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-FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	1 day	2 days	3-4 days	5-6 days	Everyday
TOTAL	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	3,292	162	4.3	3.4- 5.4	439	13.5	11.9-15.3	1,128	35.4	32.9-37.9	672	20.3	18.2-22.6	891	26.5	24.3-28.9
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
Asian	19	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.5	2.2-22.5	8	63.9	36.0-84.8	4	18.1	5.5-45.4	3	10.5	2.2-37.5
Native American	95	8	11.8	4.1-29.7	14	11.3	5.9-20.6	20	22.3	11.0-39.9	22	21.7	9.5-42.3	31	32.8	19.5-49.5
Other Minorities	82	5	3.5	1.3- 9.2	15	22.3	10.5-41.2	25	27.5	15.8-43.4	16	20.6	10.3-37.1	21	26.1	14.1-43.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	84	6	4.6	1.7-11.9	9	22.8	9.7-44.7	21	26.6	14.2-44.2	26	25.1	12.9-43.0	22	20.9	10.2-38.1
-English Speaking	64	4	5.6	1.7-17.3	6	22.9	8.2-49.8	14	21.2	10.0-39.3	19	21.6	9.3-42.5	21	28.7	14.2-49.5
-Spanish Speaking	20	2	3.4	0.6-17.4	3	22.7	5.2-61.1	7	33.1	12.2-63.8	7	29.3	10.1-60.3	1	11.5	1.6-50.7
Non-Hispanic	4,252	231	5.1	4.2- 6.1	604	13.6	12.2-15.2	1,449	35.7	33.5-37.9	824	19.6	17.8-21.6	1,144	26.1	24.1-28.1
AGE
18-24	285	10	3.1	1.1- 8.2	33	9.5	5.5-15.9	102	36.2	28.2-45.1	52	21.3	14.5-30.3	88	29.9	22.4-38.5
25-34	708	34	5.2	3.2- 8.2	105	15.5	12.1-19.5	275	36.6	31.8-41.7	124	17.9	14.2-22.5	170	24.8	20.6-29.7
35-44	861	37	4.2	2.7- 6.6	117	14.0	11.0-17.6	315	36.8	32.3-41.4	161	18.8	15.1-23.1	231	26.3	22.2-30.8
45-54	888	54	5.8	4.0- 8.4	137	14.5	11.6-18.0	297	36.8	32.2-41.8	186	20.2	16.6-24.4	214	22.6	18.9-26.7
55-64	698	38	4.7	3.1- 7.1	101	16.4	12.5-21.2	229	34.5	29.5-39.9	154	19.8	15.8-24.4	176	24.6	20.2-29.7
65-74	544	36	6.0	3.9- 9.2	75	10.9	8.0-14.8	166	33.2	27.6-39.4	110	21.7	17.0-27.1	157	28.2	23.1-33.9
75+	323	28	8.9	5.1-15.0	42	15.0	10.0-21.7	74	26.1	19.6-33.9	56	19.7	14.0-27.1	123	30.3	23.5-38.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	520	37	5.1	3.3- 7.7	81	19.7	14.1-26.9	136	27.6	21.8-34.3	98	17.8	13.3-23.5	168	29.9	24.2-36.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,273	91	7.6	5.5-10.3	202	14.6	12.0-17.6	403	34.4	30.3-38.7	220	16.3	13.3-19.8	357	27.1	23.5-31.0
Some Post-H.S.	1,213	60	4.1	2.8- 5.9	182	13.8	11.3-16.8	420	35.5	31.5-39.7	227	20.8	17.2-24.9	324	25.8	22.1-29.9
College Graduate	1,325	48	3.5	2.4- 5.2	147	11.0	8.9-13.5	512	39.8	36.0-43.6	305	22.9	19.6-26.5	313	22.8	19.7-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	498	41	8.5	5.4-13.1	73	17.4	12.7-23.2	128	22.9	17.8-28.9	76	16.0	11.5-21.8	180	35.3	29.2-41.9
$15,000- 24,999	804	51	5.9	3.9- 8.7	110	15.1	11.4-19.6	259	31.4	26.7-36.6	165	20.4	16.3-25.3	219	27.2	22.4-32.6
$25,000- 34,999	522	29	5.4	3.1- 9.5	79	13.8	9.5-19.6	177	35.8	29.5-42.6	107	19.0	14.2-25.0	130	26.0	20.4-32.7
