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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--WHITE 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 3,858 637 15.3 13.7-17.0 1,298 32.4 30.2-34.6 1,243 33.5 31.2-35.9 400 11.1 9.7-12.7 280 7.8 6.6- 9.1
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 256 40 9.5 5.9-15.0 81 31.4 23.0-41.3 92 42.8 33.6-52.5 23 9.5 5.4-16.2 20 6.8 3.6-12.3
25-34 690 92 12.9 9.8-16.8 226 34.4 29.4-39.6 235 31.2 26.4-36.5 87 13.2 9.9-17.5 50 8.3 5.8-11.9
35-44 779 120 15.9 12.6-19.9 255 30.7 26.3-35.4 270 34.7 29.9-39.8 95 13.4 10.4-17.2 39 5.3 3.5- 7.9
45-54 787 147 20.1 16.2-24.8 272 28.5 24.3-33.2 243 32.5 27.5-38.0 72 9.8 7.1-13.3 53 9.0 6.2-12.9
55-64 568 99 16.6 12.6-21.4 194 35.4 29.9-41.2 182 32.8 27.4-38.7 47 8.2 5.5-12.2 46 7.0 4.7-10.3
65-74 462 69 12.4 8.8-17.2 155 33.1 27.0-39.8 138 32.0 26.0-38.7 49 9.8 6.5-14.6 51 12.7 8.6-18.2
75+ 296 67 20.1 14.5-27.0 106 38.8 30.9-47.5 77 23.1 17.1-30.5 25 9.8 5.8-16.2 21 8.2 4.6-14.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 368 71 14.5 10.2-20.3 130 33.9 26.1-42.6 97 30.6 23.4-38.8 30 11.2 7.2-17.1 40 9.8 6.2-15.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,063 168 14.1 11.4-17.3 338 31.8 27.9-36.0 322 32.4 28.3-36.9 132 11.0 8.5-14.1 103 10.7 8.3-13.7
Some Post-H.S. 936 147 15.3 12.4-18.7 326 31.7 27.5-36.2 287 33.8 29.1-38.8 102 11.8 9.1-15.2 74 7.4 5.4-10.1
College Graduate 1,484 251 16.8 14.1-19.9 501 33.0 29.4-36.8 536 35.4 31.8-39.3 134 10.3 8.1-13.0 62 4.5 3.1- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 277 63 16.2 11.3-22.6 89 30.6 22.3-40.5 75 30.7 22.4-40.5 27 12.2 6.9-20.6 23 10.3 5.1-19.7
$15,000- 24,999 492 78 16.0 11.7-21.5 165 30.3 24.7-36.5 157 34.4 28.2-41.1 44 8.5 5.4-13.2 48 10.8 7.4-15.6
$25,000- 34,999 467 85 14.5 10.5-19.6 141 25.0 20.0-30.9 151 41.4 34.2-49.0 47 10.1 6.8-14.7 43 9.0 6.1-13.2
$35,000- 49,999 593 80 13.4 10.0-17.7 191 28.7 23.9-34.1 198 34.7 28.9-41.1 75 13.2 9.8-17.7 49 9.9 6.7-14.5
$50,000-74,999 554 86 15.8 12.0-20.6 204 39.3 33.5-45.3 168 25.8 20.8-31.5 72 13.9 10.3-18.5 24 5.2 3.1- 8.4
$75,000+ 676 98 14.2 10.9-18.4 217 28.1 23.6-33.1 254 41.5 36.2-47.0 70 10.2 7.5-13.9 37 6.0 3.8- 9.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 283 51 17.2 12.4-23.3 109 36.4 30.1-43.2 80 29.3 23.3-36.1 23 9.4 5.7-15.2 20 7.7 4.7-12.3
Forsyth 274 51 17.9 13.3-23.7 79 29.5 23.6-36.2 90 31.6 25.1-38.8 33 12.7 8.8-18.0 21 8.3 5.3-12.8
Guilford 213 28 12.7 8.4-18.7 80 37.9 30.6-45.7 74 35.2 28.2-42.9 16 7.8 4.5-13.1 15 6.5 3.8-11.0
Henderson/Transylvania 342 54 13.6 10.1-18.1 90 28.0 22.1-34.7 121 35.7 30.0-41.9 46 14.5 10.6-19.5 31 8.2 5.5-12.1
Mecklenburg 215 42 17.5 12.3-24.3 78 30.0 23.1-38.0 69 37.8 28.2-48.4 21 10.8 6.5-17.4 5 3.8 1.5- 9.5
Orange 300 44 12.7 9.3-17.2 118 41.6 35.4-48.2 100 33.2 27.4-39.6 25 8.9 5.8-13.4 13 3.5 2.0- 6.3
Pitt 228 35 14.0 9.7-19.8 69 30.7 22.4-40.6 87 37.4 29.6-45.9 22 11.0 7.0-16.9 15 6.9 3.9-11.7
Randolph 265 50 16.7 11.6-23.6 92 30.5 23.9-38.0 77 28.5 22.3-35.6 24 15.3 7.8-28.1 22 8.9 5.6-14.1
Robeson 124 21 15.2 9.5-23.4 38 26.7 18.4-37.1 38 31.3 21.8-42.6 17 13.7 8.1-22.1 10 13.2 6.1-26.0
Wake 263 43 15.7 11.4-21.2 93 34.9 28.5-41.8 91 34.6 28.4-41.5 24 10.5 6.3-17.0 12 4.3 2.4- 7.8
Western NC 430 62 13.7 10.3-18.1 141 32.1 27.1-37.5 119 26.6 22.2-31.6 60 15.3 11.5-20.0 48 12.3 8.7-17.2
Piedmont NC 512 91 15.5 12.3-19.4 164 30.7 25.8-36.0 165 33.8 28.8-39.1 47 10.0 7.2-13.7 45 10.1 7.4-13.6
Eastern NC 409 65 15.1 11.5-19.5 147 33.4 28.3-38.8 132 35.6 30.3-41.4 42 10.4 7.5-14.2 23 5.6 3.5- 8.7

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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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