BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	470	182	43.3	37.6-49.2	288	56.7	50.8-62.4
GENDER
Male	165	78	52.2	42.2-62.0	87	47.8	38.0-57.8
Female	305	104	35.2	29.2-41.7	201	64.8	58.3-70.8
RACE
White	389	154	46.3	40.0-52.6	235	53.7	47.4-60.0
Other	78	27	31.8	20.6-45.5	51	68.2	54.5-79.4
AGE
18-44	152	83	52.8	42.7-62.8	69	47.2	37.2-57.3
45+	318	99	34.6	28.7-41.0	219	65.4	59.0-71.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	260	83	35.6	28.4-43.7	177	64.4	56.3-71.6
Some College +	210	99	52.5	44.1-60.9	111	47.5	39.1-55.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	307	118	44.5	37.3-51.9	189	55.5	48.1-62.7
$50,000+	96	53	57.9	46.8-68.3	43	42.1	31.7-53.2

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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.

** 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
-Rowan County	470	182	43.3	37.6-49.2	288	56.7	50.8-62.4
GENDER
Male	165	78	52.2	42.2-62.0	87	47.8	38.0-57.8
Female	305	104	35.2	29.2-41.7	201	64.8	58.3-70.8
RACE
White	389	154	46.3	40.0-52.6	235	53.7	47.4-60.0
Other	78	27	31.8	20.6-45.5	51	68.2	54.5-79.4
AGE
18-44	152	83	52.8	42.7-62.8	69	47.2	37.2-57.3
45+	318	99	34.6	28.7-41.0	219	65.4	59.0-71.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	260	83	35.6	28.4-43.7	177	64.4	56.3-71.6
Some College +	210	99	52.5	44.1-60.9	111	47.5	39.1-55.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	307	118	44.5	37.3-51.9	189	55.5	48.1-62.7
$50,000+	96	53	57.9	46.8-68.3	43	42.1	31.7-53.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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?*