BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1 day	2 days	3-4 days	5-6 days	Everyday
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	137	33	21.1	14.4-29.8	38	35.4	25.3-47.0	49	35.0	25.3-46.2	10	5.1	2.3-10.7	7	3.3	1.3- 8.2
Buncombe	167	36	22.1	14.7-31.9	31	19.7	11.9-30.7	65	40.1	30.8-50.2	27	13.9	9.0-20.8	8	4.2	1.6-10.5
Cabarrus	143	30	21.8	14.5-31.4	37	26.5	18.0-37.0	51	34.5	25.5-44.9	14	11.4	6.2-19.9	11	5.9	3.1-11.0
Catawba	148	26	18.4	12.1-26.9	40	22.2	15.6-30.6	52	34.9	25.9-45.1	21	18.1	10.4-29.6	9	6.4	3.2-12.3
Cumberland	170	40	20.3	14.3-27.9	35	22.6	15.8-31.2	50	32.8	24.5-42.4	36	18.7	12.9-26.3	9	5.6	2.7-11.4
Davidson	144	46	33.0	23.7-44.0	32	20.9	13.6-30.7	45	33.3	24.0-44.1	8	4.1	1.9- 8.6	13	8.7	3.8-18.7
Durham	192	37	19.0	13.6-26.1	44	23.5	17.1-31.3	75	36.7	29.2-45.0	31	17.8	11.8-26.0	5	2.9	1.0- 8.3
Forsyth	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
Gaston	136	31	27.7	15.1-45.3	31	21.7	14.2-31.7	42	27.1	18.9-37.4	20	11.7	7.1-18.8	12	11.7	6.0-21.8
Guilford	157	29	21.5	14.2-31.1	30	19.9	13.4-28.5	66	39.5	30.3-49.5	20	12.5	7.3-20.5	12	6.6	3.4-12.5
Iredell	151	36	21.9	15.1-30.6	38	26.1	18.5-35.4	51	33.8	25.1-43.6	15	11.2	6.4-18.8	11	7.1	3.1-15.4
Johnston	139	32	24.1	15.4-35.6	39	32.1	22.1-44.1	44	26.1	18.6-35.4	13	10.1	5.2-18.7	11	7.5	3.0-17.5
Mecklenburg	349	73	19.2	14.7-24.7	68	18.6	13.9-24.3	145	43.9	37.4-50.7	46	14.2	10.0-19.8	17	4.1	2.3- 7.2
New Hanover	163	31	20.3	13.1-30.1	37	16.9	11.7-23.6	64	41.8	32.5-51.8	18	10.8	6.1-18.6	13	10.2	5.4-18.6
Onslow	181	35	14.0	9.4-20.2	31	16.2	10.3-24.5	72	38.9	30.3-48.3	29	16.7	11.1-24.5	14	14.2	6.5-28.3
Orange	203	38	18.2	12.6-25.4	48	19.9	14.5-26.8	81	43.1	34.4-52.2	19	9.7	5.8-15.7	17	9.2	5.4-15.1
Pitt	163	42	24.2	17.2-32.9	35	24.1	17.0-32.9	51	34.0	25.8-43.2	20	11.6	6.9-18.8	15	6.1	3.5-10.6
Randolph	139	31	20.4	13.8-29.2	36	24.7	17.2-34.1	50	38.1	28.7-48.5	8	8.4	3.6-18.3	14	8.4	4.6-14.9
Robeson	146	43	29.4	20.9-39.6	34	22.0	14.4-32.0	39	27.7	19.3-38.1	20	11.3	5.9-20.4	10	9.7	3.5-23.8
Rowan	181	36	20.1	14.0-28.1	47	27.6	19.7-37.1	63	33.9	25.8-43.0	21	11.2	7.0-17.6	14	7.2	4.0-12.6
Union	149	33	23.4	16.1-32.6	33	19.3	13.4-26.9	55	39.3	30.4-48.9	16	9.0	5.4-14.7	12	9.1	4.8-16.4
Wake	360	81	24.1	18.8-30.3	87	21.9	17.0-27.7	122	31.8	26.2-37.9	49	13.8	9.8-19.0	21	8.5	4.6-15.1
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	177	31	17.3	10.8-26.5	36	19.7	13.8-27.3	68	39.0	30.3-48.5	22	10.2	6.4-15.9	20	13.8	7.7-23.5
Northeast Partnership II	133	33	25.2	17.1-35.4	34	23.1	15.9-32.4	44	33.4	24.0-44.2	9	6.0	2.8-12.2	13	12.3	6.5-22.3
Northeast Partnership I	128	38	30.5	22.1-40.6	27	19.0	12.4-27.9	45	32.6	24.1-42.4	7	6.7	2.6-16.1	11	11.1	5.5-21.1
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	137	32	21.6	14.4-31.2	36	30.4	20.0-43.2	38	23.1	15.9-32.3	20	16.0	9.5-25.7	11	8.9	4.4-17.4
