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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 12,712 5,464 49.8 48.2-51.3 7,248 50.2 48.7-51.8
-Eastern NC 3,483 1,412 47.2 43.9-50.5 2,071 52.8 49.5-56.1
GENDER
Male 1,247 643 58.8 53.5-64.0 604 41.2 36.0-46.5
Female 2,236 769 36.2 32.7-39.7 1,467 63.8 60.3-67.3
RACE
White 2,342 989 49.0 45.2-52.8 1,353 51.0 47.2-54.8
African American 788 258 40.2 33.6-47.1 530 59.8 52.9-66.4
Other Minorities 333 158 52.9 40.2-65.3 175 47.1 34.7-59.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 77 56.8 37.6-74.2 65 43.2 25.8-62.4
Non-Hispanic 3,334 1,334 46.5 43.3-49.8 2,000 53.5 50.2-56.7
AGE
18-24 126 81 67.5 53.3-79.0 45 32.5 21.0-46.7
25-34 370 214 58.3 48.3-67.6 156 41.7 32.4-51.7
35-44 522 290 57.2 49.8-64.2 232 42.8 35.8-50.2
45-54 680 289 46.0 40.1-52.0 391 54.0 48.0-59.9
55-64 717 271 36.0 30.9-41.5 446 64.0 58.5-69.1
65+ 1,042 258 21.7 18.2-25.6 784 78.3 74.4-81.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 471 132 37.3 29.1-46.3 339 62.7 53.7-70.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,108 386 39.9 34.0-46.1 722 60.1 53.9-66.0
Some Post-H.S. 972 419 52.5 46.2-58.7 553 47.5 41.3-53.8
College Graduate 926 474 56.7 51.6-61.6 452 43.3 38.4-48.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 441 96 24.7 17.5-33.7 345 75.3 66.3-82.5
$15,000- 24,999 603 197 46.5 38.5-54.8 406 53.5 45.2-61.5
$25,000- 34,999 353 150 53.7 43.4-63.6 203 46.3 36.4-56.6
$35,000- 49,999 468 208 45.0 37.7-52.6 260 55.0 47.4-62.3
$50,000-74,999 475 219 53.0 45.8-60.1 256 47.0 39.9-54.2
$75,000+ 655 380 61.1 54.2-67.6 275 38.9 32.4-45.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,327 344 35.2 29.6-41.3 983 64.8 58.7-70.4
No 2,041 1,008 52.8 48.5-57.1 1,033 47.2 42.9-51.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 550 277 56.7 49.4-63.8 273 43.3 36.2-50.6
Non-Veteran 2,631 1,018 45.7 41.8-49.6 1,613 54.3 50.4-58.2

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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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