000- 74,999 740 566 77.9 72.7-82.3 174 22.1 17.7-27.3
$75,000+ 1,217 1,010 82.3 78.8-85.3 207 17.7 14.7-21.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,241 1,265 58.1 54.8-61.4 976 41.9 38.6-45.2
No 4,648 3,588 76.2 74.1-78.2 1,060 23.8 21.8-25.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 105 73.5 62.2-82.4 38 26.5 17.6-37.8
Non-Veteran 6,825 4,803 71.2 69.4-72.9 2,022 28.8 27.1-30.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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.

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