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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--MALE Respondents Only

On days when you do vigorous 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 1,107 106 8.6 6.6-11.3 234 21.9 18.2-26.2 394 36.1 31.6-40.8 218 19.4 16.0-23.3 155 13.9 11.0-17.4
RACE
White 848 81 9.2 6.7-12.4 193 23.0 18.9-27.7 299 37.0 31.9-42.5 166 18.8 15.1-23.3 109 12.0 9.3-15.3
African American 153 15 7.1 3.8-12.7 21 12.9 6.8-23.1 59 37.9 27.4-49.7 31 25.0 15.9-37.1 27 17.1 10.1-27.4
Asian 16 2 8.7 1.4-39.2 4 40.2 10.4-79.7 9 49.7 16.5-83.2 1 1.4 0.2-10.6 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 22 3 23.6 4.1-69.1 3 5.4 1.2-20.5 2 33.4 6.4-78.6 8 15.8 5.4-38.2 6 21.8 6.7-52.0
Other Minorities 59 2 3.9 0.9-15.7 12 28.2 11.8-53.6 22 21.4 11.1-37.3 12 18.7 8.7-35.7 11 27.8 11.9-52.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 70 6 5.7 2.0-15.1 12 27.1 12.0-50.2 19 24.6 12.5-42.7 18 21.5 11.5-36.6 15 21.1 8.9-42.2
-English Speaking 26 6 25.6 9.4-53.2 3 4.4 0.9-19.0 3 17.3 3.6-53.6 9 41.0 18.2-68.6 5 11.7 3.8-30.8
-Spanish Speaking 44 0 0.0 . - . 9 33.6 14.7-59.8 16 26.7 12.3-48.6 9 15.9 7.0-32.3 10 23.8 9.0-49.7
Non-Hispanic 1,035 100 9.0 6.8-11.8 221 21.2 17.7-25.2 374 37.4 32.8-42.2 200 19.3 15.7-23.4 140 13.1 10.5-16.3
AGE
18-24 121 11 5.9 2.5-13.1 22 22.3 12.4-36.9 42 38.9 26.0-53.6 31 23.6 14.1-36.6 15 9.3 3.5-22.4
25-34 250 12 3.8 1.9- 7.6 63 28.7 21.3-37.6 88 35.1 26.9-44.2 53 18.6 12.8-26.3 34 13.8 8.8-20.8
35-44 293 34 10.4 6.5-16.2 62 19.0 13.4-26.0 106 35.5 28.2-43.5 61 23.4 16.9-31.3 30 11.8 7.0-19.2
45-54 225 30 18.3 11.4-28.0 50 18.2 12.1-26.4 74 33.4 25.0-43.0 36 14.8 9.4-22.6 35 15.3 9.8-23.1
55-64 125 12 9.2 4.4-18.1 24 20.9 12.4-33.2 46 32.4 21.7-45.3 21 13.9 7.3-25.0 22 23.6 14.8-35.4
65-74 60 4 3.1 1.0- 9.1 8 13.2 4.9-30.9 25 48.7 31.9-65.9 11 12.2 5.1-26.6 12 22.7 10.7-41.9
75+ 24 3 7.9 2.0-26.3 2 10.0 2.4-33.7 8 24.1 9.0-50.5 5 20.8 7.8-44.7 6 37.2 14.1-68.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 117 11 9.9 4.2-21.7 20 19.8 9.3-37.5 36 31.0 20.1-44.6 25 14.1 7.9-23.8 25 25.1 13.4-42.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 289 22 6.5 3.5-11.6 45 15.7 10.0-23.6 78 30.5 22.7-39.7 72 24.1 17.0-33.0 72 23.2 17.2-30.6
Some Post-H.S. 247 25 7.6 4.6-12.5 49 20.0 13.2-29.1 84 38.3 28.1-49.6 57 22.6 15.9-31.1 32 11.5 7.1-17.9
