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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 137 32 21.6 14.4-31.2 36 30.4 20.0-43.2 38 23.1 15.9-32.3 20 16.0 9.5-25.7 11 8.9 4.4-17.4
GENDER
Male 67 17 22.9 13.3-36.6 16 29.6 16.4-47.4 16 21.8 12.7-34.8 11 14.5 7.4-26.5 7 11.2 4.7-24.1
Female 70 15 19.4 11.0-31.8 20 31.7 17.8-49.9 22 25.3 15.5-38.6 9 18.6 8.1-37.2 4 5.0 1.8-13.3
RACE
White 101 21 18.2 11.2-28.2 29 35.3 22.8-50.4 26 22.1 14.0-33.0 17 14.5 8.3-24.0 8 9.9 4.4-20.9
Other 36 11 32.6 15.9-55.2 7 14.6 5.8-32.2 12 26.3 13.4-45.3 3 20.6 6.5-49.5 3 5.9 1.8-17.9
AGE
18-44 71 14 19.2 10.4-32.7 15 29.3 15.7-48.1 25 25.6 15.8-38.8 12 17.5 8.9-31.5 5 8.4 3.0-21.5
45+ 66 18 26.5 16.8-39.3 21 32.4 21.2-46.0 13 18.0 10.3-29.7 8 13.0 6.3-25.2 6 10.0 4.5-20.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 19 22.9 13.0-37.2 21 39.5 23.6-58.0 12 16.6 8.5-30.0 8 12.9 5.2-28.5 5 8.0 2.6-22.3
Some College + 72 13 19.9 11.0-33.5 15 18.4 10.6-30.1 26 31.5 20.9-44.5 12 20.0 11.1-33.3 6 10.2 4.3-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 21 29.7 17.6-45.4 14 26.9 12.6-48.3 19 23.0 13.4-36.7 8 11.6 5.4-23.5 6 8.8 3.5-20.1
$50,000+ 59 8 13.9 6.5-27.3 18 30.2 17.7-46.5 18 26.7 15.7-41.6 10 18.1 8.8-33.7 5 11.1 3.8-28.3

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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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