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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,923 266 13.6 11.5-15.9 536 27.2 24.3-30.4 619 35.0 31.7-38.5 277 13.2 11.1-15.5 225 11.0 9.2-13.1
Female 3,007 576 18.5 16.6-20.6 1,087 35.5 32.9-38.1 924 30.3 27.8-32.8 257 9.9 8.3-11.8 163 5.8 4.6- 7.2
RACE
White 3,858 637 15.3 13.7-17.0 1,298 32.4 30.2-34.6 1,243 33.5 31.2-35.9 400 11.1 9.7-12.7 280 7.8 6.6- 9.1
African American 691 143 20.2 16.5-24.4 220 31.8 26.6-37.5 189 26.9 22.2-32.1 78 12.6 9.1-17.1 61 8.6 6.0-12.1
Asian 59 12 37.2 19.8-58.7 17 15.7 7.9-28.9 20 28.2 15.1-46.4 8 12.1 4.8-27.3 2 6.8 1.5-25.6
Native American 114 33 38.1 23.3-55.5 29 15.8 9.1-26.1 20 21.7 11.3-37.7 17 15.4 6.8-31.2 15 8.9 4.7-16.3
Other Minorities 180 11 6.0 2.7-13.1 52 26.9 18.7-37.0 60 38.4 27.1-51.1 29 13.8 8.2-22.5 28 14.8 8.9-23.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 201 17 6.4 3.4-11.8 50 20.0 13.6-28.3 73 44.3 33.0-56.3 31 14.1 8.2-23.1 30 15.2 9.4-23.7
-English Speaking 89 13 16.9 8.3-31.5 22 19.9 11.3-32.7 34 50.1 35.5-64.6 13 9.2 4.6-17.4 7 3.9 1.5- 9.8
-Spanish Speaking 112 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 28 20.0 12.2-30.9 39 42.0 27.6-58.0 18 16.1 8.3-28.7 23 19.8 11.7-31.6
Non-Hispanic 4,723 825 16.8 15.3-18.4 1,570 32.2 30.2-34.3 1,467 31.7 29.7-33.9 503 11.4 10.0-12.8 358 7.9 6.8- 9.1
AGE
18-24 380 57 9.8 6.7-14.2 126 31.8 24.8-39.6 132 41.2 33.6-49.3 35 10.7 6.7-16.5 30 6.5 3.8-10.8
25-34 927 129 14.0 11.2-17.4 288 32.9 28.6-37.4 308 31.3 27.1-36.0 123 12.8 10.0-16.2 79 8.9 6.7-11.8
35-44 1,025 155 16.1 13.2-19.5 332 30.5 26.7-34.6 350 34.0 29.8-38.4 131 13.2 10.5-16.5 57 6.1 4.3- 8.7
45-54 981 191 21.1 17.5-25.2 331 27.6 23.9-31.6 284 29.8 25.5-34.4 95 10.8 8.2-14.0 80 10.8 8.0-14.4
55-64 695 133 18.6 14.8-23.1 234 33.8 28.9-39.0 214 31.6 26.8-36.9 58 8.8 6.2-12.4 56 7.2 4.9-10.5
65-74 544 89 15.1 11.1-20.2 180 32.5 27.0-38.6 157 29.1 23.9-35.1 60 11.6 8.1-16.5 58 11.6 8.1-16.4
75+ 343 83 22.7 17.2-29.4 119 37.2 29.9-45.1 87 23.4 17.7-30.2 28 9.2 5.6-14.8 26 7.5 4.4-12.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 596 122 16.3 12.6-20.9 191 29.6 23.8-36.0 151 30.7 24.3-37.8 62 11.4 8.2-15.7 70 12.0 8.6-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,375 226 15.1 12.6-17.9 436 31.2 27.6-35.0 399 30.9 27.2-34.8 173 12.0 9.5-14.9 141 10.9 8.7-13.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,202 190 15.1 12.5-18.0 413 32.5 28.7-36.6 361 32.5 28.4-36.9 142 12.6 10.1-15.7 96 7.3 5.5- 9.7
College Graduate 1,746 303 18.2 15.6-21.2 578 31.8 28.6-35.3 631 35.6 32.3-39.1 154 9.8 7.9-12.2 80 4.5 3.3- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 425 101 21.0 15.9-27.2 127 27.5 21.1-34.9 106 27.7 21.3-35.1 46 10.7 6.8-16.4 45 13.2 8.3-20.4
$15,000- 24,999 748 114 15.6 12.0-20.0 247 28.3 23.7-33.4 233 33.8 28.2-39.9 82 12.6 8.9-17.4 72 9.7 7.0-13.2
$25,000- 34,999 631 115 15.0 11.5-19.3 191 28.5 23.2-34.5 198 37.4 31.4-43.9 69 10.1 7.3-13.8 58 9.0 6.4-12.6
$35,000- 49,999 711 103 14.5 11.2-18.4 223 27.1 22.9-31.9 233 34.1 28.9-39.8 94 14.1 10.7-18.3 58 10.2 7.1-14.5
$50,000-74,999 634 100 16.2 12.6-20.7 229 39.5 34.0-45.2 193 25.8 21.2-31.1 79 12.6 9.4-16.8 33 5.8 3.8- 8.8
$75,000+ 770 112 14.3 11.2-18.1 250 28.4 24.2-33.1 283 40.4 35.5-45.5 81 10.9 8.1-14.5 44 6.0 4.0- 9.0
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
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

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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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