SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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?*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-Western NC 2,722 1,208 51.2 48.1-54.4 1,514 48.8 45.6-51.9
GENDER
Male 1,041 578 61.5 56.9-65.9 463 38.5 34.1-43.1
Female 1,681 630 41.8 37.8-46.0 1,051 58.2 54.0-62.2
RACE
White 2,502 1,114 51.7 48.4-55.0 1,388 48.3 45.0-51.6
African American 74 24 45.8 29.1-63.5 50 54.2 36.5-70.9
Other Minorities 134 66 47.7 34.0-61.9 68 52.3 38.1-66.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 26 42.0 24.6-61.7 31 58.0 38.3-75.4
Non-Hispanic 2,659 1,180 51.6 48.4-54.7 1,479 48.4 45.3-51.6
AGE
18-24 88 56 66.9 52.0-79.0 32 33.1 21.0-48.0
25-34 187 115 68.1 59.6-75.6 72 31.9 24.4-40.4
35-44 337 189 56.9 49.5-63.9 148 43.1 36.1-50.5
45-54 479 232 47.9 41.9-54.0 247 52.1 46.0-58.1
55-64 635 283 45.3 40.6-49.9 352 54.7 50.1-59.4
65+ 976 321 33.5 30.1-37.1 655 66.5 62.9-69.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 377 96 39.3 27.7-52.2 281 60.7 47.8-72.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 876 340 44.7 40.0-49.5 536 55.3 50.5-60.0
Some Post-H.S. 677 321 54.2 47.6-60.7 356 45.8 39.3-52.4
College Graduate 788 450 62.6 58.0-67.0 338 37.4 33.0-42.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 353 90 34.8 25.6-45.4 263 65.2 54.6-74.4
$15,000- 24,999 499 184 39.8 33.7-46.2 315 60.2 53.8-66.3
$25,000- 34,999 337 155 49.8 43.0-56.6 182 50.2 43.4-57.0
$35,000- 49,999 363 189 54.6 47.8-61.2 174 45.4 38.8-52.2
$50,000-74,999 355 177 53.7 45.8-61.4 178 46.3 38.6-54.2
$75,000+ 399 263 70.5 63.6-76.6 136 29.5 23.4-36.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,044 290 32.4 28.3-36.9 754 67.6 63.1-71.7
No 1,610 881 58.8 55.1-62.5 729 41.2 37.5-44.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 164 48.6 42.3-54.9 173 51.4 45.1-57.7
Non-Veteran 2,160 944 51.3 47.7-55.0 1,216 48.7 45.0-52.3

Back to Physical Activity.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 09JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook