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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,366 2,432 38.1 36.3-40.0 3,934 61.9 60.0-63.7
Buncombe County 399 153 40.5 34.9-46.3 246 59.5 53.7-65.1
GENDER
Male 154 62 43.2 34.4-52.4 92 56.8 47.6-65.6
Female 245 91 38.0 31.3-45.2 154 62.0 54.8-68.7
RACE
White 353 141 42.5 36.4-48.7 212 57.5 51.3-63.6
Other 39 9 22.4 11.5-39.0 30 77.6 61.0-88.5
AGE
18-44 149 64 42.8 34.0-52.1 85 57.2 47.9-66.0
45+ 245 89 39.9 32.8-47.5 156 60.1 52.5-67.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 45 34.2 25.7-43.8 108 65.8 56.2-74.3
Some College + 243 108 45.2 37.9-52.7 135 54.8 47.3-62.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 73 35.5 28.5-43.3 138 64.5 56.7-71.5
$50,000+ 86 47 54.5 42.2-66.4 39 45.5 33.6-57.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 450 167 36.7 31.6-42.2 283 63.3 57.8-68.4
Guilford 397 152 36.1 30.7-41.9 245 63.9 58.1-69.3
Henderson/Transylvania 448 193 44.7 38.8-50.8 255 55.3 49.2-61.2
Mecklenburg 430 162 36.5 30.7-42.7 268 63.5 57.3-69.3
Orange 420 217 51.4 43.9-58.7 203 48.6 41.3-56.1
Pitt 395 153 42.6 36.0-49.4 242 57.4 50.6-64.0
Randolph 401 143 40.5 33.4-48.0 258 59.5 52.0-66.6
Robeson 413 125 31.1 25.3-37.6 288 68.9 62.4-74.7
Wake 417 182 43.2 37.7-48.8 235 56.8 51.2-62.3
Western NC 613 225 39.9 35.3-44.7 388 60.1 55.3-64.7
Piedmont NC 831 285 33.9 29.9-38.2 546 66.1 61.8-70.1
Eastern NC 752 275 39.7 35.5-44.1 477 60.3 55.9-64.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or 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 moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes per day, o r 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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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