$35,000- 49,999	595	30	3.6	2.1- 6.1	88	12.3	9.2-16.1	231	39.1	33.4-45.1	109	21.3	16.3-27.3	137	23.7	18.7-29.5
$50,000-74,999	474	23	3.8	2.1- 6.8	74	16.3	12.3-21.3	171	36.8	30.9-43.1	104	21.6	16.9-27.3	102	21.5	16.8-27.1
$75,000+	572	21	4.9	3.0- 7.8	59	9.5	6.6-13.3	219	39.0	33.7-44.5	132	22.1	17.7-27.3	141	24.5	20.1-29.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	199	10	7.0	3.5-13.3	17	8.4	5.1-13.7	73	36.1	28.9-44.0	33	14.8	10.3-20.7	66	33.7	26.3-42.0
Guilford	227	18	7.2	4.4-11.5	35	16.3	11.2-23.0	86	36.5	29.4-44.1	37	18.3	12.8-25.5	51	21.8	16.3-28.5
Mecklenburg	218	6	1.8	0.8- 4.2	23	11.7	7.6-17.7	97	45.0	37.7-52.5	39	15.5	11.0-21.3	53	26.0	19.9-33.2
Orange	229	3	1.0	0.3- 3.2	27	11.7	7.5-17.9	73	29.7	21.7-39.3	60	22.6	16.4-30.2	66	35.0	25.7-45.6
Wake	222	13	6.5	3.3-12.3	30	14.8	9.3-22.7	80	37.8	30.5-45.6	43	18.4	13.3-24.9	56	22.5	16.9-29.4
Chatham/Lee	175	7	4.1	1.8- 9.0	20	11.4	7.1-17.7	67	39.3	31.3-47.9	36	19.7	14.0-27.0	45	25.5	18.9-33.5
Nash/Wilson	162	9	4.7	2.4- 9.2	30	18.7	12.8-26.5	56	35.5	27.8-44.1	28	17.5	11.8-25.0	39	23.6	17.0-31.8
Craven/Pamlico	205	12	6.1	3.1-11.4	31	13.0	8.9-18.6	62	30.4	23.8-37.9	37	18.0	12.9-24.6	63	32.6	25.7-40.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	199	11	5.0	2.6- 9.1	38	19.2	13.8-26.1	78	41.1	33.2-49.5	27	12.1	8.1-17.5	45	22.7	16.6-30.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	225	18	6.2	3.8-10.0	31	15.4	9.7-23.5	69	28.2	21.2-36.4	42	15.5	10.8-21.6	65	34.8	24.3-47.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	212	12	3.9	2.1- 7.2	35	20.5	14.1-28.9	66	31.9	24.8-40.1	39	17.7	11.9-25.6	60	26.0	19.3-33.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	198	10	4.3	2.2- 8.4	23	11.8	7.5-17.9	55	25.5	19.5-32.6	53	28.6	22.1-36.1	57	29.8	23.1-37.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	194	14	5.9	3.4-10.2	32	16.0	11.2-22.4	60	32.0	25.0-39.9	30	15.6	10.5-22.6	58	30.5	23.7-38.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	187	13	7.0	3.9-12.3	26	15.7	10.3-23.1	53	26.7	20.3-34.2	41	21.1	15.4-28.2	54	29.6	22.7-37.6
Northeast NC I	213	13	5.8	3.2-10.2	34	21.2	14.8-29.4	64	26.6	20.7-33.5	48	23.7	17.9-30.6	54	22.8	17.2-29.5
Northeast NC II	235	15	4.0	2.3- 6.6	36	15.0	10.4-21.0	66	32.8	26.0-40.4	52	21.0	15.9-27.2	66	27.3	21.3-34.3
Northeastern Partnership	448	28	4.6	3.1- 6.8	70	17.2	13.3-21.9	130	30.6	25.6-36.0	100	21.9	18.0-26.5	120	25.7	21.2-30.7
Mountain AHEC	607	23	3.3	1.9- 5.7	70	12.1	9.0-16.1	204	35.4	30.5-40.7	132	19.9	16.0-24.4	178	29.3	24.7-34.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,479	94	5.4	4.0- 7.3	210	11.5	9.4-13.8	470	35.9	31.9-40.1	287	20.8	17.5-24.7	418	26.4	23.1-30.0
Piedmont	1,895	98	5.1	3.9- 6.7	275	15.2	13.1-17.7	679	35.6	32.6-38.6	366	19.3	16.8-22.1	477	24.8	22.1-27.7
Western NC	966	45	3.9	2.5- 6.2	128	13.3	10.6-16.6	324	34.3	29.9-38.9	198	19.3	15.9-23.2	271	29.2	24.9-33.9

