BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	755	277	42.7	37.8-47.7	478	57.3	52.3-62.2
GENDER
Male	263	117	49.7	41.7-57.7	146	50.3	42.3-58.3
Female	492	160	36.9	31.2-43.1	332	63.1	56.9-68.8
RACE
White	672	251	43.2	38.2-48.4	421	56.8	51.6-61.8
Other	83	26	38.6	23.4-56.2	57	61.4	43.8-76.6
AGE
18-44	248	133	55.9	47.5-64.0	115	44.1	36.0-52.5
45+	504	143	31.0	26.2-36.3	361	69.0	63.7-73.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	359	97	35.2	27.9-43.2	262	64.8	56.8-72.1
Some College +	396	180	50.5	44.2-56.7	216	49.5	43.3-55.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	475	159	38.9	33.1-45.1	316	61.1	54.9-66.9
$50,000+	159	86	60.2	50.1-69.6	73	39.8	30.4-49.9

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	755	277	42.7	37.8-47.7	478	57.3	52.3-62.2
GENDER
Male	263	117	49.7	41.7-57.7	146	50.3	42.3-58.3
Female	492	160	36.9	31.2-43.1	332	63.1	56.9-68.8
RACE
White	672	251	43.2	38.2-48.4	421	56.8	51.6-61.8
Other	83	26	38.6	23.4-56.2	57	61.4	43.8-76.6
AGE
18-44	248	133	55.9	47.5-64.0	115	44.1	36.0-52.5
45+	504	143	31.0	26.2-36.3	361	69.0	63.7-73.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	359	97	35.2	27.9-43.2	262	64.8	56.8-72.1
Some College +	396	180	50.5	44.2-56.7	216	49.5	43.3-55.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	475	159	38.9	33.1-45.1	316	61.1	54.9-66.9
$50,000+	159	86	60.2	50.1-69.6	73	39.8	30.4-49.9

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

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?*