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| Total Respond.^ |
Walking | Gardening | Running | Weight lifting | Other | ||||||||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | |||||
| North Carolina | 4,439 | 2,564 | 54.6 | 52.8-56.4 | 232 | 4.3 | 3.7- 5.0 | 411 | 11.9 | 10.6-13.2 | 177 | 4.8 | 4.1- 5.7 | 1,055 | 24.4 | 22.9-26.0 | |||
| -Piedmont | 2,293 | 1,294 | 54.2 | 51.8-56.6 | 102 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.7 | 233 | 11.8 | 10.2-13.6 | 95 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 569 | 25.6 | 23.5-27.8 | |||
| GENDER | |||||||||||||||||||
| Male | 983 | 451 | 44.3 | 40.7-48.0 | 32 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.6 | 136 | 14.7 | 12.2-17.7 | 70 | 7.6 | 5.9- 9.7 | 294 | 30.3 | 27.1-33.8 | |||
| Female | 1,310 | 843 | 63.2 | 60.0-66.3 | 70 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.7 | 97 | 9.1 | 7.2-11.5 | 25 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.2 | 275 | 21.2 | 18.7-24.0 | |||
| RACE | |||||||||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,530 | 848 | 53.1 | 50.1-56.0 | 88 | 4.9 | 3.9- 6.3 | 159 | 12.8 | 10.7-15.2 | 54 | 3.8 | 2.8- 5.0 | 381 | 25.4 | 22.9-28.1 | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 432 | 259 | 57.1 | 51.4-62.6 | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.9 | 27 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.4 | 106 | 25.7 | 21.0-31.0 | |||
| Other | 297 | 170 | 56.5 | 49.5-63.2 | *** | *** | *** | 31 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.6 | 13 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.2 | 74 | 26.5 | 20.5-33.5 | |||
| AGE | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18-34 | 496 | 196 | 40.3 | 35.4-45.4 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 24.0 | 19.8-28.8 | 40 | 7.3 | 5.2-10.2 | 137 | 27.8 | 23.4-32.7 | |||
| 35-44 | 365 | 193 | 52.6 | 46.8-58.3 | *** | *** | *** | 53 | 13.4 | 10.0-17.7 | 22 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.2 | 91 | 25.9 | 21.1-31.4 | |||
| 45-54 | 438 | 257 | 58.9 | 53.7-64.0 | 21 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.1 | 38 | 7.2 | 5.1-10.0 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.6 | 110 | 26.1 | 21.7-31.1 | |||
| 55-64 | 401 | 261 | 65.2 | 59.9-70.2 | 21 | 5.8 | 3.7- 9.0 | 16 | 3.6 | 2.2- 6.0 | *** | *** | *** | 93 | 22.9 | 18.7-27.7 | |||
| 65-74 | 364 | 241 | 67.2 | 61.5-72.5 | 33 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 79 | 22.5 | 17.9-27.8 | |||
| 75+ | 201 | 127 | 62.3 | 54.0-70.0 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 53 | 24.7 | 18.7-31.9 | |||
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 176 | 123 | 67.0 | 57.5-75.2 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 20.3 | 13.8-29.0 | |||
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 507 | 316 | 59.9 | 54.9-64.8 | 22 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.0 | 33 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.3 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.1- 5.9 | 120 | 24.1 | 20.1-28.6 | |||
| Some Post-H.S. | 571 | 341 | 54.4 | 49.6-59.2 | 33 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.0 | 40 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.7 | 24 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.2 | 133 | 25.6 | 21.5-30.1 | |||
| College Graduate | 1,027 | 505 | 45.8 | 42.5-49.2 | 41 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.7 | 150 | 17.0 | 14.5-19.8 | 49 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.2 | 282 | 28.4 | 25.4-31.6 | |||
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 161 | 115 | 68.5 | 59.3-76.4 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 22 | 16.8 | 10.7-25.4 | |||
| $15,000- 24,999 | 307 | 198 | 62.7 | 55.9-69.0 | *** | *** | *** | 20 | 8.2 | 5.0-13.2 | *** | *** | *** | 70 | 22.8 | 17.7-28.9 | |||
| $25,000- 34,999 | 195 | 109 | 51.4 | 42.6-60.0 | *** | *** | *** | 19 | 12.5 | 7.5-19.9 | *** | *** | *** | 48 | 27.7 | 19.9-37.2 | |||
| $35,000- 49,999 | 247 | 131 | 53.2 | 45.7-60.5 | 18 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.4 | 18 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.3 | *** | *** | *** | 68 | 26.8 | 20.7-33.9 | |||
| $50,000- 74,999 | 281 | 148 | 49.9 | 43.0-56.8 | *** | *** | *** | 34 | 13.5 | 8.5-20.7 | 16 | 7.2 | 4.2-12.1 | 72 | 26.5 | 20.9-33.0 | |||
| $75,000+ | 677 | 335 | 48.3 | 44.1-52.5 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.3 | 96 | 15.4 | 12.5-18.9 | 36 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.5 | 194 | 29.0 | 25.4-33.0 | |||
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 419 | 268 | 62.8 | 57.1-68.0 | 27 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.3 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 102 | 23.8 | 19.5-28.7 | |||
| No | 1,868 | 1,022 | 52.5 | 49.8-55.1 | 75 | 3.2 | 2.5- 4.1 | 223 | 13.5 | 11.6-15.6 | 83 | 5.0 | 3.9- 6.3 | 465 | 25.9 | 23.5-28.3 | |||
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 253 | 120 | 44.7 | 37.8-51.8 | *** | *** | *** | 18 | 9.3 | 5.5-15.3 | 21 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.8 | 82 | 30.5 | 24.5-37.2 | |||
| Non-Veteran | 2,029 | 1,171 | 55.5 | 52.9-58.1 | 90 | 3.5 | 2.8- 4.4 | 212 | 12.0 | 10.3-14.0 | 74 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.3 | 482 | 24.8 | 22.6-27.2 | |||
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,292 | 701 | 52.1 | 49.0-55.3 | 37 | 2.6 | 1.8- 3.9 | 157 | 13.7 | 11.4-16.3 | 67 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.6 | 330 | 25.7 | 23.0-28.5 | |||
| Regional City or Suburban | 583 | 331 | 55.7 | 50.8-60.4 | 41 | 5.0 | 3.6- 7.1 | 51 | 10.6 | 7.8-14.2 | 16 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.2 | 144 | 25.5 | 21.4-30.2 | |||
| Rural | 418 | 262 | 58.4 | 52.4-64.1 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.4 | 25 | 7.6 | 4.8-11.8 | *** | *** | *** | 95 | 25.3 | 20.3-31.0 | |||
*Asked only of those who reported any exercise in the past month.
NOTE: There are 69 exercise categories available for this question. The four categories featured in this table
had highest frequency of any single category.
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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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