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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 997 202 20.7 17.2-24.6 262 26.6 22.8-30.8 317 30.3 26.3-34.6 93 10.6 8.2-13.7 123 11.8 9.0-15.3
RACE
White 799 159 19.9 16.1-24.2 206 26.0 22.0-30.5 256 32.1 27.6-37.0 78 10.2 7.6-13.5 100 11.8 8.7-15.8
African American 136 29 20.7 12.5-32.2 42 34.8 23.3-48.4 37 21.4 13.9-31.4 11 10.1 4.9-19.7 17 13.0 6.4-24.7
Asian 11 3 37.7 10.3-76.1 2 10.0 2.0-38.1 3 20.2 3.6-63.1 2 26.0 6.2-65.1 1 6.1 0.8-35.1
Native American 17 5 24.5 8.2-54.2 5 27.4 8.1-62.0 6 45.3 15.8-78.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-18.9
Other Minorities 28 6 31.8 12.9-59.6 6 15.4 4.4-41.9 11 23.4 9.8-46.0 2 18.2 4.2-52.9 3 11.3 2.2-42.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 38 5 20.4 7.3-45.4 9 14.3 5.6-31.9 19 40.2 21.0-62.9 1 12.8 1.9-52.5 4 12.3 2.9-40.1
-English Speaking 27 4 26.2 8.6-57.3 5 15.7 4.8-40.6 15 53.2 28.1-76.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.0 1.3-16.7
-Spanish Speaking 11 1 9.4 1.1-48.4 4 11.8 2.9-37.2 4 15.8 3.6-48.6 1 37.0 6.3-83.7 1 26.1 3.7-76.6
Non-Hispanic 957 197 20.8 17.2-24.8 251 26.8 22.9-31.1 298 30.0 26.0-34.4 92 10.6 8.1-13.6 119 11.8 9.0-15.4
AGE
18-24 119 20 21.7 12.7-34.5 33 32.3 21.0-46.1 30 21.2 12.5-33.5 14 9.9 5.2-17.9 22 15.0 8.2-25.8
25-34 251 44 16.6 11.3-23.6 71 32.5 24.8-41.2 75 27.7 20.5-36.2 29 11.6 7.0-18.7 32 11.7 6.7-19.5
35-44 220 42 20.0 12.9-29.5 65 25.7 18.8-34.1 69 29.1 21.5-38.2 21 12.3 6.9-21.1 23 12.9 7.6-21.0
45-54 199 47 20.1 13.6-28.7 44 22.8 15.8-31.7 65 37.3 28.3-47.3 17 10.2 5.6-17.9 26 9.6 5.7-15.8
55-64 101 19 23.6 13.6-37.8 25 20.1 12.4-30.7 41 42.2 29.6-55.9 7 7.7 3.4-16.8 9 6.5 2.1-18.6
65-74 70 21 30.3 16.9-48.1 12 14.9 7.3-28.0 28 37.8 22.2-56.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 8 15.4 3.9-44.6
75+ 27 7 36.4 14.7-65.6 10 14.4 5.9-31.2 8 29.4 12.2-55.3 1 15.4 2.3-58.2 1 4.4 0.6-26.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 62 16 25.6 13.2-43.6 23 26.8 15.4-42.3 17 38.6 22.7-57.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 4 7.8 1.7-29.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 219 54 21.3 14.6-29.9 49 24.8 17.7-33.5 74 33.0 24.9-42.3 18 12.4 7.1-20.7 24 8.5 4.6-15.2
Some Post-H.S. 264 60 23.8 17.2-31.8 75 29.1 21.4-38.2 72 20.4 14.8-27.5 25 9.7 6.1-15.2 32 17.0 10.5-26.1
College Graduate 450 72 17.2 12.5-23.3 115 26.1 20.8-32.2 154 34.9 28.7-41.6 46 11.0 7.5-15.8 63 10.8 7.5-15.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 18 23.3 12.6-39.0 12 16.7 8.1-31.3 17 33.1 18.2-52.5 6 12.0 4.5-28.2 6 14.9 5.1-36.2
$15,000- 24,999 156 36 19.8 12.0-30.7 42 38.7 26.4-52.7 50 24.7 16.5-35.3 9 6.0 2.5-13.4 19 10.8 5.2-21.4
$25,000- 34,999 121 26 22.3 13.1-35.3 52 37.1 26.3-49.3 28 28.2 17.4-42.3 9 7.4 3.4-15.7 6 4.9 1.6-14.6
$35,000- 49,999 170 39 25.2 17.0-35.6 44 23.6 15.8-33.9 50 28.4 20.0-38.6 15 9.1 4.8-16.7 22 13.7 7.5-23.7
$50,000-74,999 148 24 13.0 7.2-22.6 35 21.5 14.2-31.2 52 38.8 28.4-50.3 22 16.1 9.2-26.6 15 10.6 5.3-20.2
$75,000+ 178 26 18.8 11.7-29.0 33 18.9 12.5-27.5 63 29.6 21.1-39.7 24 16.9 10.2-26.7 32 15.8 9.4-25.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 64 14 22.4 10.8-40.9 14 20.6 11.8-33.6 20 30.3 19.1-44.5 5 5.4 1.9-14.2 11 21.3 11.7-35.5
Forsyth 66 18 29.6 18.6-43.6 22 32.8 21.5-46.5 18 27.2 16.9-40.8 4 5.6 1.9-15.1 4 4.8 1.7-12.7
Guilford 69 10 18.3 8.6-34.9 19 28.0 17.6-41.4 27 33.6 22.2-47.4 5 8.1 3.0-20.2 8 11.9 5.7-23.3
Henderson/Transylvania 69 14 16.1 8.9-27.2 15 21.5 12.3-34.7 24 38.7 25.9-53.3 3 4.0 1.2-12.9 13 19.8 11.0-33.0
Mecklenburg 87 15 24.0 13.5-39.0 26 29.1 19.7-40.8 23 22.8 14.7-33.6 13 15.8 7.8-29.1 10 8.3 4.3-15.6
Orange 94 16 18.1 10.1-30.1 14 17.0 9.5-28.6 40 42.3 31.1-54.5 9 9.8 4.8-18.8 15 12.8 7.6-20.9
Pitt 64 14 20.1 10.8-34.3 16 21.2 11.8-35.2 18 38.0 21.6-57.7 6 8.9 3.6-20.1 10 11.8 5.9-22.3
Randolph 51 13 20.1 11.0-33.9 15 36.2 21.4-54.2 16 30.0 17.6-46.2 3 4.9 1.3-17.1 4 8.8 2.7-25.1
Robeson 43 8 26.8 13.7-45.6 13 21.3 11.7-35.7 17 40.4 25.3-57.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 11.5 4.4-26.7
Wake 73 13 18.0 10.1-29.9 19 26.0 16.3-38.7 24 29.1 19.1-41.6 10 17.2 9.2-29.8 7 9.8 4.2-21.1
Western NC 83 19 20.4 12.7-31.2 23 29.0 19.2-41.2 20 26.5 17.1-38.7 10 12.3 6.3-22.4 11 11.9 6.4-21.0
Piedmont NC 122 24 21.1 13.6-31.2 38 27.8 19.7-37.7 34 29.2 20.7-39.5 15 13.4 7.6-22.5 11 8.5 4.1-16.8
Eastern NC 112 24 19.6 12.7-28.9 28 24.9 16.4-35.9 36 33.2 24.0-43.9 10 6.4 3.3-12.2 14 15.9 9.0-26.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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