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 AMERICAN FEMALES

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	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
GENDER
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
RACE
African American	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
HISPANIC
Hispanic	11	1	30.3	4.6-79.7	1	6.6	0.8-38.8	1	32.8	5.2-81.4	5	20.1	5.3-53.0	3	10.1	2.0-38.1
-English Speaking	11	1	30.3	4.6-79.7	1	6.6	0.8-38.8	1	32.8	5.2-81.4	5	20.1	5.3-53.0	3	10.1	2.0-38.1
Non-Hispanic	831	61	7.8	5.5-11.0	139	14.4	11.5-18.0	285	37.3	32.2-42.6	130	17.0	13.3-21.5	216	23.4	19.2-28.2
AGE
18-24	63	2	2.0	0.3-10.6	6	3.4	1.3- 8.4	21	40.8	23.1-61.3	12	19.2	8.1-38.9	22	34.6	18.5-55.2
25-34	158	10	9.2	4.0-19.6	25	14.5	8.5-23.8	70	42.0	31.9-52.8	22	18.5	10.7-30.2	31	15.8	9.9-24.2
35-44	190	13	6.1	2.6-13.9	35	18.2	11.9-26.9	59	35.7	26.6-45.9	32	15.3	9.5-23.7	51	24.7	17.0-34.4
45-54	173	12	10.0	4.8-19.7	35	14.0	8.8-21.5	52	35.6	25.7-46.8	30	21.6	13.6-32.4	44	18.8	12.3-27.8
55-64	122	12	10.2	4.9-19.7	15	14.0	7.1-25.8	46	41.4	29.2-54.8	16	8.9	4.2-17.8	33	25.5	17.0-36.4
65-74	88	12	18.2	9.1-33.1	12	15.7	6.9-31.7	26	29.0	16.1-46.6	16	14.2	6.7-27.8	22	22.8	11.9-39.3
75+	38	1	1.3	0.2- 8.8	10	34.6	17.2-57.4	8	13.5	5.4-30.0	6	19.2	7.9-39.8	13	31.3	14.5-55.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	158	12	6.7	3.2-13.5	25	20.6	12.4-32.3	39	22.7	14.5-33.6	26	17.1	9.9-28.0	56	32.9	22.8-45.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	263	20	11.3	6.5-19.1	43	15.4	10.1-22.8	82	37.0	27.4-47.8	46	16.8	10.5-25.8	72	19.5	14.0-26.5
Some Post-H.S.	228	17	6.3	3.1-12.1	42	12.5	8.3-18.3	84	40.6	31.4-50.6	31	13.6	8.1-21.8	54	27.1	17.8-38.9
College Graduate	191	13	5.9	2.8-11.9	30	11.6	7.4-17.7	80	42.2	33.2-51.7	31	21.2	13.6-31.5	37	19.1	12.8-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	161	16	11.6	6.1-20.9	26	21.5	13.0-33.4	35	20.1	12.9-30.0	24	13.3	7.7-21.9	60	33.6	23.9-44.7
$15,000- 24,999	196	13	8.2	3.7-17.1	30	13.5	8.2-21.4	65	32.6	23.2-43.6	41	21.4	13.2-33.0	47	24.3	15.4-36.2
$25,000- 34,999	120	11	11.4	5.2-23.1	23	13.4	8.0-21.7	42	39.5	27.5-52.8	24	17.8	9.6-30.4	20	18.0	10.0-30.1
$35,000- 49,999	92	5	3.4	1.0-11.3	14	8.5	4.0-17.2	46	59.5	45.1-72.4	13	18.6	9.3-33.8	14	9.9	4.7-19.7
$50,000-74,999	52	3	2.3	0.7- 7.9	14	26.7	14.1-44.8	20	42.9	26.1-61.5	6	14.3	5.6-32.0	9	13.8	6.1-28.4
$75,000+	48	4	13.1	4.7-31.7	9	11.0	4.7-23.6	20	32.8	18.9-50.6	7	20.6	7.9-44.0	8	22.5	10.2-42.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	14	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.1	2.9-39.4	5	32.6	12.8-61.6	2	6.8	1.3-28.4	5	48.4	21.5-76.3
Guilford	56	5	7.8	3.0-18.8	13	24.2	13.4-39.6	21	30.0	18.7-44.4	5	13.4	4.2-35.1	12	24.7	13.5-41.0
Mecklenburg	59	2	1.6	0.4- 6.1	10	17.5	8.8-32.0	30	53.3	38.9-67.2	8	10.7	5.1-20.9	9	16.9	8.4-31.2
Orange	26	1	4.4	0.6-25.6	7	33.6	16.9-55.8	10	37.0	19.6-58.5	3	7.4	2.2-22.4	5	17.6	6.9-37.8
Wake	43	5	11.9	4.8-26.7	5	9.6	3.7-22.9	15	39.4	23.9-57.3	7	16.9	7.8-33.1	11	22.1	11.0-39.4
Chatham/Lee	38	3	9.4	2.8-27.3	1	1.1	0.2- 7.8	14	35.4	20.5-53.7	5	10.8	3.9-26.3	15	43.4	26.5-61.9
Nash/Wilson	52	3	5.6	1.8-16.6	9	23.3	11.7-41.0	18	32.9	20.6-48.0	6	11.2	4.5-25.3	16	27.0	16.0-41.8
Craven/Pamlico	35	3	10.0	2.8-29.8	8	17.1	7.8-33.2	10	28.2	14.2-48.1	6	15.1	6.4-31.6	8	29.7	14.1-52.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	6	0	0.0	. - .	2	17.8	2.8-62.1	3	72.5	26.5-95.1	1	9.7	1.0-53.6	0	0.0	. - .
Appalachian/Wilkes	5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	31.8	6.9-74.6	2	47.5	12.0-85.8	1	20.7	2.7-70.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	71	4	3.4	1.2- 9.1	16	24.2	14.6-37.2	21	29.0	18.7-42.1	8	14.0	6.5-27.6	22	29.4	18.5-43.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	7	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.2	1.5-51.6	2	18.6	4.1-55.0	2	37.2	9.9-76.2	2	33.0	8.4-72.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	58	3	3.2	0.9-11.0	13	21.0	11.7-34.9	13	20.9	11.4-35.0	12	25.3	13.4-42.6	17	29.5	17.8-44.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	61	3	3.9	1.2-12.6	8	12.1	5.6-24.4	20	36.4	23.9-51.1	11	16.0	8.4-28.5	19	31.5	20.2-45.6
Northeast NC I	111	9	7.6	3.6-15.3	18	21.6	12.6-34.5	34	27.0	18.9-36.9	22	21.1	13.8-30.9	28	22.7	15.2-32.4
Northeast NC II	58	5	4.6	1.9-11.0	12	23.5	12.6-39.6	9	16.9	7.9-32.4	11	19.0	10.0-33.1	21	36.0	23.0-51.4
Northeastern Partnership	169	14	6.2	3.5-10.9	30	22.5	15.0-32.2	43	22.3	15.8-30.5	33	20.2	14.0-28.1	49	28.8	21.3-37.7
Mountain AHEC	24	0	0.0	. - .	3	9.3	2.5-28.8	8	29.2	13.2-52.8	6	25.4	9.5-52.4	7	36.1	15.8-63.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	416	33	8.7	5.2-14.2	69	14.2	10.3-19.3	125	36.5	28.4-45.6	70	16.0	10.9-22.8	119	24.6	18.9-31.3
Piedmont	392	29	7.9	4.9-12.5	67	14.9	10.9-20.0	148	38.2	31.8-45.0	56	16.4	11.7-22.4	92	22.6	16.9-29.6
Western NC	34	0	0.0	. - .	4	6.6	1.9-20.1	13	26.5	10.9-51.6	9	46.1	17.7-77.3	8	20.8	7.4-46.4

