BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (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?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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	Total Respond.^	10-20 minutes	21-30 minutes	31-60 minutes	1-2 hours	More than 2 hours
TOTAL	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
GENDER
Male	2,444	399	14.6	12.7-16.7	648	26.4	23.8-29.2	787	34.2	31.2-37.3	341	14.9	12.7-17.3	269	9.9	8.3-11.9
Female	4,202	843	18.8	17.0-20.6	1,390	32.7	30.5-34.9	1,353	33.1	30.9-35.3	378	10.0	8.6-11.5	238	5.5	4.6- 6.7
RACE
White	5,095	894	15.8	14.4-17.2	1,576	30.0	28.1-32.0	1,664	34.0	32.0-36.2	551	12.3	10.9-13.9	410	7.9	6.8- 9.2
African American	1,187	297	24.3	20.6-28.4	335	24.6	21.0-28.5	373	33.6	29.5-38.0	116	10.4	7.8-13.7	66	7.1	4.8-10.5
Asian	37	9	24.4	9.8-49.0	13	37.9	18.1-62.7	8	20.3	7.6-44.1	5	15.3	4.3-42.4	2	2.1	0.5- 8.6
Native American	151	23	11.9	6.6-20.6	57	33.7	22.7-46.8	35	23.3	13.0-38.1	24	25.8	13.0-44.7	12	5.3	2.6-10.5
Other Minorities	155	14	4.7	2.0-10.6	51	38.8	27.9-50.8	52	33.9	23.1-46.7	21	15.3	8.4-26.2	17	7.4	3.4-15.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic	162	18	7.4	3.7-14.6	48	36.4	25.4-49.0	60	36.1	24.8-49.2	21	12.9	6.3-24.5	15	7.2	3.2-15.4
-English Speaking	98	17	13.5	6.7-25.3	23	20.4	10.6-35.6	38	48.7	32.0-65.6	14	9.3	4.1-19.6	6	8.2	1.9-28.8
-Spanish Speaking	64	1	3.2	0.4-19.4	25	47.8	31.2-64.9	22	27.2	14.0-46.1	7	15.4	5.9-34.7	9	6.4	2.7-14.5
Non-Hispanic	6,477	1,224	17.1	15.8-18.6	1,988	29.4	27.7-31.1	2,077	33.5	31.7-35.4	696	12.3	11.0-13.7	492	7.7	6.7- 8.8
AGE
18-24	441	76	12.9	9.1-17.8	139	25.6	20.1-32.1	145	37.0	30.1-44.5	51	15.9	11.0-22.6	30	8.6	5.2-13.8
25-34	1,083	170	13.9	11.3-17.1	350	31.8	27.7-36.2	357	35.1	30.7-39.8	130	12.0	9.4-15.3	76	7.1	5.2- 9.7
35-44	1,356	237	16.8	14.2-19.7	431	29.2	25.8-32.7	473	35.6	32.0-39.4	133	11.2	8.8-14.0	82	7.3	5.4- 9.7
45-54	1,352	272	19.2	16.2-22.6	415	32.5	28.6-36.6	421	30.0	26.4-33.8	145	11.8	9.4-14.8	99	6.5	4.8- 8.8
55-64	1,078	209	19.1	15.8-22.9	297	26.6	22.9-30.6	366	35.7	31.6-40.0	113	11.2	8.7-14.5	93	7.3	5.5- 9.8
65-74	821	150	17.4	14.0-21.3	261	32.8	28.2-37.6	237	27.8	23.6-32.4	97	12.8	9.7-16.8	76	9.2	6.8-12.4
75+	471	122	21.7	17.1-27.2	135	28.5	23.0-34.6	119	27.3	21.8-33.7	47	12.2	8.3-17.7	48	10.3	7.1-14.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	790	196	21.6	17.4-26.4	212	26.5	21.7-31.9	224	33.9	28.2-40.1	77	7.6	5.7-10.2	81	10.4	7.5-14.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,899	391	18.4	15.9-21.2	582	28.7	25.6-32.1	526	29.6	26.2-33.3	240	15.2	12.7-18.2	160	8.0	6.2-10.3
Some Post-H.S.	1,799	343	16.6	14.3-19.3	546	28.6	25.4-32.0	566	33.5	29.9-37.2	207	13.3	10.6-16.5	137	8.1	6.2-10.3
College Graduate	2,143	310	13.8	11.7-16.1	692	32.5	29.6-35.6	821	37.4	34.4-40.4	193	10.3	8.5-12.5	127	6.0	4.6- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	653	180	22.1	17.9-27.0	191	27.1	22.0-32.9	157	26.6	21.1-33.0	70	15.7	10.9-22.2	55	8.5	5.7-12.4
$15,000- 24,999	1,169	245	19.3	16.1-22.9	348	26.8	22.9-31.0	342	33.2	28.7-38.1	123	11.2	8.4-15.0	111	9.5	6.9-13.0
$25,000- 34,999	769	149	18.5	14.7-23.0	234	27.2	22.4-32.5	231	30.6	25.5-36.1	95	15.3	11.1-20.7	60	8.5	5.9-12.1
$35,000- 49,999	977	176	14.1	11.5-17.2	298	31.9	27.6-36.5	316	33.5	29.2-38.2	109	12.2	9.5-15.6	78	8.2	5.7-11.8
$50,000-74,999	833	126	15.6	12.4-19.6	266	32.5	27.7-37.7	299	34.6	29.8-39.8	89	10.4	7.9-13.6	53	6.8	4.7- 9.9
$75,000+	985	138	13.3	10.6-16.5	327	30.8	26.9-35.1	344	36.1	31.8-40.6	115	13.9	10.6-18.0	61	5.9	4.0- 8.5
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
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
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

