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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,730 2,287 85.4 83.1-87.5 443 14.6 12.5-16.9
GENDER
Male 1,042 872 84.1 80.5-87.2 170 15.9 12.8-19.5
Female 1,688 1,415 86.6 83.6-89.2 273 13.4 10.8-16.4
RACE
White 2,511 2,116 86.8 84.7-88.7 395 13.2 11.3-15.3
African American 73 51 72.8 56.5-84.7 22 27.2 15.3-43.5
Other Minorities 135 110 72.2 55.4-84.5 25 27.8 15.5-44.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 48 62.3 40.0-80.3 9 37.7 19.7-60.0
Non-Hispanic 2,667 2,234 86.3 84.2-88.2 433 13.7 11.8-15.8
AGE
18-24 88 78 90.2 80.2-95.4 10 9.8 4.6-19.8
25-34 187 172 88.3 79.9-93.5 15 11.7 6.5-20.1
35-44 337 306 88.2 80.3-93.2 31 11.8 6.8-19.7
45-54 482 425 87.2 80.7-91.7 57 12.8 8.3-19.3
55-64 638 520 83.0 79.5-86.1 118 17.0 13.9-20.5
65+ 978 766 78.8 75.4-81.9 212 21.2 18.1-24.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 377 268 72.5 62.7-80.5 109 27.5 19.5-37.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 881 725 84.7 81.0-87.8 156 15.3 12.2-19.0
Some Post-H.S. 678 578 85.9 80.6-90.0 100 14.1 10.0-19.4
College Graduate 790 712 92.4 90.3-94.2 78 7.6 5.8- 9.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 352 243 74.7 66.7-81.3 109 25.3 18.7-33.3
$15,000- 24,999 501 405 79.9 72.8-85.6 96 20.1 14.4-27.2
$25,000- 34,999 338 292 87.3 81.3-91.5 46 12.7 8.5-18.7
$35,000- 49,999 366 331 90.1 85.1-93.5 35 9.9 6.5-14.9
$50,000-74,999 357 320 92.0 88.4-94.6 37 8.0 5.4-11.6
$75,000+ 399 377 93.5 88.1-96.6 22 6.5 3.4-11.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,045 752 73.9 69.6-77.8 293 26.1 22.2-30.4
No 1,613 1,472 90.9 88.2-93.0 141 9.1 7.0-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 336 275 80.7 74.6-85.6 61 19.3 14.4-25.4
Non-Veteran 2,166 1,816 85.4 82.7-87.8 350 14.6 12.2-17.3

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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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