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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate 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 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Buncombe County 348 70 15.8 12.0-20.4 120 33.6 27.1-40.9 111 35.1 28.5-42.3 31 10.7 7.3-15.5 16 4.8 2.5- 8.9
GENDER
Male 123 22 10.4 6.4-16.4 28 27.0 16.9-40.2 45 40.4 29.4-52.5 19 14.8 9.1-23.3 9 7.4 3.3-15.8
Female 225 48 21.0 15.3-28.0 92 40.2 32.8-48.0 66 29.9 23.2-37.6 12 6.8 3.6-12.5 7 2.2 1.0- 4.7
RACE
White 308 63 17.3 13.1-22.5 108 33.4 27.1-40.3 95 33.0 26.6-40.1 27 10.9 7.3-16.1 15 5.4 2.7-10.2
Other 40 7 8.2 3.2-19.1 12 35.1 15.4-61.6 16 45.3 24.1-68.3 4 9.8 3.2-26.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.9
AGE
18-44 132 21 11.4 6.9-18.2 44 33.8 23.9-45.4 47 38.4 28.3-49.6 16 12.6 7.5-20.3 4 3.8 1.1-12.2
45+ 216 49 21.7 16.3-28.3 76 33.4 26.9-40.6 64 30.7 24.1-38.1 15 8.2 4.7-13.9 12 6.0 3.3-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 28 14.8 9.1-22.9 39 31.1 20.0-44.8 45 36.2 24.7-49.5 12 11.0 5.7-20.0 8 7.0 2.7-17.0
Some College + 215 42 16.5 11.8-22.5 80 35.3 27.8-43.5 66 34.4 27.0-42.6 19 10.6 6.6-16.6 8 3.2 1.5- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 39 15.0 10.2-21.6 63 29.4 21.8-38.3 63 36.9 28.2-46.6 21 13.1 8.2-20.2 8 5.6 2.3-12.9
$50,000+ 105 14 12.1 7.0-19.9 42 36.9 27.6-47.3 34 34.8 25.5-45.5 9 11.4 5.7-21.6 6 4.8 2.0-11.0

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate 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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