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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--MALE 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 984 223 21.4 17.8-25.6 269 26.2 22.0-30.9 257 27.2 23.2-31.6 133 15.4 11.8-19.9 102 9.8 7.2-13.1
RACE
White 756 163 21.9 17.6-26.8 200 23.9 19.6-28.8 200 27.1 22.7-32.1 117 18.2 13.7-23.8 76 8.9 6.2-12.6
African American 136 38 20.6 13.0-30.9 36 24.8 16.0-36.5 38 30.3 20.1-42.9 10 9.9 4.5-20.6 14 14.4 6.9-27.7
Asian 16 3 15.8 2.8-54.8 5 10.5 2.6-34.2 5 52.2 18.1-84.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 21.5 3.8-65.8
Native American 20 3 12.3 3.2-36.9 8 23.7 7.7-53.5 4 45.7 16.1-78.8 1 2.3 0.3-15.8 4 16.1 4.6-43.3
Other Minorities 49 15 21.8 10.3-40.4 19 56.0 34.4-75.5 7 13.9 5.5-30.9 4 4.8 1.3-15.9 4 3.5 1.0-11.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 63 16 21.8 9.9-41.4 22 44.7 25.8-65.2 14 15.5 7.5-29.2 4 3.3 0.9-11.3 7 14.8 4.8-37.5
-English Speaking 22 3 18.3 3.8-55.7 6 20.6 5.9-52.0 9 38.1 15.9-66.7 2 3.0 0.6-12.9 2 20.0 4.3-58.0
-Spanish Speaking 41 13 22.7 9.0-46.6 16 51.5 28.4-74.0 5 9.1 3.0-24.3 2 3.4 0.7-14.8 5 13.3 3.0-43.2
Non-Hispanic 920 207 21.5 17.8-25.6 247 24.0 20.1-28.4 243 28.6 24.4-33.3 129 16.9 12.9-21.8 94 9.0 6.6-12.0
AGE
18-24 101 11 10.2 4.5-21.5 36 34.7 21.1-51.4 22 20.6 11.3-34.7 22 26.2 13.8-44.2 10 8.2 2.7-22.6
25-34 225 48 20.0 13.3-28.9 63 28.3 20.7-37.3 55 26.4 19.2-35.1 35 13.5 8.6-20.5 24 11.9 6.6-20.6
35-44 263 55 23.0 16.4-31.3 75 25.2 18.5-33.4 79 32.2 24.7-40.8 28 10.2 6.1-16.5 26 9.3 5.7-15.0
45-54 201 63 30.4 21.7-40.7 46 16.2 11.0-23.1 47 30.2 21.4-40.7 29 15.5 9.4-24.3 16 7.8 4.2-14.0
55-64 108 23 27.2 16.2-41.9 25 17.6 9.9-29.3 29 24.2 15.6-35.4 14 18.3 9.7-31.8 17 12.7 6.2-24.1
65-74 57 15 28.1 14.8-46.7 18 37.2 22.0-55.5 16 25.9 13.7-43.6 2 1.2 0.3- 5.7 6 7.5 2.6-19.9
75+ 20 7 34.4 14.4-62.1 5 25.3 9.9-51.1 5 21.5 8.1-45.8 1 3.7 0.5-22.8 2 15.1 2.8-52.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 26 22.0 12.3-36.1 38 47.0 31.2-63.5 16 13.3 6.9-24.2 10 10.8 4.9-22.2 8 6.9 1.9-22.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 253 63 27.6 19.6-37.4 86 29.5 21.8-38.4 49 18.0 11.9-26.2 30 15.7 10.0-23.8 25 9.3 4.6-17.8
Some Post-H.S. 223 56 19.2 13.4-26.7 58 24.0 16.0-34.3 61 30.4 22.0-40.5 27 17.8 8.9-32.5 21 8.6 4.3-16.3
