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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 184 36 17.0 11.8-23.8 50 22.8 16.7-30.2 71 44.6 35.6-54.0 15 8.5 4.9-14.4 12 7.1 3.7-13.2
GENDER
Male 79 17 18.7 11.2-29.6 24 24.2 15.5-35.8 25 40.1 27.0-54.8 9 11.7 5.8-21.9 4 5.3 1.7-15.5
Female 105 19 14.9 8.9-23.7 26 21.0 13.8-30.5 46 50.2 38.9-61.5 6 4.6 2.0-10.3 8 9.4 4.4-19.0
RACE
White 144 26 16.8 10.9-24.9 41 22.9 16.3-31.3 53 42.5 32.4-53.3 14 10.3 5.8-17.7 10 7.4 3.6-14.8
Other 38 9 16.9 8.1-32.1 9 23.8 11.5-42.7 17 50.8 31.7-69.7 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 2 6.4 1.6-22.9
AGE
18-44 78 19 17.4 10.3-27.7 18 17.6 10.3-28.3 33 54.2 40.6-67.2 4 3.5 1.3- 9.1 4 7.4 2.7-18.8
45+ 106 17 16.5 9.8-26.5 32 28.9 20.4-39.3 38 33.3 24.5-43.5 11 14.5 7.7-25.5 8 6.8 3.3-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 10 11.9 5.7-23.3 14 21.9 12.0-36.6 23 55.5 38.4-71.4 3 4.0 1.2-12.2 4 6.7 2.4-17.5
Some College + 130 26 19.4 12.8-28.3 36 23.2 16.2-32.1 48 39.5 29.7-50.3 12 10.6 5.7-18.8 8 7.3 3.2-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 81 14 13.1 7.2-22.7 24 24.5 15.4-36.7 34 51.5 38.0-64.9 5 4.9 2.0-11.9 4 5.8 2.0-16.1
$50,000+ 85 19 22.1 13.6-33.9 23 24.0 15.7-34.9 31 35.5 24.5-48.3 8 13.0 6.4-24.7 4 5.3 1.5-17.3

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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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