BRFSS 2001 - New Hanover 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 New Hanover 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
New Hanover County	402	328	81.4	76.2-85.6	74	18.6	14.4-23.8
GENDER
Male	163	131	79.4	70.7-86.0	32	20.6	14.0-29.3
Female	239	197	83.7	78.2-88.0	42	16.3	12.0-21.8
RACE
White	338	284	83.3	78.1-87.5	54	16.7	12.5-21.9
Other	57	39	75.4	57.4-87.5	18	24.6	12.5-42.6
AGE
18-44	184	153	83.2	75.2-89.0	31	16.8	11.0-24.8
45+	211	168	78.8	71.9-84.4	43	21.2	15.6-28.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	92	70.7	60.8-79.0	39	29.3	21.0-39.2
Some College +	268	234	87.1	81.3-91.3	34	12.9	8.7-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	169	82.5	75.1-88.1	38	17.5	11.9-24.9
$50,000+	131	112	83.4	74.1-89.9	19	16.6	10.1-25.9
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
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
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

New Hanover County

402

328

81.4

76.2-85.6

18.6

14.4-23.8

GENDER

Male

163

131

79.4

70.7-86.0

20.6

14.0-29.3

Female

239

197

83.7

78.2-88.0

16.3

12.0-21.8

RACE

White

338

284

83.3

78.1-87.5

16.7

12.5-21.9

Other

75.4

57.4-87.5

24.6

12.5-42.6

AGE

18-44

184

153

83.2

75.2-89.0

16.8

11.0-24.8

45+

211

168

78.8

71.9-84.4

21.2

15.6-28.1

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

131

70.7

60.8-79.0

29.3

21.0-39.2

Some College +

268

234

87.1

81.3-91.3

12.9

8.7-18.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

207

169

82.5

75.1-88.1

17.5

11.9-24.9

$50,000+

131

112

83.4

74.1-89.9

16.6

10.1-25.9

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

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

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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