BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Mecklenburg County	870	713	78.4	74.3-82.1	157	21.6	17.9-25.7
GENDER
Male	310	246	74.8	67.6-80.8	64	25.2	19.2-32.4
Female	560	467	81.9	77.4-85.7	93	18.1	14.3-22.6
RACE
White	600	517	85.9	81.7-89.2	83	14.1	10.8-18.3
Other	266	192	63.8	55.4-71.5	74	36.2	28.5-44.6
AGE
18-44	338	276	75.4	68.4-81.3	62	24.6	18.7-31.6
45+	523	428	81.3	77.2-84.9	95	18.7	15.1-22.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	226	162	62.2	52.3-71.3	64	37.8	28.7-47.7
Some College +	642	549	85.0	81.4-87.9	93	15.0	12.1-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	357	278	71.9	64.3-78.4	79	28.1	21.6-35.7
$50,000+	380	339	87.0	81.7-90.9	41	13.0	9.1-18.3

Back to Physical Activity.

*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.

View results for a demographic group:	Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:

	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Mecklenburg County	870	713	78.4	74.3-82.1	157	21.6	17.9-25.7
GENDER
Male	310	246	74.8	67.6-80.8	64	25.2	19.2-32.4
Female	560	467	81.9	77.4-85.7	93	18.1	14.3-22.6
RACE
White	600	517	85.9	81.7-89.2	83	14.1	10.8-18.3
Other	266	192	63.8	55.4-71.5	74	36.2	28.5-44.6
AGE
18-44	338	276	75.4	68.4-81.3	62	24.6	18.7-31.6
45+	523	428	81.3	77.2-84.9	95	18.7	15.1-22.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	226	162	62.2	52.3-71.3	64	37.8	28.7-47.7
Some College +	642	549	85.0	81.4-87.9	93	15.0	12.1-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	357	278	71.9	64.3-78.4	79	28.1	21.6-35.7
$50,000+	380	339	87.0	81.7-90.9	41	13.0	9.1-18.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*