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

3,292

162

4.3

3.4- 5.4

439

13.5

11.9-15.3

1,128

35.4

32.9-37.9

672

20.3

18.2-22.6

891

26.5

24.3-28.9

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

Asian

0.0

. - .

7.5

2.2-22.5

63.9

36.0-84.8

18.1

5.5-45.4

10.5

2.2-37.5

Native American

11.8

4.1-29.7

11.3

5.9-20.6

22.3

11.0-39.9

21.7

9.5-42.3

32.8

19.5-49.5

Other Minorities

3.5

1.3- 9.2

22.3

10.5-41.2

27.5

15.8-43.4

20.6

10.3-37.1

26.1

14.1-43.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

4.6

1.7-11.9

22.8

9.7-44.7

26.6

14.2-44.2

25.1

12.9-43.0

20.9

10.2-38.1

-English Speaking

5.6

1.7-17.3

22.9

8.2-49.8

21.2

10.0-39.3

21.6

9.3-42.5

28.7

14.2-49.5

-Spanish Speaking

3.4

0.6-17.4

22.7

5.2-61.1

33.1

12.2-63.8

29.3

10.1-60.3

11.5

1.6-50.7

Non-Hispanic

4,252

231

5.1

4.2- 6.1

604

13.6

12.2-15.2

1,449

35.7

33.5-37.9

824

19.6

17.8-21.6

1,144

26.1

24.1-28.1

AGE

18-24

285

3.1

1.1- 8.2

9.5

5.5-15.9

102

36.2

28.2-45.1

21.3

14.5-30.3

29.9

22.4-38.5

25-34

708

5.2

3.2- 8.2

105

15.5

12.1-19.5

275

36.6

31.8-41.7

124

17.9

14.2-22.5

170

24.8

20.6-29.7

35-44

861

4.2

2.7- 6.6

117

14.0

11.0-17.6

315

36.8

32.3-41.4

161

18.8

15.1-23.1

231

26.3

22.2-30.8

45-54

888

5.8

4.0- 8.4

137

14.5

11.6-18.0

297

36.8

32.2-41.8

186

20.2

16.6-24.4

214

22.6

18.9-26.7

55-64

698

4.7

3.1- 7.1

101

16.4

12.5-21.2

229

34.5

29.5-39.9

154

19.8

15.8-24.4

176

24.6

20.2-29.7

65-74

544

6.0

3.9- 9.2

10.9

8.0-14.8

166

33.2

27.6-39.4

110

21.7

17.0-27.1

157

28.2

23.1-33.9

75+

323

8.9

5.1-15.0

15.0

10.0-21.7

26.1

19.6-33.9

19.7

14.0-27.1

123

30.3

23.5-38.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

520

5.1

3.3- 7.7

19.7

14.1-26.9

136

27.6

21.8-34.3

17.8

13.3-23.5

168

29.9

24.2-36.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,273

7.6

5.5-10.3

202

14.6

12.0-17.6

403

34.4

30.3-38.7

220

16.3

13.3-19.8

357

27.1

23.5-31.0

Some Post-H.S.

