BRFSS 2003 - Western North Carolina**: (On days when you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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	Total Respond.^	10-20 minutes	21-30 minutes	31-60 minutes	1-2 hours	More than 2 hours
North Carolina	2,653	284	9.7	8.1-11.5	646	24.4	21.9-27.1	992	37.6	34.6-40.7	451	18.0	15.7-20.5	280	10.4	8.7-12.3
-Western NC	616	67	12.1	8.7-16.5	154	27.2	21.8-33.4	212	32.0	26.9-37.6	104	15.5	11.7-20.1	79	13.3	9.6-18.1
GENDER
Male	296	26	9.7	5.7-16.1	65	19.3	14.0-26.2	100	34.8	27.4-43.0	59	19.0	13.4-26.3	46	17.2	11.4-25.0
Female	320	41	15.1	10.1-22.0	89	37.3	28.3-47.2	112	28.5	22.2-35.7	45	10.9	7.2-16.3	33	8.2	5.3-12.6
RACE
White	567	56	11.4	8.0-16.0	142	26.8	21.3-33.2	197	32.0	26.7-37.8	99	16.2	12.2-21.1	73	13.6	9.7-18.7
African American	23	4	28.8	11.6-55.7	4	13.9	3.7-40.2	10	40.4	20.7-63.8	2	8.3	1.6-33.3	3	8.5	2.6-24.5
Other Minorities	26	7	15.6	4.6-41.6	8	46.1	17.1-78.0	5	26.7	7.7-61.4	3	2.4	0.6- 8.9	3	9.2	1.9-34.2
AGE
18-24	70	9	14.1	5.7-30.7	26	42.5	26.7-60.1	22	21.7	12.7-34.5	7	10.3	4.5-21.6	6	11.4	4.6-25.5
25-34	131	19	15.4	8.6-26.0	36	30.4	19.7-43.7	44	27.4	18.2-39.1	21	14.8	6.6-29.9	11	12.0	4.5-28.2
35-44	124	14	12.9	6.9-23.0	30	19.3	12.1-29.4	42	34.7	24.4-46.7	26	21.2	12.8-33.0	12	11.9	5.5-23.8
45-54	116	10	10.6	4.8-21.9	30	20.3	12.4-31.4	42	44.8	31.3-59.1	13	7.1	3.4-14.0	21	17.2	9.1-30.2
55-64	92	7	5.9	2.4-13.9	17	22.8	11.8-39.5	37	39.7	26.1-55.0	16	16.9	9.0-29.7	15	14.7	7.8-26.0
65-74	65	8	12.4	5.6-25.5	14	25.1	13.7-41.5	17	18.8	11.0-30.2	14	26.7	15.1-42.6	12	17.0	8.8-30.4
75+	15	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.4	0.2-10.7	6	37.9	12.2-72.9	6	54.9	21.5-84.4	2	5.7	1.2-23.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	42	3	4.4	1.2-14.4	9	11.0	4.5-24.7	12	44.5	23.8-67.3	12	26.0	11.3-49.4	6	14.0	5.2-32.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	166	22	13.2	7.6-22.0	26	18.4	11.0-29.2	55	31.1	21.9-42.0	32	16.6	10.5-25.3	31	20.7	13.0-31.3
Some Post-H.S.	184	22	14.2	8.0-24.0	54	37.9	26.8-50.4	60	24.8	17.6-33.8	27	13.4	7.3-23.4	21	9.7	4.4-20.1
College Graduate	223	20	9.9	5.8-16.3	65	27.0	20.0-35.4	85	39.7	31.0-49.1	32	14.2	9.1-21.6	21	9.2	5.6-14.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	48	8	10.7	4.6-22.7	9	24.3	9.4-49.8	14	27.8	13.5-48.7	11	26.6	12.3-48.6	6	10.7	4.1-25.0
$15,000- 24,999	98	12	19.2	9.7-34.6	26	27.0	13.7-46.2	30	25.4	15.0-39.6	21	21.2	10.2-39.0	9	7.2	2.1-21.8
$25,000- 34,999	90	12	19.3	8.6-37.8	18	17.8	8.9-32.4	33	31.5	19.9-45.9	14	9.9	4.7-19.5	13	21.6	9.5-41.9
$35,000- 49,999	110	13	8.6	4.1-17.2	24	28.8	16.4-45.4	39	36.0	23.6-50.5	17	13.8	7.1-25.3	17	12.8	6.1-25.0
