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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,854 391 5.4 4.7- 6.3 971 14.1 12.9-15.4 2,307 35.8 34.0-37.6 1,376 20.5 18.9-22.1 1,809 24.2 22.7-25.9
GENDER
Male 2,514 154 5.9 4.7- 7.4 358 14.3 12.4-16.4 834 36.1 33.2-39.2 525 21.2 18.7-23.9 643 22.5 20.1-25.1
Female 4,340 237 5.0 4.2- 6.1 613 13.9 12.4-15.5 1,473 35.5 33.3-37.7 851 19.7 17.9-21.7 1,166 25.9 23.9-27.9
RACE
White 5,256 276 5.0 4.2- 5.9 712 13.6 12.3-15.1 1,775 35.8 33.7-37.9 1,091 20.6 18.8-22.4 1,402 25.0 23.2-27.0
African American 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
Asian 38 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 8 14.4 4.0-40.3 18 59.7 36.4-79.3 5 14.7 4.3-39.9 6 10.3 3.7-25.7
Native American 152 14 11.6 5.3-23.5 21 12.5 7.1-21.2 35 30.8 17.4-48.4 36 17.1 9.1-29.9 46 27.9 18.0-40.6
Other Minorities 157 15 7.5 3.5-15.2 32 23.9 15.1-35.7 48 27.6 18.2-39.6 29 22.8 13.8-35.4 33 18.2 11.1-28.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 17 7.9 3.7-16.1 27 23.5 14.4-36.0 47 31.8 21.3-44.5 42 22.3 13.1-35.3 32 14.4 8.2-24.3
-English Speaking 101 9 9.3 3.3-23.3 10 13.5 5.1-31.2 29 41.2 25.2-59.2 27 15.4 7.6-28.5 26 20.7 10.6-36.4
-Spanish Speaking 64 8 6.9 2.3-19.3 17 30.7 17.2-48.5 18 25.1 13.2-42.4 15 27.3 13.7-46.9 6 10.0 3.6-24.8
Non-Hispanic 6,682 374 5.3 4.6- 6.2 944 13.7 12.5-15.0 2,256 35.9 34.1-37.8 1,333 20.4 18.8-22.0 1,775 24.7 23.1-26.3
AGE
18-24 453 17 2.7 1.3- 5.5 57 10.4 7.0-15.1 159 37.0 30.2-44.4 96 26.6 20.4-33.9 124 23.3 18.1-29.5
25-34 1,105 51 5.1 3.4- 7.7 176 16.1 13.2-19.5 414 36.1 31.9-40.5 198 18.6 15.2-22.6 266 24.1 20.2-28.4
35-44 1,378 84 6.5 4.8- 8.7 203 15.8 13.1-18.9 487 36.2 32.7-40.0 268 18.6 15.8-21.8 336 22.9 19.8-26.2
45-54 1,385 89 6.0 4.4- 8.1 210 14.6 12.0-17.6 481 38.9 35.0-43.1 274 17.2 14.5-20.3 331 23.3 20.0-27.0
55-64 1,115 62 5.1 3.6- 7.2 151 13.9 11.1-17.1 366 36.5 32.3-40.8 244 21.3 18.0-25.1 292 23.2 19.9-26.9
65-74 865 50 6.2 4.1- 9.1 106 11.2 8.5-14.6 263 30.5 26.3-35.1 195 25.1 21.1-29.7 251 27.0 23.0-31.4
75+ 507 38 7.6 4.8-11.7 63 13.1 9.5-17.8 119 25.5 20.4-31.5 90 19.4 14.8-24.9 197 34.4 28.7-40.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 844 63 5.5 3.9- 7.8 136 20.7 16.2-26.0 221 26.9 22.3-32.1 150 15.4 12.0-19.5 274 31.5 26.2-37.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,987 141 6.9 5.4- 8.8 315 14.8 12.6-17.4 623 34.3 30.9-37.9 376 20.3 17.3-23.7 532 23.7 20.9-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,838 98 5.5 4.0- 7.4 265 12.9 10.8-15.3 631 34.9 31.5-38.6 353 21.5 18.3-25.0 491 25.3 22.1-28.7
College Graduate 2,169 88 4.1 3.0- 5.4 254 12.0 10.2-14.1 826 41.2 38.2-44.4 495 21.7 19.3-24.3 506 21.0 18.7-23.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 691 59 8.1 5.6-11.4 96 16.9 12.8-22.1 172 22.7 17.7-28.6 119 16.3 12.4-21.1 245 36.0 30.2-42.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,203 71 6.5 4.6- 9.2 177 15.2 12.2-18.8 377 31.3 27.1-35.7 240 22.0 18.0-26.6 338 25.0 21.1-29.3
