BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (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?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	405	325	79.0	73.2-83.8	80	21.0	16.2-26.8
GENDER
Male	147	118	75.7	65.1-83.8	29	24.3	16.2-34.9
Female	258	207	82.1	76.5-86.7	51	17.9	13.3-23.5
RACE
White	376	307	81.5	75.8-86.1	69	18.5	13.9-24.2
Other	28	18	62.2	37.8-81.7	10	37.8	18.3-62.2
AGE
18-44	132	111	80.6	69.9-88.1	21	19.4	11.9-30.1
45+	270	211	77.3	71.0-82.6	59	22.7	17.4-29.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	142	73.9	65.2-81.1	47	26.1	18.9-34.8
Some College +	213	180	83.4	75.0-89.3	33	16.6	10.7-25.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	216	76.6	68.8-82.9	57	23.4	17.1-31.2
$50,000+	89	77	87.9	79.1-93.3	12	12.1	6.7-20.9

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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: 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	405	325	79.0	73.2-83.8	80	21.0	16.2-26.8
GENDER
Male	147	118	75.7	65.1-83.8	29	24.3	16.2-34.9
Female	258	207	82.1	76.5-86.7	51	17.9	13.3-23.5
RACE
White	376	307	81.5	75.8-86.1	69	18.5	13.9-24.2
Other	28	18	62.2	37.8-81.7	10	37.8	18.3-62.2
AGE
18-44	132	111	80.6	69.9-88.1	21	19.4	11.9-30.1
45+	270	211	77.3	71.0-82.6	59	22.7	17.4-29.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	142	73.9	65.2-81.1	47	26.1	18.9-34.8
Some College +	213	180	83.4	75.0-89.3	33	16.6	10.7-25.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	216	76.6	68.8-82.9	57	23.4	17.1-31.2
$50,000+	89	77	87.9	79.1-93.3	12	12.1	6.7-20.9

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

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?*