BRFSS 2002 - Piedmont North Carolina: (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?*)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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
Piedmont NC	874	647	70.6	66.3-74.5	227	29.4	25.5-33.7
GENDER
Male	318	234	68.8	61.4-75.3	84	31.2	24.7-38.6
Female	556	413	72.1	67.1-76.6	143	27.9	23.4-32.9
RACE
White	713	541	73.0	68.3-77.3	172	27.0	22.7-31.7
Other	155	104	62.9	52.4-72.3	51	37.1	27.7-47.6
AGE
18-44	368	294	75.6	68.6-81.5	74	24.4	18.5-31.4
45+	495	345	65.9	60.4-71.0	150	34.1	29.0-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	473	314	64.9	59.2-70.3	159	35.1	29.7-40.8
Some College +	397	330	78.9	72.0-84.5	67	21.1	15.5-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	449	335	70.8	64.8-76.2	114	29.2	23.8-35.2
$50,000+	217	183	77.6	67.4-85.4	34	22.4	14.6-32.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	412	329	81.2	76.6-85.0	83	18.8	15.0-23.4
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
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

Piedmont NC

874

647

70.6

66.3-74.5

227

29.4

25.5-33.7

GENDER

Male

318

234

68.8

61.4-75.3

31.2

24.7-38.6

Female

556

413

72.1

67.1-76.6

143

27.9

23.4-32.9

RACE

White

713

541

73.0

68.3-77.3

172

27.0

22.7-31.7

Other

155

104

62.9

52.4-72.3

37.1

27.7-47.6

AGE

18-44

368

294

75.6

68.6-81.5

24.4

18.5-31.4

45+

495

345

65.9

60.4-71.0

150

34.1

29.0-39.6

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

473

314

64.9

59.2-70.3

159

35.1

29.7-40.8

Some College +

397

330

78.9

72.0-84.5

21.1

15.5-28.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

449

335

70.8

64.8-76.2

114

29.2

23.8-35.2

$50,000+

217

183

77.6

67.4-85.4

22.4

14.6-32.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

412

329

81.2

76.6-85.0

18.8

15.0-23.4

Forsyth

462

368

79.5

74.7-83.5

20.5

16.5-25.3

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

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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