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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Buncombe County 167 36 22.1 14.7-31.9 31 19.7 11.9-30.7 65 40.1 30.8-50.2 27 13.9 9.0-20.8 8 4.2 1.6-10.5
GENDER
Male 80 18 22.5 12.6-37.1 13 18.7 8.6-36.0 36 47.1 33.4-61.3 10 9.8 4.7-19.2 3 1.8 0.6- 5.6
Female 87 18 21.5 12.9-33.6 18 21.3 12.6-33.7 29 28.3 19.1-39.7 17 20.7 12.5-32.1 5 8.3 2.5-24.2
RACE
White 151 33 24.6 16.3-35.2 26 14.8 9.6-22.2 59 41.0 31.5-51.3 26 15.0 9.7-22.4 7 4.6 1.7-12.0
Other 16 3 7.7 2.0-25.7 5 48.4 17.1-81.0 6 34.6 11.5-68.1 1 7.4 0.9-39.9 1 1.9 0.2-13.9
AGE
18-44 82 13 18.7 9.8-32.7 17 20.9 10.9-36.4 37 43.8 31.2-57.3 14 13.9 7.9-23.4 1 2.6 0.4-16.4
45+ 85 23 30.1 20.2-42.3 14 16.7 9.8-27.0 28 31.5 21.6-43.3 13 13.8 7.6-23.5 7 7.9 3.8-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 12 26.5 12.1-48.6 14 32.0 15.2-55.4 16 20.4 10.8-35.0 9 17.9 8.5-34.1 3 3.1 0.9- 9.9
Some College + 113 24 19.8 12.7-29.4 17 13.0 7.6-21.3 49 50.8 39.6-61.9 18 11.7 7.0-18.9 5 4.8 1.4-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 19 23.4 14.0-36.4 18 18.6 11.0-29.7 29 39.8 27.3-53.8 17 15.7 9.0-25.9 4 2.6 0.9- 7.0
$50,000+ 60 11 15.6 8.3-27.3 10 16.0 8.4-28.4 31 56.5 42.8-69.3 6 9.5 4.1-20.3 2 2.5 0.6- 9.4

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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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