2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise-MALES

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 11,889 8,641 75.1 74.1-76.1 3,248 24.9 23.9-25.9
-MALES 4,638 3,546 77.9 76.4-79.4 1,092 22.1 20.6-23.6
RACE
White 3,321 2,578 79.2 77.5-80.9 743 20.8 19.1-22.5
African American 752 554 75.9 72.0-79.4 198 24.1 20.6-28.0
Other Minorities 530 386 72.8 67.5-77.6 144 27.2 22.4-32.5
AGE
18-34 880 758 87.6 85.1-89.8 122 12.4 10.2-14.9
35-44 693 554 77.9 73.9-81.4 139 22.1 18.6-26.1
45-54 809 586 71.8 67.9-75.4 223 28.2 24.6-32.1
55-64 944 685 70.8 66.8-74.4 259 29.2 25.6-33.2
65-74 792 602 75.9 72.0-79.3 190 24.1 20.7-28.0
75+ 490 337 68.9 63.4-73.9 153 31.1 26.1-36.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 620 360 61.4 56.6-66.0 260 38.6 34.0-43.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,341 939 73.8 70.8-76.5 402 26.2 23.5-29.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,162 910 81.8 79.1-84.2 252 18.2 15.8-20.9
College Graduate 1,497 1,325 90.8 89.1-92.3 172 9.2 7.7-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 497 315 67.2 61.9-72.1 182 32.8 27.9-38.1
$15,000- 24,999 764 502 68.3 64.0-72.3 262 31.7 27.7-36.0
$25,000- 34,999 505 375 73.8 68.8-78.3 130 26.2 21.7-31.2
$35,000- 49,999 599 459 78.2 74.0-82.0 140 21.8 18.0-26.0
$50,000- 74,999 589 502 85.1 80.9-88.4 87 14.9 11.6-19.1
$75,000+ 1,073 952 89.6 87.2-91.6 121 10.4 8.4-12.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,192 710 58.8 55.2-62.4 482 41.2 37.6-44.8
No 3,390 2,802 83.2 81.6-84.7 588 16.8 15.3-18.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,392 1,077 79.0 76.4-81.5 315 21.0 18.5-23.6
Non-Veteran 3,244 2,467 77.6 75.7-79.3 777 22.4 20.7-24.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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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