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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

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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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 6,646 1,242 16.7 15.5-18.1 2,038 29.7 28.0-31.4 2,140 33.6 31.8-35.5 719 12.3 11.0-13.7 507 7.6 6.7- 8.7
-Mountain AHEC 958 183 18.9 15.7-22.7 288 28.3 24.3-32.8 313 32.7 27.6-38.2 95 12.1 9.4-15.5 79 7.9 5.9-10.6
GENDER
Male 369 55 16.3 11.8-22.2 101 24.6 18.5-32.0 114 34.1 25.4-44.1 49 13.3 9.2-18.8 50 11.6 8.0-16.5
Female 589 128 21.5 17.4-26.3 187 32.1 27.2-37.4 199 31.2 26.6-36.2 46 10.9 7.6-15.3 29 4.3 2.7- 6.8
RACE
White 870 165 19.5 16.1-23.5 257 27.7 23.6-32.3 288 32.9 27.5-38.8 88 12.6 9.7-16.2 72 7.3 5.3- 9.8
Other 86 17 10.2 5.2-19.1 31 36.7 21.7-54.9 24 29.6 16.8-46.7 7 7.2 3.0-16.2 7 16.3 6.8-34.2
AGE
18-44 338 54 15.9 11.1-22.4 109 30.0 22.9-38.2 109 34.8 25.2-45.8 34 10.4 6.7-15.8 32 8.9 5.5-14.1
45+ 611 128 21.4 17.5-26.0 176 27.0 22.5-32.1 200 30.7 26.2-35.7 60 13.5 9.9-18.0 47 7.3 5.1-10.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 370 89 21.0 15.6-27.7 104 25.0 18.7-32.7 99 29.8 20.2-41.6 45 14.6 9.9-20.9 33 9.6 6.2-14.7
Some College + 585 94 17.4 13.7-22.0 182 30.7 25.7-36.2 214 34.8 29.8-40.2 50 10.4 7.4-14.4 45 6.7 4.4- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 559 121 22.5 18.0-27.7 166 31.2 25.8-37.3 166 26.2 21.6-31.5 60 12.5 9.1-17.0 46 7.5 5.0-11.0
$50,000+ 224 25 12.5 7.6-19.8 77 29.3 22.7-37.1 80 35.3 27.7-43.9 20 12.1 7.2-19.6 22 10.8 6.3-17.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 324 62 19.2 14.6-24.9 91 25.6 20.4-31.6 113 33.9 28.0-40.3 27 8.3 5.5-12.2 31 13.0 8.6-19.4
Guilford 342 68 21.3 16.5-26.9 96 26.2 21.3-31.8 115 34.5 28.6-40.8 37 12.0 8.2-17.2 26 6.1 4.0- 9.1
Mecklenburg 332 51 12.9 9.5-17.2 110 31.0 25.3-37.4 131 41.9 35.1-49.0 26 9.7 5.7-16.0 14 4.5 2.6- 7.7
Orange 350 54 17.2 10.4-27.0 110 29.4 23.5-36.2 134 34.6 27.9-42.0 32 13.5 8.1-21.8 20 5.3 3.0- 9.1
Wake 347 47 12.4 9.0-16.8 108 29.8 24.4-35.9 141 37.7 31.8-43.9 37 14.9 10.4-20.8 14 5.2 2.7- 9.9
Chatham/Lee 264 52 18.7 13.9-24.8 86 37.5 29.7-45.9 71 22.9 17.8-29.1 32 12.5 8.6-17.9 23 8.3 5.3-12.9
Nash/Wilson 257 60 19.0 14.4-24.7 68 23.6 18.4-29.7 79 33.8 26.9-41.6 26 12.9 8.5-19.0 24 10.7 6.6-17.0
Craven/Pamlico 309 50 16.0 11.5-21.7 92 30.0 24.3-36.4 100 31.7 25.9-38.1 44 15.6 11.3-21.1 23 6.7 4.3-10.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 301 61 22.5 15.8-30.9 81 23.9 18.8-29.9 91 29.9 24.0-36.5 33 13.0 9.0-18.5 35 10.7 7.5-15.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 350 65 14.7 11.1-19.2 105 30.9 24.7-37.9 116 34.6 27.4-42.6 33 10.2 7.0-14.8 31 9.5 6.1-14.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 323 69 18.1 13.2-24.2 106 29.2 22.1-37.5 89 26.1 19.5-34.0 34 10.0 6.2-15.6 25 16.7 6.5-36.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 317 57 17.6 13.1-23.3 100 33.3 27.2-40.0 104 31.3 25.4-37.9 27 9.0 6.0-13.1 29 8.9 6.0-12.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 297 56 17.0 12.7-22.4 95 32.5 26.6-39.0 81 26.3 20.9-32.6 39 13.9 9.9-19.2 26 10.3 6.5-16.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 264 63 23.7 16.5-32.8 83 32.0 25.0-39.9 74 26.1 20.3-32.9 26 9.8 6.5-14.6 18 8.4 5.1-13.3
Northeast NC I 297 63 26.1 17.5-37.1 103 31.6 25.2-38.7 81 25.8 20.1-32.5 33 10.4 7.1-15.0 17 6.0 3.5-10.3
Northeast NC II 350 67 19.0 14.5-24.6 93 25.0 20.1-30.7 114 33.2 27.5-39.4 44 13.5 9.8-18.2 32 9.3 6.0-14.1
Northeastern Partnership 647 130 21.4 17.0-26.7 196 27.2 23.3-31.6 195 30.7 26.4-35.4 77 12.4 9.6-15.9 49 8.2 5.7-11.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,211 429 17.3 14.9-20.0 673 29.9 26.7-33.3 680 33.0 29.8-36.5 258 11.6 9.7-13.9 171 8.2 6.4-10.3
Piedmont 2,915 525 16.4 14.6-18.3 917 29.8 27.5-32.2 962 34.1 31.5-36.7 305 12.5 10.6-14.6 206 7.3 5.9- 8.8
Western NC 1,520 288 17.0 14.5-19.8 448 28.7 25.3-32.4 498 33.0 28.9-37.3 156 13.2 10.7-16.2 130 8.1 6.3-10.4

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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 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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