BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,008	6,137	41.7	40.7-42.8	10,871	58.3	57.2-59.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	405	146	42.8	36.5-49.2	259	57.2	50.8-63.5
GENDER
Male	147	79	59.8	49.5-69.3	68	40.2	30.7-50.5
Female	258	67	26.9	21.0-33.7	191	73.1	66.3-79.0
RACE
White	376	136	43.8	37.4-50.4	240	56.2	49.6-62.6
Other	28	10	36.6	16.4-62.8	18	63.4	37.2-83.6
AGE
18-44	132	66	54.2	43.5-64.5	66	45.8	35.5-56.5
45+	270	79	32.0	26.0-38.6	191	68.0	61.4-74.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	54	34.3	26.1-43.6	135	65.7	56.4-73.9
Some College +	213	92	50.6	42.0-59.3	121	49.4	40.7-58.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	87	38.4	30.8-46.6	186	61.6	53.4-69.2
$50,000+	89	43	54.6	42.6-66.1	46	45.4	33.9-57.4

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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: 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	17,008	6,137	41.7	40.7-42.8	10,871	58.3	57.2-59.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	405	146	42.8	36.5-49.2	259	57.2	50.8-63.5
GENDER
Male	147	79	59.8	49.5-69.3	68	40.2	30.7-50.5
Female	258	67	26.9	21.0-33.7	191	73.1	66.3-79.0
RACE
White	376	136	43.8	37.4-50.4	240	56.2	49.6-62.6
Other	28	10	36.6	16.4-62.8	18	63.4	37.2-83.6
AGE
18-44	132	66	54.2	43.5-64.5	66	45.8	35.5-56.5
45+	270	79	32.0	26.0-38.6	191	68.0	61.4-74.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	189	54	34.3	26.1-43.6	135	65.7	56.4-73.9
Some College +	213	92	50.6	42.0-59.3	121	49.4	40.7-58.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	273	87	38.4	30.8-46.6	186	61.6	53.4-69.2
$50,000+	89	43	54.6	42.6-66.1	46	45.4	33.9-57.4

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

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*