2011 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 11,130 8,053 73.3 71.9-74.6 3,077 26.7 25.4-28.1
-Piedmont NC 6,206 4,605 74.9 73.1-76.6 1,601 25.1 23.4-26.9
GENDER
Male 2,366 1,821 76.7 73.9-79.2 545 23.3 20.8-26.1
Female 3,840 2,784 73.3 71.0-75.4 1,056 26.7 24.6-29.0
RACE
White 4,747 3,596 77.2 75.3-79.0 1,151 22.8 21.0-24.7
African American 1,028 699 69.3 64.8-73.4 329 30.7 26.6-35.2
Other minorities 385 276 70.2 63.3-76.2 109 29.8 23.8-36.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 305 220 73.2 65.7-79.6 85 26.8 20.4-34.3
Non-Hispanic 5,883 4,375 75.1 73.3-76.8 1,508 24.9 23.2-26.7
AGE
18-34 753 613 81.1 77.3-84.4 140 18.9 15.6-22.7
35-54 2,077 1,594 75.5 72.6-78.2 483 24.5 21.8-27.4
55-64 1,286 951 70.6 66.5-74.3 335 29.4 25.7-33.5
65-74 1,122 814 72.0 67.6-75.9 308 28.0 24.1-32.4
75+ 894 574 59.0 53.8-64.1 320 41.0 35.9-46.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 703 417 64.9 59.2-70.2 286 35.1 29.8-40.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,661 1,079 65.7 61.8-69.4 582 34.3 30.6-38.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,493 1,115 76.8 73.5-79.8 378 23.2 20.2-26.5
College Graduate 2,328 1,979 87.0 85.0-88.7 349 13.0 11.3-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 630 384 67.3 61.4-72.7 246 32.7 27.3-38.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,011 665 66.6 61.6-71.2 346 33.4 28.8-38.4
$25,000- 34,999 563 393 73.7 67.9-78.7 170 26.3 21.3-32.1
$35,000- 49,999 731 557 74.2 68.7-79.1 174 25.8 20.9-31.3
$50,000+ 2,205 1,846 84.1 81.7-86.3 359 15.9 13.7-18.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,758 1,052 59.9 56.0-63.7 706 40.1 36.3-44.0
No 4,364 3,487 79.4 77.4-81.2 877 20.6 18.8-22.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 786 591 74.7 69.7-79.1 195 25.3 20.9-30.3
Non-Veteran 5,417 4,012 74.9 73.0-76.7 1,405 25.1 23.3-27.0

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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).

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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