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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--WHITE 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 1,555 322 21.1 18.1-24.5 406 24.7 21.6-28.1 456 29.1 25.8-32.6 195 15.1 12.0-18.7 176 10.1 7.9-12.7
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 153 16 9.9 4.8-19.4 43 26.8 16.9-39.7 37 19.4 11.5-30.8 31 28.8 16.5-45.4 26 15.1 7.6-27.8
25-34 359 66 19.2 13.5-26.5 102 30.7 24.2-37.9 94 27.6 21.2-34.9 58 13.9 9.8-19.5 39 8.7 5.4-13.6
35-44 367 72 22.6 16.7-29.8 103 24.7 19.0-31.5 118 31.9 25.4-39.2 39 10.9 7.1-16.4 35 9.9 6.5-14.8
45-54 330 90 26.6 19.6-34.9 74 18.1 13.4-23.8 92 33.7 26.3-42.0 39 13.4 8.7-20.1 35 8.3 5.2-12.9
55-64 181 35 26.0 17.3-37.2 42 17.9 11.7-26.5 62 32.7 24.2-42.4 20 16.0 9.5-25.8 22 7.3 4.1-12.9
65-74 113 29 26.6 16.5-40.0 29 26.9 17.0-39.8 38 32.0 20.9-45.6 3 1.7 0.4- 6.0 14 12.8 4.8-29.7
75+ 42 12 31.2 14.9-53.9 12 18.2 8.8-33.8 13 29.1 15.2-48.4 2 11.9 2.3-43.8 3 9.7 2.5-30.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 96 25 26.6 16.1-40.5 36 34.7 23.2-48.3 19 23.6 13.8-37.3 8 11.5 4.4-26.6 8 3.7 1.3- 9.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 355 87 25.4 18.5-33.7 103 29.4 22.7-37.1 92 20.9 15.8-27.2 39 15.7 10.7-22.5 34 8.6 4.5-15.7
Some Post-H.S. 354 83 21.8 16.3-28.6 96 24.0 17.6-31.7 96 26.6 19.9-34.5 44 17.6 10.0-29.3 35 10.0 6.1-16.0
College Graduate 748 127 17.0 13.3-21.4 171 20.6 16.8-25.0 248 36.9 31.8-42.4 103 13.5 10.3-17.4 99 12.0 9.1-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 19 16.4 8.2-30.0 17 25.9 12.2-46.7 17 30.5 15.9-50.6 10 19.6 7.8-41.3 9 7.6 3.4-16.1
$15,000- 24,999 172 33 20.2 10.4-35.8 46 29.4 20.1-40.8 55 25.8 16.7-37.7 19 13.9 7.5-24.4 19 10.6 5.5-19.5
$25,000- 34,999 175 43 19.4 12.3-29.0 66 31.9 22.8-42.7 35 20.7 12.7-31.9 19 14.6 7.5-26.5 12 13.4 5.0-31.3
$35,000- 49,999 284 65 27.0 19.5-35.9 76 23.8 16.7-32.7 85 28.6 21.3-37.3 28 12.9 7.8-20.6 30 7.7 4.4-13.1
$50,000-74,999 259 57 25.2 17.6-34.8 62 17.6 12.3-24.6 78 31.6 23.6-40.9 37 19.1 9.9-33.4 25 6.5 3.6-11.3
$75,000+ 371 68 18.5 13.6-24.6 75 21.2 15.8-27.8 118 32.1 25.7-39.2 60 17.0 12.2-23.2 50 11.3 7.7-16.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 110 22 19.9 12.0-31.1 28 22.7 15.3-32.2 34 28.9 20.5-39.1 10 11.7 5.4-23.8 16 16.8 10.2-26.5
Forsyth 110 33 32.5 22.8-43.9 33 26.5 18.5-36.4 27 23.0 15.6-32.5 9 8.5 4.2-16.7 8 9.4 4.3-19.5
Guilford 90 15 18.6 10.6-30.6 22 28.9 19.1-41.2 33 31.8 22.1-43.4 9 9.0 4.4-17.5 11 11.7 6.3-20.8
Henderson/Transylvania 128 22 12.4 7.9-19.1 34 30.2 21.6-40.5 41 31.9 23.4-41.7 13 13.5 7.6-23.0 18 12.0 7.3-19.0
Mecklenburg 99 19 14.5 8.5-23.7 28 33.3 20.3-49.5 25 25.3 15.9-37.7 12 7.0 3.6-13.0 15 19.9 8.7-39.1
Orange 148 24 14.3 9.2-21.4 28 19.1 13.0-27.1 48 31.7 23.6-41.0 25 20.1 13.6-28.7 23 14.8 9.7-22.1
Pitt 103 16 13.3 7.8-21.9 31 34.1 24.0-45.9 30 29.4 19.2-42.2 15 15.8 9.3-25.6 11 7.4 3.8-13.9
Randolph 95 25 24.5 15.7-36.1 26 31.1 20.9-43.7 26 24.5 16.2-35.2 9 8.0 3.5-17.0 9 11.9 5.3-24.5
Robeson 43 9 21.4 10.5-38.7 15 38.7 21.2-59.7 11 20.6 10.0-37.6 2 6.2 1.5-22.4 6 13.2 5.5-28.2
Wake 114 22 19.1 12.5-28.2 28 25.5 17.4-35.7 27 19.0 12.6-27.5 20 22.8 14.5-34.2 17 13.5 8.1-21.8
Western NC 157 37 21.1 14.9-29.1 44 25.5 18.6-33.8 42 29.6 21.5-39.1 20 16.0 9.3-26.2 14 7.8 4.5-13.3
Piedmont NC 186 35 21.0 14.2-29.8 53 23.7 17.0-32.1 57 29.7 22.3-38.4 29 19.6 11.4-31.5 12 6.0 3.0-11.8
Eastern NC 172 43 24.4 17.5-32.9 36 20.2 14.3-27.7 55 33.7 26.1-42.3 22 12.7 8.1-19.4 16 9.0 5.2-15.2

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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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