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

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate 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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 315 63 19.7 15.0-25.3 123 34.0 28.1-40.4 82 27.0 20.7-34.3 30 13.7 8.7-20.8 17 5.7 3.3- 9.7
GENDER
Male 117 25 20.5 13.5-29.9 42 27.1 18.9-37.1 27 25.0 15.1-38.4 13 18.7 9.8-32.7 10 8.7 4.4-16.6
Female 198 38 18.9 13.3-26.3 81 40.0 32.6-48.0 55 28.7 21.8-36.8 17 9.2 5.6-14.9 7 3.1 1.3- 7.0
RACE
White 297 60 19.8 15.0-25.6 116 34.5 28.5-41.1 76 27.5 21.0-35.2 29 12.8 8.2-19.4 16 5.4 3.1- 9.2
Other 18 3 18.4 5.0-49.1 7 27.3 9.7-56.7 6 21.1 7.6-46.4 1 23.5 3.8-70.4 1 9.7 1.3-46.1
AGE
18-44 110 18 16.8 10.2-26.3 39 27.5 19.4-37.6 33 30.8 20.4-43.7 12 17.7 9.3-31.2 8 7.1 3.3-14.7
45+ 202 44 22.7 16.8-29.8 83 40.4 33.2-48.0 49 23.5 17.7-30.5 18 9.7 6.0-15.4 8 3.7 1.7- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 24 18.0 11.6-26.8 46 29.9 21.6-39.7 34 19.3 13.1-27.4 23 24.8 15.3-37.5 11 8.1 4.1-15.4
Some College + 175 39 21.2 14.9-29.1 75 36.5 28.6-45.2 48 33.2 23.9-43.9 7 5.2 2.0-13.1 6 4.0 1.6- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 46 21.0 15.1-28.3 78 32.6 25.6-40.5 57 28.4 20.6-37.7 21 13.1 7.7-21.2 10 5.0 2.4-10.0
$50,000+ 75 13 19.1 11.0-31.1 36 40.8 29.0-53.7 16 23.2 13.1-37.8 6 11.0 4.0-26.6 4 5.9 1.8-17.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate 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: 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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