BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	441	165	42.2	36.4-48.2	276	57.8	51.8-63.6
GENDER
Male	157	67	46.6	37.4-56.1	90	53.4	43.9-62.6
Female	284	98	38.0	31.2-45.4	186	62.0	54.6-68.8
RACE
White	374	149	45.9	39.6-52.4	225	54.1	47.6-60.4
Other	67	16	25.4	14.4-40.8	51	74.6	59.2-85.6
AGE
18-44	146	74	55.4	45.5-65.0	72	44.6	35.0-54.5
45+	293	91	31.0	25.4-37.3	202	69.0	62.7-74.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	30	28.0	19.0-39.2	115	72.0	60.8-81.0
Some College +	296	135	50.7	43.9-57.6	161	49.3	42.4-56.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	216	65	36.6	28.5-45.6	151	63.4	54.4-71.5
$50,000+	160	76	47.7	39.0-56.6	84	52.3	43.4-61.0

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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
-New Hanover County	441	165	42.2	36.4-48.2	276	57.8	51.8-63.6
GENDER
Male	157	67	46.6	37.4-56.1	90	53.4	43.9-62.6
Female	284	98	38.0	31.2-45.4	186	62.0	54.6-68.8
RACE
White	374	149	45.9	39.6-52.4	225	54.1	47.6-60.4
Other	67	16	25.4	14.4-40.8	51	74.6	59.2-85.6
AGE
18-44	146	74	55.4	45.5-65.0	72	44.6	35.0-54.5
45+	293	91	31.0	25.4-37.3	202	69.0	62.7-74.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	145	30	28.0	19.0-39.2	115	72.0	60.8-81.0
Some College +	296	135	50.7	43.9-57.6	161	49.3	42.4-56.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	216	65	36.6	28.5-45.6	151	63.4	54.4-71.5
$50,000+	160	76	47.7	39.0-56.6	84	52.3	43.4-61.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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?*