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

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 141 18 11.3 6.7-18.2 41 26.9 19.1-36.3 39 22.4 15.6-31.1 27 25.0 15.4-38.0 16 14.5 7.7-25.6
GENDER
Male 76 10 11.3 5.8-20.8 19 21.1 12.7-32.9 14 15.2 8.4-26.0 20 32.6 19.2-49.6 13 19.8 10.1-35.3
Female 65 8 11.3 5.1-22.9 22 38.6 25.8-53.2 25 37.0 24.9-51.0 7 9.7 4.4-20.1 3 3.5 1.1-10.8
RACE
White 131 17 11.9 7.0-19.3 39 28.0 19.8-38.0 34 21.3 14.6-30.1 26 26.7 16.4-40.4 15 12.0 6.5-21.1
Other 10 1 4.9 0.6-31.5 2 14.5 2.7-51.0 5 33.4 8.5-72.9 1 7.1 0.9-40.8 1 40.1 7.5-84.6
AGE
18-44 66 4 5.5 1.9-14.5 19 24.7 14.8-38.1 23 25.4 15.7-38.5 12 28.1 14.5-47.4 8 16.3 7.0-33.8
45+ 74 14 21.3 12.5-33.9 22 31.1 20.8-43.7 16 17.6 10.6-27.7 14 18.5 10.7-30.2 8 11.5 5.6-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 7 12.5 5.5-26.0 17 27.8 16.0-43.7 10 20.2 10.3-35.8 11 18.7 9.9-32.5 7 20.8 8.3-43.1
Some College + 89 11 10.5 5.4-19.4 24 26.3 16.8-38.6 29 23.7 15.3-34.8 16 28.9 15.5-47.3 9 10.7 4.6-22.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 7 5.6 2.4-12.6 23 25.5 16.1-38.0 27 27.6 17.9-40.0 18 30.8 17.3-48.6 10 10.5 5.1-20.3
$50,000+ 40 7 17.3 7.9-33.8 16 38.3 22.6-56.8 8 16.3 7.3-32.6 5 14.0 4.1-38.1 4 14.1 4.2-38.3

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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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