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

GENDER

Male

2,444

399

14.6

12.7-16.7

648

26.4

23.8-29.2

787

34.2

31.2-37.3

341

14.9

12.7-17.3

269

9.9

8.3-11.9

Female

4,202

843

18.8

17.0-20.6

1,390

32.7

30.5-34.9

1,353

33.1

30.9-35.3

378

10.0

8.6-11.5

238

5.5

4.6- 6.7

RACE

White

5,095

894

15.8

14.4-17.2

1,576

30.0

28.1-32.0

1,664

34.0

32.0-36.2

551

12.3

10.9-13.9

410

7.9

6.8- 9.2

African American

1,187

297

24.3

20.6-28.4

335

24.6

21.0-28.5

373

33.6

29.5-38.0

116

10.4

7.8-13.7

7.1

4.8-10.5

Asian

24.4

9.8-49.0

37.9

18.1-62.7

20.3

7.6-44.1

15.3

4.3-42.4

2.1

0.5- 8.6

Native American

151

11.9

6.6-20.6

33.7

22.7-46.8

23.3

13.0-38.1

25.8

13.0-44.7

5.3

2.6-10.5

Other Minorities

155

4.7

2.0-10.6

38.8

27.9-50.8

33.9

23.1-46.7

15.3

8.4-26.2

7.4

3.4-15.1

HISPANIC

Hispanic

162

7.4

3.7-14.6

36.4

25.4-49.0

36.1

24.8-49.2

12.9

6.3-24.5

7.2

3.2-15.4

-English Speaking

13.5

6.7-25.3

20.4

10.6-35.6

48.7

32.0-65.6

9.3

4.1-19.6

8.2

1.9-28.8

-Spanish Speaking

3.2

0.4-19.4

47.8

31.2-64.9

27.2

14.0-46.1

15.4

5.9-34.7

6.4

2.7-14.5

Non-Hispanic

6,477

1,224

17.1

15.8-18.6

1,988

29.4

27.7-31.1

2,077

33.5

31.7-35.4

696

12.3

11.0-13.7

492

7.7

6.7- 8.8

AGE

18-24

441

12.9

9.1-17.8

139

25.6

20.1-32.1

145

37.0

30.1-44.5

15.9

11.0-22.6

8.6

5.2-13.8

25-34

1,083

170

13.9

11.3-17.1

350

31.8

27.7-36.2

357

35.1

30.7-39.8

130

12.0

9.4-15.3

7.1

5.2- 9.7

35-44

1,356

237

16.8

14.2-19.7

431

29.2

25.8-32.7

473

35.6

32.0-39.4

133

11.2

8.8-14.0

7.3

5.4- 9.7

45-54

1,352

272

19.2

16.2-22.6

415

32.5

28.6-36.6

421

30.0

26.4-33.8

145

11.8

9.4-14.8

6.5

4.8- 8.8

55-64

1,078

209

19.1

15.8-22.9

297

26.6

22.9-30.6

366

35.7

31.6-40.0

113

11.2

8.7-14.5

7.3

5.5- 9.8

65-74

821

150

17.4

14.0-21.3

261

32.8

28.2-37.6

237

27.8

23.6-32.4

12.8

9.7-16.8

9.2

6.8-12.4

75+

471

122

21.7

17.1-27.2

135

28.5

23.0-34.6

119

27.3

21.8-33.7

12.2

8.3-17.7

10.3

7.1-14.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

790

196

21.6

17.4-26.4

212

26.5

21.7-31.9

224

33.9

28.2-40.1

7.6

5.7-10.2

10.4

7.5-14.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,899

391

18.4

15.9-21.2

582

28.7

25.6-32.1

526

29.6

26.2-33.3

240

15.2

12.7-18.2

160

8.0

6.2-10.3

Some Post-H.S.