$50,000-74,999	91	10	10.7	5.2-21.0	19	29.1	16.1-46.8	36	30.5	19.5-44.4	12	13.7	6.7-25.8	14	16.0	8.6-27.7
$75,000+	100	7	7.5	2.8-18.2	31	33.2	21.4-47.5	33	32.3	20.8-46.5	15	15.0	7.8-26.9	14	12.0	5.5-24.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	146	13	9.4	4.9-17.5	34	24.8	16.8-34.9	56	35.4	26.9-44.9	19	13.8	8.6-21.6	24	16.6	10.2-25.8
Guilford	148	13	7.3	4.1-12.9	34	21.1	14.6-29.5	64	41.5	32.2-51.5	26	22.6	14.7-33.2	11	7.4	3.6-14.8
Mecklenburg	159	12	5.7	3.0-10.5	32	20.4	14.0-28.6	84	48.7	38.5-59.1	20	19.5	10.6-33.0	11	5.7	3.0-10.8
Orange	192	23	12.1	7.3-19.4	54	26.7	19.8-34.9	88	44.6	36.1-53.5	15	7.7	4.1-14.0	12	8.9	4.0-18.8
Wake	166	11	6.5	3.4-11.9	40	24.3	17.3-33.1	68	36.2	28.4-44.8	37	26.4	18.6-35.9	10	6.6	3.3-12.6
Chatham/Lee	90	9	10.4	5.2-19.9	22	26.8	15.7-41.8	33	34.3	23.9-46.3	15	16.7	9.3-28.0	11	11.9	6.2-21.5
Nash/Wilson	77	12	13.3	7.2-23.4	10	9.2	4.4-18.2	32	51.0	38.2-63.7	15	16.9	9.5-28.0	8	9.7	4.5-19.7
Craven/Pamlico	121	11	8.7	4.1-17.5	25	22.3	14.6-32.4	52	44.9	34.5-55.8	24	18.6	12.1-27.4	9	5.5	2.8-10.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	112	12	9.9	5.4-17.3	33	28.3	20.0-38.4	33	30.7	21.8-41.2	19	16.8	10.5-25.7	15	14.4	8.6-23.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	134	18	10.6	6.0-17.9	38	35.1	22.3-50.5	37	29.0	19.8-40.5	25	16.1	9.5-25.9	16	9.2	4.9-16.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance	126	13	10.8	4.7-23.0	31	16.1	9.4-26.1	44	42.5	23.7-63.7	21	19.1	10.5-32.2	17	11.6	6.0-21.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	136	11	8.0	4.3-14.7	33	26.3	18.1-36.6	52	37.0	27.4-47.8	25	14.3	9.4-21.3	15	14.3	7.9-24.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	101	12	12.4	6.5-22.3	20	17.8	11.0-27.4	35	32.9	23.0-44.5	29	32.6	22.5-44.6	5	4.4	1.6-11.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	79	8	10.6	5.3-20.1	21	28.0	18.2-40.4	20	21.3	13.5-32.0	18	23.7	15.0-35.3	12	16.4	9.2-27.5
Northeast NC I	99	13	16.7	9.6-27.4	29	24.0	16.5-33.4	29	29.7	20.6-40.8	16	16.5	9.7-26.6	12	13.1	7.4-22.2
Northeast NC II	123	21	16.1	10.1-24.8	23	16.9	10.9-25.2	45	36.2	26.4-47.3	20	18.3	10.6-29.8	14	12.5	7.2-21.0
Northeastern Partnership	222	34	16.3	11.3-22.9	52	19.1	14.1-25.3	74	34.2	26.7-42.6	36	17.7	11.7-26.0	26	12.7	8.4-18.9
Mountain AHEC	396	41	14.6	9.8-21.2	94	24.3	18.7-30.9	148	34.3	28.1-41.1	64	15.7	11.4-21.2	49	11.1	7.7-15.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	796	96	10.2	7.3-14.1	184	25.2	20.2-31.0	290	38.8	32.9-45.1	145	15.4	11.8-20.0	81	10.3	7.3-14.2
Piedmont	1,241	121	8.8	6.8-11.4	308	23.3	20.1-26.9	490	38.3	34.3-42.5	202	19.9	16.6-23.6	120	9.7	7.5-12.3

