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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Physical Activity

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%)
North Carolina 4,930 842 16.1 14.7-17.7 1,623 31.5 29.5-33.5 1,543 32.6 30.5-34.7 534 11.5 10.2-12.9 388 8.3 7.2- 9.5
Orange County 364 50 12.6 9.3-16.9 138 38.3 32.7-44.3 122 34.0 28.6-39.9 33 9.2 6.3-13.3 21 5.9 3.5- 9.7
GENDER
Male 147 12 7.3 4.1-12.9 58 39.3 31.0-48.3 46 32.6 24.8-41.4 19 12.6 7.7-20.1 12 8.2 4.3-14.8
Female 217 38 17.6 12.3-24.4 80 37.4 30.2-45.3 76 35.4 28.1-43.4 14 5.9 3.4-10.3 9 3.7 1.6- 8.6
RACE
White 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
Other 61 6 12.8 5.4-27.4 19 24.3 14.9-37.2 21 37.4 24.3-52.5 8 10.9 4.6-23.8 7 14.6 6.4-29.9
AGE
18-44 187 27 12.9 8.5-19.1 64 33.3 26.1-41.4 70 38.8 31.1-47.1 18 9.1 5.3-15.0 8 5.9 2.8-12.2
45+ 175 23 12.4 8.0-18.7 72 44.7 36.6-53.2 52 27.4 20.8-35.1 15 9.6 5.6-15.9 13 6.0 3.3-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 63 8 12.2 5.4-25.4 26 37.2 25.0-51.2 12 24.1 13.4-39.4 11 15.1 7.5-27.9 6 11.5 4.6-25.9
Some College + 300 42 12.8 9.2-17.4 111 38.2 32.0-44.8 110 36.7 30.7-43.3 22 7.8 4.9-12.1 15 4.5 2.5- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 143 16 8.7 5.1-14.6 51 33.7 25.4-43.2 51 39.0 29.9-48.9 13 9.8 5.1-18.0 12 8.8 4.4-16.6
$50,000+ 145 22 14.0 9.0-21.2 56 38.8 30.5-47.9 48 33.4 25.4-42.4 15 10.4 6.1-17.3 4 3.4 1.1-10.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 317 57 17.6 13.1-23.3 122 36.3 30.3-42.7 89 28.8 23.3-35.1 26 9.4 5.9-14.6 23 7.9 5.0-12.2
Forsyth 358 66 17.7 13.7-22.7 110 31.2 25.8-37.1 110 29.6 24.1-35.6 48 14.3 10.6-19.1 24 7.2 4.7-10.8
Guilford 310 49 15.2 11.1-20.4 107 31.8 25.9-38.3 104 33.1 27.1-39.7 27 12.6 7.6-20.0 23 7.4 4.3-12.5
Henderson/Transylvania 364 58 13.4 10.1-17.7 96 27.8 22.1-34.3 126 35.3 29.6-41.4 49 14.5 10.6-19.4 35 9.1 6.3-13.0
Mecklenburg 347 73 19.0 14.5-24.6 116 29.4 24.0-35.4 109 33.7 26.8-41.4 34 9.9 6.7-14.4 15 7.9 4.5-13.5
Pitt 303 46 14.6 10.6-19.8 96 31.7 24.7-39.7 109 35.0 28.5-42.1 30 10.5 7.1-15.2 22 8.1 5.2-12.5
Randolph 290 52 16.2 11.3-22.6 94 28.4 22.3-35.4 88 29.8 23.8-36.7 31 16.4 9.1-27.8 25 9.1 5.8-14.0
Robeson 284 55 18.4 13.7-24.3 85 30.2 23.2-38.2 70 22.1 16.7-28.5 37 13.5 9.5-18.9 37 15.9 10.7-23.0
Wake 351 55 14.7 11.1-19.3 127 36.5 30.5-43.0 119 33.8 28.2-39.9 31 9.9 6.5-14.9 19 5.0 3.1- 7.9
Western NC 460 66 13.4 10.1-17.5 147 30.7 26.0-35.9 132 28.7 24.2-33.8 64 14.9 11.3-19.3 51 12.3 8.8-16.9
Piedmont NC 610 108 15.7 12.7-19.3 190 29.9 25.5-34.8 191 32.4 27.9-37.2 64 11.3 8.6-14.8 57 10.7 8.1-13.9
Eastern NC 572 107 17.2 14.0-21.0 195 31.7 27.4-36.4 174 34.4 29.6-39.5 60 10.8 8.1-14.2 36 5.9 4.0- 8.5

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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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