BRFSS 2001 - Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg 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
Mecklenburg County	426	348	82.2	77.8-85.8	78	17.8	14.2-22.2
GENDER
Male	173	145	83.5	76.8-88.6	28	16.5	11.4-23.2
Female	253	203	80.8	74.7-85.6	50	19.2	14.4-25.3
RACE
White	301	255	84.9	79.8-88.8	46	15.1	11.2-20.2
Other	116	85	75.3	65.8-82.9	31	24.7	17.1-34.2
AGE
18-44	237	196	83.5	77.7-88.0	41	16.5	12.0-22.3
45+	186	150	80.6	73.4-86.2	36	19.4	13.8-26.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	136	101	75.5	66.8-82.6	35	24.5	17.4-33.2
Some College +	288	245	85.3	80.1-89.3	43	14.7	10.7-19.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	187	154	83.1	76.4-88.2	33	16.9	11.8-23.6
$50,000+	164	141	84.6	77.4-89.9	23	15.4	10.1-22.6
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
Guilford	410	325	78.7	73.6-83.1	85	21.3	16.9-26.4
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

Mecklenburg County

426

348

82.2

77.8-85.8

17.8

14.2-22.2

GENDER

Male

173

145

83.5

76.8-88.6

16.5

11.4-23.2

Female

253

203

80.8

74.7-85.6

19.2

14.4-25.3

RACE

White

301

255

84.9

79.8-88.8

15.1

11.2-20.2

Other

116

75.3

65.8-82.9

24.7

17.1-34.2

AGE

18-44

237

196

83.5

77.7-88.0

16.5

12.0-22.3

45+

186

150

80.6

73.4-86.2

19.4

13.8-26.6

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

136

101

75.5

66.8-82.6

24.5

17.4-33.2

Some College +

288

245

85.3

80.1-89.3

14.7

10.7-19.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

187

154

83.1

76.4-88.2

16.9

11.8-23.6

$50,000+

164

141

84.6

77.4-89.9

15.4

10.1-22.6

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

Guilford

410

325

78.7

73.6-83.1

21.3

16.9-26.4

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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