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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

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	Total Respond.^	1 day	2 days	3-4 days	5-6 days	Everyday
TOTAL	2,690	515	17.5	15.3-19.9	608	22.3	19.8-24.9	970	39.0	36.0-42.0	382	13.8	11.8-16.1	215	7.5	6.0- 9.2
GENDER
Male	1,278	256	17.8	14.7-21.3	289	23.2	19.7-27.1	449	38.5	34.3-42.8	175	12.9	10.2-16.2	109	7.7	5.7-10.2
Female	1,412	259	17.0	14.3-20.1	319	20.8	17.9-24.0	521	39.7	35.9-43.7	207	15.3	12.6-18.6	106	7.1	5.2- 9.8
RACE
White	2,145	400	17.6	15.2-20.4	489	22.6	19.9-25.5	767	38.0	34.7-41.4	307	14.1	11.8-16.7	182	7.7	6.1- 9.7
African American	403	81	15.8	11.5-21.3	90	19.2	14.3-25.3	151	46.0	38.4-53.8	54	11.4	7.7-16.8	27	7.6	4.1-13.5
Asian	17	3	32.3	9.3-68.9	2	20.1	3.4-64.4	8	38.1	15.0-68.2	3	8.7	2.1-29.5	1	0.8	0.1- 6.3
Native American	53	17	20.9	9.3-40.5	14	46.2	18.5-76.4	18	30.9	13.1-57.1	4	2.0	0.6- 6.4	0	0.0	. - .
Other Minorities	60	12	15.5	6.6-32.4	11	23.7	9.8-47.1	20	30.3	16.1-49.6	12	24.2	10.8-45.8	5	6.2	1.1-27.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	75	17	20.6	9.8-38.1	13	24.9	10.7-47.8	34	37.0	21.4-55.8	10	17.2	5.9-41.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2
-English Speaking	52	12	22.9	9.4-46.1	7	27.8	8.7-60.8	25	37.0	18.7-59.9	7	11.7	3.6-31.9	1	0.6	0.1- 4.3
-Spanish Speaking	23	5	18.0	4.9-48.2	6	21.8	6.3-53.6	9	36.9	14.6-66.8	3	23.2	4.9-63.9	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	2,609	497	17.4	15.2-19.8	594	22.2	19.7-24.8	933	39.0	35.9-42.1	371	13.7	11.7-16.0	214	7.8	6.2- 9.6
AGE
18-24	289	47	14.2	9.0-21.6	51	18.0	11.9-26.2	120	41.7	33.1-50.9	42	16.9	10.9-25.3	29	9.2	5.5-15.0
25-34	547	93	16.8	12.8-21.6	125	20.1	15.8-25.3	205	39.7	33.9-45.9	92	17.7	13.6-22.8	32	5.7	3.1-10.1
35-44	657	117	17.0	13.1-21.8	154	25.2	20.7-30.4	248	40.2	34.9-45.8	89	10.5	7.9-13.7	49	7.1	4.7-10.6
45-54	527	108	20.0	14.9-26.2	120	25.4	19.7-32.1	192	37.1	31.0-43.6	67	9.8	6.9-13.6	40	7.8	4.7-12.8
55-64	354	80	20.1	14.9-26.5	82	23.7	17.8-30.7	105	32.8	25.8-40.7	52	14.8	10.0-21.4	35	8.6	5.5-13.4
65-74	208	51	24.1	16.5-33.8	43	19.1	12.8-27.7	68	36.9	28.2-46.6	28	14.1	8.7-22.1	18	5.7	3.0-10.7
75+	89	15	16.4	7.3-32.7	27	30.3	18.7-45.2	25	33.3	20.8-48.7	10	10.2	4.4-22.0	12	9.7	3.7-23.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	174	53	25.6	16.7-37.1	57	34.6	23.9-47.1	35	29.1	19.0-41.7	15	6.7	3.2-13.6	14	4.0	1.6-10.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	683	154	18.6	14.6-23.3	149	20.9	16.5-26.2	237	40.5	34.4-46.8	76	11.5	7.8-16.7	67	8.5	6.0-11.9
Some Post-H.S.	731	135	14.1	10.3-18.9	162	23.6	18.7-29.2	268	39.1	33.3-45.2	110	14.9	10.9-20.0	56	8.4	5.4-12.6
College Graduate	1,098	171	18.3	14.9-22.3	240	20.2	17.0-23.9	429	39.2	35.1-43.5	181	15.8	13.0-19.1	77	6.5	4.5- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	169	42	28.5	18.9-40.4	36	21.0	10.7-37.1	49	28.5	19.1-40.3	29	15.9	9.9-24.5	13	6.2	2.6-13.9
