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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,269 2,687 23.4 22.3-24.6 11,582 76.6 75.4-77.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 336 48 21.8 14.5-31.5 288 78.2 68.5-85.5
Buncombe 338 71 23.3 17.8-29.9 267 76.7 70.1-82.2
Cabarrus 348 53 15.6 11.2-21.4 295 84.4 78.6-88.8
Catawba 395 75 24.5 18.3-32.1 320 75.5 67.9-81.7
Cumberland 365 77 29.1 22.5-36.6 288 70.9 63.4-77.5
Davidson 345 51 16.2 11.6-22.2 294 83.8 77.8-88.4
Durham 320 75 25.7 19.5-33.0 245 74.3 67.0-80.5
Forsyth 368 64 20.0 14.5-26.9 304 80.0 73.1-85.5
Gaston 377 54 18.3 13.2-24.8 323 81.7 75.2-86.8
Guilford 374 68 20.5 15.7-26.4 306 79.5 73.6-84.3
Iredell 379 66 21.7 16.6-27.8 313 78.3 72.2-83.4
Johnston 424 70 23.4 15.3-34.0 354 76.6 66.0-84.7
Mecklenburg 649 162 27.9 23.5-32.9 487 72.1 67.1-76.5
New Hanover 378 81 31.7 23.1-41.6 297 68.3 58.4-76.9
Onslow 368 90 32.6 26.0-40.0 278 67.4 60.0-74.0
Orange 338 95 32.4 24.9-40.9 243 67.6 59.1-75.1
Pitt 372 67 21.9 16.6-28.4 305 78.1 71.6-83.4
Randolph 364 59 20.0 14.9-26.3 305 80.0 73.7-85.1
Robeson 399 51 17.5 12.5-24.0 348 82.5 76.0-87.5
Rowan 436 69 19.0 14.2-24.9 367 81.0 75.1-85.8
Union 359 72 22.0 16.9-28.1 287 78.0 71.9-83.1
Wake 593 143 27.1 22.5-32.4 450 72.9 67.6-77.5
Wayne 346 61 19.3 14.0-26.1 285 80.7 73.9-86.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,619 830 22.3 20.4-24.4 3,789 77.7 75.6-79.6
Piedmont 6,863 1,330 23.9 22.3-25.6 5,533 76.1 74.4-77.7
Western NC 2,787 527 23.5 21.3-25.9 2,260 76.5 74.1-78.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,844 373 25.1 22.2-28.1 1,471 74.9 71.9-77.8
Northwest 2,986 505 21.5 19.0-24.1 2,481 78.5 75.9-81.0
Charlotte 1,958 378 23.9 21.1-27.0 1,580 76.1 73.0-78.9
Greensboro 1,613 308 21.6 18.7-24.8 1,305 78.4 75.2-81.3
Southern Regional 1,319 239 25.9 22.1-30.1 1,080 74.1 69.9-77.9
Coastal 739 129 20.4 15.8-26.0 610 79.6 74.0-84.2
Wake 1,543 324 26.4 23.0-30.1 1,219 73.6 69.9-77.0
Area L 386 51 16.5 12.1-22.2 335 83.5 77.8-87.9
Eastern 1,881 380 22.7 20.0-25.7 1,501 77.3 74.3-80.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per 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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