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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for 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 small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,402 6,920 74.3 72.9-75.7 2,482 25.7 24.3-27.1
-Piedmont NC 4,034 3,024 74.9 72.9-76.9 1,010 25.1 23.1-27.1
GENDER
Male 1,520 1,115 74.1 70.8-77.2 405 25.9 22.8-29.2
Female 2,514 1,909 75.7 73.2-78.0 605 24.3 22.0-26.8
RACE
White 2,960 2,309 79.3 77.1-81.4 651 20.7 18.6-22.9
African American 812 570 68.1 63.2-72.6 242 31.9 27.4-36.8
Other Minorities 203 104 49.3 39.4-59.1 99 50.7 40.9-60.6
AGE
18-24 245 187 78.5 70.9-84.6 58 21.5 15.4-29.1
25-34 636 498 75.1 69.9-79.7 138 24.9 20.3-30.1
35-44 845 673 78.2 73.9-81.9 172 21.8 18.1-26.1
45-54 816 623 76.1 71.4-80.2 193 23.9 19.8-28.6
55-64 613 460 75.2 69.9-79.8 153 24.8 20.2-30.1
65-74 465 328 69.9 63.6-75.5 137 30.1 24.5-36.4
75+ 384 235 62.0 55.2-68.3 149 38.0 31.7-44.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 584 328 51.5 45.4-57.6 256 48.5 42.4-54.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,070 753 71.3 67.0-75.2 317 28.7 24.8-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 951 759 82.2 78.5-85.3 192 17.8 14.7-21.5
College Graduate 1,414 1,175 84.0 81.3-86.4 239 16.0 13.6-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 362 230 58.9 50.6-66.8 132 41.1 33.2-49.4
$15,000- 24,999 662 458 66.9 61.1-72.3 204 33.1 27.7-38.9
$25,000- 34,999 403 306 75.2 68.0-81.3 97 24.8 18.7-32.0
$35,000- 49,999 546 450 79.5 74.2-84.0 96 20.5 16.0-25.8
$50,000-74,999 472 401 86.3 81.9-89.8 71 13.7 10.2-18.1
$75,000+ 660 566 87.6 84.0-90.4 94 12.4 9.6-16.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 451 335 76.4 71.6-80.6 116 23.6 19.4-28.4
Guilford 446 351 77.8 72.5-82.2 95 22.2 17.8-27.5
Mecklenburg 448 336 73.3 67.6-78.4 112 26.7 21.6-32.4
Orange 451 363 78.7 70.9-84.9 88 21.3 15.1-29.1
Wake 451 357 78.1 72.9-82.6 94 21.9 17.4-27.1
Chatham/Lee 395 277 66.4 59.8-72.4 118 33.6 27.6-40.2
Nash/Wilson 379 270 71.8 66.3-76.8 109 28.2 23.2-33.7
Craven/Pamlico 452 320 68.4 62.6-73.6 132 31.6 26.4-37.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 314 72.1 66.7-76.9 122 27.9 23.1-33.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 362 80.1 73.6-85.3 92 19.9 14.7-26.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 336 71.4 64.2-77.6 141 28.6 22.4-35.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 333 69.1 53.8-81.1 93 30.9 18.9-46.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 473 310 66.3 61.2-71.1 163 33.7 28.9-38.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 417 274 67.2 61.4-72.5 143 32.8 27.5-38.6
Northeast NC I 458 313 69.6 64.0-74.6 145 30.4 25.4-36.0
Northeast NC II 509 368 73.6 68.6-78.0 141 26.4 22.0-31.4
Northeastern Partnership 967 681 72.2 68.5-75.6 286 27.8 24.4-31.5
Mountain AHEC 1,303 1,002 77.2 73.5-80.5 301 22.8 19.5-26.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,297 2,312 72.4 69.7-75.0 985 27.6 25.0-30.3
Piedmont 4,034 3,024 74.9 72.9-76.9 1,010 25.1 23.1-27.1
Western NC 2,071 1,584 75.8 72.6-78.8 487 24.2 21.2-27.4

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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 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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