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	165	29	16.4	10.7-24.2	35	18.1	12.2-26.0	66	43.2	32.8-54.2	20	9.1	5.5-14.8	15	13.2	5.2-29.4
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	154	40	24.5	17.6-33.0	22	10.6	6.8-16.2	53	39.4	30.1-49.5	18	12.3	7.4-19.6	21	13.2	8.2-20.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	162	33	17.5	12.0-24.7	41	32.6	23.3-43.5	47	25.7	18.7-34.2	23	11.8	7.4-18.2	18	12.4	7.4-20.0
Chatham/Lee/Moore	184	40	17.8	12.5-24.9	29	17.9	11.9-26.0	75	38.5	30.4-47.3	22	15.7	9.7-24.3	18	10.1	5.4-18.1
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	210	52	20.9	14.6-28.9	49	28.0	19.1-38.9	71	36.8	26.7-48.3	22	8.8	5.3-14.0	16	5.5	3.2- 9.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	144	32	21.8	14.4-31.8	32	20.8	14.2-29.3	47	29.4	21.4-39.0	20	16.8	10.2-26.5	13	11.1	5.9-19.9
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	145	30	18.9	12.8-27.0	38	28.9	19.3-40.8	46	31.3	22.5-41.6	16	8.8	4.8-15.5	15	12.1	6.4-21.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	162	40	21.8	14.8-31.0	33	19.6	13.4-27.7	56	40.4	30.9-50.7	15	8.2	4.7-14.0	18	9.9	5.8-16.6
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	272	67	24.6	18.5-31.9	53	22.2	15.7-30.3	98	37.6	29.6-46.3	31	8.7	5.6-13.2	23	7.0	4.2-11.5
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	323	79	25.2	19.2-32.5	75	21.6	16.7-27.6	115	33.9	27.6-40.9	23	6.7	4.2-10.6	31	12.5	7.8-19.5
No	5,752	1,273	21.3	19.9-22.8	1,291	22.0	20.6-23.6	2,042	36.4	34.6-38.1	698	12.0	11.0-13.2	448	8.2	7.2- 9.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,890	438	21.6	19.3-24.1	404	20.5	18.1-23.0	647	35.4	32.5-38.5	234	11.7	10.0-13.6	167	10.8	8.5-13.7
Piedmont	3,488	748	20.8	19.0-22.8	821	23.0	21.1-24.9	1,262	36.5	34.3-38.8	403	12.3	10.8-13.9	254	7.4	6.2- 8.9
Western NC	697	166	23.9	19.9-28.3	141	21.3	17.2-26.1	248	36.8	31.9-41.9	84	10.2	7.9-13.1	58	7.9	5.7-10.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	439	103	23.7	18.8-29.5	84	21.3	16.1-27.6	163	38.5	32.2-45.1	58	10.5	7.7-14.1	31	6.0	3.8- 9.3
Northwest	1,146	258	21.6	18.7-24.8	283	23.2	20.2-26.5	392	35.7	32.0-39.5	118	10.5	8.4-13.0	95	9.0	7.0-11.6
Charlotte	904	196	20.8	17.3-24.9	199	20.4	17.2-24.1	340	41.2	36.8-45.9	107	11.5	9.0-14.6	62	5.9	4.4- 8.0
Greensboro	767	162	20.4	16.7-24.7	178	23.4	19.6-27.7	291	37.4	32.8-42.4	75	11.1	8.2-14.8	61	7.7	5.4-10.7
Southern Regional	620	147	19.8	16.1-24.2	125	20.6	16.4-25.6	211	36.4	30.7-42.6	87	12.4	9.6-15.9	50	10.7	6.0-18.3
Coastal	314	70	22.9	17.7-29.2	60	13.9	10.5-18.2	116	39.8	33.1-46.9	37	12.4	8.6-17.6	31	10.9	7.3-16.0
Wake	936	197	21.6	18.1-25.5	237	25.5	21.9-29.5	314	30.8	27.0-34.7	124	14.0	11.2-17.3	64	8.1	5.5-11.9
Area L	191	62	31.7	23.8-40.9	39	22.3	14.1-33.3	54	25.0	18.0-33.7	22	12.9	7.7-20.8	14	8.1	4.4-14.4
Eastern	758	157	19.0	15.6-22.9	161	20.0	16.7-23.7	276	38.0	33.6-42.6	93	11.4	9.0-14.3	71	11.6	8.4-15.9

