2014 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 7,281 5,493 76.8 75.6-77.9 1,788 23.2 22.1-24.4
-Whites 5,181 3,990 79.0 77.7-80.3 1,191 21.0 19.7-22.3
GENDER
Male 2,239 1,782 81.3 79.4-83.1 457 18.7 16.9-20.6
Female 2,942 2,208 76.9 75.0-78.7 734 23.1 21.3-25.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 182 136 72.9 64.9-79.7 46 27.1 20.3-35.1
Non-Hispanic 4,986 3,843 79.2 77.9-80.5 1,143 20.8 19.5-22.1
AGE
18-34 755 666 88.8 86.2-91.0 89 11.2 9.0-13.8
35-44 589 489 81.7 77.8-85.0 100 18.3 15.0-22.2
45-54 745 574 76.6 73.0-79.9 171 23.4 20.1-27.0
55-64 1,120 844 74.9 71.9-77.7 276 25.1 22.3-28.1
65-74 1,109 836 73.6 70.5-76.5 273 26.4 23.5-29.5
75+ 803 531 65.4 61.6-69.1 272 34.6 30.9-38.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 516 288 59.4 54.2-64.3 228 40.6 35.7-45.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,365 897 70.3 67.5-73.0 468 29.7 27.0-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,386 1,106 83.3 81.1-85.3 280 16.7 14.7-18.9
College Graduate 1,899 1,690 91.5 90.1-92.7 209 8.5 7.3- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 465 277 60.7 55.2-66.0 188 39.3 34.0-44.8
$15,000- 24,999 725 472 70.5 66.6-74.2 253 29.5 25.8-33.4
$25,000- 34,999 475 353 77.6 73.2-81.6 122 22.4 18.4-26.8
$35,000- 49,999 625 500 79.9 75.7-83.6 125 20.1 16.4-24.3
$50,000- 74,999 625 502 80.4 76.4-83.8 123 19.6 16.2-23.6
$75,000+ 1,233 1,120 91.5 89.6-93.1 113 8.5 6.9-10.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,443 868 62.7 59.7-65.7 575 37.3 34.3-40.3
No 3,588 3,014 84.7 83.3-86.0 574 15.3 14.0-16.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 783 623 81.3 78.1-84.2 160 18.7 15.8-21.9
Non-Veteran 4,394 3,364 78.7 77.2-80.0 1,030 21.3 20.0-22.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,098 2,324 77.2 75.5-78.9 774 22.8 21.1-24.5
No 2,083 1,666 81.6 79.6-83.4 417 18.4 16.6-20.4

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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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