BRFSS 2002 - Forsyth County: (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 sma ll increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth 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
North Carolina	6,623	5,149	76.6	74.9-78.2	1,474	23.4	21.8-25.1
Forsyth County	462	368	79.5	74.7-83.5	94	20.5	16.5-25.3
GENDER
Male	178	147	82.1	74.5-87.8	31	17.9	12.2-25.5
Female	284	221	77.0	70.7-82.3	63	23.0	17.7-29.3
RACE
White	344	283	82.1	76.7-86.5	61	17.9	13.5-23.3
Other	114	81	71.2	60.5-79.9	33	28.8	20.1-39.5
AGE
18-44	197	160	80.5	73.2-86.2	37	19.5	13.8-26.8
45+	260	204	78.2	71.6-83.7	56	21.8	16.3-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	141	71.3	62.9-78.4	52	28.7	21.6-37.1
Some College +	268	226	86.2	80.9-90.2	42	13.8	9.8-19.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	219	167	77.0	69.9-82.9	52	23.0	17.1-30.1
$50,000+	141	125	85.9	76.3-92.0	16	14.1	8.0-23.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	412	329	81.2	76.6-85.0	83	18.8	15.0-23.4
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

Total
Respond.#

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

6,623

5,149

76.6

74.9-78.2

1,474

23.4

21.8-25.1

Forsyth County

462

368

79.5

74.7-83.5

20.5

16.5-25.3

GENDER

Male

178

147

82.1

74.5-87.8

17.9

12.2-25.5

Female

284

221

77.0

70.7-82.3

23.0

17.7-29.3

RACE

White

344

283

82.1

76.7-86.5

17.9

13.5-23.3

Other

114

71.2

60.5-79.9

28.8

20.1-39.5

AGE

18-44

197

160

80.5

73.2-86.2

19.5

13.8-26.8

45+

260

204

78.2

71.6-83.7

21.8

16.3-28.4

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

193

141

71.3

62.9-78.4

28.7

21.6-37.1

Some College +

268

226

86.2

80.9-90.2

13.8

9.8-19.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

219

167

77.0

69.9-82.9

23.0

17.1-30.1

$50,000+

141

125

85.9

76.3-92.0

14.1

8.0-23.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

412

329

81.2

76.6-85.0

18.8

15.0-23.4

Guilford

413

325

78.6

73.3-83.0

21.4

17.0-26.7

Henderson/Transylvania

468

385

80.5

74.0-85.7

19.5

14.3-26.0

Mecklenburg

439

357

81.3

76.3-85.4

18.7

14.6-23.7

Orange

436

378

81.2

70.7-88.6

18.8

11.4-29.3

Pitt

410

315

77.7

72.0-82.5

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

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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