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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 2,176 246 10.3 8.7-12.3 550 24.7 21.9-27.8 798 36.7 33.4-40.0 340 16.7 14.3-19.4 242 11.6 9.6-13.9
Henderson/ Transylvania 155 18 11.7 6.8-19.1 40 27.8 20.1-37.0 54 30.5 23.0-39.0 23 15.3 9.7-23.5 20 14.8 9.1-23.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 126 14 17.5 9.6-29.7 38 29.2 21.1-39.0 40 27.7 20.1-36.9 15 10.2 6.0-16.8 19 15.5 9.6-23.9
Forsyth 156 13 7.5 4.2-13.3 34 21.4 14.8-29.9 65 44.6 35.4-54.2 24 13.7 8.9-20.5 20 12.8 7.6-20.8
Guilford 145 13 10.1 5.3-18.3 35 23.3 16.3-32.1 53 30.4 22.6-39.5 29 25.7 17.4-36.3 15 10.6 5.9-18.5
Mecklenburg 164 24 13.8 8.1-22.4 47 32.6 22.8-44.3 56 30.7 21.7-41.5 23 14.4 9.0-22.3 14 8.5 4.8-14.6
Orange 208 18 8.1 4.7-13.6 67 33.9 26.8-41.7 88 41.1 33.7-49.0 22 11.0 7.0-17.0 13 5.9 3.3-10.4
Pitt 153 14 10.8 6.0-18.8 41 24.1 17.3-32.5 60 36.5 27.8-46.2 31 24.0 16.6-33.5 7 4.5 2.0- 9.8
Randolph 116 19 17.5 10.5-27.7 18 14.9 9.0-23.7 36 26.7 18.7-36.5 25 24.8 16.1-36.3 18 16.0 9.2-26.6
Robeson 112 16 10.7 6.1-18.2 28 25.7 14.8-40.9 24 15.7 9.9-24.1 23 27.4 17.4-40.3 21 20.4 12.5-31.5
Wake 168 23 13.1 8.2-20.2 38 26.2 18.2-36.2 80 42.6 34.2-51.6 16 9.7 5.2-17.2 11 8.4 4.5-15.0
Western NC 185 27 12.6 8.1-19.0 38 20.8 14.5-29.1 55 27.4 20.8-35.2 31 17.3 11.9-24.4 34 21.9 15.0-30.7
Piedmont NC 250 28 11.0 7.0-16.7 55 19.1 14.0-25.4 103 42.5 34.4-51.0 39 17.9 12.2-25.4 25 9.6 6.0-15.1
Eastern NC 238 19 6.1 3.6-10.0 71 27.5 21.1-35.0 84 37.4 30.1-45.3 39 17.4 12.3-24.1 25 11.6 7.0-18.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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