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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 12,752 10,603 84.8 83.6-85.9 2,149 15.2 14.1-16.4
-Eastern NC 3,500 2,833 82.9 80.4-85.2 667 17.1 14.8-19.6
GENDER
Male 1,253 1,022 85.4 81.8-88.3 231 14.6 11.7-18.2
Female 2,247 1,811 80.7 77.1-83.8 436 19.3 16.2-22.9
RACE
White 2,360 1,974 86.5 84.2-88.5 386 13.5 11.5-15.8
African American 791 584 74.1 66.8-80.3 207 25.9 19.7-33.2
Other Minorities 331 261 82.6 74.3-88.6 70 17.4 11.4-25.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 140 115 86.1 74.3-93.0 25 13.9 7.0-25.7
Non-Hispanic 3,354 2,713 82.7 80.1-85.0 641 17.3 15.0-19.9
AGE
18-24 125 108 83.3 68.6-92.0 17 16.7 8.0-31.4
25-34 370 322 88.8 83.4-92.6 48 11.2 7.4-16.6
35-44 527 460 89.2 84.1-92.8 67 10.8 7.2-15.9
45-54 684 570 82.0 76.6-86.3 114 18.0 13.7-23.4
55-64 721 586 82.8 78.1-86.6 135 17.2 13.4-21.9
65+ 1,047 764 71.5 66.8-75.8 283 28.5 24.2-33.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 468 326 75.9 68.4-82.1 142 24.1 17.9-31.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,118 852 76.7 70.8-81.7 266 23.3 18.3-29.2
Some Post-H.S. 979 824 87.1 83.6-89.9 155 12.9 10.1-16.4
College Graduate 929 828 90.6 87.4-93.1 101 9.4 6.9-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 440 303 75.2 67.2-81.8 137 24.8 18.2-32.8
$15,000- 24,999 607 446 76.6 69.9-82.2 161 23.4 17.8-30.1
$25,000- 34,999 356 289 86.4 80.4-90.8 67 13.6 9.2-19.6
$35,000- 49,999 472 396 85.5 80.2-89.7 76 14.5 10.3-19.8
$50,000-74,999 478 418 88.2 82.9-92.0 60 11.8 8.0-17.1
$75,000+ 659 610 92.9 89.7-95.2 49 7.1 4.8-10.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,331 942 73.9 69.6-77.7 389 26.1 22.3-30.4
No 2,052 1,794 87.3 83.8-90.2 258 12.7 9.8-16.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 554 452 84.0 78.7-88.2 102 16.0 11.8-21.3
Non-Veteran 2,643 2,143 83.0 80.0-85.7 500 17.0 14.3-20.0

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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