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

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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  Total
Respond.^
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 261 31 11.4 7.5-16.8 67 31.7 24.2-40.4 87 28.4 21.9-35.8 48 19.5 12.5-29.1 28 9.0 5.8-13.8
GENDER
Male 110 8 8.0 3.6-17.0 24 30.0 19.3-43.5 37 28.2 19.1-39.6 27 25.1 14.5-39.8 14 8.6 4.3-16.4
Female 151 23 15.0 9.5-23.0 43 33.6 23.9-44.9 50 28.5 20.2-38.6 21 13.3 6.1-26.6 14 9.5 5.3-16.3
RACE
White 236 29 11.8 7.7-17.8 58 29.7 22.4-38.3 79 28.0 21.4-35.6 43 21.1 13.4-31.6 27 9.4 6.0-14.5
Other 25 2 7.8 1.8-28.4 9 47.1 20.7-75.3 8 31.5 12.3-60.0 5 7.4 2.0-24.0 1 6.2 0.8-34.1
AGE
18-44 130 21 13.7 8.2-21.9 38 37.2 26.3-49.6 41 26.4 18.2-36.6 18 15.9 7.0-32.1 12 6.8 3.3-13.4
45+ 130 10 7.4 3.7-14.3 29 22.4 15.3-31.6 45 31.5 22.5-42.1 30 25.8 17.6-36.0 16 12.9 7.6-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 11 11.1 5.2-22.1 21 34.9 21.5-51.2 28 23.4 14.4-35.8 18 22.1 10.3-41.0 13 8.5 4.2-16.5
Some College + 170 20 11.6 7.2-18.1 46 29.5 21.6-38.8 59 31.9 23.7-41.3 30 17.7 10.4-28.4 15 9.4 5.3-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 20 13.8 8.2-22.3 37 37.5 27.3-49.0 48 26.2 18.3-36.1 26 11.9 7.5-18.5 19 10.5 6.0-17.7
$50,000+ 81 9 9.7 4.7-19.2 24 28.5 16.8-44.0 28 31.2 19.8-45.4 14 24.6 10.9-46.5 6 5.9 2.5-13.3

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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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