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

GENDER

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

RACE

African American

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

HISPANIC

Hispanic

30.3

4.6-79.7

6.6

0.8-38.8

32.8

5.2-81.4

20.1

5.3-53.0

10.1

2.0-38.1

-English Speaking

30.3

4.6-79.7

6.6

0.8-38.8

32.8

5.2-81.4

20.1

5.3-53.0

10.1

2.0-38.1

Non-Hispanic

831

7.8

5.5-11.0

139

14.4

11.5-18.0

285

37.3

32.2-42.6

130

17.0

13.3-21.5

216

23.4

19.2-28.2

AGE

18-24

2.0

0.3-10.6

3.4

1.3- 8.4

40.8

23.1-61.3

19.2

8.1-38.9

34.6

18.5-55.2

25-34

158

9.2

4.0-19.6

14.5

8.5-23.8

42.0

31.9-52.8

18.5

10.7-30.2

15.8

9.9-24.2

35-44

190

6.1

2.6-13.9

18.2

11.9-26.9

35.7

26.6-45.9

15.3

9.5-23.7

24.7

17.0-34.4

45-54

173

10.0

4.8-19.7

14.0

8.8-21.5

35.6

25.7-46.8

21.6

13.6-32.4

18.8

12.3-27.8

55-64

122

10.2

4.9-19.7

14.0

7.1-25.8

41.4

29.2-54.8

8.9

4.2-17.8

25.5

17.0-36.4

65-74

18.2

9.1-33.1

15.7

6.9-31.7

29.0

16.1-46.6

14.2

6.7-27.8

22.8

11.9-39.3

75+

1.3

0.2- 8.8

34.6

17.2-57.4

13.5

5.4-30.0

19.2

7.9-39.8

31.3

14.5-55.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

158

6.7

3.2-13.5

20.6

12.4-32.3

22.7

14.5-33.6

17.1

9.9-28.0

32.9

22.8-45.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

263

11.3

6.5-19.1

15.4

10.1-22.8

37.0

27.4-47.8

16.8

10.5-25.8

19.5

14.0-26.5

Some Post-H.S.

