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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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  Total
Respond.#
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,930 842 16.1 14.7-17.7 1,623 31.5 29.5-33.5 1,543 32.6 30.5-34.7 534 11.5 10.2-12.9 388 8.3 7.2- 9.5
Eastern NC 572 107 17.2 14.0-21.0 195 31.7 27.4-36.4 174 34.4 29.6-39.5 60 10.8 8.1-14.2 36 5.9 4.0- 8.5
GENDER
Male 209 33 15.4 10.7-21.6 59 26.9 20.4-34.5 73 38.6 30.7-47.1 28 12.3 8.0-18.6 16 6.8 3.9-11.8
Female 363 74 18.8 14.7-23.7 136 35.8 30.3-41.7 101 30.9 25.3-37.0 32 9.5 6.5-13.6 20 5.0 3.1- 8.1
RACE
White 409 65 15.1 11.5-19.5 147 33.4 28.3-38.8 132 35.6 30.3-41.4 42 10.4 7.5-14.2 23 5.6 3.5- 8.7
Other 161 41 22.4 16.0-30.4 48 28.1 20.2-37.5 41 31.1 21.6-42.5 18 11.9 6.6-20.3 13 6.6 3.4-12.5
AGE
18-44 284 45 13.9 10.0-18.9 96 30.9 25.0-37.5 94 38.4 31.5-45.8 32 11.6 7.9-16.8 17 5.2 3.0- 8.8
45+ 286 62 22.3 17.3-28.3 98 32.8 26.8-39.3 79 28.5 22.9-34.9 28 9.6 6.3-14.2 19 6.9 4.1-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 275 59 19.5 14.7-25.3 90 30.3 24.3-37.1 71 30.4 23.6-38.3 32 11.5 7.6-16.9 23 8.3 5.2-12.9
Some College + 297 48 15.0 11.0-20.1 105 33.1 27.1-39.7 103 38.3 31.8-45.3 28 10.1 6.7-14.9 13 3.4 1.8- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 328 64 17.4 13.3-22.4 94 25.5 20.4-31.3 107 38.4 32.0-45.2 38 11.3 7.7-16.2 25 7.4 4.7-11.5
$50,000+ 117 18 13.7 8.3-21.7 44 41.9 32.0-52.4 34 27.3 18.6-38.1 15 13.7 8.0-22.5 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 317 57 17.6 13.1-23.3 122 36.3 30.3-42.7 89 28.8 23.3-35.1 26 9.4 5.9-14.6 23 7.9 5.0-12.2
Forsyth 358 66 17.7 13.7-22.7 110 31.2 25.8-37.1 110 29.6 24.1-35.6 48 14.3 10.6-19.1 24 7.2 4.7-10.8
Guilford 310 49 15.2 11.1-20.4 107 31.8 25.9-38.3 104 33.1 27.1-39.7 27 12.6 7.6-20.0 23 7.4 4.3-12.5
Henderson/Transylvania 364 58 13.4 10.1-17.7 96 27.8 22.1-34.3 126 35.3 29.6-41.4 49 14.5 10.6-19.4 35 9.1 6.3-13.0
Mecklenburg 347 73 19.0 14.5-24.6 116 29.4 24.0-35.4 109 33.7 26.8-41.4 34 9.9 6.7-14.4 15 7.9 4.5-13.5
Orange 364 50 12.6 9.3-16.9 138 38.3 32.7-44.3 122 34.0 28.6-39.9 33 9.2 6.3-13.3 21 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Pitt 303 46 14.6 10.6-19.8 96 31.7 24.7-39.7 109 35.0 28.5-42.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.2 22 8.1 5.2-12.5
Randolph 290 52 16.2 11.3-22.6 94 28.4 22.3-35.4 88 29.8 23.8-36.7 31 16.4 9.1-27.8 25 9.1 5.8-14.0
Robeson 284 55 18.4 13.7-24.3 85 30.2 23.2-38.2 70 22.1 16.7-28.5 37 13.5 9.5-18.9 37 15.9 10.7-23.0
Wake 351 55 14.7 11.1-19.3 127 36.5 30.5-43.0 119 33.8 28.2-39.9 31 9.9 6.5-14.9 19 5.0 3.1- 7.9
Western NC 460 66 13.4 10.1-17.5 147 30.7 26.0-35.9 132 28.7 24.2-33.8 64 14.9 11.3-19.3 51 12.3 8.8-16.9
Piedmont NC 610 108 15.7 12.7-19.3 190 29.9 25.5-34.8 191 32.4 27.9-37.2 64 11.3 8.6-14.8 57 10.7 8.1-13.9

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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