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

137

21.1

14.4-29.8

35.4

25.3-47.0

35.0

25.3-46.2

5.1

2.3-10.7

3.3

1.3- 8.2

Buncombe

167

22.1

14.7-31.9

19.7

11.9-30.7

40.1

30.8-50.2

13.9

9.0-20.8

4.2

1.6-10.5

Cabarrus

143

21.8

14.5-31.4

26.5

18.0-37.0

34.5

25.5-44.9

11.4

6.2-19.9

5.9

3.1-11.0

Catawba

148

18.4

12.1-26.9

22.2

15.6-30.6

34.9

25.9-45.1

18.1

10.4-29.6

6.4

3.2-12.3

Cumberland

170

20.3

14.3-27.9

22.6

15.8-31.2

32.8

24.5-42.4

18.7

12.9-26.3

5.6

2.7-11.4

Davidson

144

33.0

23.7-44.0

20.9

13.6-30.7

33.3

24.0-44.1

4.1

1.9- 8.6

8.7

3.8-18.7

Durham

192

19.0

13.6-26.1

23.5

17.1-31.3

36.7

29.2-45.0

17.8

11.8-26.0

2.9

1.0- 8.3

Forsyth

184

17.0

11.8-23.8

22.8

16.7-30.2

44.6

35.6-54.0

8.5

4.9-14.4

7.1

3.7-13.2

Gaston

136

27.7

15.1-45.3

21.7

14.2-31.7

27.1

18.9-37.4

11.7

7.1-18.8

11.7

6.0-21.8

Guilford

157

21.5

14.2-31.1

19.9

13.4-28.5

39.5

30.3-49.5

12.5

7.3-20.5

6.6

3.4-12.5

Iredell

151

21.9

15.1-30.6

26.1

18.5-35.4

33.8

25.1-43.6

11.2

6.4-18.8

7.1

3.1-15.4

Johnston

139

24.1

15.4-35.6

32.1

22.1-44.1

26.1

18.6-35.4

10.1

5.2-18.7

7.5

3.0-17.5

Mecklenburg

349

19.2

14.7-24.7

18.6

13.9-24.3

145

43.9

37.4-50.7

14.2

10.0-19.8

4.1

2.3- 7.2

New Hanover

163

20.3

13.1-30.1

16.9

11.7-23.6

41.8

32.5-51.8

10.8

6.1-18.6

10.2

5.4-18.6

Onslow

181

14.0

9.4-20.2

16.2

10.3-24.5

38.9

30.3-48.3

16.7

11.1-24.5

14.2

6.5-28.3

Orange

203

18.2

12.6-25.4

19.9

14.5-26.8

43.1

34.4-52.2

9.7

5.8-15.7

9.2

5.4-15.1

Pitt

163

24.2

17.2-32.9

24.1

17.0-32.9

34.0

25.8-43.2

11.6

6.9-18.8

6.1

3.5-10.6

Randolph

139

20.4

13.8-29.2

24.7

17.2-34.1

38.1

28.7-48.5

8.4

3.6-18.3

8.4

4.6-14.9

Robeson

146

29.4

20.9-39.6

22.0

14.4-32.0

27.7

19.3-38.1

11.3

5.9-20.4

9.7

3.5-23.8

Rowan

181

20.1

14.0-28.1

27.6

19.7-37.1

33.9

25.8-43.0

11.2

7.0-17.6

7.2

4.0-12.6

Union

149

23.4

16.1-32.6

19.3

13.4-26.9

39.3

30.4-48.9

9.0

5.4-14.7

9.1

4.8-16.4

Wake

360

24.1

18.8-30.3

21.9

17.0-27.7

122

31.8

26.2-37.9

13.8

9.8-19.0

8.5

4.6-15.1

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

177

17.3

10.8-26.5

19.7

13.8-27.3

39.0

30.3-48.5

10.2

6.4-15.9

13.8

7.7-23.5

Northeast Partnership II

133

25.2

17.1-35.4

23.1

15.9-32.4

33.4

24.0-44.2

6.0

2.8-12.2

12.3

6.5-22.3

Northeast Partnership I

128

30.5

22.1-40.6

19.0

12.4-27.9

32.6

24.1-42.4

6.7

2.6-16.1

11.1

5.5-21.1

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

137

21.6

14.4-31.2

30.4

20.0-43.2

23.1

15.9-32.3

16.0

9.5-25.7

8.9

4.4-17.4

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

165

16.4

10.7-24.2

18.1

12.2-26.0

43.2

32.8-54.2

9.1

5.5-14.8

13.2

5.2-29.4

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

154

24.5

17.6-33.0

10.6

6.8-16.2

39.4

30.1-49.5

