BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (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?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity

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
North Carolina	2,653	284	9.7	8.1-11.5	646	24.4	21.9-27.1	992	37.6	34.6-40.7	451	18.0	15.7-20.5	280	10.4	8.7-12.3
-Eastern NC	796	96	10.2	7.3-14.1	184	25.2	20.2-31.0	290	38.8	32.9-45.1	145	15.4	11.8-20.0	81	10.3	7.3-14.2
GENDER
Male	368	42	7.5	4.6-11.9	65	22.5	15.6-31.2	129	40.7	31.9-50.0	84	18.4	13.0-25.4	48	10.9	7.0-16.7
Female	428	54	13.8	8.7-21.2	119	29.0	22.4-36.6	161	36.4	29.5-43.9	61	11.4	7.4-17.1	33	9.4	5.6-15.5
RACE
White	573	66	9.1	6.3-12.9	123	25.4	19.5-32.4	219	38.9	32.1-46.1	104	15.9	11.5-21.5	61	10.7	7.4-15.4
African American	166	21	15.1	6.5-31.5	46	23.4	14.9-34.7	53	33.4	22.5-46.4	30	16.4	9.6-26.7	16	11.6	5.0-24.7
Other Minorities	49	7	8.4	2.8-22.7	11	23.8	8.0-52.9	16	55.0	28.3-79.2	11	9.8	4.1-21.7	4	3.0	0.8-10.6
AGE
18-24	93	7	8.9	2.9-24.2	21	22.1	11.9-37.4	42	46.2	30.9-62.4	18	14.3	7.0-27.2	5	8.4	3.0-21.5
25-34	157	18	9.6	5.1-17.4	41	29.9	19.4-43.1	50	28.6	19.0-40.5	32	18.5	11.4-28.5	16	13.5	7.3-23.4
35-44	193	26	9.5	5.7-15.5	49	21.5	14.7-30.5	74	41.3	31.3-52.1	31	19.7	11.8-31.0	13	7.9	3.9-15.3
45-54	152	19	10.8	5.6-19.8	34	33.8	20.6-50.0	52	35.8	23.9-49.6	24	7.0	4.2-11.3	23	12.7	6.3-24.0
55-64	102	16	14.5	7.8-25.4	23	26.9	16.6-40.6	35	39.3	26.5-53.8	20	14.0	7.7-24.2	8	5.2	2.3-11.3
65-74	62	4	9.1	2.7-26.3	8	11.0	4.7-23.8	26	47.8	30.6-65.5	14	12.9	6.8-23.0	10	19.2	8.8-36.9
75+	30	5	20.6	5.8-52.0	5	11.8	3.4-34.1	9	30.8	13.2-56.6	6	25.3	8.5-55.2	5	11.5	4.1-28.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	67	7	10.5	4.3-23.5	12	28.8	12.6-53.2	24	26.7	14.6-43.7	10	13.3	5.9-27.1	14	20.7	9.9-38.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	236	30	12.4	6.1-23.4	48	17.4	11.0-26.4	81	39.1	28.8-50.4	45	15.6	9.9-23.8	32	15.5	9.4-24.5
Some Post-H.S.	245	28	9.0	5.1-15.4	65	30.3	20.8-41.9	86	38.4	27.0-51.3	43	13.0	7.1-22.5	23	9.3	4.7-17.6
College Graduate	248	31	9.1	5.8-14.0	59	26.8	18.2-37.7	99	42.0	32.8-51.8	47	18.6	12.0-27.7	12	3.4	1.3- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	63	10	8.8	2.9-24.0	17	27.1	12.5-49.2	16	32.0	10.5-65.4	12	18.8	7.4-40.2	8	13.3	4.1-35.3
$15,000- 24,999	131	20	11.4	6.4-19.7	24	22.1	11.5-38.2	40	32.6	19.9-48.5	24	16.5	7.0-34.3	23	17.4	9.4-29.9
$25,000- 34,999	100	9	9.6	4.0-21.6	28	28.8	16.2-46.0	36	34.1	20.7-50.7	17	15.5	7.2-30.2	10	11.9	4.5-28.0
$35,000- 49,999	147	16	7.9	4.0-15.0	28	29.9	18.0-45.2	50	29.8	20.1-41.8	38	22.3	14.1-33.4	15	10.1	4.4-21.6