$15,000- 24,999	393	92	17.4	12.3-24.0	85	22.1	16.1-29.6	133	36.4	28.4-45.1	51	16.5	10.5-25.0	32	7.6	3.9-14.5
$25,000- 34,999	324	62	13.6	9.3-19.5	76	27.6	20.0-36.9	108	38.7	30.7-47.4	43	9.5	5.9-14.8	35	10.6	6.1-17.6
$35,000- 49,999	456	90	16.9	12.6-22.3	117	28.6	22.3-35.9	156	36.7	30.3-43.7	55	12.1	8.4-17.2	38	5.6	3.7- 8.4
$50,000-74,999	415	77	17.6	12.9-23.5	92	24.5	18.3-32.0	160	40.4	33.2-48.1	65	13.7	9.7-19.0	21	3.8	2.0- 7.0
$75,000+	557	80	16.2	11.9-21.7	119	20.5	16.1-25.7	229	41.2	35.4-47.2	93	15.6	11.5-20.8	36	6.5	4.0-10.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	147	25	15.2	9.6-23.2	38	23.2	16.5-31.5	52	40.3	30.8-50.6	20	11.3	6.9-17.9	12	10.1	5.2-18.4
Guilford	149	22	10.3	6.6-15.7	30	24.9	16.6-35.5	67	43.4	34.0-53.2	21	13.9	8.6-21.6	9	7.6	3.1-17.4
Mecklenburg	160	19	11.8	7.2-18.7	36	20.7	14.4-28.7	70	43.4	33.5-53.8	27	21.3	12.4-34.2	8	2.8	1.3- 6.0
Orange	195	23	11.8	7.2-18.6	44	21.5	15.5-28.9	72	37.2	28.8-46.4	38	20.9	14.8-28.7	18	8.7	4.7-15.4
Wake	166	35	21.4	14.7-30.0	26	16.3	10.9-23.8	71	44.2	35.4-53.4	24	12.8	7.9-20.2	10	5.2	2.5-10.7
Chatham/Lee	92	18	18.7	11.1-29.7	25	26.7	17.7-38.2	29	26.3	17.7-37.3	9	16.0	6.8-33.3	11	12.3	6.3-22.5
Nash/Wilson	78	21	25.2	15.7-37.8	14	20.1	11.5-32.8	25	32.0	21.1-45.4	10	14.0	6.9-26.2	8	8.7	4.0-17.9
Craven/Pamlico	123	23	15.0	9.6-22.7	23	19.2	12.2-29.0	51	44.7	34.3-55.6	14	12.6	6.8-22.1	12	8.5	4.6-15.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	115	26	24.6	16.9-34.4	25	20.7	14.0-29.6	41	37.0	27.6-47.5	13	10.4	5.5-19.0	10	7.2	3.7-13.8
Appalachian/Wilkes	135	25	16.0	9.8-24.8	49	32.3	22.5-43.9	39	40.1	27.1-54.6	13	8.0	4.3-14.4	9	3.7	1.8- 7.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance	129	27	15.6	8.6-26.7	31	24.6	14.2-39.0	42	42.1	23.7-63.1	19	12.6	6.6-22.9	10	5.1	2.1-11.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	141	33	20.0	13.9-27.8	21	11.7	7.3-18.2	48	40.4	30.3-51.4	24	16.5	10.7-24.7	15	11.5	6.3-20.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	101	25	23.0	14.7-34.1	30	26.5	18.0-37.1	27	31.3	21.5-43.1	15	13.5	7.5-23.1	4	5.7	1.6-18.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	80	19	21.7	13.8-32.3	23	26.8	17.9-38.2	20	26.3	16.9-38.4	11	14.0	7.6-24.4	7	11.2	5.1-22.8
Northeast NC I	102	28	29.1	20.2-40.0	26	26.0	17.7-36.6	28	25.3	17.3-35.4	14	14.6	8.4-24.3	6	4.9	2.1-10.8
Northeast NC II	124	18	15.9	9.6-25.0	30	26.3	17.7-37.2	41	31.5	22.2-42.7	20	15.0	9.1-23.7	15	11.3	6.6-18.6
Northeastern Partnership	226	46	20.0	14.5-26.9	56	26.2	19.5-34.2	69	29.6	22.5-37.8	34	14.9	10.2-21.3	21	9.3	5.9-14.4
Mountain AHEC	405	82	18.2	13.4-24.1	82	20.8	15.7-26.9	142	38.1	31.6-45.1	62	14.2	10.0-19.7	37	8.8	5.9-13.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	805	174	20.1	15.4-25.7	185	23.5	18.6-29.3	261	30.3	25.4-35.7	115	15.9	11.7-21.1	70	10.2	7.1-14.5
Piedmont	1,258	215	16.3	13.6-19.4	270	21.7	18.5-25.2	497	42.6	38.4-46.8	184	13.3	10.8-16.4	92	6.1	4.3- 8.5
Western NC	627	126	16.8	13.1-21.3	153	22.0	17.8-26.9	212	41.8	35.8-48.0	83	11.9	8.7-16.0	53	7.5	5.3-10.6

