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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work,
or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,434 5,500 46.2 44.9-47.5 8,934 53.8 52.5-55.1
-Western NC 2,816 1,063 45.4 42.8-48.0 1,753 54.6 52.0-57.2
GENDER
Male 1,041 514 56.0 51.8-60.1 527 44.0 39.9-48.2
Female 1,775 549 35.5 32.5-38.5 1,226 64.5 61.5-67.5
RACE
White 2,607 983 45.3 42.7-48.0 1,624 54.7 52.0-57.3
African American 87 39 54.0 38.5-68.8 48 46.0 31.2-61.5
Other Minorities 116 38 42.5 29.4-56.6 78 57.5 43.4-70.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 21 38.4 23.2-56.2 47 61.6 43.8-76.8
Non-Hispanic 2,743 1,041 45.7 43.1-48.3 1,702 54.3 51.7-56.9
AGE
18-24 78 48 63.2 49.1-75.4 30 36.8 24.6-50.9
25-34 234 128 57.7 50.0-65.1 106 42.3 34.9-50.0
35-44 367 212 58.8 52.8-64.5 155 41.2 35.5-47.2
45-54 511 214 42.1 36.9-47.5 297 57.9 52.5-63.1
55-64 626 219 37.2 32.8-41.7 407 62.8 58.3-67.2
65-74 556 161 30.0 25.9-34.5 395 70.0 65.5-74.1
75+ 432 77 19.3 15.3-24.1 355 80.7 75.9-84.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 449 108 27.7 22.4-33.7 341 72.3 66.3-77.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 871 289 43.1 38.3-48.1 582 56.9 51.9-61.7
Some Post-H.S. 733 300 49.7 44.8-54.6 433 50.3 45.4-55.2
College Graduate 757 364 54.0 49.3-58.6 393 46.0 41.4-50.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 340 70 23.9 18.2-30.7 270 76.1 69.3-81.8
$15,000- 24,999 551 178 38.3 32.7-44.4 373 61.7 55.6-67.3
$25,000- 34,999 305 116 48.3 39.9-56.8 189 51.7 43.2-60.1
$35,000- 49,999 441 183 49.7 43.5-56.0 258 50.3 44.0-56.5
$50,000-74,999 388 181 51.8 45.4-58.1 207 48.2 41.9-54.6
$75,000+ 427 232 59.6 53.9-65.0 195 40.4 35.0-46.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,104 262 27.3 23.8-31.1 842 72.7 68.9-76.2
No 1,634 770 54.1 50.8-57.3 864 45.9 42.7-49.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 428 173 46.2 40.1-52.4 255 53.8 47.6-59.9
Non-Veteran 2,388 890 45.3 42.5-48.1 1,498 54.7 51.9-57.5

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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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