$50,000-74,999	120	14	10.0	4.7-20.3	27	19.9	11.5-32.2	53	51.8	36.5-66.8	20	13.4	6.3-26.2	6	4.9	1.4-15.9
$75,000+	121	11	4.8	2.3- 9.5	27	22.6	11.5-39.8	59	52.9	38.7-66.8	15	12.2	5.3-25.6	9	7.4	3.1-16.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	146	13	9.4	4.9-17.5	34	24.8	16.8-34.9	56	35.4	26.9-44.9	19	13.8	8.6-21.6	24	16.6	10.2-25.8
Guilford	148	13	7.3	4.1-12.9	34	21.1	14.6-29.5	64	41.5	32.2-51.5	26	22.6	14.7-33.2	11	7.4	3.6-14.8
Mecklenburg	159	12	5.7	3.0-10.5	32	20.4	14.0-28.6	84	48.7	38.5-59.1	20	19.5	10.6-33.0	11	5.7	3.0-10.8
Orange	192	23	12.1	7.3-19.4	54	26.7	19.8-34.9	88	44.6	36.1-53.5	15	7.7	4.1-14.0	12	8.9	4.0-18.8
Wake	166	11	6.5	3.4-11.9	40	24.3	17.3-33.1	68	36.2	28.4-44.8	37	26.4	18.6-35.9	10	6.6	3.3-12.6
Chatham/Lee	90	9	10.4	5.2-19.9	22	26.8	15.7-41.8	33	34.3	23.9-46.3	15	16.7	9.3-28.0	11	11.9	6.2-21.5
Nash/Wilson	77	12	13.3	7.2-23.4	10	9.2	4.4-18.2	32	51.0	38.2-63.7	15	16.9	9.5-28.0	8	9.7	4.5-19.7
Craven/Pamlico	121	11	8.7	4.1-17.5	25	22.3	14.6-32.4	52	44.9	34.5-55.8	24	18.6	12.1-27.4	9	5.5	2.8-10.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	112	12	9.9	5.4-17.3	33	28.3	20.0-38.4	33	30.7	21.8-41.2	19	16.8	10.5-25.7	15	14.4	8.6-23.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	134	18	10.6	6.0-17.9	38	35.1	22.3-50.5	37	29.0	19.8-40.5	25	16.1	9.5-25.9	16	9.2	4.9-16.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance	126	13	10.8	4.7-23.0	31	16.1	9.4-26.1	44	42.5	23.7-63.7	21	19.1	10.5-32.2	17	11.6	6.0-21.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	136	11	8.0	4.3-14.7	33	26.3	18.1-36.6	52	37.0	27.4-47.8	25	14.3	9.4-21.3	15	14.3	7.9-24.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	101	12	12.4	6.5-22.3	20	17.8	11.0-27.4	35	32.9	23.0-44.5	29	32.6	22.5-44.6	5	4.4	1.6-11.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	79	8	10.6	5.3-20.1	21	28.0	18.2-40.4	20	21.3	13.5-32.0	18	23.7	15.0-35.3	12	16.4	9.2-27.5
Northeast NC I	99	13	16.7	9.6-27.4	29	24.0	16.5-33.4	29	29.7	20.6-40.8	16	16.5	9.7-26.6	12	13.1	7.4-22.2
Northeast NC II	123	21	16.1	10.1-24.8	23	16.9	10.9-25.2	45	36.2	26.4-47.3	20	18.3	10.6-29.8	14	12.5	7.2-21.0
Northeastern Partnership	222	34	16.3	11.3-22.9	52	19.1	14.1-25.3	74	34.2	26.7-42.6	36	17.7	11.7-26.0	26	12.7	8.4-18.9
Mountain AHEC	396	41	14.6	9.8-21.2	94	24.3	18.7-30.9	148	34.3	28.1-41.1	64	15.7	11.4-21.2	49	11.1	7.7-15.6
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	1,241	121	8.8	6.8-11.4	308	23.3	20.1-26.9	490	38.3	34.3-42.5	202	19.9	16.6-23.6	120	9.7	7.5-12.3
Western NC	616	67	12.1	8.7-16.5	154	27.2	21.8-33.4	212	32.0	26.9-37.6	104	15.5	11.7-20.1	79	13.3	9.6-18.1

