BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How many days per week do you do these moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-AFRICAN AMERICANS

How many days per week do you do these moderate 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
TOTAL	1,228	85	7.0	5.0- 9.6	195	13.6	11.2-16.5	418	36.2	32.0-40.7	211	20.1	16.5-24.3	319	23.0	19.6-26.8
GENDER
Male	386	23	5.6	2.8-10.9	55	12.7	8.8-18.0	132	34.9	28.0-42.6	76	24.2	17.8-32.1	100	22.6	17.2-29.1
Female	842	62	8.0	5.7-11.2	140	14.4	11.5-17.9	286	37.3	32.2-42.6	135	17.0	13.3-21.5	219	23.3	19.2-28.1
AGE
18-24	99	3	1.4	0.3- 5.4	12	8.2	3.8-16.8	31	36.8	23.3-52.7	24	28.5	16.4-44.7	29	25.1	14.9-39.1
25-34	211	12	8.9	3.8-19.5	34	13.5	8.5-20.7	89	36.3	27.9-45.7	31	21.1	13.5-31.4	45	20.2	13.6-29.1
35-44	268	16	5.1	2.3-10.8	46	16.8	11.2-24.4	90	38.7	30.3-47.9	50	19.7	13.3-28.1	66	19.8	14.2-26.8
45-54	277	23	10.9	6.3-18.1	49	13.4	8.8-19.9	86	34.4	26.4-43.6	49	19.0	12.9-27.1	70	22.3	15.4-31.1
55-64	186	15	6.8	3.6-12.6	26	14.0	8.4-22.4	71	42.2	32.1-53.0	24	12.6	6.6-22.6	50	24.4	17.1-33.6
65-74	115	13	13.3	6.8-24.6	16	15.0	7.4-28.3	33	26.0	15.5-40.1	24	20.0	11.1-33.4	29	25.6	14.3-41.5
75+	61	3	2.5	0.6- 9.0	10	18.4	8.6-35.1	14	26.6	12.7-47.6	8	13.0	5.8-26.5	26	39.4	23.9-57.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	240	18	5.3	3.0- 9.2	35	18.1	11.4-27.4	67	28.6	20.2-38.7	36	15.9	9.7-25.2	84	32.1	23.5-42.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	414	29	7.7	4.7-12.3	69	15.8	11.3-21.7	132	35.7	28.2-43.9	80	23.1	16.5-31.4	104	17.7	13.4-23.0
Some Post-H.S.	316	21	7.8	3.7-15.5	52	11.2	7.6-16.3	114	37.9	29.8-46.6	46	16.6	10.5-25.2	83	26.5	19.2-35.3
College Graduate	254	17	5.8	3.0-11.0	39	10.1	6.8-14.9	103	40.5	32.3-49.2	48	23.0	16.3-31.4	47	20.6	14.3-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	213	19	8.8	4.8-15.3	32	21.1	13.3-31.8	51	22.1	14.8-31.5	35	15.1	8.9-24.3	76	33.0	24.1-43.4
$15,000- 24,999	286	18	7.7	4.0-14.5	43	13.9	9.0-20.8	96	34.3	25.4-44.4	58	24.0	15.8-34.6	71	20.2	14.0-28.2
$25,000- 34,999	161	11	7.6	3.4-16.1	32	18.2	11.0-28.7	52	32.8	23.3-44.0	34	21.4	13.1-32.9	32	19.9	12.6-29.9
$35,000- 49,999	146	12	4.7	2.3- 9.5	24	8.9	5.1-15.1	63	46.2	34.9-58.0	19	15.4	8.6-26.2	28	24.7	15.2-37.4
$50,000-74,999	94	5	3.6	1.3- 9.9	19	19.3	11.0-31.7	38	48.8	35.3-62.5	14	13.2	7.0-23.6	18	15.0	8.4-25.3
$75,000+	81	6	7.4	3.0-17.3	12	7.2	3.5-14.3	32	37.4	24.5-52.3	16	24.6	13.8-39.8	15	23.4	12.8-38.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	21	0	0.0	. - .	5	24.3	9.5-49.8	9	44.9	23.3-68.6	2	3.8	0.8-17.0	5	27.0	10.3-54.2
Guilford	86	7	6.8	3.0-14.6	19	22.9	13.8-35.7	28	24.3	16.1-35.1	12	19.0	10.0-33.0	20	27.0	17.0-39.9
Mecklenburg	81	2	1.1	0.3- 4.3	12	14.6	7.8-25.8	38	47.5	35.6-59.6	12	12.9	7.0-22.3	17	24.0	14.8-36.4
Orange	37	3	9.6	3.0-26.5	8	22.1	11.0-39.3	14	39.7	23.6-58.4	5	9.0	3.3-21.9	7	19.7	8.8-38.3
Wake	61	6	10.7	4.5-23.3	7	7.1	3.0-15.9	22	43.8	29.3-59.5	11	17.9	9.5-31.2	15	20.4	11.3-34.1
Chatham/Lee	53	3	5.3	1.5-17.2	2	2.2	0.5- 9.7	17	40.2	20.6-63.5	8	12.2	5.3-25.7	23	40.0	23.6-59.1
Nash/Wilson	84	5	6.2	2.4-15.0	14	19.9	11.4-32.5	30	32.8	22.4-45.1	10	13.8	6.5-27.0	25	27.3	17.3-40.2
Craven/Pamlico	55	3	5.7	1.6-18.4	10	12.0	6.0-22.3	20	41.4	27.4-56.9	10	18.1	9.3-32.2	12	22.9	12.2-38.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	11	1	4.7	0.6-29.6	2	10.7	2.2-39.2	4	57.6	22.4-86.5	2	10.5	2.2-38.5	2	16.5	3.1-54.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	7	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.0	1.6-53.9	3	44.9	13.9-80.5	2	30.0	6.8-71.7	1	13.1	1.7-56.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	112	9	7.1	2.9-16.2	19	12.1	6.2-22.2	40	28.2	15.9-44.9	16	33.4	11.4-66.1	28	19.3	10.4-33.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	8	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.9	1.3-47.7	3	27.7	8.1-62.4	2	33.1	8.7-71.9	2	29.3	7.5-68.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	90	4	3.5	1.1-10.9	23	21.4	13.4-32.3	20	21.1	12.7-32.8	17	22.6	13.4-35.5	26	31.5	20.9-44.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	77	4	4.7	1.5-14.0	10	13.5	6.2-26.7	24	27.7	16.8-42.3	14	26.4	10.5-52.2	25	27.7	16.7-42.2
Northeast NC I	148	13	8.3	4.5-14.7	23	21.1	13.0-32.5	43	26.7	19.3-35.8	31	21.6	15.0-30.1	38	22.3	15.7-30.6
Northeast NC II	88	7	4.7	1.9-11.3	16	24.2	13.9-38.8	19	24.3	14.2-38.5	16	17.2	9.8-28.4	30	29.5	19.4-42.0
Northeastern Partnership	236	20	6.4	3.9-10.5	39	22.7	15.7-31.8	62	25.5	18.7-33.7	47	19.3	14.0-26.1	68	26.0	19.7-33.5
Mountain AHEC	35	0	0.0	. - .	6	16.4	6.3-36.4	14	48.0	26.9-69.9	6	13.5	4.7-32.9	9	22.0	9.4-43.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	613	45	8.6	5.1-13.9	100	14.4	10.8-18.9	185	32.5	26.2-39.5	109	20.5	15.4-26.7	174	24.0	19.2-29.6
Piedmont	564	39	6.1	4.0- 9.2	87	13.3	10.0-17.5	212	39.1	33.3-45.1	92	19.7	14.8-25.7	134	21.8	17.3-27.2
Western NC	51	1	0.8	0.1- 6.0	8	9.9	3.8-23.3	21	33.9	16.4-57.4	10	24.2	7.4-55.9	11	31.2	10.4-63.7

