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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,507 2,844 50.6 48.5-52.7 3,663 49.4 47.3-51.5
GENDER
Male 2,449 1,328 60.0 56.8-63.2 1,121 40.0 36.8-43.2
Female 4,058 1,516 41.8 39.2-44.4 2,542 58.2 55.6-60.8
RACE
White 5,246 2,336 51.9 49.7-54.1 2,910 48.1 45.9-50.3
African American 888 342 46.3 41.1-51.6 546 53.7 48.4-58.9
Other Minorities 321 142 49.4 39.9-58.9 179 50.6 41.1-60.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 228 97 51.2 40.2-62.2 131 48.8 37.8-59.8
Non-Hispanic 6,259 2,741 50.6 48.5-52.6 3,518 49.4 47.4-51.5
AGE
18-24 173 108 63.6 53.7-72.4 65 36.4 27.6-46.3
25-34 611 354 60.2 54.6-65.6 257 39.8 34.4-45.4
35-44 1,039 596 56.8 52.4-61.1 443 43.2 38.9-47.6
45-54 1,311 671 52.5 48.7-56.4 640 47.5 43.6-51.3
55-64 1,327 537 41.3 37.6-45.1 790 58.7 54.9-62.4
65+ 1,983 550 28.4 25.5-31.5 1,433 71.6 68.5-74.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 777 182 36.3 28.5-44.9 595 63.7 55.1-71.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,766 673 47.9 43.6-52.3 1,093 52.1 47.7-56.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,589 692 49.1 45.1-53.1 897 50.9 46.9-54.9
College Graduate 2,367 1,295 59.0 56.2-61.8 1,072 41.0 38.2-43.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 587 136 31.6 23.9-40.5 451 68.4 59.5-76.1
$15,000- 24,999 908 314 43.7 37.8-49.7 594 56.3 50.3-62.2
$25,000- 34,999 621 224 42.6 35.5-50.0 397 57.4 50.0-64.5
$35,000- 49,999 810 387 52.1 46.2-58.0 423 47.9 42.0-53.8
$50,000-74,999 943 478 56.7 51.8-61.5 465 43.3 38.5-48.2
$75,000+ 1,648 982 63.8 60.6-67.0 666 36.2 33.0-39.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,118 587 33.5 30.1-37.1 1,531 66.5 62.9-69.9
No 4,182 2,159 56.6 54.2-59.0 2,023 43.4 41.0-45.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 760 352 50.1 44.6-55.6 408 49.9 44.4-55.4
Non-Veteran 5,206 2,234 50.2 47.9-52.6 2,972 49.8 47.4-52.1

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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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