12.3

7.4-19.6

13.2

8.2-20.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

162

17.5

12.0-24.7

32.6

23.3-43.5

25.7

18.7-34.2

11.8

7.4-18.2

12.4

7.4-20.0

Chatham/Lee/Moore

184

17.8

12.5-24.9

17.9

11.9-26.0

38.5

30.4-47.3

15.7

9.7-24.3

10.1

5.4-18.1

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

210

20.9

14.6-28.9

28.0

19.1-38.9

36.8

26.7-48.3

8.8

5.3-14.0

5.5

3.2- 9.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

144

21.8

14.4-31.8

20.8

14.2-29.3

29.4

21.4-39.0

16.8

10.2-26.5

11.1

5.9-19.9

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

145

18.9

12.8-27.0

28.9

19.3-40.8

31.3

22.5-41.6

8.8

4.8-15.5

12.1

6.4-21.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

162

21.8

14.8-31.0

19.6

13.4-27.7

40.4

30.9-50.7

8.2

4.7-14.0

9.9

5.8-16.6

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

272

24.6

18.5-31.9

22.2

15.7-30.3

37.6

29.6-46.3

8.7

5.6-13.2

7.0

4.2-11.5

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

323

25.2

19.2-32.5

21.6

16.7-27.6

115

33.9

27.6-40.9

6.7

4.2-10.6

12.5

7.8-19.5

5,752

1,273

21.3

19.9-22.8

1,291

22.0

20.6-23.6

2,042

36.4

34.6-38.1

698

12.0

11.0-13.2

448

8.2

7.2- 9.5

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,890

438

21.6

19.3-24.1

404

20.5

18.1-23.0

647

35.4

32.5-38.5

234

11.7

10.0-13.6

167

10.8

8.5-13.7

Piedmont

3,488

748

20.8

19.0-22.8

821

23.0

21.1-24.9

1,262

36.5

34.3-38.8

403

12.3

10.8-13.9

254

7.4

6.2- 8.9

Western NC

697

166

23.9

19.9-28.3

141

21.3

17.2-26.1

248

36.8

31.9-41.9

10.2

7.9-13.1

7.9

5.7-10.7

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

439

103

23.7

18.8-29.5

21.3

16.1-27.6

163

38.5

32.2-45.1

10.5

7.7-14.1

6.0

3.8- 9.3

Northwest

1,146

258

21.6

18.7-24.8

283

23.2

20.2-26.5

392

35.7

32.0-39.5

118

10.5

8.4-13.0

9.0

7.0-11.6

Charlotte

904

196

20.8

17.3-24.9

199

20.4

17.2-24.1

340

41.2

36.8-45.9

107

11.5

9.0-14.6

5.9

4.4- 8.0

Greensboro

767

162

20.4

16.7-24.7

178

23.4

19.6-27.7

291

37.4

32.8-42.4

11.1

8.2-14.8

7.7

5.4-10.7

Southern Regional

620

147

19.8

16.1-24.2

125

20.6

16.4-25.6

211

36.4

30.7-42.6

12.4

9.6-15.9

10.7

6.0-18.3

Coastal

314

22.9

17.7-29.2

13.9

10.5-18.2

116

39.8

33.1-46.9

12.4

8.6-17.6

10.9

7.3-16.0

Wake

936

197

21.6

18.1-25.5

237

25.5

21.9-29.5

314

30.8

27.0-34.7

124

14.0

11.2-17.3

8.1

5.5-11.9

Area L

191

31.7

23.8-40.9

22.3

14.1-33.3

25.0

18.0-33.7

12.9

7.7-20.8

8.1

4.4-14.4

Eastern

758

157

19.0

15.6-22.9

161

20.0

16.7-23.7

276

38.0

33.6-42.6

11.4

9.0-14.3

11.6

8.4-15.9

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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, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program

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