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,228

7.0

5.0- 9.6

195

13.6

11.2-16.5

418

36.2

32.0-40.7

211

20.1

16.5-24.3

319

23.0

19.6-26.8

GENDER

Male

386

5.6

2.8-10.9

12.7

8.8-18.0

132

34.9

28.0-42.6

24.2

17.8-32.1

100

22.6

17.2-29.1

Female

842

8.0

5.7-11.2

140

14.4

11.5-17.9

286

37.3

32.2-42.6

135

17.0

13.3-21.5

219

23.3

19.2-28.1

AGE

18-24

1.4

0.3- 5.4

8.2

3.8-16.8

36.8

23.3-52.7

28.5

16.4-44.7

25.1

14.9-39.1

25-34

211

8.9

3.8-19.5

13.5

8.5-20.7

36.3

27.9-45.7

21.1

13.5-31.4

20.2

13.6-29.1

35-44

268

5.1

2.3-10.8

16.8

11.2-24.4

38.7

30.3-47.9

19.7

13.3-28.1

19.8

14.2-26.8

45-54

277

10.9

6.3-18.1

13.4

8.8-19.9

34.4

26.4-43.6

19.0

12.9-27.1

22.3

15.4-31.1

55-64

186

6.8

3.6-12.6

14.0

8.4-22.4

42.2

32.1-53.0

12.6

6.6-22.6

24.4

17.1-33.6

65-74

115

13.3

6.8-24.6

15.0

7.4-28.3

26.0

15.5-40.1

20.0

11.1-33.4

25.6

14.3-41.5

75+

2.5

0.6- 9.0

18.4

8.6-35.1

26.6

12.7-47.6

13.0

5.8-26.5

39.4

23.9-57.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

240

5.3

3.0- 9.2

18.1

11.4-27.4

28.6

20.2-38.7

15.9

9.7-25.2

32.1

23.5-42.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

414

7.7

4.7-12.3

15.8

11.3-21.7

132

35.7

28.2-43.9

23.1

16.5-31.4

104

17.7

13.4-23.0

Some Post-H.S.

