2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise-WHITES

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
-WHITES 8,370 6,260 77.0 75.8-78.1 2,110 23.0 21.9-24.2
GENDER
Male 3,321 2,578 79.2 77.5-80.9 743 20.8 19.1-22.5
Female 5,049 3,682 74.9 73.3-76.4 1,367 25.1 23.6-26.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 171 127 73.7 64.3-81.4 44 26.3 18.6-35.7
Non-Hispanic 8,185 6,123 77.1 75.9-78.2 2,062 22.9 21.8-24.1
AGE
18-34 1,171 1,010 86.0 83.4-88.2 161 14.0 11.8-16.6
35-44 1,037 837 79.7 76.6-82.5 200 20.3 17.5-23.4
45-54 1,410 1,065 75.2 72.3-77.9 345 24.8 22.1-27.7
55-64 1,711 1,262 73.2 70.4-75.7 449 26.8 24.3-29.6
65-74 1,674 1,208 71.4 68.7-74.0 466 28.6 26.0-31.3
75+ 1,306 833 65.3 62.0-68.4 473 34.7 31.6-38.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 782 408 57.1 52.5-61.5 374 42.9 38.5-47.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,368 1,559 69.7 67.3-71.9 809 30.3 28.1-32.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,298 1,758 79.9 77.8-81.8 540 20.1 18.2-22.2
College Graduate 2,901 2,522 89.5 88.2-90.7 379 10.5 9.3-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 808 462 61.2 56.8-65.4 346 38.8 34.6-43.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,229 776 66.6 63.2-69.9 453 33.4 30.1-36.8
$25,000- 34,999 856 613 72.5 68.7-76.1 243 27.5 23.9-31.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,073 831 78.6 75.6-81.4 242 21.4 18.6-24.4
$50,000- 74,999 1,088 896 82.0 78.6-85.0 192 18.0 15.0-21.4
$75,000+ 1,870 1,669 89.9 88.2-91.5 201 10.1 8.5-11.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,304 1,286 56.8 54.1-59.4 1,018 43.2 40.6-45.9
No 5,981 4,925 83.3 82.0-84.4 1,056 16.7 15.6-18.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,183 918 78.4 75.5-81.1 265 21.6 18.9-24.5
Non-Veteran 7,186 5,341 76.8 75.5-78.0 1,845 23.2 22.0-24.5

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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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