Regular and Sustained Physical Activity*
Wake County, 2000


Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond.#		 Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 341 77  22.2  (17.6-27.6) 264  77.8  (72.4-82.4)
SEX      
Male 129 31  23.7  (16.5-32.9)  98  76.3  (67.1-83.5)
Female 212 46  20.8  (15.6-27.1) 166  79.2  (72.9-84.4)
RACE      
White 262 65  24.6  (19.2-30.8) 197  75.4  (69.2-80.8)
Other  74 12  16.1  ( 8.3-29.0)  62  83.9  (71.0-91.7)
AGE      
18-44 184 37  21.3  (15.2-28.9) 147  78.7  (71.1-84.8)
45+ 151 39  24.1  (17.6-32.0) 112  75.9  (68.0-82.4)
EDUCATION      
< College 151 37  26.3  (18.8-35.5) 114  73.7  (64.5-81.2)
College Graduate or More 187 39  18.7  (13.5-25.2) 148  81.3  (74.8-86.5)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
Less than $75,000 133 28  22.3  (14.9-32.1) 105  77.7  (67.9-85.1)
$75,000+ 148 40  25.8  (18.9-34.2) 108  74.2  (65.8-81.1)
DISABILITY STATUS      
Any Disability  75 11  10.1  ( 5.4-18.3)  64  89.9  (81.7-94.6)
No Disability 260 65  25.0  (19.5-31.4) 195  75.0  (68.6-80.5)

*Data in this table were derived from the exercise questions.
Yes = Did physical activity for 30 or more minutes, 5 or more times per week, regardless of intensity.
No = No physical activity or less than 30 minutes of activity, 5 times per week.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.