BRFSS 2002 - Wake 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 Wake 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
Wake County	422	353	82.6	77.7-86.6	69	17.4	13.4-22.3
GENDER
Male	181	149	80.1	72.0-86.3	32	19.9	13.7-28.0
Female	241	204	85.4	79.7-89.7	37	14.6	10.3-20.3
RACE
White	307	265	85.9	80.6-89.9	42	14.1	10.1-19.4
Other	113	86	74.9	63.6-83.6	27	25.1	16.4-36.4
AGE
18-44	239	216	88.5	82.3-92.7	23	11.5	7.3-17.7
45+	179	135	72.8	64.1-80.1	44	27.2	19.9-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	107	83	73.3	61.3-82.6	24	26.7	17.4-38.7
Some College +	315	270	85.9	80.7-89.9	45	14.1	10.1-19.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	151	120	77.4	67.5-85.0	31	22.6	15.0-32.5
$50,000+	176	163	92.2	86.6-95.6	13	7.8	4.4-13.4
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
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

Wake County

422

353

82.6

77.7-86.6

17.4

13.4-22.3

GENDER

Male

181

149

80.1

72.0-86.3

19.9

13.7-28.0

Female

241

204

85.4

79.7-89.7

14.6

10.3-20.3

RACE

White

307

265

85.9

80.6-89.9

14.1

10.1-19.4

Other

113

74.9

63.6-83.6

25.1

16.4-36.4

AGE

18-44

239

216

88.5

82.3-92.7

11.5

7.3-17.7

45+

179

135

72.8

64.1-80.1

27.2

19.9-35.9

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

107

73.3

61.3-82.6

26.7

17.4-38.7

Some College +

315

270

85.9

80.7-89.9

14.1

10.1-19.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

151

120

77.4

67.5-85.0

22.6

15.0-32.5

$50,000+

176

163

92.2

86.6-95.6

7.8

4.4-13.4

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

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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