2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Exercise-Non-Hispanic White

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
-Non-Hispanic White 4,262 3,175 75.1 73.5-76.7 1,087 24.9 23.3-26.5
GENDER
Male 1,828 1,391 76.1 73.6-78.4 437 23.9 21.6-26.4
Female 2,434 1,784 74.2 72.0-76.3 650 25.8 23.7-28.0
AGE
18-34 645 550 84.4 80.8-87.5 95 15.6 12.5-19.2
35-44 492 384 76.8 72.0-81.0 108 23.2 19.0-28.0
45-54 720 548 75.5 71.6-79.0 172 24.5 21.0-28.4
55-64 904 634 68.0 64.2-71.6 270 32.0 28.4-35.8
65-74 879 661 74.0 70.1-77.6 218 26.0 22.4-29.9
75+ 585 373 62.9 58.1-67.5 212 37.1 32.5-41.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 295 160 57.8 50.7-64.5 135 42.2 35.5-49.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,057 700 69.1 65.7-72.4 357 30.9 27.6-34.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,238 894 74.8 71.9-77.5 344 25.2 22.5-28.1
College Graduate 1,656 1,412 87.4 85.5-89.0 244 12.6 11.0-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 291 183 63.8 56.9-70.1 108 36.2 29.9-43.1
$15,000- 24,999 544 349 67.6 62.6-72.2 195 32.4 27.8-37.4
$25,000- 34,999 349 252 70.1 63.4-76.0 97 29.9 24.0-36.6
$35,000- 49,999 506 382 75.4 70.5-79.8 124 24.6 20.2-29.5
$50,000- 74,999 607 468 76.0 71.3-80.1 139 24.0 19.9-28.7
$75,000+ 1,141 974 85.6 83.0-87.9 167 14.4 12.1-17.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,206 717 59.9 56.4-63.3 489 40.1 36.7-43.6
No 3,040 2,447 80.5 78.7-82.2 593 19.5 17.8-21.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 631 461 74.6 70.3-78.4 170 25.4 21.6-29.7
Non-Veteran 3,626 2,710 75.2 73.4-76.9 916 24.8 23.1-26.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,069 887 83.0 80.2-85.5 182 17.0 14.5-19.8
Regional City or Suburban 1,011 755 73.7 70.3-76.7 256 26.3 23.3-29.7
Rural 2,182 1,533 71.0 68.5-73.5 649 29.0 26.5-31.5

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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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