2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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%)
TOTAL 11,130 8,053 73.3 71.9-74.6 3,077 26.7 25.4-28.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 9,640 7,084 75.1 73.7-76.5 2,556 24.9 23.5-26.3
No 1,456 947 66.2 62.5-69.8 509 33.8 30.2-37.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 169 109 77.2 67.1-84.8 60 22.8 15.2-32.9
Recommended Range 3,560 2,765 77.6 75.3-79.7 795 22.4 20.3-24.7
Overweight 3,814 2,895 77.4 75.2-79.4 919 22.6 20.6-24.8
Obese 2,881 1,846 65.3 62.5-68.1 1,035 34.7 31.9-37.5
Current Smoker
No 9,156 6,779 75.1 73.6-76.5 2,377 24.9 23.5-26.4
Yes 1,927 1,240 66.6 63.3-69.8 687 33.4 30.2-36.7
History of CVD**
Yes 1,416 883 61.9 57.7-65.9 533 38.1 34.1-42.3
No 9,599 7,106 74.6 73.1-75.9 2,493 25.4 24.1-26.9
Binge Drinker
No 9,593 6,868 72.5 71.1-74.0 2,725 27.5 26.0-28.9
Yes 1,032 831 78.6 74.6-82.1 201 21.4 17.9-25.4
Heavy Drinker
No 10,118 7,309 73.6 72.2-75.0 2,809 26.4 25.0-27.8
Yes 478 369 72.7 65.7-78.7 109 27.3 21.3-34.3
COPD
Yes 986 527 51.6 46.6-56.6 459 48.4 43.4-53.4
No 10,096 7,501 74.9 73.5-76.3 2,595 25.1 23.7-26.5
Current Asthma
Yes 940 574 65.0 59.9-69.8 366 35.0 30.2-40.1
No 10,124 7,439 74.3 72.9-75.7 2,685 25.7 24.3-27.1
Diabetes
Yes 1,562 942 60.1 56.2-63.8 620 39.9 36.2-43.8
No 9,544 7,092 74.9 73.4-76.3 2,452 25.1 23.7-26.6
Disability
Yes 3,425 2,012 60.0 57.3-62.7 1,413 40.0 37.3-42.7
No 7,559 5,930 77.7 76.1-79.2 1,629 22.3 20.8-23.9

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

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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