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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,787 527 23.5 21.3-25.9 2,260 76.5 74.1-78.7
GENDER
Male 1,028 255 29.6 25.8-33.7 773 70.4 66.3-74.2
Female 1,759 272 17.9 15.5-20.5 1,487 82.1 79.5-84.5
RACE
White 2,579 482 23.4 21.1-25.8 2,097 76.6 74.2-78.9
African American 86 23 24.7 14.4-39.0 63 75.3 61.0-85.6
Other Minorities 116 20 24.9 14.6-39.1 96 75.1 60.9-85.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 11 20.4 9.8-37.7 57 79.6 62.3-90.2
Non-Hispanic 2,714 515 23.7 21.4-26.1 2,199 76.3 73.9-78.6
AGE
18-24 78 29 42.4 29.7-56.2 49 57.6 43.8-70.3
25-34 229 71 29.2 22.9-36.3 158 70.8 63.7-77.1
35-44 365 98 30.2 24.8-36.2 267 69.8 63.8-75.2
45-54 506 108 20.5 16.5-25.2 398 79.5 74.8-83.5
55-64 621 109 19.1 15.6-23.1 512 80.9 76.9-84.4
65-74 547 77 14.4 11.4-18.0 470 85.6 82.0-88.6
75+ 429 32 7.6 5.3-10.9 397 92.4 89.1-94.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 443 48 14.5 10.3-20.0 395 85.5 80.0-89.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 861 131 22.1 18.0-26.9 730 77.9 73.1-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 722 141 24.2 20.0-29.0 581 75.8 71.0-80.0
College Graduate 755 205 29.4 25.2-34.0 550 70.6 66.0-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 337 29 11.0 7.0-16.9 308 89.0 83.1-93.0
$15,000- 24,999 547 72 17.4 13.0-22.8 475 82.6 77.2-87.0
$25,000- 34,999 299 59 24.5 17.8-32.8 240 75.5 67.2-82.2
$35,000- 49,999 439 97 27.6 22.0-34.0 342 72.4 66.0-78.0
$50,000-74,999 384 92 26.9 21.3-33.4 292 73.1 66.6-78.7
$75,000+ 425 129 33.0 27.6-38.9 296 67.0 61.1-72.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,095 122 12.7 10.2-15.9 973 87.3 84.1-89.8
No 1,616 394 28.8 25.7-32.0 1,222 71.2 68.0-74.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 424 85 25.2 19.4-32.1 339 74.8 67.9-80.6
Non-Veteran 2,363 442 23.2 20.9-25.8 1,921 76.8 74.2-79.1

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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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