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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % 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
-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
GENDER
Male 327 83 25.4 19.7-32.1 67 20.7 15.3-27.2 114 39.4 32.4-46.9 36 7.9 5.3-11.7 27 6.6 4.1-10.3
Female 370 83 21.7 17.0-27.1 74 22.2 16.3-29.6 134 33.1 27.4-39.2 48 13.4 9.6-18.2 31 9.7 6.2-14.7
RACE
White 638 156 24.2 20.2-28.8 128 20.9 16.8-25.7 224 36.0 31.1-41.3 80 10.9 8.4-14.1 50 7.9 5.7-11.0
African American 22 4 12.7 3.5-36.7 6 42.2 15.8-73.9 8 39.0 15.6-68.8 2 2.0 0.4- 9.3 2 4.2 0.8-18.8
Other Minorities 37 6 26.6 9.1-56.9 7 12.5 4.7-29.2 16 46.1 23.5-70.3 2 4.9 0.8-23.8 6 9.9 2.9-29.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 7 48.6 21.3-76.8 5 13.0 4.2-33.6 5 33.6 11.5-66.3 1 4.8 0.6-28.3 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 679 159 22.5 18.8-26.7 136 21.8 17.5-26.7 243 36.9 32.1-42.1 83 10.5 8.1-13.4 58 8.3 6.1-11.3
AGE
18-24 56 7 14.1 6.0-29.7 14 31.1 17.4-49.2 24 39.1 24.1-56.5 5 6.9 2.7-16.6 6 8.8 3.6-20.2
25-34 125 25 21.0 13.8-30.4 24 17.9 11.7-26.5 53 44.0 34.5-54.0 18 12.4 7.5-19.8 5 4.7 1.9-11.0
35-44 149 30 24.8 16.5-35.5 31 17.4 11.5-25.6 57 35.8 27.3-45.4 18 10.9 6.3-18.3 13 11.1 6.0-19.4
45-54 143 42 34.3 25.6-44.2 31 19.2 12.9-27.6 38 28.7 20.3-38.8 22 12.1 7.4-19.1 10 5.8 2.9-11.1
55-64 111 29 29.3 20.1-40.6 20 20.8 13.1-31.2 38 31.3 22.1-42.2 13 11.5 6.4-19.7 11 7.1 3.6-13.5
65-74 78 24 26.3 17.1-38.0 18 24.2 15.2-36.3 24 34.4 23.2-47.6 3 3.4 1.1-10.0 9 11.8 5.9-22.3
75+ 33 9 25.4 12.7-44.2 3 14.6 4.8-36.8 13 42.2 25.0-61.4 5 12.0 4.8-27.1 3 5.9 1.7-18.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 71 22 26.8 14.1-45.1 18 22.1 10.6-40.3 16 33.6 17.3-55.0 6 8.4 3.3-19.6 9 9.1 4.2-18.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 184 45 27.3 19.6-36.8 42 22.4 15.3-31.6 65 36.4 27.8-45.9 16 7.6 4.3-13.0 16 6.3 3.3-11.7
Some Post-H.S. 184 48 24.2 17.8-32.2 31 23.2 14.7-34.5 65 32.7 24.7-41.8 25 11.4 7.1-18.0 15 8.4 4.5-15.4
College Graduate 257 51 19.2 14.1-25.5 50 18.4 13.7-24.4 101 41.9 34.8-49.5 37 12.2 8.3-17.5 18 8.3 4.7-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 10 20.5 9.2-39.5 15 34.1 17.9-55.2 11 20.9 9.3-40.4 7 9.0 3.7-19.9 7 15.6 6.2-33.9
$15,000- 24,999 119 30 26.5 16.3-40.1 25 20.6 12.4-32.1 37 37.3 25.6-50.8 13 6.3 3.0-12.7 14 9.3 4.7-17.4
$25,000- 34,999 102 24 21.9 14.0-32.5 18 18.7 11.1-29.8 39 43.4 31.7-55.8 13 12.0 6.6-20.8 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 124 26 26.3 17.5-37.5 30 22.8 15.0-33.2 50 36.3 26.9-46.8 14 9.8 5.3-17.2 4 4.9 1.6-13.6
$50,000-74,999 98 31 26.2 17.3-37.7 14 11.5 6.2-20.4 34 42.7 28.6-58.0 11 10.7 5.3-20.6 8 8.8 3.8-19.3
$75,000+ 119 26 24.1 16.0-34.7 22 20.5 11.8-33.3 50 40.1 30.3-50.9 15 10.5 5.9-18.2 6 4.7 1.9-10.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 141 36 22.8 14.8-33.3 34 30.8 20.1-44.1 40 28.9 20.0-39.9 16 7.5 3.8-14.1 15 10.0 5.3-18.1
No 546 128 24.5 20.1-29.6 107 19.2 15.0-24.2 205 39.2 33.6-45.0 66 10.7 8.0-14.0 40 6.4 4.4- 9.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 34 37.6 27.2-49.3 17 17.9 10.6-28.7 28 27.0 18.3-37.9 11 7.3 3.7-14.2 12 10.1 4.8-20.1
Non-Veteran 595 132 21.9 17.8-26.8 124 21.8 17.3-27.1 220 38.1 32.8-43.8 73 10.6 8.0-13.8 46 7.6 5.3-10.6

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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, 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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