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,690

515

17.5

15.3-19.9

608

22.3

19.8-24.9

970

39.0

36.0-42.0

382

13.8

11.8-16.1

215

7.5

6.0- 9.2

GENDER

Male

1,278

256

17.8

14.7-21.3

289

23.2

19.7-27.1

449

38.5

34.3-42.8

175

12.9

10.2-16.2

109

7.7

5.7-10.2

Female

1,412

259

17.0

14.3-20.1

319

20.8

17.9-24.0

521

39.7

35.9-43.7

207

15.3

12.6-18.6

106

7.1

5.2- 9.8

RACE

White

2,145

400

17.6

15.2-20.4

489

22.6

19.9-25.5

767

38.0

34.7-41.4

307

14.1

11.8-16.7

182

7.7

6.1- 9.7

African American

403

15.8

11.5-21.3

19.2

14.3-25.3

151

46.0

38.4-53.8

11.4

7.7-16.8

7.6

4.1-13.5

Asian

32.3

9.3-68.9

20.1

3.4-64.4

38.1

15.0-68.2

8.7

2.1-29.5

0.8

0.1- 6.3

Native American

20.9

9.3-40.5

46.2

18.5-76.4

30.9

13.1-57.1

2.0

0.6- 6.4

0.0

. - .

Other Minorities

15.5

6.6-32.4

23.7

9.8-47.1

30.3

16.1-49.6

24.2

10.8-45.8

6.2

1.1-27.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

20.6

9.8-38.1

24.9

10.7-47.8

37.0

21.4-55.8

17.2

5.9-41.1

0.3

0.0- 2.2

-English Speaking

22.9

9.4-46.1

27.8

8.7-60.8

37.0

18.7-59.9

11.7

3.6-31.9

0.6

0.1- 4.3

-Spanish Speaking

18.0

4.9-48.2

21.8

6.3-53.6

36.9

14.6-66.8

23.2

4.9-63.9

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

2,609

497

17.4

15.2-19.8

594

22.2

19.7-24.8

933

39.0

35.9-42.1

371

13.7

11.7-16.0

214

7.8

6.2- 9.6

AGE

18-24

289

14.2

9.0-21.6

18.0

11.9-26.2

120

41.7

33.1-50.9

16.9

10.9-25.3

9.2

5.5-15.0

25-34

547

16.8

12.8-21.6

125

20.1

15.8-25.3

205

39.7

33.9-45.9

17.7

13.6-22.8

5.7

3.1-10.1

35-44

657

117

17.0

13.1-21.8

154

25.2

20.7-30.4

248

40.2

34.9-45.8

10.5

7.9-13.7

7.1

4.7-10.6

45-54

527

108

20.0

14.9-26.2

120

25.4

19.7-32.1

192

37.1

31.0-43.6

9.8

6.9-13.6

7.8

4.7-12.8

55-64

354

20.1

14.9-26.5

23.7

17.8-30.7

105

32.8

25.8-40.7

14.8

10.0-21.4

8.6

5.5-13.4

65-74

208

24.1

16.5-33.8

19.1

12.8-27.7

36.9

28.2-46.6

14.1

8.7-22.1

5.7

3.0-10.7

75+

16.4

7.3-32.7

30.3

18.7-45.2

33.3

20.8-48.7

10.2

4.4-22.0

9.7

3.7-23.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

174

25.6

16.7-37.1

34.6

23.9-47.1

29.1

19.0-41.7

6.7

3.2-13.6

4.0

1.6-10.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

683

154

18.6

14.6-23.3

149

20.9

16.5-26.2

237

40.5

34.4-46.8

11.5

7.8-16.7

8.5

6.0-11.9

Some Post-H.S.

