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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 2,369 441 17.2 15.2-19.5 869 36.0 33.2-38.8 753 32.1 29.3-35.0 186 9.2 7.5-11.2 120 5.6 4.3- 7.1
African American 441 101 24.6 19.5-30.5 154 35.7 28.9-43.2 119 24.3 18.8-30.7 41 9.8 6.4-14.8 26 5.6 3.2- 9.6
Asian 29 5 21.0 6.2-51.7 8 17.3 6.1-39.9 11 38.7 17.7-64.9 4 12.5 3.3-37.2 1 10.6 1.5-47.4
Native American 69 19 28.1 15.2-45.9 26 34.7 20.4-52.3 10 13.2 5.7-27.6 8 18.0 6.7-40.0 6 6.1 2.4-14.5
Other Minorities 85 6 10.9 3.8-27.4 28 31.6 20.0-46.1 26 25.7 14.7-41.0 16 22.2 11.3-39.1 9 9.6 3.3-25.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 99 10 9.2 3.9-20.0 23 21.4 12.4-34.2 36 33.0 21.0-47.7 21 26.8 14.6-44.1 9 9.7 3.5-23.8
-English Speaking 51 9 24.6 10.9-46.4 9 17.4 6.4-39.2 19 39.6 23.5-58.4 10 12.8 5.7-26.4 4 5.7 1.6-18.1
-Spanish Speaking 48 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 14 23.6 12.0-41.1 17 29.4 14.5-50.4 11 34.5 17.0-57.4 5 11.8 3.4-33.7
Non-Hispanic 2,905 566 19.0 17.0-21.2 1,061 36.0 33.4-38.7 888 30.2 27.7-32.8 236 9.1 7.6-10.9 154 5.6 4.5- 7.0
AGE
18-24 234 41 11.9 7.8-17.7 84 35.6 26.6-45.7 81 39.2 30.1-49.1 13 7.0 3.4-13.8 15 6.4 3.1-12.8
25-34 580 94 17.3 13.4-22.1 207 36.7 31.4-42.4 194 29.3 24.4-34.8 58 11.2 7.6-16.2 27 5.4 3.3- 8.8
35-44 599 108 19.4 15.2-24.5 209 33.7 28.6-39.3 196 31.1 26.1-36.6 62 12.1 8.7-16.5 24 3.6 2.1- 6.3
45-54 588 114 21.6 17.0-27.1 219 32.3 27.3-37.8 178 30.0 24.9-35.6 45 9.8 6.6-14.4 32 6.2 3.8-10.1
55-64 427 93 21.0 15.9-27.1 151 36.4 30.1-43.2 128 27.8 22.1-34.2 28 8.2 4.7-13.7 27 6.7 3.7-12.0
65-74 332 61 16.0 10.8-22.9 122 37.8 30.2-46.0 90 27.5 20.9-35.2 35 11.1 6.8-17.5 24 7.8 4.6-12.8
75+ 229 62 25.6 18.6-34.1 87 41.8 32.8-51.4 51 18.8 13.0-26.5 15 6.6 3.3-13.0 14 7.2 3.4-14.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 339 83 23.8 17.5-31.6 115 30.2 23.5-37.8 77 23.6 16.5-32.5 34 12.1 7.6-18.8 30 10.3 6.0-17.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 840 154 16.3 13.1-20.1 298 36.6 31.8-41.8 245 28.9 24.7-33.5 81 10.5 7.5-14.3 62 7.7 5.5-10.8
Some Post-H.S. 790 145 18.6 15.1-22.6 303 37.0 32.3-42.0 234 30.9 26.2-36.1 69 9.5 6.8-12.9 39 4.0 2.6- 6.2
College Graduate 1,033 194 19.1 15.8-22.8 368 34.5 30.5-38.8 367 34.3 30.2-38.7 72 8.8 6.4-12.1 32 3.3 1.9- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 287 67 20.8 14.5-28.8 93 25.6 19.2-33.2 71 32.5 23.8-42.6 29 9.7 5.7-16.1 27 11.5 6.1-20.4
$15,000- 24,999 483 87 20.9 15.8-27.2 169 30.4 24.6-36.9 149 29.2 23.2-36.1 49 13.9 9.3-20.2 29 5.6 3.3- 9.4
$25,000- 34,999 383 79 17.9 13.1-24.0 131 34.8 27.4-43.1 118 30.2 23.7-37.5 31 10.2 6.4-15.8 24 6.9 4.1-11.5
$35,000- 49,999 395 69 17.3 12.7-23.1 138 36.1 29.8-43.0 128 30.9 25.0-37.5 37 8.2 5.3-12.5 23 7.4 4.2-12.8
$50,000-74,999 393 73 19.0 14.1-25.0 159 42.5 35.7-49.5 120 23.8 18.6-30.0 31 11.2 7.1-17.3 10 3.5 1.6- 7.7
$75,000+ 398 59 12.0 8.5-16.7 140 34.2 27.9-41.1 144 39.8 33.2-46.8 37 9.8 6.2-15.1 18 4.2 2.3- 7.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 198 40 18.5 13.2-25.3 81 39.7 31.9-48.1 57 31.5 24.0-40.2 12 6.9 3.9-12.1 8 3.4 1.5- 7.3
Forsyth 216 41 19.2 13.9-25.9 78 40.4 33.0-48.4 67 25.8 20.2-32.3 22 11.0 6.9-17.0 8 3.6 1.8- 7.2
Guilford 200 35 17.9 12.5-25.0 73 35.2 27.5-43.8 67 33.1 25.8-41.3 12 9.2 3.5-22.1 13 4.6 2.5- 8.3
Henderson/Transylvania 214 45 20.4 15.0-27.2 65 30.0 22.7-38.5 66 30.7 24.1-38.2 24 12.9 8.0-20.2 14 6.0 3.3-10.6
Mecklenburg 228 52 21.4 16.1-27.7 83 36.3 29.4-43.8 73 31.8 24.9-39.5 15 6.0 3.5-10.1 5 4.5 1.5-13.3
Orange 217 38 17.6 12.3-24.4 80 37.4 30.2-45.3 76 35.4 28.1-43.4 14 5.9 3.4-10.3 9 3.7 1.6- 8.6
Pitt 183 25 12.0 7.6-18.4 63 37.0 26.4-49.0 71 39.3 29.6-50.0 14 6.3 3.6-11.0 10 5.4 2.7-10.4
Randolph 173 37 21.1 13.0-32.3 64 31.2 23.6-40.0 49 25.1 18.1-33.5 13 17.5 6.3-40.0 10 5.2 2.4-10.8
Robeson 168 32 20.0 13.8-28.0 64 36.6 28.8-45.1 40 21.1 15.2-28.6 17 12.1 7.3-19.6 15 10.2 5.0-19.7
Wake 202 34 14.7 10.3-20.5 84 41.5 33.9-49.6 64 35.7 28.2-44.0 12 4.8 2.6- 8.6 8 3.2 1.5- 6.7
Western NC 261 48 18.9 13.5-25.6 88 32.8 26.8-39.4 79 29.9 24.0-36.6 30 12.7 8.7-18.1 16 5.8 3.4- 9.6
Piedmont NC 384 75 18.7 14.6-23.7 128 32.8 27.2-39.0 114 27.2 22.3-32.8 40 12.6 8.9-17.7 27 8.6 5.8-12.5
Eastern NC 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

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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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