BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (On days when you do vigorous 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 vigorous 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	2,653	284	9.7	8.1-11.5	646	24.4	21.9-27.1	992	37.6	34.6-40.7	451	18.0	15.7-20.5	280	10.4	8.7-12.3
GENDER
Male	1,258	119	7.6	5.8- 9.9	259	21.8	18.4-25.6	449	38.0	33.7-42.5	261	20.8	17.5-24.5	170	11.8	9.5-14.6
Female	1,395	165	12.9	10.2-16.0	387	28.4	24.8-32.2	543	36.9	33.2-40.8	190	13.7	11.1-16.8	110	8.1	6.2-10.6
RACE
White	2,116	226	9.9	8.2-12.0	500	24.4	21.6-27.5	800	36.9	33.6-40.3	357	17.8	15.3-20.7	233	11.0	9.1-13.2
African American	397	35	7.9	4.4-13.9	106	23.4	17.9-30.0	147	37.3	30.1-45.2	72	21.2	15.6-28.2	37	10.2	6.2-16.2
Asian	16	2	4.5	0.8-21.4	8	29.5	10.5-59.8	5	57.0	26.7-82.8	1	9.0	1.2-44.3	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	52	12	17.2	6.8-37.2	10	11.4	4.6-25.4	10	39.3	12.4-74.8	15	25.9	10.6-50.6	5	6.2	1.8-19.8
Other Minorities	60	7	10.5	3.9-25.2	20	30.1	15.5-50.2	24	47.3	28.5-67.0	4	8.7	2.5-26.5	5	3.4	1.1- 9.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic	75	7	10.2	3.8-24.2	24	29.9	15.4-49.8	33	44.2	26.0-64.0	5	10.1	3.2-27.8	6	5.7	1.8-16.9
-English Speaking	52	6	18.0	6.4-41.2	16	14.3	6.0-30.3	22	51.2	28.2-73.7	4	9.7	2.7-29.1	4	6.8	1.3-28.6
-Spanish Speaking	23	1	1.6	0.2-11.3	8	46.9	20.3-75.3	11	36.4	13.2-68.3	1	10.6	1.5-48.3	2	4.5	1.0-18.4
Non-Hispanic	2,572	277	9.7	8.1-11.6	620	24.1	21.6-26.8	956	37.3	34.3-40.5	445	18.3	16.0-20.9	274	10.6	8.9-12.5
AGE
18-24	285	26	9.4	5.3-16.2	78	21.2	15.2-28.7	114	41.7	32.8-51.2	49	19.6	13.5-27.5	18	8.1	4.4-14.5
25-34	544	62	11.8	8.5-16.2	141	26.2	21.0-32.1	200	34.2	28.7-40.2	92	16.6	12.6-21.6	49	11.2	7.8-15.7
35-44	649	70	8.4	6.1-11.4	170	25.7	21.0-31.0	249	38.5	33.3-44.0	107	18.5	14.3-23.5	53	9.0	6.3-12.7
45-54	523	61	9.1	6.4-12.8	129	28.8	22.7-35.8	193	37.4	31.2-44.0	71	12.8	8.7-18.2	69	11.9	8.4-16.7
55-64	346	38	8.9	5.6-13.9	84	24.8	18.7-32.1	128	37.7	30.5-45.6	56	17.9	12.4-25.2	40	10.6	7.1-15.6
65-74	201	17	10.5	5.7-18.5	30	11.5	7.1-18.0	71	35.2	26.2-45.3	51	26.1	18.4-35.6	32	16.8	10.8-25.1
75+	86	8	9.1	3.1-23.7	10	11.7	4.6-26.9	28	26.6	16.2-40.4	23	36.0	22.5-52.2	17	16.5	8.4-29.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	172	15	7.7	4.1-13.9	32	23.1	13.1-37.5	58	30.4	21.0-41.9	34	21.9	13.3-33.8	33	16.8	10.4-26.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	664	82	11.7	8.3-16.3	130	19.0	14.8-24.1	214	34.5	28.5-41.0	141	20.5	16.0-25.8	97	14.3	10.8-18.8
Some Post-H.S.	722	77	9.5	6.7-13.3	204	29.1	24.0-34.7	252	35.2	29.3-41.6	119	16.7	12.5-21.9	70	9.6	6.5-13.8
College Graduate	1,092	110	8.7	6.7-11.2	280	24.5	20.8-28.5	468	43.0	38.8-47.4	155	16.6	13.4-20.3	79	7.2	5.3- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	165	24	10.9	6.1-18.7	37	21.0	13.1-31.8	48	30.2	18.5-45.1	38	28.0	18.3-40.4	18	10.0	5.2-18.4
$15,000- 24,999	384	48	13.2	8.4-20.0	87	21.3	15.1-29.2	120	30.1	22.7-38.8	75	19.4	13.2-27.5	54	16.0	10.7-23.4
