2015 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 6,278 4,607 73.8 72.5-75.1 1,671 26.2 24.9-27.5
-FEMALES 3,605 2,602 72.9 71.0-74.6 1,003 27.1 25.4-29.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,434 1,784 74.2 72.0-76.3 650 25.8 23.7-28.0
Non-Hispanic Black 747 508 68.4 64.1-72.4 239 31.6 27.6-35.9
Other 386 283 73.2 67.5-78.3 103 26.8 21.7-32.5
AGE
18-34 597 492 82.2 78.4-85.5 105 17.8 14.5-21.6
35-44 501 365 73.2 68.2-77.6 136 26.8 22.4-31.8
45-54 618 467 74.1 69.8-78.0 151 25.9 22.0-30.2
55-64 698 493 67.8 63.3-72.1 205 32.2 27.9-36.7
65-74 666 474 68.8 64.1-73.1 192 31.2 26.9-35.9
75+ 472 279 58.2 52.9-63.3 193 41.8 36.7-47.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 359 198 59.1 52.6-65.3 161 40.9 34.7-47.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 948 608 65.8 62.1-69.4 340 34.2 30.6-37.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,064 755 73.2 70.0-76.2 309 26.8 23.8-30.0
College Graduate 1,226 1,036 86.7 84.4-88.7 190 13.3 11.3-15.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 375 235 63.7 57.2-69.6 140 36.3 30.4-42.8
$15,000- 24,999 612 408 69.1 64.5-73.3 204 30.9 26.7-35.5
$25,000- 34,999 315 218 69.2 62.7-75.1 97 30.8 24.9-37.3
$35,000- 49,999 385 285 72.3 66.3-77.6 100 27.7 22.4-33.7
$50,000- 74,999 398 308 76.3 70.3-81.3 90 23.7 18.7-29.7
$75,000+ 700 601 86.1 82.7-88.9 99 13.9 11.1-17.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,040 590 57.2 53.5-60.9 450 42.8 39.1-46.5
No 2,552 2,004 78.4 76.4-80.3 548 21.6 19.7-23.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 96 78.0 68.0-85.6 25 22.0 14.4-32.0
Non-Veteran 3,478 2,501 72.7 70.8-74.5 977 27.3 25.5-29.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,061 825 78.1 75.0-80.9 236 21.9 19.1-25.0
Regional City or Suburban 769 549 70.7 66.7-74.4 220 29.3 25.6-33.3
Rural 1,775 1,228 69.9 67.1-72.6 547 30.1 27.4-32.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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