BRFSS 2002 - Pitt 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 Pitt 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
Pitt County	410	315	77.7	72.0-82.5	95	22.3	17.5-28.0
GENDER
Male	157	124	76.3	66.6-83.8	33	23.7	16.2-33.4
Female	253	191	79.1	72.7-84.3	62	20.9	15.7-27.3
RACE
White	287	234	82.7	76.7-87.5	53	17.3	12.5-23.3
Other	122	80	67.1	55.1-77.2	42	32.9	22.8-44.9
AGE
18-44	215	180	80.7	72.3-86.9	35	19.3	13.1-27.7
45+	192	134	74.1	65.8-81.0	58	25.9	19.0-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	157	101	66.8	57.5-75.0	56	33.2	25.0-42.5
Some College +	251	213	84.9	78.1-89.8	38	15.1	10.2-21.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	213	153	72.6	64.8-79.3	60	27.4	20.7-35.2
$50,000+	99	95	96.5	90.4-98.8	4	3.5	1.2- 9.6
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
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

Pitt County

410

315

77.7

72.0-82.5

22.3

17.5-28.0

GENDER

Male

157

124

76.3

66.6-83.8

23.7

16.2-33.4

Female

253

191

79.1

72.7-84.3

20.9

15.7-27.3

RACE

White

287

234

82.7

76.7-87.5

17.3

12.5-23.3

Other

122

67.1

55.1-77.2

32.9

22.8-44.9

AGE

18-44

215

180

80.7

72.3-86.9

19.3

13.1-27.7

45+

192

134

74.1

65.8-81.0

25.9

19.0-34.2

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

157

101

66.8

57.5-75.0

33.2

25.0-42.5

Some College +

251

213

84.9

78.1-89.8

15.1

10.2-21.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

213

153

72.6

64.8-79.3

27.4

20.7-35.2

$50,000+

96.5

90.4-98.8

3.5

1.2- 9.6

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

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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