1,213

4.1

2.8- 5.9

182

13.8

11.3-16.8

420

35.5

31.5-39.7

227

20.8

17.2-24.9

324

25.8

22.1-29.9

College Graduate

1,325

3.5

2.4- 5.2

147

11.0

8.9-13.5

512

39.8

36.0-43.6

305

22.9

19.6-26.5

313

22.8

19.7-26.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

498

8.5

5.4-13.1

17.4

12.7-23.2

128

22.9

17.8-28.9

16.0

11.5-21.8

180

35.3

29.2-41.9

$15,000- 24,999

804

5.9

3.9- 8.7

110

15.1

11.4-19.6

259

31.4

26.7-36.6

165

20.4

16.3-25.3

219

27.2

22.4-32.6

$25,000- 34,999

522

5.4

3.1- 9.5

13.8

9.5-19.6

177

35.8

29.5-42.6

107

19.0

14.2-25.0

130

26.0

20.4-32.7

$35,000- 49,999

595

3.6

2.1- 6.1

12.3

9.2-16.1

231

39.1

33.4-45.1

109

21.3

16.3-27.3

137

23.7

18.7-29.5

$50,000-74,999

474

3.8

2.1- 6.8

16.3

12.3-21.3

171

36.8

30.9-43.1

104

21.6

16.9-27.3

102

21.5

16.8-27.1

$75,000+

572

4.9

3.0- 7.8

9.5

6.6-13.3

219

39.0

33.7-44.5

132

22.1

17.7-27.3

141

24.5

20.1-29.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

199

7.0

3.5-13.3

8.4

5.1-13.7

36.1

28.9-44.0

14.8

10.3-20.7

33.7

26.3-42.0

Guilford

227

7.2

4.4-11.5

16.3

11.2-23.0

36.5

29.4-44.1

18.3

12.8-25.5

21.8

16.3-28.5

Mecklenburg

218

1.8

0.8- 4.2

11.7

7.6-17.7

45.0

37.7-52.5

15.5

11.0-21.3

26.0

19.9-33.2

Orange

229

1.0

0.3- 3.2

11.7

7.5-17.9

29.7

21.7-39.3

22.6

16.4-30.2

35.0

25.7-45.6

Wake

222

6.5

3.3-12.3

14.8

9.3-22.7

37.8

30.5-45.6

18.4

13.3-24.9

22.5

16.9-29.4

Chatham/Lee

175

4.1

1.8- 9.0

11.4

7.1-17.7

39.3

31.3-47.9

19.7

14.0-27.0

25.5

18.9-33.5

Nash/Wilson

162

4.7

2.4- 9.2

18.7

12.8-26.5

35.5

27.8-44.1

17.5

11.8-25.0

23.6

17.0-31.8

Craven/Pamlico

205

6.1

3.1-11.4

13.0

8.9-18.6

30.4

23.8-37.9

18.0

12.9-24.6

32.6

25.7-40.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

199

5.0

2.6- 9.1

19.2

13.8-26.1

41.1

33.2-49.5

12.1

8.1-17.5

22.7

16.6-30.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

225

6.2

3.8-10.0

15.4

9.7-23.5

28.2

21.2-36.4

15.5

10.8-21.6

34.8

24.3-47.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

212

3.9

2.1- 7.2

20.5

14.1-28.9

31.9

24.8-40.1

17.7

11.9-25.6

26.0

19.3-33.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

198

4.3

2.2- 8.4

11.8

7.5-17.9

25.5

19.5-32.6

28.6

22.1-36.1

29.8

23.1-37.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

194

5.9

3.4-10.2

16.0

11.2-22.4

32.0

25.0-39.9

15.6

10.5-22.6

30.5

23.7-38.2

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

187

7.0

3.9-12.3

15.7

10.3-23.1

26.7

20.3-34.2

21.1

15.4-28.2

29.6

22.7-37.6

Northeast NC I

213

5.8

3.2-10.2

21.2

14.8-29.4

26.6

20.7-33.5

23.7

17.9-30.6

22.8

17.2-29.5

Northeast NC II

235

4.0

2.3- 6.6

15.0

10.4-21.0

32.8

26.0-40.4

21.0

15.9-27.2

27.3

21.3-34.3

Northeastern Partnership

448

4.6

3.1- 6.8

17.2

13.3-21.9

130

30.6

25.6-36.0

100

21.9

18.0-26.5

120

25.7

21.2-30.7

Mountain AHEC

607

3.3

1.9- 5.7

12.1

9.0-16.1

204

35.4

30.5-40.7

132

19.9

16.0-24.4

178

29.3

24.7-34.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,479

5.4

4.0- 7.3

210

11.5

9.4-13.8

470

35.9

31.9-40.1

287

20.8

17.5-24.7

418

26.4

23.1-30.0

Piedmont

1,895

5.1

3.9- 6.7

275

15.2

13.1-17.7

679

35.6

32.6-38.6

366

19.3

16.8-22.1

477

24.8

22.1-27.7

Western NC

966

3.9

2.5- 6.2

128

13.3

10.6-16.6

324

34.3

29.9-38.9

198

19.3

15.9-23.2

271

29.2

24.9-33.9

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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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