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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,951 5,705 44.0 42.8-45.3 8,246 56.0 54.7-57.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 324 123 41.8 33.8-50.3 201 58.2 49.7-66.2
Buncombe 326 144 50.2 42.9-57.6 182 49.8 42.4-57.1
Cabarrus 341 136 39.5 32.2-47.4 205 60.5 52.6-67.8
Catawba 389 155 42.0 35.1-49.2 234 58.0 50.8-64.9
Cumberland 359 169 51.2 44.1-58.2 190 48.8 41.8-55.9
Davidson 329 130 40.9 33.8-48.5 199 59.1 51.5-66.2
Durham 312 140 45.2 37.2-53.5 172 54.8 46.5-62.8
Forsyth 359 144 41.8 34.8-49.1 215 58.2 50.9-65.2
Gaston 365 135 41.5 34.5-48.9 230 58.5 51.1-65.5
Guilford 360 145 42.5 35.5-49.7 215 57.5 50.3-64.5
Iredell 373 152 43.2 36.8-49.9 221 56.8 50.1-63.2
Johnston 413 142 39.1 30.5-48.6 271 60.9 51.4-69.5
Mecklenburg 644 304 47.9 42.7-53.1 340 52.1 46.9-57.3
New Hanover 374 172 52.4 44.3-60.4 202 47.6 39.6-55.7
Onslow 359 155 49.2 42.2-56.2 204 50.8 43.8-57.8
Orange 335 157 48.4 40.3-56.5 178 51.6 43.5-59.7
Pitt 362 132 40.2 33.6-47.1 230 59.8 52.9-66.4
Randolph 361 140 43.1 36.3-50.2 221 56.9 49.8-63.7
Robeson 395 116 32.1 25.9-38.9 279 67.9 61.1-74.1
Rowan 431 147 40.7 34.3-47.4 284 59.3 52.6-65.7
Union 354 146 40.7 34.3-47.3 208 59.3 52.7-65.7
Wake 578 258 46.6 41.2-52.1 320 53.4 47.9-58.8
Wayne 335 136 41.6 34.2-49.4 199 58.4 50.6-65.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,515 1,762 41.5 39.4-43.7 2,753 58.5 56.3-60.6
Piedmont 6,712 2,772 44.6 42.7-46.4 3,940 55.4 53.6-57.3
Western NC 2,724 1,171 47.2 44.6-49.9 1,553 52.8 50.1-55.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,805 814 49.2 46.0-52.5 991 50.8 47.5-54.0
Northwest 2,916 1,135 42.9 40.0-45.7 1,781 57.1 54.3-60.0
Charlotte 1,923 798 44.5 41.2-47.8 1,125 55.5 52.2-58.8
Greensboro 1,575 649 42.9 39.2-46.7 926 57.1 53.3-60.8
Southern Regional 1,297 506 45.9 41.7-50.1 791 54.1 49.9-58.3
Coastal 723 302 41.2 35.6-47.0 421 58.8 53.0-64.4
Wake 1,501 619 45.4 41.6-49.3 882 54.6 50.7-58.4
Area L 378 129 34.0 28.1-40.5 249 66.0 59.5-71.9
Eastern 1,833 753 42.6 39.3-45.9 1,080 57.4 54.1-60.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or
respondents who report doing vigorous physical acti vity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week
and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes p er day, or less than three days per week.

^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.

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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