$25,000- 34,999	316	30	9.1	5.6-14.6	88	28.3	21.0-36.9	118	37.4	29.2-46.3	46	13.1	8.3-20.0	34	12.1	7.3-19.5
$35,000- 49,999	454	46	6.9	4.6-10.3	102	28.3	22.1-35.5	161	35.0	28.6-41.9	92	20.5	15.6-26.6	53	9.3	6.2-13.8
$50,000-74,999	411	47	10.8	7.2-15.8	88	20.1	15.0-26.3	171	41.0	33.5-48.9	64	18.6	13.5-25.0	41	9.6	6.4-14.2
$75,000+	554	51	7.2	4.9-10.3	148	26.9	21.6-33.0	244	44.1	38.2-50.1	67	14.9	10.3-20.9	44	7.0	4.6-10.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	146	13	9.4	4.9-17.5	34	24.8	16.8-34.9	56	35.4	26.9-44.9	19	13.8	8.6-21.6	24	16.6	10.2-25.8
Guilford	148	13	7.3	4.1-12.9	34	21.1	14.6-29.5	64	41.5	32.2-51.5	26	22.6	14.7-33.2	11	7.4	3.6-14.8
Mecklenburg	159	12	5.7	3.0-10.5	32	20.4	14.0-28.6	84	48.7	38.5-59.1	20	19.5	10.6-33.0	11	5.7	3.0-10.8
Orange	192	23	12.1	7.3-19.4	54	26.7	19.8-34.9	88	44.6	36.1-53.5	15	7.7	4.1-14.0	12	8.9	4.0-18.8
Wake	166	11	6.5	3.4-11.9	40	24.3	17.3-33.1	68	36.2	28.4-44.8	37	26.4	18.6-35.9	10	6.6	3.3-12.6
Chatham/Lee	90	9	10.4	5.2-19.9	22	26.8	15.7-41.8	33	34.3	23.9-46.3	15	16.7	9.3-28.0	11	11.9	6.2-21.5
Nash/Wilson	77	12	13.3	7.2-23.4	10	9.2	4.4-18.2	32	51.0	38.2-63.7	15	16.9	9.5-28.0	8	9.7	4.5-19.7
Craven/Pamlico	121	11	8.7	4.1-17.5	25	22.3	14.6-32.4	52	44.9	34.5-55.8	24	18.6	12.1-27.4	9	5.5	2.8-10.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	112	12	9.9	5.4-17.3	33	28.3	20.0-38.4	33	30.7	21.8-41.2	19	16.8	10.5-25.7	15	14.4	8.6-23.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	134	18	10.6	6.0-17.9	38	35.1	22.3-50.5	37	29.0	19.8-40.5	25	16.1	9.5-25.9	16	9.2	4.9-16.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance	126	13	10.8	4.7-23.0	31	16.1	9.4-26.1	44	42.5	23.7-63.7	21	19.1	10.5-32.2	17	11.6	6.0-21.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	136	11	8.0	4.3-14.7	33	26.3	18.1-36.6	52	37.0	27.4-47.8	25	14.3	9.4-21.3	15	14.3	7.9-24.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	101	12	12.4	6.5-22.3	20	17.8	11.0-27.4	35	32.9	23.0-44.5	29	32.6	22.5-44.6	5	4.4	1.6-11.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	79	8	10.6	5.3-20.1	21	28.0	18.2-40.4	20	21.3	13.5-32.0	18	23.7	15.0-35.3	12	16.4	9.2-27.5
Northeast NC I	99	13	16.7	9.6-27.4	29	24.0	16.5-33.4	29	29.7	20.6-40.8	16	16.5	9.7-26.6	12	13.1	7.4-22.2
Northeast NC II	123	21	16.1	10.1-24.8	23	16.9	10.9-25.2	45	36.2	26.4-47.3	20	18.3	10.6-29.8	14	12.5	7.2-21.0
Northeastern Partnership	222	34	16.3	11.3-22.9	52	19.1	14.1-25.3	74	34.2	26.7-42.6	36	17.7	11.7-26.0	26	12.7	8.4-18.9
Mountain AHEC	396	41	14.6	9.8-21.2	94	24.3	18.7-30.9	148	34.3	28.1-41.1	64	15.7	11.4-21.2	49	11.1	7.7-15.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	796	96	10.2	7.3-14.1	184	25.2	20.2-31.0	290	38.8	32.9-45.1	145	15.4	11.8-20.0	81	10.3	7.3-14.2
Piedmont	1,241	121	8.8	6.8-11.4	308	23.3	20.1-26.9	490	38.3	34.3-42.5	202	19.9	16.6-23.6	120	9.7	7.5-12.3
Western NC	616	67	12.1	8.7-16.5	154	27.2	21.8-33.4	212	32.0	26.9-37.6	104	15.5	11.7-20.1	79	13.3	9.6-18.1

