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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working 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 smal l increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,623 5,149 76.6 74.9-78.2 1,474 23.4 21.8-25.1
Buncombe County 412 329 81.2 76.6-85.0 83 18.8 15.0-23.4
GENDER
Male 159 124 79.3 71.5-85.4 35 20.7 14.6-28.5
Female 253 205 83.0 77.5-87.4 48 17.0 12.6-22.5
RACE
White 364 293 81.4 76.5-85.4 71 18.6 14.6-23.5
Other 41 31 79.4 62.0-90.1 10 20.6 9.9-38.0
AGE
18-44 151 129 85.8 78.6-90.9 22 14.2 9.1-21.4
45+ 255 195 77.1 70.7-82.5 60 22.9 17.5-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 159 111 71.6 63.1-78.8 48 28.4 21.2-36.9
Some College + 249 215 88.0 83.1-91.7 34 12.0 8.3-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 170 78.8 71.8-84.4 46 21.2 15.6-28.2
$50,000+ 87 81 93.8 86.3-97.3 6 6.2 2.7-13.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 462 368 79.5 74.7-83.5 94 20.5 16.5-25.3
Guilford 413 325 78.6 73.3-83.0 88 21.4 17.0-26.7
Henderson/Transylvania 468 385 80.5 74.0-85.7 83 19.5 14.3-26.0
Mecklenburg 439 357 81.3 76.3-85.4 82 18.7 14.6-23.7
Orange 436 378 81.2 70.7-88.6 58 18.8 11.4-29.3
Pitt 410 315 77.7 72.0-82.5 95 22.3 17.5-28.0
Randolph 421 311 76.0 70.9-80.5 110 24.0 19.5-29.1
Robeson 433 299 70.3 64.6-75.5 134 29.7 24.5-35.4
Wake 422 353 82.6 77.7-86.6 69 17.4 13.4-22.3
Western NC 649 485 76.4 72.5-79.9 164 23.6 20.1-27.5
Piedmont NC 874 647 70.6 66.3-74.5 227 29.4 25.5-33.7
Eastern NC 784 597 78.1 74.5-81.4 187 21.9 18.6-25.5

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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, 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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