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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,489 196 13.2 10.9-15.8 429 28.5 25.0-32.1 490 35.1 31.4-39.0 214 13.1 10.9-15.7 160 10.2 8.2-12.6
African American 250 42 14.1 9.5-20.2 66 26.5 19.2-35.3 70 30.4 22.8-39.3 37 16.3 10.2-25.2 35 12.7 8.0-19.6
Asian 30 7 50.7 25.5-75.5 9 14.5 5.7-32.1 9 19.4 7.2-43.0 4 11.8 3.2-35.4 1 3.6 0.5-22.6
Native American 45 14 44.1 23.0-67.6 3 4.5 1.3-14.1 10 26.9 11.7-50.6 9 13.9 4.0-38.4 9 10.6 4.6-22.5
Other Minorities 95 5 3.0 1.0- 8.4 24 23.9 13.7-38.3 34 46.5 30.8-62.9 13 8.6 4.1-17.2 19 18.1 10.0-30.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 7 4.7 1.8-11.6 27 19.0 11.2-30.6 37 51.6 36.2-66.7 10 5.9 2.6-13.0 21 18.7 10.6-31.0
-English Speaking 38 4 9.9 2.5-32.0 13 22.3 11.0-40.0 15 59.6 38.6-77.6 3 5.9 1.7-18.2 3 2.2 0.6- 8.0
-Spanish Speaking 64 3 2.9 0.8-10.0 14 18.0 8.9-32.9 22 49.0 30.0-68.3 7 5.9 2.1-15.6 18 24.2 13.1-40.5
Non-Hispanic 1,818 259 14.3 12.2-16.8 509 28.0 24.9-31.3 579 33.5 30.2-36.9 267 13.8 11.7-16.3 204 10.4 8.5-12.5
AGE
18-24 146 16 7.9 3.8-15.6 42 28.3 18.5-40.6 51 43.2 31.5-55.6 22 14.1 7.8-24.1 15 6.6 3.1-13.5
25-34 347 35 10.5 6.9-15.7 81 28.8 22.4-36.2 114 33.5 26.7-41.0 65 14.5 10.5-19.8 52 12.7 8.9-17.8
35-44 426 47 12.8 9.1-17.7 123 27.2 21.8-33.5 154 36.9 30.5-43.8 69 14.4 10.5-19.5 33 8.7 5.6-13.3
45-54 393 77 20.5 15.3-26.9 112 22.7 17.7-28.7 106 29.5 22.9-37.2 50 11.7 8.0-16.7 48 15.5 10.7-21.9
55-64 268 40 15.8 10.5-23.1 83 30.6 23.4-38.8 86 36.1 28.4-44.7 30 9.6 6.1-14.9 29 7.9 4.9-12.3
65-74 212 28 13.8 8.2-22.2 58 24.7 17.6-33.5 67 31.7 23.4-41.3 25 12.5 7.1-21.0 34 17.3 10.7-26.9
75+ 114 21 19.0 11.1-30.8 32 31.2 20.2-44.8 36 29.3 19.4-41.6 13 12.6 6.3-23.6 12 7.9 3.5-16.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 257 39 10.3 6.7-15.6 76 29.0 20.6-39.3 74 36.3 26.8-47.0 28 10.9 6.8-16.9 40 13.4 8.6-20.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 535 72 13.6 10.0-18.2 138 24.6 19.8-30.1 154 33.3 27.3-39.9 92 13.8 10.0-18.8 79 14.8 11.0-19.6
Some Post-H.S. 412 45 10.6 7.4-15.0 110 26.7 20.8-33.6 127 34.5 27.6-42.1 73 16.7 12.2-22.5 57 11.5 8.0-16.3
College Graduate 713 109 17.5 13.6-22.2 210 29.3 24.5-34.7 264 36.8 31.7-42.2 82 10.8 8.0-14.3 48 5.7 3.8- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 138 34 21.4 13.6-32.1 34 30.1 18.7-44.7 35 20.7 13.1-31.0 17 12.1 5.7-23.9 18 15.7 7.7-29.1
$15,000- 24,999 265 27 9.5 5.3-16.2 78 25.9 19.1-34.1 84 39.2 29.8-49.3 33 11.1 6.0-19.4 43 14.4 9.6-21.1
$25,000- 34,999 248 36 11.5 7.0-18.3 60 21.1 14.6-29.4 80 46.0 36.2-56.1 38 10.0 6.4-15.4 34 11.4 7.2-17.7
$35,000- 49,999 316 34 11.9 7.8-17.8 85 19.1 14.1-25.4 105 37.0 28.9-45.9 57 19.3 13.7-26.5 35 12.7 8.0-19.7
$50,000-74,999 241 27 13.3 8.5-20.4 70 36.3 27.8-45.7 73 28.0 20.5-36.9 48 14.2 9.6-20.4 23 8.2 4.9-13.3
$75,000+ 372 53 16.0 11.4-21.9 110 24.0 18.7-30.4 139 40.9 34.0-48.2 44 11.7 7.9-17.1 26 7.4 4.3-12.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 119 17 16.7 9.8-26.9 41 32.5 23.9-42.4 32 25.9 18.3-35.3 14 12.1 6.3-22.1 15 12.9 7.6-21.1
Forsyth 142 25 16.4 10.7-24.2 32 22.0 15.3-30.7 43 33.3 24.5-43.4 26 17.6 11.8-25.4 16 10.7 6.4-17.4
Guilford 110 14 12.1 6.8-20.6 34 27.9 19.5-38.2 37 33.2 24.0-43.8 15 16.3 9.3-26.9 10 10.5 4.9-20.9
Henderson/Transylvania 150 13 7.3 3.9-13.3 31 25.8 17.8-36.0 60 39.2 30.6-48.6 25 15.8 10.4-23.2 21 11.8 7.4-18.3
Mecklenburg 119 21 16.6 9.9-26.6 33 22.2 15.0-31.6 36 35.8 24.2-49.2 19 14.1 8.4-22.7 10 11.3 5.8-20.7
Orange 147 12 7.3 4.1-12.9 58 39.3 31.0-48.3 46 32.6 24.8-41.4 19 12.6 7.7-20.1 12 8.2 4.3-14.8
Pitt 120 21 17.4 11.2-26.1 33 26.2 18.1-36.3 38 30.5 22.4-40.1 16 14.8 9.0-23.4 12 11.1 6.2-18.9
Randolph 117 15 11.2 6.4-19.0 30 25.5 16.4-37.4 39 34.7 25.3-45.5 18 15.4 9.3-24.4 15 13.2 7.6-21.8
Robeson 116 23 17.1 10.7-26.2 21 24.9 14.7-39.0 30 22.8 15.0-33.2 20 14.6 8.9-23.0 22 20.5 12.6-31.6
Wake 149 21 14.8 9.4-22.4 43 31.9 23.3-42.0 55 32.1 24.5-40.7 19 14.7 8.7-23.7 11 6.6 3.6-11.8
Western NC 199 18 8.6 5.2-13.7 59 28.9 22.0-36.9 53 27.7 21.1-35.4 34 16.8 11.4-24.1 35 18.1 12.2-26.1
Piedmont NC 226 33 12.1 8.3-17.4 62 26.5 19.7-34.6 77 38.4 30.9-46.6 24 9.7 6.2-14.9 30 13.2 9.0-18.9
Eastern NC 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

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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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