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| Total Respond.^ |
Met both guidelines | Met aerobic guidelines only | Met strengthening guidelines only | Did not meet either guideline | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,740 | 1,238 | 18.7 | 17.5-20.0 | 2,434 | 29.4 | 28.0-30.7 | 599 | 8.8 | 8.0- 9.8 | 3,469 | 43.1 | 41.6-44.6 |
| -Piedmont NC | 4,525 | 724 | 19.2 | 17.6-20.9 | 1,477 | 30.1 | 28.3-31.9 | 350 | 8.5 | 7.4- 9.7 | 1,974 | 42.2 | 40.3-44.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 1,767 | 337 | 21.9 | 19.4-24.6 | 539 | 29.0 | 26.4-31.8 | 167 | 9.5 | 7.9-11.3 | 724 | 39.6 | 36.7-42.6 |
| Female | 2,758 | 387 | 16.7 | 14.7-19.0 | 938 | 31.0 | 28.7-33.4 | 183 | 7.7 | 6.3- 9.4 | 1,250 | 44.6 | 42.0-47.2 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 3,277 | 539 | 18.9 | 17.1-20.9 | 1,160 | 32.7 | 30.6-34.9 | 236 | 8.5 | 7.2-10.0 | 1,342 | 39.9 | 37.6-42.3 |
| African American | 869 | 117 | 19.1 | 15.3-23.5 | 219 | 24.3 | 20.6-28.3 | 79 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.3 | 454 | 48.8 | 44.3-53.3 |
| Other minorities | 322 | 53 | 20.3 | 15.2-26.7 | 87 | 25.0 | 19.6-31.4 | 29 | 10.2 | 6.7-15.2 | 153 | 44.4 | 37.9-51.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 300 | 48 | 19.1 | 14.1-25.4 | 70 | 21.9 | 16.9-27.8 | 30 | 9.8 | 6.7-14.1 | 152 | 49.2 | 42.8-55.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 4,205 | 671 | 19.1 | 17.4-20.9 | 1,403 | 30.9 | 29.1-32.9 | 320 | 8.5 | 7.3- 9.8 | 1,811 | 41.5 | 39.5-43.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 723 | 176 | 25.7 | 22.1-29.7 | 171 | 25.2 | 21.6-29.2 | 80 | 10.5 | 8.2-13.3 | 296 | 38.6 | 34.5-42.9 |
| 35-54 | 1,432 | 237 | 17.9 | 15.4-20.8 | 440 | 28.4 | 25.6-31.4 | 120 | 8.8 | 7.0-11.0 | 635 | 44.8 | 41.6-48.2 |
| 55-64 | 914 | 125 | 15.8 | 12.8-19.3 | 312 | 34.6 | 30.7-38.8 | 69 | 8.4 | 6.2-11.2 | 408 | 41.2 | 37.1-45.4 |
| 65-74 | 804 | 121 | 15.3 | 12.3-18.9 | 296 | 39.1 | 34.5-43.8 | 52 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.5 | 335 | 40.3 | 35.9-44.9 |
| 75+ | 640 | 65 | 12.3 | 8.8-17.0 | 258 | 37.5 | 32.6-42.6 | 28 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.2 | 289 | 46.2 | 40.8-51.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 606 | 50 | 12.8 | 9.3-17.5 | 152 | 21.9 | 18.0-26.3 | 44 | 7.8 | 5.5-10.9 | 360 | 57.5 | 52.2-62.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,189 | 128 | 13.9 | 11.2-17.1 | 383 | 29.9 | 26.5-33.5 | 91 | 9.2 | 7.0-11.9 | 587 | 47.1 | 43.2-51.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,209 | 200 | 21.5 | 18.3-25.1 | 388 | 29.5 | 26.2-33.0 | 86 | 8.1 | 6.1-10.5 | 535 | 40.9 | 37.1-44.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,519 | 346 | 25.1 | 22.3-28.1 | 553 | 35.7 | 32.5-38.9 | 129 | 8.9 | 7.1-11.1 | 491 | 30.3 | 27.4-33.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 510 | 44 | 14.2 | 10.1-19.7 | 133 | 22.9 | 18.4-28.1 | 41 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.8 | 292 | 55.1 | 49.0-61.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 786 | 96 | 14.2 | 11.1-17.8 | 220 | 29.0 | 25.0-33.3 | 62 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.0 | 408 | 48.7 | 44.1-53.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 426 | 68 | 18.4 | 13.7-24.3 | 144 | 26.2 | 21.3-31.7 | 30 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.4 | 184 | 49.4 | 42.9-56.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 511 | 93 | 19.1 | 14.7-24.5 | 160 | 29.3 | 24.5-34.7 | 47 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.4 | 211 | 41.6 | 36.0-47.5 |
| $50,000+ | 1,439 | 320 | 24.2 | 21.4-27.3 | 526 | 33.6 | 30.5-36.9 | 117 | 9.2 | 7.4-11.5 | 476 | 32.9 | 29.8-36.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,204 | 130 | 14.7 | 11.8-18.1 | 284 | 24.5 | 21.3-28.1 | 92 | 7.4 | 5.6- 9.8 | 698 | 53.4 | 49.4-57.3 |
| No | 3,297 | 589 | 20.3 | 18.5-22.3 | 1,188 | 31.6 | 29.6-33.8 | 258 | 8.9 | 7.6-10.3 | 1,262 | 39.2 | 36.9-41.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 504 | 105 | 22.5 | 18.1-27.6 | 153 | 28.4 | 23.7-33.7 | 34 | 6.5 | 4.2-10.0 | 212 | 42.5 | 37.1-48.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 4,020 | 619 | 18.8 | 17.1-20.7 | 1,324 | 30.3 | 28.4-32.2 | 315 | 8.7 | 7.5-10.0 | 1,762 | 42.2 | 40.1-44.3 |
| RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 1,633 | 221 | 14.8 | 12.5-17.5 | 532 | 30.3 | 27.4-33.4 | 112 | 8.0 | 6.2-10.2 | 768 | 46.8 | 43.5-50.2 |
| No | 2,892 | 503 | 20.9 | 18.9-23.0 | 945 | 30.0 | 27.8-32.2 | 238 | 8.7 | 7.4-10.2 | 1,206 | 40.4 | 38.1-42.9 |
This is a new recommendation (initiated in 2011) based on the type of physical activity respondents reported doing in the past month.
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.
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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