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

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 145 30 18.9 12.8-27.0 38 28.9 19.3-40.8 46 31.3 22.5-41.6 16 8.8 4.8-15.5 15 12.1 6.4-21.7
GENDER
Male 79 21 22.6 14.2-33.9 18 28.4 15.9-45.4 21 27.5 16.7-41.7 8 6.8 3.1-14.6 11 14.7 7.0-28.3
Female 66 9 11.4 5.3-22.5 20 29.9 19.0-43.6 25 39.3 26.9-53.2 8 12.8 5.3-27.7 4 6.7 2.2-18.5
RACE
White 135 30 20.7 14.1-29.3 36 29.8 19.7-42.3 41 27.9 20.0-37.5 15 9.4 5.1-16.6 13 12.2 6.2-22.6
Other 10 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.2 3.1-63.9 5 67.9 28.4-91.9 1 2.0 0.2-15.1 2 10.9 2.0-41.9
AGE
18-44 66 9 11.9 5.9-22.4 22 33.9 19.9-51.3 24 33.5 21.0-48.9 6 7.9 3.1-19.0 5 12.7 5.0-28.8
45+ 78 21 30.5 20.2-43.1 16 21.4 12.9-33.4 22 28.2 18.7-40.3 10 10.3 5.3-18.9 9 9.7 5.0-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 13 21.5 12.1-35.4 15 21.8 12.1-36.1 16 42.1 26.4-59.5 3 5.7 1.6-18.1 7 9.0 3.8-19.5
Some College + 91 17 17.4 10.2-28.1 23 33.1 19.9-49.7 30 24.8 16.4-35.7 13 10.6 5.3-20.1 8 14.0 6.2-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 16 16.7 9.8-27.1 24 34.8 21.2-51.4 30 33.9 22.9-47.0 10 8.5 4.1-17.0 7 6.0 2.6-13.3
$50,000+ 42 11 26.9 14.5-44.5 11 20.2 10.4-35.7 11 17.3 8.9-30.9 5 12.1 4.2-30.3 4 23.4 8.9-48.8

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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: 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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