BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Buncombe County	449	367	82.5	77.7-86.5	82	17.5	13.5-22.3
GENDER
Male	160	130	81.0	72.5-87.3	30	19.0	12.7-27.5
Female	289	237	84.1	78.7-88.3	52	15.9	11.7-21.3
RACE
White	380	321	84.7	79.7-88.7	59	15.3	11.3-20.3
Other	69	46	73.5	58.2-84.7	23	26.5	15.3-41.8
AGE
18-44	168	139	83.0	75.1-88.7	29	17.0	11.3-24.9
45+	280	227	81.9	76.3-86.3	53	18.1	13.7-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	136	82.3	75.1-87.8	42	17.7	12.2-24.9
Some College +	268	229	82.9	76.0-88.1	39	17.1	11.9-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	207	80.6	73.8-86.0	54	19.4	14.0-26.2
$50,000+	120	106	87.5	79.2-92.8	14	12.5	7.2-20.8

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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	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Buncombe County	449	367	82.5	77.7-86.5	82	17.5	13.5-22.3
GENDER
Male	160	130	81.0	72.5-87.3	30	19.0	12.7-27.5
Female	289	237	84.1	78.7-88.3	52	15.9	11.7-21.3
RACE
White	380	321	84.7	79.7-88.7	59	15.3	11.3-20.3
Other	69	46	73.5	58.2-84.7	23	26.5	15.3-41.8
AGE
18-44	168	139	83.0	75.1-88.7	29	17.0	11.3-24.9
45+	280	227	81.9	76.3-86.3	53	18.1	13.7-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	136	82.3	75.1-87.8	42	17.7	12.2-24.9
Some College +	268	229	82.9	76.0-88.1	39	17.1	11.9-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	207	80.6	73.8-86.0	54	19.4	14.0-26.2
$50,000+	120	106	87.5	79.2-92.8	14	12.5	7.2-20.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*