2014 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 7,281 5,493 76.8 75.6-77.9 1,788 23.2 22.1-24.4
-FEMALES 4,171 3,092 75.5 73.9-77.0 1,079 24.5 23.0-26.1
RACE
White 2,942 2,208 76.9 75.0-78.7 734 23.1 21.3-25.0
African American 907 644 70.7 67.0-74.1 263 29.3 25.9-33.0
Other Minorities 269 196 75.2 69.0-80.5 73 24.8 19.5-31.0
AGE
18-34 671 554 82.6 79.2-85.5 117 17.4 14.5-20.8
35-44 527 417 77.6 73.3-81.4 110 22.4 18.6-26.7
45-54 622 471 74.7 70.5-78.5 151 25.3 21.5-29.5
55-64 829 608 74.0 70.6-77.2 221 26.0 22.8-29.4
65-74 826 603 70.8 67.0-74.2 223 29.2 25.8-33.0
75+ 632 392 60.8 56.3-65.0 240 39.2 35.0-43.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 479 267 57.4 52.0-62.7 212 42.6 37.3-48.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,155 750 67.6 64.4-70.8 405 32.4 29.2-35.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,155 877 79.4 76.6-81.8 278 20.6 18.2-23.4
College Graduate 1,363 1,184 89.1 87.3-90.8 179 10.9 9.2-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 527 309 60.5 55.3-65.4 218 39.5 34.6-44.7
$15,000- 24,999 712 484 71.0 67.0-74.7 228 29.0 25.3-33.0
$25,000- 34,999 416 313 77.1 72.0-81.5 103 22.9 18.5-28.0
$35,000- 49,999 468 365 77.1 71.7-81.7 103 22.9 18.3-28.3
$50,000- 74,999 409 319 78.4 73.1-82.9 90 21.6 17.1-26.9
$75,000+ 707 634 90.2 87.5-92.4 73 9.8 7.6-12.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,186 682 59.2 55.7-62.6 504 40.8 37.4-44.3
No 2,861 2,320 81.0 79.2-82.7 541 19.0 17.3-20.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 110 88 78.7 68.5-86.3 22 21.3 13.7-31.5
Non-Veteran 4,054 2,998 75.4 73.7-76.9 1,056 24.6 23.1-26.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,434 1,764 73.6 71.4-75.7 670 26.4 24.3-28.6
No 1,737 1,328 78.0 75.7-80.2 409 22.0 19.8-24.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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