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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,491 6,556 42.1 41.0-43.1 6,756 39.7 38.7-40.8 3,179 18.2 17.4-19.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 392 171 45.4 39.1-51.9 152 37.8 32.0-44.0 69 16.8 12.7-21.9
GENDER
Male 144 70 49.0 38.5-59.7 54 35.0 25.9-45.4 20 16.0 9.7-25.1
Female 248 101 41.9 35.0-49.2 98 40.4 33.6-47.6 49 17.6 13.0-23.4
RACE
White 363 159 46.5 40.0-53.1 144 39.2 33.1-45.7 60 14.3 10.7-18.8
Other 28 12 39.1 18.6-64.2 8 28.1 12.2-52.2 8 32.9 14.7-58.2
AGE
18-44 131 65 52.2 41.4-62.8 50 34.9 25.6-45.5 16 12.9 7.4-21.7
45+ 258 105 38.7 32.4-45.4 100 40.5 34.0-47.3 53 20.9 15.7-27.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 68 38.5 29.8-47.9 73 38.1 29.9-47.0 43 23.4 16.6-32.0
Some College + 206 101 51.1 42.2-59.8 79 37.8 29.7-46.6 26 11.1 7.1-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 109 41.9 34.3-49.9 110 40.1 32.7-47.9 49 18.0 12.9-24.7
$50,000+ 85 45 53.9 41.6-65.7 30 36.6 25.9-48.8 10 9.5 5.0-17.4

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activit y, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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