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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
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
-Western NC 2,833 2,329 85.0 83.1-86.6 504 15.0 13.4-16.9
GENDER
Male 1,052 884 85.7 82.6-88.3 168 14.3 11.7-17.4
Female 1,781 1,445 84.3 82.1-86.3 336 15.7 13.7-17.9
RACE
White 2,623 2,175 86.1 84.3-87.7 448 13.9 12.3-15.7
African American 88 71 82.0 70.3-89.8 17 18.0 10.2-29.7
Other Minorities 116 80 70.4 57.2-80.8 36 29.6 19.2-42.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 47 69.4 53.3-81.9 21 30.6 18.1-46.7
Non-Hispanic 2,760 2,278 85.7 83.9-87.3 482 14.3 12.7-16.1
AGE
18-24 78 72 90.1 75.6-96.4 6 9.9 3.6-24.4
25-34 234 205 87.4 81.3-91.7 29 12.6 8.3-18.7
35-44 370 329 89.7 85.8-92.6 41 10.3 7.4-14.2
45-54 513 432 85.1 81.1-88.4 81 14.9 11.6-18.9
55-64 633 521 83.7 80.3-86.7 112 16.3 13.3-19.7
65-74 560 451 80.2 76.2-83.7 109 19.8 16.3-23.8
75+ 433 312 74.8 70.1-79.0 121 25.2 21.0-29.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 450 301 68.8 62.0-74.8 149 31.2 25.2-38.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 880 713 85.3 82.3-88.0 167 14.7 12.0-17.7
Some Post-H.S. 739 634 88.6 85.6-91.0 105 11.4 9.0-14.4
College Graduate 758 678 90.6 87.5-93.0 80 9.4 7.0-12.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 339 235 73.5 67.5-78.8 104 26.5 21.2-32.5
$15,000- 24,999 554 427 78.9 73.5-83.5 127 21.1 16.5-26.5
$25,000- 34,999 310 268 86.6 80.7-91.0 42 13.4 9.0-19.3
$35,000- 49,999 444 378 87.1 82.6-90.5 66 12.9 9.5-17.4
$50,000-74,999 391 354 91.9 88.2-94.5 37 8.1 5.5-11.8
$75,000+ 428 395 93.9 91.0-95.9 33 6.1 4.1- 9.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,105 787 75.4 71.9-78.6 318 24.6 21.4-28.1
No 1,646 1,480 90.4 88.3-92.2 166 9.6 7.8-11.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 432 366 86.8 82.8-89.9 66 13.2 10.1-17.2
Non-Veteran 2,401 1,963 84.7 82.6-86.5 438 15.3 13.5-17.4

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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.

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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