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

2,653

284

9.7

8.1-11.5

646

24.4

21.9-27.1

992

37.6

34.6-40.7

451

18.0

15.7-20.5

280

10.4

8.7-12.3

-Western NC

616

12.1

8.7-16.5

154

27.2

21.8-33.4

212

32.0

26.9-37.6

104

15.5

11.7-20.1

13.3

9.6-18.1

GENDER

Male

296

9.7

5.7-16.1

19.3

14.0-26.2

100

34.8

27.4-43.0

19.0

13.4-26.3

17.2

11.4-25.0

Female

320

15.1

10.1-22.0

37.3

28.3-47.2

112

28.5

22.2-35.7

10.9

7.2-16.3

8.2

5.3-12.6

RACE

White

567

11.4

8.0-16.0

142

26.8

21.3-33.2

197

32.0

26.7-37.8

16.2

12.2-21.1

13.6

9.7-18.7

African American

28.8

11.6-55.7

13.9

3.7-40.2

40.4

20.7-63.8

8.3

1.6-33.3

8.5

2.6-24.5

Other Minorities

15.6

4.6-41.6

46.1

17.1-78.0

26.7

7.7-61.4

2.4

0.6- 8.9

9.2

1.9-34.2

AGE

18-24

14.1

5.7-30.7

42.5

26.7-60.1

21.7

12.7-34.5

10.3

4.5-21.6

11.4

4.6-25.5

25-34

131

15.4

8.6-26.0

30.4

19.7-43.7

27.4

18.2-39.1

14.8

6.6-29.9

12.0

4.5-28.2

35-44

124

12.9

6.9-23.0

19.3

12.1-29.4

34.7

24.4-46.7

21.2

12.8-33.0

11.9

5.5-23.8

45-54

116

10.6

4.8-21.9

20.3

12.4-31.4

44.8

31.3-59.1

7.1

3.4-14.0

17.2

9.1-30.2

55-64

5.9

2.4-13.9

22.8

11.8-39.5

39.7

26.1-55.0

16.9

9.0-29.7

14.7

7.8-26.0

65-74

12.4

5.6-25.5

25.1

13.7-41.5

18.8

11.0-30.2

26.7

15.1-42.6

17.0

8.8-30.4

75+

0.0

. - .

1.4

0.2-10.7

37.9

12.2-72.9

54.9

21.5-84.4

5.7

1.2-23.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

4.4

1.2-14.4

11.0

4.5-24.7

44.5

23.8-67.3

26.0

11.3-49.4

14.0

5.2-32.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

166

13.2

7.6-22.0

18.4

11.0-29.2

31.1

21.9-42.0

16.6

10.5-25.3

20.7

13.0-31.3

Some Post-H.S.

