BRFSS 2001 - Guilford 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 Guilford 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
Guilford County	410	325	78.7	73.6-83.1	85	21.3	16.9-26.4
GENDER
Male	144	113	76.2	66.7-83.6	31	23.8	16.4-33.3
Female	266	212	80.9	75.3-85.4	54	19.1	14.6-24.7
RACE
White	277	227	83.3	78.0-87.5	50	16.7	12.5-22.0
Other	128	93	70.3	59.6-79.1	35	29.7	20.9-40.4
AGE
18-44	195	157	78.8	70.8-85.1	38	21.2	14.9-29.2
45+	210	166	79.9	72.9-85.4	44	20.1	14.6-27.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	150	113	75.8	66.9-82.9	37	24.2	17.1-33.1
Some College +	260	212	80.5	73.9-85.8	48	19.5	14.2-26.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	217	170	77.4	69.6-83.6	47	22.6	16.4-30.4
$50,000+	114	97	84.0	75.1-90.1	17	16.0	9.9-24.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	412	336	80.5	75.5-84.6	76	19.5	15.4-24.5
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
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

Guilford County

410

325

78.7

73.6-83.1

21.3

16.9-26.4

GENDER

Male

144

113

76.2

66.7-83.6

23.8

16.4-33.3

Female

266

212

80.9

75.3-85.4

19.1

14.6-24.7

RACE

White

277

227

83.3

78.0-87.5

16.7

12.5-22.0

Other

128

70.3

59.6-79.1

29.7

20.9-40.4

AGE

18-44

195

157

78.8

70.8-85.1

21.2

14.9-29.2

45+

210

166

79.9

72.9-85.4

20.1

14.6-27.1

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

150

113

75.8

66.9-82.9

24.2

17.1-33.1

Some College +

260

212

80.5

73.9-85.8

19.5

14.2-26.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

217

170

77.4

69.6-83.6

22.6

16.4-30.4

$50,000+

114

84.0

75.1-90.1

16.0

9.9-24.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

412

336

80.5

75.5-84.6

19.5

15.4-24.5

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

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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