731

135

14.1

10.3-18.9

162

23.6

18.7-29.2

268

39.1

33.3-45.2

110

14.9

10.9-20.0

8.4

5.4-12.6

College Graduate

1,098

171

18.3

14.9-22.3

240

20.2

17.0-23.9

429

39.2

35.1-43.5

181

15.8

13.0-19.1

6.5

4.5- 9.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

169

28.5

18.9-40.4

21.0

10.7-37.1

28.5

19.1-40.3

15.9

9.9-24.5

6.2

2.6-13.9

$15,000- 24,999

393

17.4

12.3-24.0

22.1

16.1-29.6

133

36.4

28.4-45.1

16.5

10.5-25.0

7.6

3.9-14.5

$25,000- 34,999

324

13.6

9.3-19.5

27.6

20.0-36.9

108

38.7

30.7-47.4

9.5

5.9-14.8

10.6

6.1-17.6

$35,000- 49,999

456

16.9

12.6-22.3

117

28.6

22.3-35.9

156

36.7

30.3-43.7

12.1

8.4-17.2

5.6

3.7- 8.4

$50,000-74,999

415

17.6

12.9-23.5

24.5

18.3-32.0

160

40.4

33.2-48.1

13.7

9.7-19.0

3.8

2.0- 7.0

$75,000+

557

16.2

11.9-21.7

119

20.5

16.1-25.7

229

41.2

35.4-47.2

15.6

11.5-20.8

6.5

4.0-10.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

147

15.2

9.6-23.2

23.2

16.5-31.5

40.3

30.8-50.6

11.3

6.9-17.9

10.1

5.2-18.4

Guilford

149

10.3

6.6-15.7

24.9

16.6-35.5

43.4

34.0-53.2

13.9

8.6-21.6

7.6

3.1-17.4

Mecklenburg

160

11.8

7.2-18.7

20.7

14.4-28.7

43.4

33.5-53.8

21.3

12.4-34.2

2.8

1.3- 6.0

Orange

195

11.8

7.2-18.6

21.5

15.5-28.9

37.2

28.8-46.4

20.9

14.8-28.7

8.7

4.7-15.4

Wake

166

21.4

14.7-30.0

16.3

10.9-23.8

44.2

35.4-53.4

12.8

7.9-20.2

5.2

2.5-10.7

Chatham/Lee

18.7

11.1-29.7

26.7

17.7-38.2

26.3

17.7-37.3

16.0

6.8-33.3

12.3

6.3-22.5

Nash/Wilson

25.2

15.7-37.8

20.1

11.5-32.8

32.0

21.1-45.4

14.0

6.9-26.2

8.7

4.0-17.9

Craven/Pamlico

123

15.0

9.6-22.7

19.2

12.2-29.0

44.7

34.3-55.6

12.6

6.8-22.1

8.5

4.6-15.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

115

24.6

16.9-34.4

20.7

14.0-29.6

37.0

27.6-47.5

10.4

5.5-19.0

7.2

3.7-13.8

Appalachian/Wilkes

135

16.0

9.8-24.8

32.3

22.5-43.9

40.1

27.1-54.6

8.0

4.3-14.4

3.7

1.8- 7.4

Franklin/Gran./Vance

129

15.6

8.6-26.7

24.6

14.2-39.0

42.1

23.7-63.1

12.6

6.6-22.9

5.1

2.1-11.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

141

20.0

13.9-27.8

11.7

7.3-18.2

40.4

30.3-51.4

16.5

10.7-24.7

11.5

6.3-20.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

101

23.0

14.7-34.1

26.5

18.0-37.1

31.3

21.5-43.1

13.5

7.5-23.1

5.7

1.6-18.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

21.7

13.8-32.3

26.8

17.9-38.2

26.3

16.9-38.4

14.0

7.6-24.4

11.2

5.1-22.8

Northeast NC I

102

29.1

20.2-40.0

26.0

17.7-36.6

25.3

17.3-35.4

14.6

8.4-24.3

4.9

2.1-10.8

Northeast NC II

124

15.9

9.6-25.0

26.3

17.7-37.2

31.5

22.2-42.7

15.0

9.1-23.7

11.3

6.6-18.6

Northeastern Partnership

226

20.0

14.5-26.9

26.2

19.5-34.2

29.6

22.5-37.8

14.9

10.2-21.3

9.3

5.9-14.4

Mountain AHEC

405

18.2

13.4-24.1

20.8

15.7-26.9

142

38.1

31.6-45.1

14.2

10.0-19.7

8.8

5.9-13.1

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

805

174

20.1

15.4-25.7

185

23.5

18.6-29.3

261

30.3

25.4-35.7

115

15.9

11.7-21.1

10.2

7.1-14.5

Piedmont

1,258

215

16.3

13.6-19.4

270

21.7

18.5-25.2

497

42.6

38.4-46.8

184

13.3

10.8-16.4

6.1

4.3- 8.5

Western NC

627

126

16.8

13.1-21.3

153

22.0

17.8-26.9

212

41.8

35.8-48.0

11.9

8.7-16.0

7.5

5.3-10.6

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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