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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity--WHITE 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 1,710 189 10.3 8.4-12.7 442 25.5 22.4-28.8 631 37.4 33.7-41.3 263 16.2 13.5-19.2 185 10.6 8.6-12.9
GENDER
Male 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
Female 862 108 12.3 9.5-15.7 249 29.5 25.3-34.2 332 38.0 33.3-43.0 97 11.8 9.0-15.3 76 8.3 6.0-11.5
AGE
18-24 171 21 9.3 5.0-16.7 36 19.8 11.5-31.8 64 43.3 30.7-56.8 34 19.7 11.6-31.6 16 7.9 3.9-15.7
25-34 385 29 5.1 3.0- 8.4 132 35.5 28.9-42.7 144 37.0 30.1-44.5 52 15.1 10.4-21.4 28 7.3 4.4-11.7
35-44 414 56 14.7 10.3-20.4 100 22.1 16.9-28.3 149 35.2 28.9-42.2 71 19.6 14.3-26.2 38 8.4 5.2-13.3
45-54 359 39 14.6 9.3-22.3 98 26.5 20.3-33.8 132 36.5 29.2-44.4 48 11.3 7.6-16.5 42 11.1 7.1-16.9
55-64 210 25 11.3 6.8-18.3 48 22.0 14.9-31.3 74 30.8 22.5-40.5 28 15.0 9.1-23.6 35 20.9 14.0-30.0
65-74 118 13 4.6 2.3- 9.3 19 15.8 8.5-27.4 50 51.3 37.9-64.4 18 11.8 6.0-21.9 18 16.5 8.6-29.2
75+ 44 6 7.3 2.7-18.3 5 19.4 6.9-44.0 13 13.2 6.6-24.8 12 24.7 12.7-42.5 8 35.4 17.2-59.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 108 13 16.4 7.2-33.1 25 22.3 13.6-34.5 30 34.9 23.1-49.0 20 10.7 6.1-17.9 20 15.7 8.5-27.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 393 42 10.0 6.6-15.0 85 22.3 16.5-29.3 111 30.2 23.4-38.0 77 18.5 13.1-25.6 78 19.0 14.1-25.1
Some Post-H.S. 389 51 9.5 6.5-13.7 94 20.8 15.3-27.7 130 39.3 30.8-48.6 71 18.9 13.8-25.3 43 11.5 7.7-16.9
College Graduate 818 83 10.1 7.4-13.7 237 31.1 26.3-36.2 359 41.5 36.5-46.7 95 13.8 10.1-18.5 44 3.5 2.2- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 81 9 6.6 2.9-14.4 22 18.7 9.0-35.0 18 27.7 13.9-47.7 22 32.5 16.3-54.4 10 14.4 5.4-33.3
$15,000- 24,999 190 21 8.4 4.3-15.8 43 21.0 13.9-30.5 68 39.7 28.0-52.8 27 13.7 8.2-22.2 31 17.0 10.4-26.6
$25,000- 34,999 192 26 14.8 7.7-26.6 49 29.9 19.7-42.5 63 35.3 25.1-47.0 30 9.8 5.9-15.7 24 10.3 5.6-18.3
$35,000- 49,999 304 26 6.5 3.8-11.0 79 25.6 18.7-34.0 98 35.3 27.1-44.5 59 18.5 12.6-26.3 42 14.1 9.4-20.5
$50,000-74,999 282 30 10.0 6.0-16.3 81 25.8 18.9-34.2 108 42.1 32.2-52.8 42 15.8 10.5-23.2 21 6.2 3.2-11.8
$75,000+ 410 48 12.6 8.7-17.9 100 25.8 20.1-32.5 187 40.8 34.3-47.7 49 13.0 8.8-18.7 26 7.8 4.7-12.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 116 12 16.9 8.8-29.9 37 30.6 22.0-40.9 37 28.2 20.2-37.9 15 10.9 6.4-18.0 15 13.4 7.8-22.0
Forsyth 124 9 6.1 3.0-12.0 28 22.1 14.7-31.8 49 42.4 32.0-53.5 19 14.2 8.7-22.3 19 15.3 8.9-24.9
Guilford 98 10 12.9 6.2-24.8 25 28.4 19.2-39.7 36 33.3 23.5-44.7 19 18.3 11.5-27.8 8 7.2 3.2-15.6
Henderson/Transylvania 144 16 11.9 6.7-20.1 37 27.5 19.8-36.8 52 32.7 24.7-41.8 21 15.2 9.3-23.8 18 12.8 7.8-20.5
Mecklenburg 105 19 16.4 8.8-28.6 27 29.8 17.5-45.8 40 34.9 22.5-49.6 12 13.4 7.0-24.3 7 5.5 2.4-12.2
Orange 169 14 7.6 4.2-13.3 59 36.4 28.5-45.0 70 41.3 33.2-49.9 17 10.5 6.2-17.0 9 4.3 2.1- 8.6
Pitt 118 9 6.8 3.4-13.3 33 26.2 18.2-36.2 44 35.7 25.8-47.0 26 26.0 17.6-36.7 6 5.3 2.2-12.3
Randolph 107 16 15.7 8.9-26.1 16 14.1 8.3-23.1 33 26.9 18.6-37.2 24 25.9 16.7-38.0 18 17.4 9.9-28.6
Robeson 47 8 15.2 7.3-29.1 8 10.0 4.5-20.8 14 18.7 10.2-31.7 9 34.6 17.8-56.3 8 21.5 10.2-39.9
Wake 125 15 10.8 6.0-18.6 30 25.4 17.2-35.7 61 45.8 36.0-55.9 10 8.6 3.8-18.4 9 9.4 4.8-17.8
Western NC 169 25 12.1 7.7-18.4 37 22.2 15.4-31.1 49 27.7 20.7-36.0 27 15.4 10.4-22.3 31 22.6 15.2-32.3
Piedmont NC 208 24 11.3 6.9-17.9 49 20.6 14.9-27.9 86 43.5 34.4-53.1 29 16.4 10.3-25.1 20 8.1 4.9-13.2
Eastern NC 180 12 6.0 3.1-11.0 56 30.0 22.9-38.1 60 35.9 28.0-44.7 35 19.1 13.4-26.6 17 9.1 5.3-15.0

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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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