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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

Risk Factors

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,071 1,241 20.4 18.9-22.0 4,830 79.6 78.0-81.1
Western NC 603 105 19.5 16.0-23.5 498 80.5 76.5-84.0
GENDER
Male 227 58 27.3 21.3-34.4 169 72.7 65.6-78.7
Female 376 47 12.3 9.2-16.3 329 87.7 83.7-90.8
RACE
White 565 100 19.3 15.8-23.4 465 80.7 76.6-84.2
Other 35 5 23.8 10.6-45.3 30 76.2 54.7-89.4
AGE
18-44 216 61 29.7 23.1-37.1 155 70.3 62.9-76.9
45+ 382 44 12.9 9.5-17.3 338 87.1 82.7-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 330 40 14.4 10.4-19.6 290 85.6 80.4-89.6
Some College + 270 65 26.0 20.4-32.5 205 74.0 67.5-79.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 397 62 17.8 13.7-22.7 335 82.2 77.3-86.3
$50,000+ 105 30 30.2 21.3-40.8 75 69.8 59.2-78.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 405 89 24.3 19.7-29.7 316 75.7 70.3-80.3
Cumberland 422 106 26.6 21.1-33.0 316 73.4 67.0-78.9
Durham 391 89 28.1 22.0-35.2 302 71.9 64.8-78.0
Forsyth 454 84 21.9 17.2-27.4 370 78.1 72.6-82.8
Gaston 456 73 19.2 15.1-24.0 383 80.8 76.0-84.9
Guilford 404 74 19.5 15.4-24.3 330 80.5 75.7-84.6
Mecklenburg 420 87 20.2 16.3-24.8 333 79.8 75.2-83.7
New Hanover 396 99 30.0 23.0-38.0 297 70.0 62.0-77.0
Onslow 432 119 29.8 24.3-35.9 313 70.2 64.1-75.7
Wake 420 100 24.1 19.8-29.1 320 75.9 70.9-80.2
Western NC 603 105 19.5 16.0-23.5 498 80.5 76.5-84.0
Piedmont NC 659 116 18.4 14.9-22.4 543 81.6 77.6-85.1
Eastern NC 609 100 18.2 14.6-22.4 509 81.8 77.6-85.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.

#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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