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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Appalachian/Wilkes Counties

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,311 1,465 19.3 17.9-20.7 7,846 80.7 79.3-82.1
-Appalachian/Wilkes 448 55 17.6 11.7-25.6 393 82.4 74.4-88.3
GENDER
Male 164 24 21.4 13.8-31.7 140 78.6 68.3-86.2
Female 284 31 14.6 7.0-28.1 253 85.4 71.9-93.0
RACE
White 427 53 17.6 11.6-25.8 374 82.4 74.2-88.4
Other 21 2 17.8 3.8-54.6 19 82.2 45.4-96.2
AGE
18-44 180 32 26.8 16.4-40.6 148 73.2 59.4-83.6
45+ 264 23 9.1 5.7-14.2 241 90.9 85.8-94.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 222 13 8.2 4.2-15.4 209 91.8 84.6-95.8
Some College + 224 42 26.9 17.1-39.6 182 73.1 60.4-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 31 17.6 9.5-30.3 240 82.4 69.7-90.5
$50,000+ 89 17 23.5 13.9-37.0 72 76.5 63.0-86.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 80 21.3 16.7-26.7 370 78.7 73.3-83.3
Guilford 443 95 24.2 19.6-29.6 348 75.8 70.4-80.4
Mecklenburg 445 98 24.2 18.9-30.4 347 75.8 69.6-81.1
Orange 447 121 27.4 21.9-33.8 326 72.6 66.2-78.1
Wake 449 104 22.3 18.0-27.2 345 77.7 72.8-82.0
Chatham/Lee 392 47 12.2 8.5-17.2 345 87.8 82.8-91.5
Nash/Wilson 374 40 12.0 8.4-16.7 334 88.0 83.3-91.6
Craven/Pamlico 448 74 20.1 15.7-25.5 374 79.9 74.5-84.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 430 57 14.0 10.5-18.3 373 86.0 81.7-89.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 472 64 20.1 11.8-32.1 408 79.9 67.9-88.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 78 21.0 15.2-28.2 341 79.0 71.8-84.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 43 10.7 7.6-14.7 428 89.3 85.3-92.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 413 34 9.6 6.7-13.6 379 90.4 86.4-93.3
Northeast NC I 452 42 9.5 6.8-13.1 410 90.5 86.9-93.2
Northeast NC II 506 72 15.9 12.1-20.5 434 84.1 79.5-87.9
Northeastern Partnership 958 114 13.6 11.0-16.9 844 86.4 83.1-89.0
Mountain AHEC 1,288 223 19.0 16.0-22.4 1,065 81.0 77.6-84.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,268 415 17.2 14.9-19.8 2,853 82.8 80.2-85.1
Piedmont 3,996 729 20.3 18.4-22.4 3,267 79.7 77.6-81.6
Western NC 2,047 321 19.6 16.8-22.7 1,726 80.4 77.3-83.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical a ctivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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