2013 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 8,405 5,993 73.4 72.1-74.7 2,412 26.6 25.3-27.9
-FEMALES 5,132 3,573 72.0 70.3-73.7 1,559 28.0 26.3-29.7
RACE
White 3,575 2,568 74.2 72.2-76.1 1,007 25.8 23.9-27.8
African American 1,040 675 66.6 62.4-70.7 365 33.4 29.3-37.6
Other Minorities 451 279 65.8 58.5-72.4 172 34.2 27.6-41.5
AGE
18-34 716 560 79.4 75.7-82.7 156 20.6 17.3-24.3
35-44 624 454 71.4 66.6-75.6 170 28.6 24.4-33.4
45-54 853 595 67.1 62.7-71.3 258 32.9 28.7-37.3
55-64 1,054 722 71.3 67.6-74.8 332 28.7 25.2-32.4
65-74 987 698 74.1 70.4-77.4 289 25.9 22.6-29.6
75+ 841 505 59.1 54.3-63.8 336 40.9 36.2-45.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 643 340 54.5 48.9-59.9 303 45.5 40.1-51.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,406 881 64.0 60.5-67.5 525 36.0 32.5-39.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,486 1,064 76.4 73.6-79.1 422 23.6 20.9-26.4
College Graduate 1,594 1,286 84.0 81.5-86.2 308 16.0 13.8-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 696 390 59.7 54.3-64.9 306 40.3 35.1-45.7
$15,000- 24,999 934 566 61.9 57.4-66.2 368 38.1 33.8-42.6
$25,000- 34,999 518 357 70.7 64.8-75.9 161 29.3 24.1-35.2
$35,000- 49,999 586 444 77.5 72.8-81.6 142 22.5 18.4-27.2
$50,000- 74,999 523 432 83.0 78.5-86.8 91 17.0 13.2-21.5
$75,000+ 822 687 83.7 80.0-86.9 135 16.3 13.1-20.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,544 827 57.9 54.3-61.4 717 42.1 38.6-45.7
No 3,561 2,726 76.5 74.6-78.4 835 23.5 21.6-25.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 118 91 78.9 68.1-86.7 27 21.1 13.3-31.9
Non-Veteran 5,014 3,482 71.9 70.1-73.6 1,532 28.1 26.4-29.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,695 1,805 69.1 66.6-71.5 890 30.9 28.5-33.4
No 2,437 1,768 75.1 72.7-77.4 669 24.9 22.6-27.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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