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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Buncombe County 166 18 9.2 4.7-17.3 43 31.7 22.4-42.8 63 34.8 26.1-44.6 23 13.9 8.7-21.5 19 10.3 5.9-17.6
GENDER
Male 80 6 7.7 2.4-22.3 17 28.1 15.8-44.7 30 33.4 21.8-47.3 16 18.8 10.9-30.4 11 12.1 5.8-23.5
Female 86 12 11.8 6.5-20.4 26 37.9 26.1-51.4 33 37.1 25.9-50.0 7 5.8 2.7-12.0 8 7.4 3.5-14.9
RACE
White 150 16 10.1 5.0-19.3 38 27.1 19.1-36.9 59 37.3 28.1-47.5 19 13.8 8.3-22.1 18 11.7 6.6-19.9
Other 16 2 4.0 0.8-16.9 5 59.2 27.3-84.8 4 19.8 5.6-50.9 4 14.7 4.3-40.0 1 2.3 0.3-16.1
AGE
18-44 82 6 7.2 2.3-20.3 27 37.2 24.6-51.7 30 33.1 22.1-46.3 14 16.1 9.2-26.8 5 6.3 2.2-17.2
45+ 84 12 13.9 7.8-23.7 16 18.9 11.6-29.5 33 38.6 27.7-50.7 9 8.8 4.5-16.4 14 19.8 11.4-31.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 5 6.4 2.3-16.2 15 34.7 17.4-57.2 17 30.7 16.0-50.8 7 13.3 5.4-29.0 10 15.0 6.1-32.4
Some College + 112 13 10.8 4.7-22.7 28 30.1 20.3-42.1 46 37.0 27.1-48.1 16 14.3 8.3-23.6 9 7.8 3.9-15.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 8 10.1 3.6-25.4 20 26.2 16.0-39.8 30 29.6 19.7-41.9 16 20.1 11.8-32.1 13 14.0 7.0-25.9
$50,000+ 59 7 9.7 4.5-19.7 15 29.7 18.2-44.5 27 42.6 29.7-56.6 5 8.7 3.2-21.5 5 9.3 3.6-22.0

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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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