BRFSS 2001 - Buncombe County: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working (if employed or self-employed) in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as brisk walking, bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, o r anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working (if employed or self-employed) in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as brisk walking, bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,135	4,914	79.9	78.2-81.4	1,221	20.1	18.6-21.8
Buncombe County	412	336	80.5	75.5-84.6	76	19.5	15.4-24.5
GENDER
Male	160	124	75.9	67.5-82.7	36	24.1	17.3-32.5
Female	252	212	85.0	79.5-89.3	40	15.0	10.7-20.5
RACE
White	369	302	80.7	75.4-85.1	67	19.3	14.9-24.6
Other	40	32	79.1	61.6-90.0	8	20.9	10.0-38.4
AGE
18-44	177	154	85.7	77.5-91.2	23	14.3	8.8-22.5
45+	234	181	75.7	69.1-81.4	53	24.3	18.6-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	171	126	71.2	62.2-78.8	45	28.8	21.2-37.8
Some College +	241	210	87.5	82.3-91.4	31	12.5	8.6-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	204	81.1	74.1-86.5	42	18.9	13.5-25.9
$50,000+	94	86	91.4	83.0-95.9	8	8.6	4.1-17.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland	426	342	83.5	78.9-87.2	84	16.5	12.8-21.1
Durham	394	321	85.1	80.9-88.5	73	14.9	11.5-19.1
Forsyth	454	362	80.5	76.2-84.3	92	19.5	15.7-23.8
Gaston	463	354	76.6	71.9-80.8	109	23.4	19.2-28.1
Guilford	410	325	78.7	73.6-83.1	85	21.3	16.9-26.4
Mecklenburg	426	348	82.2	77.8-85.8	78	17.8	14.2-22.2
New Hanover	402	328	81.4	76.2-85.6	74	18.6	14.4-23.8
Onslow	434	341	77.4	70.2-83.4	93	22.6	16.6-29.8
Wake	423	367	85.8	81.1-89.4	56	14.2	10.6-18.9
Western NC	611	490	79.9	76.0-83.4	121	20.1	16.6-24.0
Piedmont NC	666	525	79.5	75.7-82.9	141	20.5	17.1-24.3
Eastern NC	614	475	76.5	71.9-80.6	139	23.5	19.4-28.1

Total
Respond.#

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

6,135

4,914

79.9

78.2-81.4

1,221

20.1

18.6-21.8

Buncombe County

412

336

80.5

75.5-84.6

19.5

15.4-24.5

GENDER

Male

160

124

75.9

67.5-82.7

24.1

17.3-32.5

Female

252

212

85.0

79.5-89.3

15.0

10.7-20.5

RACE

White

369

302

80.7

75.4-85.1

19.3

14.9-24.6

Other

79.1

61.6-90.0

20.9

10.0-38.4

AGE

18-44

177

154

85.7

77.5-91.2

14.3

8.8-22.5

45+

234

181

75.7

69.1-81.4

24.3

18.6-30.9

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

171

126

71.2

62.2-78.8

28.8

21.2-37.8

Some College +

241

210

87.5

82.3-91.4

12.5

8.6-17.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

246

204

81.1

74.1-86.5

18.9

13.5-25.9

$50,000+

91.4

83.0-95.9

8.6

4.1-17.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Cumberland

426

342

83.5

78.9-87.2

16.5

12.8-21.1

Durham

394

321

85.1

80.9-88.5

14.9

11.5-19.1

Forsyth

454

362

80.5

76.2-84.3

19.5

15.7-23.8

Gaston

463

354

76.6

71.9-80.8

109

23.4

19.2-28.1

Guilford

410

325

78.7

73.6-83.1

21.3

16.9-26.4

Mecklenburg

426

348

82.2

77.8-85.8

17.8

14.2-22.2

New Hanover

402

328

81.4

76.2-85.6

18.6

14.4-23.8

Onslow

434

341

77.4

70.2-83.4

22.6

16.6-29.8

Wake

423

367

85.8

81.1-89.4

14.2

10.6-18.9

Western NC

611

490

79.9

76.0-83.4

121

20.1

16.6-24.0

Piedmont NC

666

525

79.5

75.7-82.9

141

20.5

17.1-24.3

Eastern NC

614

475

76.5

71.9-80.6

139

23.5

19.4-28.1

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* If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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