College Graduate 453 48 10.6 7.2-15.5 120 29.2 23.3-36.0 195 40.9 34.5-47.6 64 15.4 10.6-21.8 26 3.8 2.2- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 55 5 11.2 4.1-26.9 13 16.7 6.7-36.0 12 22.6 10.3-42.6 15 32.5 14.5-57.8 10 17.0 6.2-38.7
$15,000- 24,999 139 4 0.5 0.2- 1.7 29 26.1 14.7-41.9 52 37.7 25.5-51.7 29 19.5 11.1-32.2 25 16.2 9.2-26.9
$25,000- 34,999 149 18 13.0 6.0-25.9 28 22.3 12.6-36.3 54 38.4 26.9-51.3 28 10.5 6.1-17.6 21 15.8 9.2-25.9
$35,000- 49,999 191 12 4.2 2.1- 8.5 39 18.3 11.3-28.3 56 31.5 21.8-43.0 50 27.6 18.7-38.6 34 18.4 11.7-27.8
$50,000-74,999 161 19 9.4 4.9-17.3 42 25.0 15.8-37.0 55 43.1 30.1-57.0 29 14.8 8.8-23.9 16 7.8 3.7-15.6
$75,000+ 261 32 14.3 9.3-21.4 56 22.1 15.8-30.1 115 40.0 32.1-48.4 35 14.7 9.4-22.1 23 9.0 5.1-15.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 60 10 22.2 11.5-38.5 15 28.5 17.4-42.9 13 16.6 9.2-28.3 10 12.8 6.7-23.3 12 19.9 11.1-33.0
Forsyth 86 5 4.9 1.9-12.4 14 18.0 10.3-29.7 38 46.4 34.2-59.0 17 16.2 9.6-25.9 12 14.5 7.6-26.1
Guilford 71 8 11.3 5.0-23.5 11 16.7 9.0-29.0 25 30.2 20.0-42.9 17 27.4 16.5-41.9 10 14.4 7.3-26.4
Henderson/Transylvania 79 5 9.2 3.7-21.1 22 27.4 18.0-39.4 27 30.6 20.8-42.5 15 17.5 9.9-28.9 10 15.3 7.9-27.5
Mecklenburg 75 6 9.6 3.5-23.5 19 32.6 19.1-49.9 29 33.1 20.5-48.8 13 16.3 8.8-28.4 8 8.4 3.9-17.0
Orange 98 4 4.8 1.7-12.9 31 32.0 22.6-43.0 38 38.7 28.8-49.6 15 15.1 8.9-24.5 10 9.5 4.9-17.5
Pitt 83 8 11.7 5.5-23.3 19 23.1 14.7-34.2 31 33.1 23.2-44.7 20 26.4 17.2-38.3 5 5.8 2.3-13.7
Randolph 61 11 16.1 8.4-28.6 9 14.6 7.4-26.8 18 23.6 14.3-36.5 14 27.7 16.2-43.0 9 18.0 8.8-33.4
Robeson 64 7 6.3 2.8-13.8 12 24.5 11.2-45.7 10 11.2 5.6-21.3 19 34.4 20.9-50.9 16 23.5 13.3-38.2
Wake 91 11 12.1 6.4-21.6 20 28.2 17.5-42.0 41 38.0 27.5-49.7 10 10.6 4.8-21.8 9 11.2 5.7-20.8
Western NC 98 11 9.5 4.9-17.9 16 19.8 11.5-31.9 28 24.9 16.7-35.3 20 19.0 11.9-28.9 23 26.8 17.2-39.2
Piedmont NC 118 14 10.1 5.3-18.3 17 12.4 7.2-20.7 48 44.6 33.3-56.6 22 20.8 12.7-32.1 17 12.1 6.9-20.4
Eastern NC 123 6 3.9 1.6- 9.5 29 24.6 16.3-35.4 48 37.0 27.4-47.7 26 21.3 13.9-31.1 14 13.2 6.9-23.6

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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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