316

7.8

3.7-15.5

11.2

7.6-16.3

114

37.9

29.8-46.6

16.6

10.5-25.2

26.5

19.2-35.3

College Graduate

254

5.8

3.0-11.0

10.1

6.8-14.9

103

40.5

32.3-49.2

23.0

16.3-31.4

20.6

14.3-28.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

213

8.8

4.8-15.3

21.1

13.3-31.8

22.1

14.8-31.5

15.1

8.9-24.3

33.0

24.1-43.4

$15,000- 24,999

286

7.7

4.0-14.5

13.9

9.0-20.8

34.3

25.4-44.4

24.0

15.8-34.6

20.2

14.0-28.2

$25,000- 34,999

161

7.6

3.4-16.1

18.2

11.0-28.7

32.8

23.3-44.0

21.4

13.1-32.9

19.9

12.6-29.9

$35,000- 49,999

146

4.7

2.3- 9.5

8.9

5.1-15.1

46.2

34.9-58.0

15.4

8.6-26.2

24.7

15.2-37.4

$50,000-74,999

3.6

1.3- 9.9

19.3

11.0-31.7

48.8

35.3-62.5

13.2

7.0-23.6

15.0

8.4-25.3

$75,000+

7.4

3.0-17.3

7.2

3.5-14.3

37.4

24.5-52.3

24.6

13.8-39.8

23.4

12.8-38.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

0.0

. - .

24.3

9.5-49.8

44.9

23.3-68.6

3.8

0.8-17.0

27.0

10.3-54.2

Guilford

6.8

3.0-14.6

22.9

13.8-35.7

24.3

16.1-35.1

19.0

10.0-33.0

27.0

17.0-39.9

Mecklenburg

1.1

0.3- 4.3

14.6

7.8-25.8

47.5

35.6-59.6

12.9

7.0-22.3

24.0

14.8-36.4

Orange

9.6

3.0-26.5

22.1

11.0-39.3

39.7

23.6-58.4

9.0

3.3-21.9

19.7

8.8-38.3

Wake

10.7

4.5-23.3

7.1

3.0-15.9

43.8

29.3-59.5

17.9

9.5-31.2

20.4

11.3-34.1

Chatham/Lee

5.3

1.5-17.2

2.2

0.5- 9.7

40.2

20.6-63.5

12.2

5.3-25.7

40.0

23.6-59.1

Nash/Wilson

6.2

2.4-15.0

19.9

11.4-32.5

32.8

22.4-45.1

13.8

6.5-27.0

27.3

17.3-40.2

Craven/Pamlico

5.7

1.6-18.4

12.0

6.0-22.3

41.4

27.4-56.9

18.1

9.3-32.2

22.9

12.2-38.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

4.7

0.6-29.6

10.7

2.2-39.2

57.6

22.4-86.5

10.5

2.2-38.5

16.5

3.1-54.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

0.0

. - .

12.0

1.6-53.9

44.9

13.9-80.5

30.0

6.8-71.7

13.1

1.7-56.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

112

7.1

2.9-16.2

12.1

6.2-22.2

28.2

15.9-44.9

33.4

11.4-66.1

19.3

10.4-33.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

0.0

. - .

9.9

1.3-47.7

27.7

8.1-62.4

33.1

8.7-71.9

29.3

7.5-68.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

3.5

1.1-10.9

21.4

13.4-32.3

21.1

12.7-32.8

22.6

13.4-35.5

31.5

20.9-44.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

4.7

1.5-14.0

13.5

6.2-26.7

27.7

16.8-42.3

26.4

10.5-52.2

27.7

16.7-42.2

Northeast NC I

148

8.3

4.5-14.7

21.1

13.0-32.5

26.7

19.3-35.8

21.6

15.0-30.1

22.3

15.7-30.6

Northeast NC II

4.7

1.9-11.3

24.2

13.9-38.8

24.3

14.2-38.5

17.2

9.8-28.4

29.5

19.4-42.0

Northeastern Partnership

236

6.4

3.9-10.5

22.7

15.7-31.8

25.5

18.7-33.7

19.3

14.0-26.1

26.0

19.7-33.5

Mountain AHEC

0.0

. - .

16.4

6.3-36.4

48.0

26.9-69.9

13.5

4.7-32.9

22.0

9.4-43.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

613

8.6

5.1-13.9

100

14.4

10.8-18.9

185

32.5

26.2-39.5

109

20.5

15.4-26.7

174

24.0

19.2-29.6

Piedmont

564

6.1

4.0- 9.2

13.3

10.0-17.5

212

39.1

33.3-45.1

19.7

14.8-25.7

134

21.8

17.3-27.2

Western NC

0.8

0.1- 6.0

9.9

3.8-23.3

33.9

16.4-57.4

24.2

7.4-55.9

31.2

10.4-63.7

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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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