2014 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 7,281 5,493 76.8 75.6-77.9 1,788 23.2 22.1-24.4
-MALES 3,110 2,401 78.2 76.5-79.9 709 21.8 20.1-23.5
RACE
White 2,239 1,782 81.3 79.4-83.1 457 18.7 16.9-20.6
African American 529 371 71.8 67.2-76.0 158 28.2 24.0-32.8
Other Minorities 301 213 69.2 61.9-75.6 88 30.8 24.4-38.1
AGE
18-34 598 507 85.2 81.7-88.2 91 14.8 11.8-18.3
35-44 426 341 79.3 74.6-83.3 85 20.7 16.7-25.4
45-54 482 362 77.1 72.9-80.9 120 22.9 19.1-27.1
55-64 690 517 73.0 69.0-76.6 173 27.0 23.4-31.0
65-74 545 408 72.7 68.1-76.9 137 27.3 23.1-31.9
75+ 325 232 68.3 61.8-74.2 93 31.7 25.8-38.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 444 255 59.4 53.9-64.6 189 40.6 35.4-46.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 848 572 71.5 67.9-74.8 276 28.5 25.2-32.1
Some Post-H.S. 766 630 84.8 81.9-87.3 136 15.2 12.7-18.1
College Graduate 1,039 935 92.2 90.3-93.7 104 7.8 6.3- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 327 208 64.8 58.4-70.6 119 35.2 29.4-41.6
$15,000- 24,999 477 298 65.7 60.5-70.5 179 34.3 29.5-39.5
$25,000- 34,999 286 201 72.2 65.9-77.6 85 27.8 22.4-34.1
$35,000- 49,999 378 299 80.5 75.6-84.6 79 19.5 15.4-24.4
$50,000- 74,999 381 320 83.6 78.8-87.5 61 16.4 12.5-21.2
$75,000+ 750 683 91.5 88.8-93.6 67 8.5 6.4-11.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 757 478 65.3 61.2-69.2 279 34.7 30.8-38.8
No 2,215 1,828 82.5 80.6-84.3 387 17.5 15.7-19.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 889 700 79.9 76.6-82.9 189 20.1 17.1-23.4
Non-Veteran 2,214 1,696 77.7 75.6-79.7 518 22.3 20.3-24.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,811 1,344 75.4 73.0-77.7 467 24.6 22.3-27.0
No 1,299 1,057 82.0 79.5-84.3 242 18.0 15.7-20.5

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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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