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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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  Total
Respond.#
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,930 842 16.1 14.7-17.7 1,623 31.5 29.5-33.5 1,543 32.6 30.5-34.7 534 11.5 10.2-12.9 388 8.3 7.2- 9.5
Henderson/ Transylvania 364 58 13.4 10.1-17.7 96 27.8 22.1-34.3 126 35.3 29.6-41.4 49 14.5 10.6-19.4 35 9.1 6.3-13.0
GENDER
Male 150 13 7.3 3.9-13.3 31 25.8 17.8-36.0 60 39.2 30.6-48.6 25 15.8 10.4-23.2 21 11.8 7.4-18.3
Female 214 45 20.4 15.0-27.2 65 30.0 22.7-38.5 66 30.7 24.1-38.2 24 12.9 8.0-20.2 14 6.0 3.3-10.6
RACE
White 342 54 13.6 10.1-18.1 90 28.0 22.1-34.7 121 35.7 30.0-41.9 46 14.5 10.6-19.5 31 8.2 5.5-12.1
Other 19 2 8.3 1.9-30.3 6 29.9 11.9-57.2 4 25.9 8.7-56.3 3 16.2 3.7-49.2 4 19.7 7.0-44.3
AGE
18-44 128 17 12.6 7.5-20.6 28 21.0 13.8-30.6 50 38.8 29.4-49.1 22 19.7 12.6-29.5 11 7.8 4.2-14.2
45+ 234 40 13.9 9.9-19.1 68 32.8 25.0-41.5 76 32.9 26.2-40.4 26 10.5 6.9-15.5 24 10.0 6.3-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 24 14.8 9.3-22.7 34 25.5 17.1-36.2 39 30.1 21.9-39.9 25 18.5 11.9-27.6 16 11.1 6.3-18.7
Some College + 225 34 12.5 8.7-17.7 62 29.5 22.2-37.9 86 38.6 31.2-46.5 24 11.7 7.5-17.8 19 7.7 4.7-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 32 13.0 8.7-19.1 58 33.6 25.1-43.3 57 27.8 21.0-35.9 28 14.9 9.7-22.1 22 10.7 6.6-16.8
$50,000+ 86 10 11.6 6.0-21.4 17 17.7 10.7-27.8 41 49.4 37.9-61.1 9 11.5 5.6-22.2 9 9.8 4.8-18.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 317 57 17.6 13.1-23.3 122 36.3 30.3-42.7 89 28.8 23.3-35.1 26 9.4 5.9-14.6 23 7.9 5.0-12.2
Forsyth 358 66 17.7 13.7-22.7 110 31.2 25.8-37.1 110 29.6 24.1-35.6 48 14.3 10.6-19.1 24 7.2 4.7-10.8
Guilford 310 49 15.2 11.1-20.4 107 31.8 25.9-38.3 104 33.1 27.1-39.7 27 12.6 7.6-20.0 23 7.4 4.3-12.5
Mecklenburg 347 73 19.0 14.5-24.6 116 29.4 24.0-35.4 109 33.7 26.8-41.4 34 9.9 6.7-14.4 15 7.9 4.5-13.5
Orange 364 50 12.6 9.3-16.9 138 38.3 32.7-44.3 122 34.0 28.6-39.9 33 9.2 6.3-13.3 21 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Pitt 303 46 14.6 10.6-19.8 96 31.7 24.7-39.7 109 35.0 28.5-42.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.2 22 8.1 5.2-12.5
Randolph 290 52 16.2 11.3-22.6 94 28.4 22.3-35.4 88 29.8 23.8-36.7 31 16.4 9.1-27.8 25 9.1 5.8-14.0
Robeson 284 55 18.4 13.7-24.3 85 30.2 23.2-38.2 70 22.1 16.7-28.5 37 13.5 9.5-18.9 37 15.9 10.7-23.0
Wake 351 55 14.7 11.1-19.3 127 36.5 30.5-43.0 119 33.8 28.2-39.9 31 9.9 6.5-14.9 19 5.0 3.1- 7.9
Western NC 460 66 13.4 10.1-17.5 147 30.7 26.0-35.9 132 28.7 24.2-33.8 64 14.9 11.3-19.3 51 12.3 8.8-16.9
Piedmont NC 610 108 15.7 12.7-19.3 190 29.9 25.5-34.8 191 32.4 27.9-37.2 64 11.3 8.6-14.8 57 10.7 8.1-13.9
Eastern NC 572 107 17.2 14.0-21.0 195 31.7 27.4-36.4 174 34.4 29.6-39.5 60 10.8 8.1-14.2 36 5.9 4.0- 8.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

#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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