BRFSS 2001 - Western North Carolina: (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 Western North Carolina

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
Western NC	611	490	79.9	76.0-83.4	121	20.1	16.6-24.0
GENDER
Male	231	178	75.9	69.2-81.6	53	24.1	18.4-30.8
Female	380	312	83.6	79.3-87.3	68	16.4	12.7-20.7
RACE
White	573	465	80.6	76.5-84.1	108	19.4	15.9-23.5
Other	35	23	70.2	52.1-83.6	12	29.8	16.4-47.9
AGE
18-44	221	188	83.8	77.5-88.7	33	16.2	11.3-22.5
45+	386	298	77.1	71.9-81.6	88	22.9	18.4-28.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	334	250	76.1	70.7-80.8	84	23.9	19.2-29.3
Some College +	274	238	85.0	78.8-89.6	36	15.0	10.4-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	402	319	78.8	73.8-83.1	83	21.2	16.9-26.2
$50,000+	106	92	85.4	76.1-91.5	14	14.6	8.5-23.9
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
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

Western NC

611

490

79.9

76.0-83.4

121

20.1

16.6-24.0

GENDER

Male

231

178

75.9

69.2-81.6

24.1

18.4-30.8

Female

380

312

83.6

79.3-87.3

16.4

12.7-20.7

RACE

White

573

465

80.6

76.5-84.1

108

19.4

15.9-23.5

Other

70.2

52.1-83.6

29.8

16.4-47.9

AGE

18-44

221

188

83.8

77.5-88.7

16.2

11.3-22.5

45+

386

298

77.1

71.9-81.6

22.9

18.4-28.1

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

334

250

76.1

70.7-80.8

23.9

19.2-29.3

Some College +

274

238

85.0

78.8-89.6

15.0

10.4-21.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

402

319

78.8

73.8-83.1

21.2

16.9-26.2

$50,000+

106

85.4

76.1-91.5

14.6

8.5-23.9

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

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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