BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (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?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes	14,584	11,674	81.6	80.8-82.4	2,910	18.4	17.6-19.2
No	2,439	1,724	67.0	64.1-69.7	715	33.0	30.3-35.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight	281	206	77.6	70.8-83.1	75	22.4	16.9-29.2
Recommended Range	5,640	4,659	81.4	79.8-82.9	981	18.6	17.1-20.2
Overweight	5,866	4,695	80.2	78.7-81.6	1,171	19.8	18.4-21.3
Obese	4,460	3,314	76.5	74.8-78.1	1,146	23.5	21.9-25.2
Current Smoker
No	13,483	10,634	78.8	77.8-79.7	2,849	21.2	20.3-22.2
Yes	3,496	2,729	78.9	76.9-80.7	767	21.1	19.3-23.1
Binge Drinker
No	15,575	12,220	78.5	77.5-79.4	3,355	21.5	20.6-22.5
Yes	1,316	1,083	81.7	78.6-84.5	233	18.3	15.5-21.4
Heavy Drinker
No	16,317	12,823	78.6	77.7-79.5	3,494	21.4	20.5-22.3
Yes	503	422	84.8	80.4-88.4	81	15.2	11.6-19.6
Current Asthma
Yes	1,195	860	72.6	68.9-76.1	335	27.4	23.9-31.1
No	15,778	12,505	79.2	78.3-80.1	3,273	20.8	19.9-21.7
Diabetes
Yes	1,825	1,236	70.1	67.5-72.6	589	29.9	27.4-32.5
Yes, During Pregnancy	143	117	81.0	72.2-87.5	26	19.0	12.5-27.8
No	14,865	11,903	79.6	78.6-80.5	2,962	20.4	19.5-21.4
No, Bordeline Diabetes	213	160	77.9	69.8-84.3	53	22.1	15.7-30.2

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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.

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