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

2,653

284

9.7

8.1-11.5

646

24.4

21.9-27.1

992

37.6

34.6-40.7

451

18.0

15.7-20.5

280

10.4

8.7-12.3

-Eastern NC

796

10.2

7.3-14.1

184

25.2

20.2-31.0

290

38.8

32.9-45.1

145

15.4

11.8-20.0

10.3

7.3-14.2

GENDER

Male

368

7.5

4.6-11.9

22.5

15.6-31.2

129

40.7

31.9-50.0

18.4

13.0-25.4

10.9

7.0-16.7

Female

428

13.8

8.7-21.2

119

29.0

22.4-36.6

161

36.4

29.5-43.9

11.4

7.4-17.1

9.4

5.6-15.5

RACE

White

573

9.1

6.3-12.9

123

25.4

19.5-32.4

219

38.9

32.1-46.1

104

15.9

11.5-21.5

10.7

7.4-15.4

African American

166

15.1

6.5-31.5

23.4

14.9-34.7

33.4

22.5-46.4

16.4

9.6-26.7

11.6

5.0-24.7

Other Minorities

8.4

2.8-22.7

23.8

8.0-52.9

55.0

28.3-79.2

9.8

4.1-21.7

3.0

0.8-10.6

AGE

18-24

8.9

2.9-24.2

22.1

11.9-37.4

46.2

30.9-62.4

14.3

7.0-27.2

8.4

3.0-21.5

25-34

157

9.6

5.1-17.4

29.9

19.4-43.1

28.6

19.0-40.5

18.5

11.4-28.5

13.5

7.3-23.4

35-44

193

9.5

5.7-15.5

21.5

14.7-30.5

41.3

31.3-52.1

19.7

11.8-31.0

7.9

3.9-15.3

45-54

152

10.8

5.6-19.8

33.8

20.6-50.0

35.8

23.9-49.6

7.0

4.2-11.3

12.7

6.3-24.0

55-64

102

14.5

7.8-25.4

26.9

16.6-40.6

39.3

26.5-53.8

14.0

7.7-24.2

5.2

2.3-11.3

65-74

9.1

2.7-26.3

11.0

4.7-23.8

47.8

30.6-65.5

12.9

6.8-23.0

19.2

8.8-36.9

75+

20.6

5.8-52.0

11.8

3.4-34.1

30.8

13.2-56.6

25.3

8.5-55.2

11.5

4.1-28.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

10.5

4.3-23.5

28.8

12.6-53.2

26.7

14.6-43.7

13.3

5.9-27.1

20.7

9.9-38.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

236

12.4

6.1-23.4

17.4

11.0-26.4

39.1

28.8-50.4

15.6

9.9-23.8

15.5

9.4-24.5

Some Post-H.S.