1,799

343

16.6

14.3-19.3

546

28.6

25.4-32.0

566

33.5

29.9-37.2

207

13.3

10.6-16.5

137

8.1

6.2-10.3

College Graduate

2,143

310

13.8

11.7-16.1

692

32.5

29.6-35.6

821

37.4

34.4-40.4

193

10.3

8.5-12.5

127

6.0

4.6- 7.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

653

180

22.1

17.9-27.0

191

27.1

22.0-32.9

157

26.6

21.1-33.0

15.7

10.9-22.2

8.5

5.7-12.4

$15,000- 24,999

1,169

245

19.3

16.1-22.9

348

26.8

22.9-31.0

342

33.2

28.7-38.1

123

11.2

8.4-15.0

111

9.5

6.9-13.0

$25,000- 34,999

769

149

18.5

14.7-23.0

234

27.2

22.4-32.5

231

30.6

25.5-36.1

15.3

11.1-20.7

8.5

5.9-12.1

$35,000- 49,999

977

176

14.1

11.5-17.2

298

31.9

27.6-36.5

316

33.5

29.2-38.2

109

12.2

9.5-15.6

8.2

5.7-11.8

$50,000-74,999

833

126

15.6

12.4-19.6

266

32.5

27.7-37.7

299

34.6

29.8-39.8

10.4

7.9-13.6

6.8

4.7- 9.9

$75,000+

985

138

13.3

10.6-16.5

327

30.8

26.9-35.1

344

36.1

31.8-40.6

115

13.9

10.6-18.0

5.9

4.0- 8.5

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

324

19.2

14.6-24.9

25.6

20.4-31.6

113

33.9

28.0-40.3

8.3

5.5-12.2

13.0

8.6-19.4

Guilford

342

21.3

16.5-26.9

26.2

21.3-31.8

115

34.5

28.6-40.8

12.0

8.2-17.2

6.1

4.0- 9.1

Mecklenburg

332

12.9

9.5-17.2

110

31.0

25.3-37.4

131

41.9

35.1-49.0

9.7

5.7-16.0

4.5

2.6- 7.7

Orange

350

17.2

10.4-27.0

110

29.4

23.5-36.2

134

34.6

27.9-42.0

13.5

8.1-21.8

5.3

3.0- 9.1

Wake

347

12.4

9.0-16.8

108

29.8

24.4-35.9

141

37.7

31.8-43.9

14.9

10.4-20.8

5.2

2.7- 9.9

Chatham/Lee

264

18.7

13.9-24.8

37.5

29.7-45.9

22.9

17.8-29.1

12.5

8.6-17.9

8.3

5.3-12.9

Nash/Wilson

257

19.0

14.4-24.7

23.6

18.4-29.7

33.8

26.9-41.6

12.9

8.5-19.0

10.7

6.6-17.0

Craven/Pamlico

309

16.0

11.5-21.7

30.0

24.3-36.4

100

31.7

25.9-38.1

15.6

11.3-21.1

6.7

4.3-10.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

301

22.5

15.8-30.9

23.9

18.8-29.9

29.9

24.0-36.5

13.0

9.0-18.5

10.7

7.5-15.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

350

14.7

11.1-19.2

105

30.9

24.7-37.9

116

34.6

27.4-42.6

10.2

7.0-14.8

9.5

6.1-14.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

323

18.1

13.2-24.2

106

29.2

22.1-37.5

26.1

19.5-34.0

10.0

6.2-15.6

16.7

6.5-36.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

317

17.6

13.1-23.3

100

33.3

27.2-40.0

104

31.3

25.4-37.9

9.0

6.0-13.1

8.9

6.0-12.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

297

17.0

12.7-22.4

32.5

26.6-39.0

26.3

20.9-32.6

13.9

9.9-19.2

10.3

6.5-16.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

264

23.7

16.5-32.8

32.0

25.0-39.9

26.1

20.3-32.9

9.8

6.5-14.6

8.4

5.1-13.3

Northeast NC I

297

26.1

17.5-37.1

103

31.6

25.2-38.7

25.8

20.1-32.5

10.4

7.1-15.0

6.0

3.5-10.3

Northeast NC II

350

19.0

14.5-24.6

25.0

20.1-30.7

114

33.2

27.5-39.4

13.5

9.8-18.2

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

12.4

9.6-15.9

8.2

5.7-11.6

Mountain AHEC

958

183

18.9

15.7-22.7

288

28.3

24.3-32.8

313

32.7

27.6-38.2

12.1

9.4-15.5

7.9

5.9-10.6

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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