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,653

284

9.7

8.1-11.5

646

24.4

21.9-27.1

992

37.6

34.6-40.7

451

18.0

15.7-20.5

280

10.4

8.7-12.3

GENDER

Male

1,258

119

7.6

5.8- 9.9

259

21.8

18.4-25.6

449

38.0

33.7-42.5

261

20.8

17.5-24.5

170

11.8

9.5-14.6

Female

1,395

165

12.9

10.2-16.0

387

28.4

24.8-32.2

543

36.9

33.2-40.8

190

13.7

11.1-16.8

110

8.1

6.2-10.6

RACE

White

2,116

226

9.9

8.2-12.0

500

24.4

21.6-27.5

800

36.9

33.6-40.3

357

17.8

15.3-20.7

233

11.0

9.1-13.2

African American

397

7.9

4.4-13.9

106

23.4

17.9-30.0

147

37.3

30.1-45.2

21.2

15.6-28.2

10.2

6.2-16.2

Asian

4.5

0.8-21.4

29.5

10.5-59.8

57.0

26.7-82.8

9.0

1.2-44.3

0.0

. - .

Native American

17.2

6.8-37.2

11.4

4.6-25.4

39.3

12.4-74.8

25.9

10.6-50.6

6.2

1.8-19.8

Other Minorities

10.5

3.9-25.2

30.1

15.5-50.2

47.3

28.5-67.0

8.7

2.5-26.5

3.4

1.1- 9.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

10.2

3.8-24.2

29.9

15.4-49.8

44.2

26.0-64.0

10.1

3.2-27.8

5.7

1.8-16.9

-English Speaking

18.0

6.4-41.2

14.3

6.0-30.3

51.2

28.2-73.7

9.7

2.7-29.1

6.8

1.3-28.6

-Spanish Speaking

1.6

0.2-11.3

46.9

20.3-75.3

36.4

13.2-68.3

10.6

1.5-48.3

4.5

1.0-18.4

Non-Hispanic

2,572

277

9.7

8.1-11.6

620

24.1

21.6-26.8

956

37.3

34.3-40.5

445

18.3

16.0-20.9

274

10.6

8.9-12.5

AGE

18-24

285

9.4

5.3-16.2

21.2

15.2-28.7

114

41.7

32.8-51.2

19.6

13.5-27.5

8.1

4.4-14.5

25-34

544

11.8

8.5-16.2

141

26.2

21.0-32.1

200

34.2

28.7-40.2

16.6

12.6-21.6

11.2

7.8-15.7

35-44

649

8.4

6.1-11.4

170

25.7

21.0-31.0

249

38.5

33.3-44.0

107

18.5

14.3-23.5

9.0

6.3-12.7

45-54

523

9.1

6.4-12.8

129

28.8

22.7-35.8

193

37.4

31.2-44.0

12.8

8.7-18.2

11.9

8.4-16.7

55-64

346

8.9

5.6-13.9

24.8

18.7-32.1

128

37.7

30.5-45.6

17.9

12.4-25.2

10.6

7.1-15.6

65-74

201

10.5

5.7-18.5

11.5

7.1-18.0

35.2

26.2-45.3

26.1

18.4-35.6

16.8

10.8-25.1

75+

9.1

3.1-23.7

11.7

4.6-26.9

26.6

16.2-40.4

36.0

22.5-52.2

16.5

8.4-29.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

172

7.7

4.1-13.9

23.1

13.1-37.5

30.4

21.0-41.9

21.9

13.3-33.8

16.8

10.4-26.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

664

11.7

8.3-16.3

130

19.0

14.8-24.1

214

34.5

28.5-41.0

141

20.5

16.0-25.8

14.3

10.8-18.8

Some Post-H.S.