245

9.0

5.1-15.4

30.3

20.8-41.9

38.4

27.0-51.3

13.0

7.1-22.5

9.3

4.7-17.6

College Graduate

248

9.1

5.8-14.0

26.8

18.2-37.7

42.0

32.8-51.8

18.6

12.0-27.7

3.4

1.3- 8.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

8.8

2.9-24.0

27.1

12.5-49.2

32.0

10.5-65.4

18.8

7.4-40.2

13.3

4.1-35.3

$15,000- 24,999

131

11.4

6.4-19.7

22.1

11.5-38.2

32.6

19.9-48.5

16.5

7.0-34.3

17.4

9.4-29.9

$25,000- 34,999

100

9.6

4.0-21.6

28.8

16.2-46.0

34.1

20.7-50.7

15.5

7.2-30.2

11.9

4.5-28.0

$35,000- 49,999

147

7.9

4.0-15.0

29.9

18.0-45.2

29.8

20.1-41.8

22.3

14.1-33.4

10.1

4.4-21.6

$50,000-74,999

120

10.0

4.7-20.3

19.9

11.5-32.2

51.8

36.5-66.8

13.4

6.3-26.2

4.9

1.4-15.9

$75,000+

121

4.8

2.3- 9.5

22.6

11.5-39.8

52.9

38.7-66.8

12.2

5.3-25.6

7.4

3.1-16.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

146

9.4

4.9-17.5

24.8

16.8-34.9

35.4

26.9-44.9

13.8

8.6-21.6

16.6

10.2-25.8

Guilford

148

7.3

4.1-12.9

21.1

14.6-29.5

41.5

32.2-51.5

22.6

14.7-33.2

7.4

3.6-14.8

Mecklenburg

159

5.7

3.0-10.5

20.4

14.0-28.6

48.7

38.5-59.1

19.5

10.6-33.0

5.7

3.0-10.8

Orange

192

12.1

7.3-19.4

26.7

19.8-34.9

44.6

36.1-53.5

7.7

4.1-14.0

8.9

4.0-18.8

Wake

166

6.5

3.4-11.9

24.3

17.3-33.1

36.2

28.4-44.8

26.4

18.6-35.9

6.6

3.3-12.6

Chatham/Lee

10.4

5.2-19.9

26.8

15.7-41.8

34.3

23.9-46.3

16.7

9.3-28.0

11.9

6.2-21.5

Nash/Wilson

13.3

7.2-23.4

9.2

4.4-18.2

51.0

38.2-63.7

16.9

9.5-28.0

9.7

4.5-19.7

Craven/Pamlico

121

8.7

4.1-17.5

22.3

14.6-32.4

44.9

34.5-55.8

18.6

12.1-27.4

5.5

2.8-10.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

112

9.9

5.4-17.3

28.3

20.0-38.4

30.7

21.8-41.2

16.8

10.5-25.7

14.4

8.6-23.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

134

10.6

6.0-17.9

35.1

22.3-50.5

29.0

19.8-40.5

16.1

9.5-25.9

9.2

4.9-16.5

Franklin/Gran./Vance

126

10.8

4.7-23.0

16.1

9.4-26.1

42.5

23.7-63.7

19.1

10.5-32.2

11.6

6.0-21.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

136

8.0

4.3-14.7

26.3

18.1-36.6

37.0

27.4-47.8

14.3

9.4-21.3

14.3

7.9-24.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

101

12.4

6.5-22.3

17.8

11.0-27.4

32.9

23.0-44.5

32.6

22.5-44.6

4.4

1.6-11.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

10.6

5.3-20.1

28.0

18.2-40.4

21.3

13.5-32.0

23.7

15.0-35.3

16.4

9.2-27.5

Northeast NC I

16.7

9.6-27.4

24.0

16.5-33.4

29.7

20.6-40.8

16.5

9.7-26.6

13.1

7.4-22.2

Northeast NC II

123

16.1

10.1-24.8

16.9

10.9-25.2

36.2

26.4-47.3

18.3

10.6-29.8

12.5

7.2-21.0

Northeastern Partnership

222

16.3

11.3-22.9

19.1

14.1-25.3

34.2

26.7-42.6

17.7

11.7-26.0

12.7

8.4-18.9

Mountain AHEC

396

14.6

9.8-21.2

24.3

18.7-30.9

148

34.3

28.1-41.1

15.7

11.4-21.2

11.1

7.7-15.6

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

1,241

121

8.8

6.8-11.4

308

23.3

20.1-26.9

490

38.3

34.3-42.5

202

19.9

16.6-23.6

120

9.7

7.5-12.3

Western NC

616

12.1

8.7-16.5

154

27.2

21.8-33.4

212

32.0

26.9-37.6

104

15.5

11.7-20.1

13.3

9.6-18.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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 percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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