228

6.3

3.1-12.1

12.5

8.3-18.3

40.6

31.4-50.6

13.6

8.1-21.8

27.1

17.8-38.9

College Graduate

191

5.9

2.8-11.9

11.6

7.4-17.7

42.2

33.2-51.7

21.2

13.6-31.5

19.1

12.8-27.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

161

11.6

6.1-20.9

21.5

13.0-33.4

20.1

12.9-30.0

13.3

7.7-21.9

33.6

23.9-44.7

$15,000- 24,999

196

8.2

3.7-17.1

13.5

8.2-21.4

32.6

23.2-43.6

21.4

13.2-33.0

24.3

15.4-36.2

$25,000- 34,999

120

11.4

5.2-23.1

13.4

8.0-21.7

39.5

27.5-52.8

17.8

9.6-30.4

18.0

10.0-30.1

$35,000- 49,999

3.4

1.0-11.3

8.5

4.0-17.2

59.5

45.1-72.4

18.6

9.3-33.8

9.9

4.7-19.7

$50,000-74,999

2.3

0.7- 7.9

26.7

14.1-44.8

42.9

26.1-61.5

14.3

5.6-32.0

13.8

6.1-28.4

$75,000+

13.1

4.7-31.7

11.0

4.7-23.6

32.8

18.9-50.6

20.6

7.9-44.0

22.5

10.2-42.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

0.0

. - .

12.1

2.9-39.4

32.6

12.8-61.6

6.8

1.3-28.4

48.4

21.5-76.3

Guilford

7.8

3.0-18.8

24.2

13.4-39.6

30.0

18.7-44.4

13.4

4.2-35.1

24.7

13.5-41.0

Mecklenburg

1.6

0.4- 6.1

17.5

8.8-32.0

53.3

38.9-67.2

10.7

5.1-20.9

16.9

8.4-31.2

Orange

4.4

0.6-25.6

33.6

16.9-55.8

37.0

19.6-58.5

7.4

2.2-22.4

17.6

6.9-37.8

Wake

11.9

4.8-26.7

9.6

3.7-22.9

39.4

23.9-57.3

16.9

7.8-33.1

22.1

11.0-39.4

Chatham/Lee

9.4

2.8-27.3

1.1

0.2- 7.8

35.4

20.5-53.7

10.8

3.9-26.3

43.4

26.5-61.9

Nash/Wilson

5.6

1.8-16.6

23.3

11.7-41.0

32.9

20.6-48.0

11.2

4.5-25.3

27.0

16.0-41.8

Craven/Pamlico

10.0

2.8-29.8

17.1

7.8-33.2

28.2

14.2-48.1

15.1

6.4-31.6

29.7

14.1-52.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

17.8

2.8-62.1

72.5

26.5-95.1

9.7

1.0-53.6

0.0

. - .

Appalachian/Wilkes

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

31.8

6.9-74.6

47.5

12.0-85.8

20.7

2.7-70.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

3.4

1.2- 9.1

24.2

14.6-37.2

29.0

18.7-42.1

14.0

6.5-27.6

29.4

18.5-43.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

0.0

. - .

11.2

1.5-51.6

18.6

4.1-55.0

37.2

9.9-76.2

33.0

8.4-72.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

3.2

0.9-11.0

21.0

11.7-34.9

20.9

11.4-35.0

25.3

13.4-42.6

29.5

17.8-44.8

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

3.9

1.2-12.6

12.1

5.6-24.4

36.4

23.9-51.1

16.0

8.4-28.5

31.5

20.2-45.6

Northeast NC I

111

7.6

3.6-15.3

21.6

12.6-34.5

27.0

18.9-36.9

21.1

13.8-30.9

22.7

15.2-32.4

Northeast NC II

4.6

1.9-11.0

23.5

12.6-39.6

16.9

7.9-32.4

19.0

10.0-33.1

36.0

23.0-51.4

Northeastern Partnership

169

6.2

3.5-10.9

22.5

15.0-32.2

22.3

15.8-30.5

20.2

14.0-28.1

28.8

21.3-37.7

Mountain AHEC

0.0

. - .

9.3

2.5-28.8

29.2

13.2-52.8

25.4

9.5-52.4

36.1

15.8-63.0

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

416

8.7

5.2-14.2

14.2

10.3-19.3

125

36.5

28.4-45.6

16.0

10.9-22.8

119

24.6

18.9-31.3

Piedmont

392

7.9

4.9-12.5

14.9

10.9-20.0

148

38.2

31.8-45.0

16.4

11.7-22.4

22.6

16.9-29.6

Western NC

0.0

. - .

6.6

1.9-20.1

26.5

10.9-51.6

46.1

17.7-77.3

20.8

7.4-46.4

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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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