722

9.5

6.7-13.3

204

29.1

24.0-34.7

252

35.2

29.3-41.6

119

16.7

12.5-21.9

9.6

6.5-13.8

College Graduate

1,092

110

8.7

6.7-11.2

280

24.5

20.8-28.5

468

43.0

38.8-47.4

155

16.6

13.4-20.3

7.2

5.3- 9.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

165

10.9

6.1-18.7

21.0

13.1-31.8

30.2

18.5-45.1

28.0

18.3-40.4

10.0

5.2-18.4

$15,000- 24,999

384

13.2

8.4-20.0

21.3

15.1-29.2

120

30.1

22.7-38.8

19.4

13.2-27.5

16.0

10.7-23.4

$25,000- 34,999

316

9.1

5.6-14.6

28.3

21.0-36.9

118

37.4

29.2-46.3

13.1

8.3-20.0

12.1

7.3-19.5

$35,000- 49,999

454

6.9

4.6-10.3

102

28.3

22.1-35.5

161

35.0

28.6-41.9

20.5

15.6-26.6

9.3

6.2-13.8

$50,000-74,999

411

10.8

7.2-15.8

20.1

15.0-26.3

171

41.0

33.5-48.9

18.6

13.5-25.0

9.6

6.4-14.2

$75,000+

554

7.2

4.9-10.3

148

26.9

21.6-33.0

244

44.1

38.2-50.1

14.9

10.3-20.9

7.0

4.6-10.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

146

9.4

4.9-17.5

24.8

16.8-34.9

35.4

26.9-44.9

13.8

8.6-21.6

16.6

10.2-25.8

Guilford

148

7.3

4.1-12.9

21.1

14.6-29.5

41.5

32.2-51.5

22.6

14.7-33.2

7.4

3.6-14.8

Mecklenburg

159

5.7

3.0-10.5

20.4

14.0-28.6

48.7

38.5-59.1

19.5

10.6-33.0

5.7

3.0-10.8

Orange

192

12.1

7.3-19.4

26.7

19.8-34.9

44.6

36.1-53.5

7.7

4.1-14.0

8.9

4.0-18.8

Wake

166

6.5

3.4-11.9

24.3

17.3-33.1

36.2

28.4-44.8

26.4

18.6-35.9

6.6

3.3-12.6

Chatham/Lee

10.4

5.2-19.9

26.8

15.7-41.8

34.3

23.9-46.3

16.7

9.3-28.0

11.9

6.2-21.5

Nash/Wilson

13.3

7.2-23.4

9.2

4.4-18.2

51.0

38.2-63.7

16.9

9.5-28.0

9.7

4.5-19.7

Craven/Pamlico

121

8.7

4.1-17.5

22.3

14.6-32.4

44.9

34.5-55.8

18.6

12.1-27.4

5.5

2.8-10.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

112

9.9

5.4-17.3

28.3

20.0-38.4

30.7

21.8-41.2

16.8

10.5-25.7

14.4

8.6-23.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

134

10.6

6.0-17.9

35.1

22.3-50.5

29.0

19.8-40.5

16.1

9.5-25.9

9.2

4.9-16.5

Franklin/Gran./Vance

126

10.8

4.7-23.0

16.1

9.4-26.1

42.5

23.7-63.7

19.1

10.5-32.2

11.6

6.0-21.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

136

8.0

4.3-14.7

26.3

18.1-36.6

37.0

27.4-47.8

14.3

9.4-21.3

14.3

7.9-24.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

101

12.4

6.5-22.3

17.8

11.0-27.4

32.9

23.0-44.5

32.6

22.5-44.6

4.4

1.6-11.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

10.6

5.3-20.1

28.0

18.2-40.4

21.3

13.5-32.0

23.7

15.0-35.3

16.4

9.2-27.5

Northeast NC I

16.7

9.6-27.4

24.0

16.5-33.4

29.7

20.6-40.8

16.5

9.7-26.6

13.1

7.4-22.2

Northeast NC II

123

16.1

10.1-24.8

16.9

10.9-25.2

36.2

26.4-47.3

18.3

10.6-29.8

12.5

7.2-21.0

Northeastern Partnership

222

16.3

11.3-22.9

19.1

14.1-25.3

34.2

26.7-42.6

17.7

11.7-26.0

12.7

8.4-18.9

Mountain AHEC

396

14.6

9.8-21.2

24.3

18.7-30.9

148

34.3

28.1-41.1

15.7

11.4-21.2

11.1

7.7-15.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

796

10.2

7.3-14.1

184

25.2

20.2-31.0

290

38.8

32.9-45.1

145

15.4

11.8-20.0

10.3

7.3-14.2

Piedmont

1,241

121

8.8

6.8-11.4

308

23.3

20.1-26.9

490

38.3

34.3-42.5

202

19.9

16.6-23.6

120

9.7

7.5-12.3

Western NC

616

12.1

8.7-16.5

154

27.2

21.8-33.4

212

32.0

26.9-37.6

104

15.5

11.7-20.1

13.3

9.6-18.1

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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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