BRFSS 2007 - Buncombe County: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,<br> do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as<br> brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that caus es small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Physical Activity

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 cause s 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%)
North Carolina	14,493	11,818	82.9	81.9-83.8	2,675	17.1	16.2-18.1
-Buncombe County	346	284	85.1	79.5-89.4	62	14.9	10.6-20.5
GENDER
Male	131	111	87.3	77.8-93.0	20	12.7	7.0-22.2
Female	215	173	82.4	75.7-87.5	42	17.6	12.5-24.3
RACE
White	305	255	87.5	81.8-91.5	50	12.5	8.5-18.2
Other	39	28	70.8	48.5-86.2	11	29.2	13.8-51.5
AGE
18-44	92	82	89.2	77.8-95.1	10	10.8	4.9-22.2
45+	251	200	81.2	75.2-85.9	51	18.8	14.1-24.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	124	92	78.6	66.8-87.1	32	21.4	12.9-33.2
Some College +	221	191	89.2	83.8-93.0	30	10.8	7.0-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	189	155	82.1	72.8-88.8	34	17.9	11.2-27.2
$50,000+	113	100	92.2	86.6-95.7	13	7.8	4.3-13.4

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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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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Physical Activity

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 cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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 cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*