BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	454	139	37.9	32.0-44.1	315	62.1	55.9-68.0
GENDER
Male	145	52	47.2	36.4-58.2	93	52.8	41.8-63.6
Female	309	87	30.8	25.0-37.3	222	69.2	62.7-75.0
RACE
White	343	107	39.3	32.7-46.4	236	60.7	53.6-67.3
Other	109	31	34.5	23.4-47.6	78	65.5	52.4-76.6
AGE
18-44	173	81	51.7	42.3-61.0	92	48.3	39.0-57.7
45+	280	58	21.3	16.2-27.3	222	78.7	72.7-83.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	217	52	28.0	20.3-37.3	165	72.0	62.7-79.7
Some College +	234	86	47.1	39.1-55.3	148	52.9	44.7-60.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	70	31.9	25.0-39.8	192	68.1	60.2-75.0
$50,000+	115	52	52.4	41.2-63.4	63	47.6	36.6-58.8

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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
-Alamance County	454	139	37.9	32.0-44.1	315	62.1	55.9-68.0
GENDER
Male	145	52	47.2	36.4-58.2	93	52.8	41.8-63.6
Female	309	87	30.8	25.0-37.3	222	69.2	62.7-75.0
RACE
White	343	107	39.3	32.7-46.4	236	60.7	53.6-67.3
Other	109	31	34.5	23.4-47.6	78	65.5	52.4-76.6
AGE
18-44	173	81	51.7	42.3-61.0	92	48.3	39.0-57.7
45+	280	58	21.3	16.2-27.3	222	78.7	72.7-83.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	217	52	28.0	20.3-37.3	165	72.0	62.7-79.7
Some College +	234	86	47.1	39.1-55.3	148	52.9	44.7-60.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	262	70	31.9	25.0-39.8	192	68.1	60.2-75.0
$50,000+	115	52	52.4	41.2-63.4	63	47.6	36.6-58.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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?*