College Graduate 409 78 17.9 13.2-23.7 87 17.6 13.3-23.0 130 37.2 30.6-44.4 66 15.2 10.9-20.8 48 12.1 8.3-17.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 45 13 19.0 7.7-39.8 13 30.5 13.8-54.4 7 25.3 10.3-50.0 5 15.6 4.2-43.5 7 9.6 3.8-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 122 24 22.7 12.3-38.0 41 34.4 21.4-50.2 31 29.6 17.8-44.8 15 9.1 4.3-18.0 11 4.3 2.0- 9.1
$25,000- 34,999 130 36 19.4 11.9-29.9 41 26.7 17.6-38.3 22 16.1 9.1-26.7 15 14.8 6.9-28.8 16 23.1 11.5-40.9
$35,000- 49,999 174 41 27.2 18.3-38.5 47 19.9 12.0-30.9 52 27.4 18.7-38.3 19 16.5 9.5-27.2 15 8.9 3.9-19.4
$50,000-74,999 145 41 30.7 20.3-43.6 33 19.1 11.1-31.0 39 27.5 18.1-39.4 17 18.5 7.3-39.5 15 4.2 1.9- 8.8
$75,000+ 240 48 17.6 12.1-24.9 54 21.7 15.2-29.9 72 32.6 24.9-41.3 44 19.3 13.1-27.4 22 8.9 5.1-15.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 53 9 17.6 9.1-31.3 16 25.4 15.2-39.3 16 27.0 16.2-41.4 5 16.2 6.2-35.8 7 13.9 6.3-27.8
Forsyth 75 25 35.6 24.1-49.0 17 20.5 12.3-32.1 20 25.9 16.7-37.9 6 7.3 3.0-16.6 7 10.8 4.8-22.5
Guilford 65 15 23.0 13.5-36.4 19 38.1 25.1-53.0 12 16.7 9.0-28.7 10 12.4 5.7-24.6 9 9.9 4.8-19.2
Henderson/Transylvania 68 10 9.8 5.1-18.1 21 33.2 21.9-46.8 20 28.7 18.3-41.9 11 21.3 11.7-35.6 6 7.1 3.1-15.2
Mecklenburg 66 16 15.3 8.7-25.6 18 33.4 19.3-51.2 20 30.7 18.5-46.5 6 4.8 2.0-11.0 6 15.8 5.3-38.8
Orange 87 18 18.2 11.3-28.0 20 22.7 14.6-33.5 18 19.5 11.6-30.8 17 22.4 14.1-33.7 14 17.3 10.1-27.9
Pitt 73 12 15.9 9.0-26.7 24 38.2 26.7-51.2 23 27.4 17.7-39.7 11 15.0 8.2-25.9 3 3.5 1.1-11.1
Randolph 52 13 24.4 13.4-40.3 14 30.5 18.1-46.7 14 23.9 13.8-38.1 6 8.8 3.3-21.7 5 12.3 4.3-30.4
Robeson 60 18 22.9 13.4-36.4 27 45.2 29.6-61.8 5 16.9 5.2-43.0 4 5.4 1.9-14.4 6 9.6 3.8-22.3
Wake 82 15 18.2 10.7-29.1 20 29.5 18.4-43.7 19 19.6 12.0-30.1 14 20.3 11.6-33.1 14 12.4 7.0-21.1
Western NC 89 23 22.2 14.2-32.9 25 23.7 15.6-34.3 26 32.7 22.0-45.5 11 17.0 8.4-31.2 4 4.5 1.7-11.7
Piedmont NC 104 18 19.6 11.7-30.9 26 20.3 12.6-30.9 35 30.3 21.0-41.5 17 20.8 10.8-36.4 8 9.0 4.1-18.7
Eastern NC 110 31 25.4 17.0-36.1 22 24.1 14.9-36.7 29 27.7 19.0-38.5 15 14.0 8.3-22.7 13 8.8 4.4-16.6

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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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