184

14.2

8.0-24.0

37.9

26.8-50.4

24.8

17.6-33.8

13.4

7.3-23.4

9.7

4.4-20.1

College Graduate

223

9.9

5.8-16.3

27.0

20.0-35.4

39.7

31.0-49.1

14.2

9.1-21.6

9.2

5.6-14.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

10.7

4.6-22.7

24.3

9.4-49.8

27.8

13.5-48.7

26.6

12.3-48.6

10.7

4.1-25.0

$15,000- 24,999

19.2

9.7-34.6

27.0

13.7-46.2

25.4

15.0-39.6

21.2

10.2-39.0

7.2

2.1-21.8

$25,000- 34,999

19.3

8.6-37.8

17.8

8.9-32.4

31.5

19.9-45.9

9.9

4.7-19.5

21.6

9.5-41.9

$35,000- 49,999

110

8.6

4.1-17.2

28.8

16.4-45.4

36.0

23.6-50.5

13.8

7.1-25.3

12.8

6.1-25.0

$50,000-74,999

10.7

5.2-21.0

29.1

16.1-46.8

30.5

19.5-44.4

13.7

6.7-25.8

16.0

8.6-27.7

$75,000+

100

7.5

2.8-18.2

33.2

21.4-47.5

32.3

20.8-46.5

15.0

7.8-26.9

12.0

5.5-24.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

146

9.4

4.9-17.5

24.8

16.8-34.9

35.4

26.9-44.9

13.8

8.6-21.6

16.6

10.2-25.8

Guilford

148

7.3

4.1-12.9

21.1

14.6-29.5

41.5

32.2-51.5

22.6

14.7-33.2

7.4

3.6-14.8

Mecklenburg

159

5.7

3.0-10.5

20.4

14.0-28.6

48.7

38.5-59.1

19.5

10.6-33.0

5.7

3.0-10.8

Orange

192

12.1

7.3-19.4

26.7

19.8-34.9

44.6

36.1-53.5

7.7

4.1-14.0

8.9

4.0-18.8

Wake

166

6.5

3.4-11.9

24.3

17.3-33.1

36.2

28.4-44.8

26.4

18.6-35.9

6.6

3.3-12.6

Chatham/Lee

10.4

5.2-19.9

26.8

15.7-41.8

34.3

23.9-46.3

16.7

9.3-28.0

11.9

6.2-21.5

Nash/Wilson

13.3

7.2-23.4

9.2

4.4-18.2

51.0

38.2-63.7

16.9

9.5-28.0

9.7

4.5-19.7

Craven/Pamlico

121

8.7

4.1-17.5

22.3

14.6-32.4

44.9

34.5-55.8

18.6

12.1-27.4

5.5

2.8-10.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

112

9.9

5.4-17.3

28.3

20.0-38.4

30.7

21.8-41.2

16.8

10.5-25.7

14.4

8.6-23.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

134

10.6

6.0-17.9

35.1

22.3-50.5

29.0

19.8-40.5

16.1

9.5-25.9

9.2

4.9-16.5

Franklin/Gran./Vance

126

10.8

4.7-23.0

16.1

9.4-26.1

42.5

23.7-63.7

19.1

10.5-32.2

11.6

6.0-21.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

136

8.0

4.3-14.7

26.3

18.1-36.6

37.0

27.4-47.8

14.3

9.4-21.3

14.3

7.9-24.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

101

12.4

6.5-22.3

17.8

11.0-27.4

32.9

23.0-44.5

32.6

22.5-44.6

4.4

1.6-11.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

10.6

5.3-20.1

28.0

18.2-40.4

21.3

13.5-32.0

23.7

15.0-35.3

16.4

9.2-27.5

Northeast NC I

16.7

9.6-27.4

24.0

16.5-33.4

29.7

20.6-40.8

16.5

9.7-26.6

13.1

7.4-22.2

Northeast NC II

123

16.1

10.1-24.8

16.9

10.9-25.2

36.2

26.4-47.3

18.3

10.6-29.8

12.5

7.2-21.0

Northeastern Partnership

222

16.3

11.3-22.9

19.1

14.1-25.3

34.2

26.7-42.6

17.7

11.7-26.0

12.7

8.4-18.9

Mountain AHEC

396

14.6

9.8-21.2

24.3

18.7-30.9

148

34.3

28.1-41.1

15.7

11.4-21.2

11.1

7.7-15.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

796

10.2

7.3-14.1

184

25.2

20.2-31.0

290

38.8

32.9-45.1

145

15.4

11.8-20.0

10.3

7.3-14.2

Piedmont

1,241

121

8.8

6.8-11.4

308

23.3

20.1-26.9

490

38.3

34.3-42.5

202

19.9

16.6-23.6

120

9.7

7.5-12.3

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

^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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