BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	447	170	47.0	40.9-53.3	277	53.0	46.7-59.1
GENDER
Male	159	81	58.8	48.9-68.0	78	41.2	32.0-51.1
Female	288	89	35.3	28.8-42.4	199	64.7	57.6-71.2
RACE
White	378	152	49.8	43.6-56.1	226	50.2	43.9-56.4
Other	69	18	35.4	19.5-55.4	51	64.6	44.6-80.5
AGE
18-44	167	83	57.9	48.5-66.9	84	42.1	33.1-51.5
45+	279	87	32.9	27.0-39.4	192	67.1	60.6-73.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	54	41.4	30.7-52.9	124	58.6	47.1-69.3
Some College +	266	116	51.1	43.8-58.4	150	48.9	41.6-56.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	260	89	43.0	35.2-51.2	171	57.0	48.8-64.8
$50,000+	119	61	55.1	45.3-64.6	58	44.9	35.4-54.7

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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
-Buncombe County	447	170	47.0	40.9-53.3	277	53.0	46.7-59.1
GENDER
Male	159	81	58.8	48.9-68.0	78	41.2	32.0-51.1
Female	288	89	35.3	28.8-42.4	199	64.7	57.6-71.2
RACE
White	378	152	49.8	43.6-56.1	226	50.2	43.9-56.4
Other	69	18	35.4	19.5-55.4	51	64.6	44.6-80.5
AGE
18-44	167	83	57.9	48.5-66.9	84	42.1	33.1-51.5
45+	279	87	32.9	27.0-39.4	192	67.1	60.6-73.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	54	41.4	30.7-52.9	124	58.6	47.1-69.3
Some College +	266	116	51.1	43.8-58.4	150	48.9	41.6-56.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	260	89	43.0	35.2-51.2	171	57.0	48.8-64.8
$50,000+	119	61	55.1	45.3-64.6	58	44.9	35.4-54.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?*