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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,863 1,330 23.9 22.3-25.6 5,533 76.1 74.4-77.7
GENDER
Male 2,520 606 27.8 25.2-30.7 1,914 72.2 69.3-74.8
Female 4,343 724 20.3 18.5-22.2 3,619 79.7 77.8-81.5
RACE
White 5,506 1,102 25.3 23.5-27.2 4,404 74.7 72.8-76.5
African American 944 155 21.0 17.1-25.4 789 79.0 74.6-82.9
Other Minorities 391 70 20.4 15.2-26.7 321 79.6 73.3-84.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 297 49 17.1 11.9-23.9 248 82.9 76.1-88.1
Non-Hispanic 6,552 1,280 24.6 22.9-26.3 5,272 75.4 73.7-77.1
AGE
18-24 224 70 30.5 23.6-38.5 154 69.5 61.5-76.4
25-34 689 181 29.7 25.1-34.6 508 70.3 65.4-74.9
35-44 1,166 321 28.3 25.1-31.8 845 71.7 68.2-74.9
45-54 1,427 289 21.9 19.2-24.8 1,138 78.1 75.2-80.8
55-64 1,388 239 19.5 16.9-22.6 1,149 80.5 77.4-83.1
65-74 1,081 152 14.8 12.3-17.7 929 85.2 82.3-87.7
75+ 849 70 8.6 6.5-11.3 779 91.4 88.7-93.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 901 75 11.9 8.4-16.6 826 88.1 83.4-91.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,910 246 17.6 14.9-20.8 1,664 82.4 79.2-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,727 341 25.7 22.3-29.4 1,386 74.3 70.6-77.7
College Graduate 2,319 668 32.6 29.9-35.4 1,651 67.4 64.6-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 625 45 11.2 7.0-17.6 580 88.8 82.4-93.0
$15,000- 24,999 963 121 18.9 14.2-24.7 842 81.1 75.3-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 693 118 19.4 15.2-24.5 575 80.6 75.5-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 956 181 20.5 16.7-24.9 775 79.5 75.1-83.3
$50,000-74,999 1,013 239 27.9 23.8-32.4 774 72.1 67.6-76.2
$75,000+ 1,660 488 32.9 29.8-36.1 1,172 67.1 63.9-70.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,323 255 15.1 12.5-18.0 2,068 84.9 82.0-87.5
No 4,367 1,054 27.9 25.9-30.0 3,313 72.1 70.0-74.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 920 194 25.0 20.9-29.7 726 75.0 70.3-79.1
Non-Veteran 5,941 1,136 23.8 22.0-25.6 4,805 76.2 74.4-78.0

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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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