$25,000- 34,999 794 46 6.5 4.2- 9.9 121 13.7 10.4-17.9 267 35.9 30.6-41.5 169 20.1 16.0-24.9 191 23.8 19.3-29.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,002 60 4.7 3.2- 6.8 151 14.8 11.7-18.6 360 35.3 31.1-39.8 188 19.9 16.4-24.0 243 25.2 21.4-29.6
$50,000-74,999 845 44 4.2 2.7- 6.4 124 14.4 11.4-18.1 310 42.4 37.3-47.7 186 21.6 17.5-26.4 181 17.3 14.1-21.0
$75,000+ 992 42 4.8 3.3- 6.9 114 11.8 9.2-15.0 388 39.0 34.7-43.5 220 22.3 18.4-26.8 228 22.1 18.6-26.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 331 14 5.0 2.8- 8.7 34 11.1 7.3-16.4 116 34.7 28.9-41.0 63 17.3 13.2-22.2 104 32.0 26.0-38.6
Guilford 349 26 6.3 4.2- 9.4 56 16.1 12.0-21.2 124 33.3 27.8-39.2 65 20.8 16.1-26.5 78 23.5 18.4-29.6
Mecklenburg 336 15 3.7 2.0- 6.7 41 14.5 10.3-20.0 144 44.3 37.5-51.4 58 15.9 11.3-22.0 78 21.5 16.9-27.0
Orange 358 15 5.1 2.8- 9.2 41 11.0 7.6-15.6 118 30.9 24.6-38.1 82 18.5 14.1-23.9 102 34.6 26.4-43.7
Wake 353 25 8.4 5.2-13.1 47 13.8 9.7-19.3 138 40.4 34.4-46.6 61 17.5 13.1-23.1 82 19.9 15.7-24.9
Chatham/Lee 277 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8 35 12.9 9.0-18.0 98 39.0 31.5-47.0 52 16.7 12.4-22.3 82 28.5 22.7-35.1
Nash/Wilson 266 15 5.1 2.9- 8.7 53 20.8 15.6-27.2 87 33.2 26.5-40.7 49 19.4 14.3-25.8 62 21.4 16.2-27.8
Craven/Pamlico 317 18 6.8 3.9-11.6 43 13.0 9.1-18.4 107 35.3 29.2-41.8 62 18.2 14.0-23.3 87 26.7 21.5-32.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 311 19 5.7 3.5- 9.3 52 16.9 12.6-22.3 114 35.6 29.2-42.5 47 13.9 10.3-18.6 79 27.9 21.1-35.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 358 23 5.3 3.4- 8.1 50 13.7 9.8-19.0 113 30.9 25.2-37.2 75 20.5 15.5-26.5 97 29.6 22.4-38.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 334 28 8.1 5.1-12.7 46 14.0 9.6-20.2 105 29.2 22.3-37.1 67 26.4 15.4-41.3 88 22.3 16.4-29.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 331 16 3.9 2.3- 6.7 35 12.0 8.0-17.7 87 26.4 20.8-33.0 90 27.1 21.9-32.9 103 30.5 25.0-36.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 309 24 7.1 4.6-10.9 53 15.2 11.4-20.1 91 30.3 24.6-36.7 53 18.5 13.8-24.5 88 28.8 23.2-35.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 270 17 5.7 3.4- 9.4 40 16.9 11.9-23.4 74 26.3 20.0-33.8 60 23.3 16.3-32.1 79 27.8 21.8-34.7
Northeast NC I 307 18 5.3 3.2- 8.7 51 20.7 14.9-27.9 89 24.5 19.2-30.7 73 27.9 19.7-37.9 76 21.7 16.6-27.8
Northeast NC II 367 18 2.9 1.7- 4.8 57 17.1 12.8-22.6 108 32.5 26.9-38.7 75 19.2 15.1-24.3 109 28.2 23.1-34.1
Northeastern Partnership 674 36 3.7 2.6- 5.3 108 18.3 14.7-22.5 197 29.8 25.5-34.4 148 22.1 18.0-26.9 185 26.0 22.1-30.4
Mountain AHEC 992 39 3.6 2.3- 5.5 117 12.9 10.2-16.2 315 31.9 27.8-36.2 221 20.4 17.0-24.3 300 31.3 26.3-36.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,287 141 6.0 4.6- 7.8 340 13.4 11.4-15.8 715 33.2 29.9-36.6 460 21.5 18.7-24.6 631 25.9 23.1-28.9
Piedmont 2,999 180 5.6 4.6- 6.8 430 14.6 12.9-16.5 1,078 37.5 35.0-40.1 581 20.0 17.9-22.4 730 22.2 20.1-24.4
Western NC 1,568 70 3.6 2.6- 5.1 201 13.0 10.8-15.7 514 34.3 30.6-38.1 335 20.0 17.2-23.1 448 29.1 25.1-33.3

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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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