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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,522 5,483 85.5 84.0-86.9 1,039 14.5 13.1-16.0
GENDER
Male 2,460 2,095 85.5 82.9-87.7 365 14.5 12.3-17.1
Female 4,062 3,388 85.6 83.9-87.2 674 14.4 12.8-16.1
RACE
White 5,261 4,477 87.8 86.3-89.2 784 12.2 10.8-13.7
African American 890 701 81.3 77.4-84.7 189 18.7 15.3-22.6
Other Minorities 318 262 79.3 71.3-85.6 56 20.7 14.4-28.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 226 180 78.2 67.8-85.9 46 21.8 14.1-32.2
Non-Hispanic 6,274 5,288 86.3 84.9-87.6 986 13.7 12.4-15.1
AGE
18-24 174 153 88.6 81.6-93.2 21 11.4 6.8-18.4
25-34 611 548 88.2 83.7-91.6 63 11.8 8.4-16.3
35-44 1,041 934 87.7 83.8-90.8 107 12.3 9.2-16.2
45-54 1,309 1,146 86.8 83.9-89.3 163 13.2 10.7-16.1
55-64 1,334 1,123 85.8 83.3-88.0 211 14.2 12.0-16.7
65+ 1,989 1,521 75.3 72.1-78.3 468 24.7 21.7-27.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 778 514 71.8 65.2-77.6 264 28.2 22.4-34.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,776 1,457 83.8 80.6-86.6 319 16.2 13.4-19.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,587 1,355 87.0 84.1-89.4 232 13.0 10.6-15.9
College Graduate 2,373 2,150 90.8 89.0-92.4 223 9.2 7.6-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 586 417 73.9 66.3-80.2 169 26.1 19.8-33.7
$15,000- 24,999 908 692 75.8 70.1-80.7 216 24.2 19.3-29.9
$25,000- 34,999 622 508 80.3 74.5-85.0 114 19.7 15.0-25.5
$35,000- 49,999 817 717 86.7 81.1-90.9 100 13.3 9.1-18.9
$50,000-74,999 940 858 93.5 91.3-95.1 82 6.5 4.9- 8.7
$75,000+ 1,655 1,529 92.3 90.3-93.9 126 7.7 6.1- 9.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,113 1,524 76.4 73.3-79.2 589 23.6 20.8-26.7
No 4,194 3,778 89.0 87.2-90.6 416 11.0 9.4-12.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 766 641 85.1 80.7-88.7 125 14.9 11.3-19.3
Non-Veteran 5,214 4,394 85.7 84.0-87.2 820 14.3 12.8-16.0

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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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