BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	456	186	46.3	40.4-52.2	270	53.7	47.8-59.6
GENDER
Male	148	80	56.9	46.7-66.6	68	43.1	33.4-53.3
Female	308	106	37.6	31.2-44.5	202	62.4	55.5-68.8
RACE
White	340	145	50.7	44.0-57.3	195	49.3	42.7-56.0
Other	114	39	33.9	23.7-45.9	75	66.1	54.1-76.3
AGE
18-44	151	79	53.4	43.2-63.5	72	46.6	36.5-56.8
45+	303	107	40.1	33.9-46.6	196	59.9	53.4-66.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	160	55	39.7	29.6-50.6	105	60.3	49.4-70.4
Some College +	296	131	50.2	43.3-57.1	165	49.8	42.9-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	82	40.6	32.3-49.5	143	59.4	50.5-67.7
$50,000+	163	85	55.4	46.4-64.1	78	44.6	35.9-53.6

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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
-Forsyth County	456	186	46.3	40.4-52.2	270	53.7	47.8-59.6
GENDER
Male	148	80	56.9	46.7-66.6	68	43.1	33.4-53.3
Female	308	106	37.6	31.2-44.5	202	62.4	55.5-68.8
RACE
White	340	145	50.7	44.0-57.3	195	49.3	42.7-56.0
Other	114	39	33.9	23.7-45.9	75	66.1	54.1-76.3
AGE
18-44	151	79	53.4	43.2-63.5	72	46.6	36.5-56.8
45+	303	107	40.1	33.9-46.6	196	59.9	53.4-66.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	160	55	39.7	29.6-50.6	105	60.3	49.4-70.4
Some College +	296	131	50.2	43.3-57.1	165	49.8	42.9-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	82	40.6	32.3-49.5	143	59.4	50.5-67.7
$50,000+	163	85	55.4	46.4-64.1	78	44.6	35.9-53.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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?*