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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,491 6,556 42.1 41.0-43.1 6,756 39.7 38.7-40.8 3,179 18.2 17.4-19.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 722 302 41.3 36.4-46.3 288 41.9 37.1-46.9 132 16.8 13.5-20.7
GENDER
Male 251 104 43.1 34.9-51.7 100 40.1 32.6-48.1 47 16.8 11.8-23.2
Female 471 198 39.8 34.2-45.7 188 43.4 37.4-49.6 85 16.8 12.6-22.0
RACE
White 641 269 42.8 37.7-48.1 263 43.1 38.1-48.3 109 14.0 11.2-17.5
Other 81 33 30.7 17.8-47.5 25 33.3 19.8-50.4 23 36.0 21.3-53.8
AGE
18-44 245 127 46.7 38.3-55.3 85 38.5 30.6-47.1 33 14.8 9.7-21.9
45+ 474 174 36.4 31.4-41.8 202 45.4 40.0-50.8 98 18.2 14.5-22.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 339 128 39.4 32.0-47.4 130 38.9 31.9-46.3 81 21.7 16.2-28.4
Some College + 383 174 43.2 37.0-49.6 158 45.1 38.7-51.6 51 11.8 8.5-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 454 180 40.0 34.0-46.2 188 42.3 36.4-48.4 86 17.7 13.5-22.9
$50,000+ 153 81 52.8 41.9-63.4 59 40.0 30.1-50.8 13 7.3 3.9-13.1

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activit y, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^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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