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-FEMALES

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	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	3,189	599	17.5	15.7-19.5	1,064	33.0	30.6-35.6	1,049	32.9	30.5-35.4	285	10.5	8.9-12.4	192	6.0	4.9- 7.4
African American	812	214	26.5	21.7-32.0	246	27.4	23.1-32.0	249	35.4	30.4-40.8	72	7.5	5.3-10.5	31	3.2	1.8- 5.5
Asian	18	5	38.9	14.1-71.1	6	27.1	8.5-59.8	5	30.6	10.9-61.3	2	3.5	0.7-16.2	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	94	14	9.0	4.6-16.9	41	46.7	30.6-63.6	22	28.5	13.6-50.2	9	9.0	3.4-21.9	8	6.8	2.8-15.4
Other Minorities	80	8	4.8	2.0-11.2	31	47.2	31.3-63.6	25	27.8	14.9-45.8	9	12.4	5.1-27.1	7	7.8	2.0-26.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	81	11	8.4	3.6-18.5	28	46.4	29.4-64.2	27	24.8	12.3-43.5	11	13.5	5.3-30.2	4	6.9	1.2-31.7
-English Speaking	61	11	15.6	6.7-32.1	15	31.7	15.4-54.2	22	25.3	12.9-43.7	10	15.1	6.0-33.1	3	12.3	2.1-48.4
-Spanish Speaking	20	0	0.0	. - .	13	63.8	31.2-87.3	5	24.1	6.0-61.2	1	11.5	1.6-50.7	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2
Non-Hispanic	4,117	832	19.1	17.3-21.0	1,360	32.2	30.1-34.4	1,325	33.4	31.2-35.6	366	9.9	8.5-11.4	234	5.5	4.5- 6.6
AGE
18-24	277	53	16.7	10.8-24.8	98	32.9	25.1-41.7	84	34.1	26.1-43.1	33	13.8	8.5-21.6	9	2.5	0.8- 7.8
25-34	697	118	16.3	12.8-20.5	242	34.6	29.8-39.7	232	33.5	28.7-38.7	67	8.9	6.4-12.3	38	6.7	4.3-10.3
35-44	846	164	19.0	15.6-22.9	297	33.0	28.6-37.7	294	37.0	32.4-41.8	63	7.2	5.1-10.0	28	3.8	2.2- 6.6
45-54	871	185	20.1	16.5-24.4	284	34.2	29.6-39.0	271	29.0	24.9-33.4	80	11.7	8.8-15.4	51	5.0	3.4- 7.3
55-64	674	135	18.9	15.0-23.5	201	29.7	24.9-35.0	233	36.6	31.4-42.1	55	7.9	5.4-11.6	50	6.9	4.6-10.3
65-74	511	103	20.3	15.6-25.8	171	32.0	26.5-38.1	151	30.1	24.6-36.1	51	10.8	7.4-15.5	35	6.9	4.3-10.8
75+	295	79	23.4	17.4-30.8	90	28.6	21.8-36.5	73	25.2	18.5-33.3	28	12.6	7.4-20.6	25	10.3	6.0-17.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	485	125	21.8	16.9-27.5	135	27.2	21.2-34.2	140	32.7	26.1-40.1	44	8.3	5.6-12.1	41	10.1	6.2-15.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,211	277	23.4	19.8-27.5	407	32.2	28.2-36.5	321	26.9	23.3-30.9	123	11.5	9.0-14.6	83	5.9	4.3- 8.1
Some Post-H.S.	1,191	247	18.1	15.2-21.5	401	33.2	29.2-37.4	363	33.2	29.1-37.6	113	9.7	7.2-13.0	67	5.8	4.0- 8.2
College Graduate	1,307	193	14.1	11.5-17.3	444	34.5	30.9-38.3	528	39.1	35.4-42.9	97	9.0	6.8-11.7	45	3.3	2.1- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	474	133	23.4	18.6-29.0	144	30.0	23.9-36.9	117	27.3	21.6-33.9	43	11.6	7.5-17.6	37	7.7	4.8-12.2
$15,000- 24,999	783	165	20.7	16.7-25.5	252	28.9	24.3-34.0	234	34.0	28.9-39.6	70	8.6	5.9-12.2	62	7.8	5.1-11.6
$25,000- 34,999	504	101	19.7	15.2-25.2	172	33.8	27.4-40.9	150	31.1	24.5-38.5	50	9.5	6.2-14.3	31	5.9	3.5- 9.6
$35,000- 49,999	583	117	14.7	11.3-18.9	192	35.1	29.3-41.4	196	34.5	28.9-40.6	52	11.2	7.6-16.0	26	4.5	2.6- 7.9
$50,000-74,999	470	78	19.0	14.4-24.7	169	31.9	26.5-37.7	169	35.4	29.5-41.7	38	10.2	6.7-15.2	16	3.5	1.9- 6.6
$75,000+	567	86	15.6	11.7-20.5	211	36.6	31.4-42.0	199	34.4	29.3-39.9	49	9.3	6.5-13.2	22	4.1	2.2- 7.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	194	38	19.1	13.7-26.0	56	26.1	20.0-33.3	76	42.2	34.2-50.6	15	7.8	4.5-13.3	9	4.8	2.1-10.4
Guilford	220	46	24.0	17.7-31.6	67	28.3	22.1-35.4	77	35.9	28.7-43.9	21	9.0	5.4-14.8	9	2.8	1.4- 5.6
Mecklenburg	214	36	16.8	11.9-23.2	73	30.9	24.7-38.0	81	39.7	32.5-47.3	17	8.3	5.0-13.5	7	4.3	1.9- 9.2
Orange	225	36	13.8	9.5-19.6	72	30.8	23.3-39.4	88	34.5	26.2-44.0	19	15.8	7.8-29.5	10	5.1	2.1-11.7
Wake	219	30	14.6	9.8-21.2	77	34.1	27.1-41.9	88	36.0	28.9-43.7	17	11.0	6.5-18.0	7	4.3	1.6-11.1
Chatham/Lee	164	34	19.2	13.5-26.5	56	40.4	31.9-49.5	44	23.3	17.0-31.0	19	11.3	7.1-17.6	11	5.8	3.1-10.5
Nash/Wilson	155	40	24.3	17.6-32.5	49	33.8	26.0-42.7	47	30.0	22.7-38.4	10	7.1	3.4-14.1	9	4.9	2.4- 9.7
Craven/Pamlico	199	33	17.5	12.1-24.6	67	32.1	25.4-39.5	68	34.6	27.5-42.4	22	12.8	8.2-19.5	9	3.0	1.5- 6.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	191	41	20.3	14.7-27.3	58	30.3	23.2-38.4	57	30.9	23.5-39.4	17	10.3	6.2-16.7	18	8.3	5.0-13.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	218	45	16.9	11.8-23.6	72	34.0	25.4-43.8	74	37.9	27.4-49.5	12	5.3	2.8- 9.6	15	6.0	3.1-11.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	206	40	18.2	12.9-24.9	80	40.2	32.2-48.8	55	30.0	22.1-39.3	18	6.2	3.7-10.2	13	5.5	2.9-10.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	194	45	23.8	17.6-31.2	63	31.5	24.8-39.1	65	33.7	26.7-41.6	10	6.2	3.2-11.8	11	4.8	2.6- 8.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	186	39	19.9	14.3-26.9	64	35.9	28.5-44.0	51	27.1	20.4-34.9	20	10.8	6.7-16.9	12	6.4	3.4-11.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	183	50	25.9	19.7-33.4	61	35.4	27.8-43.8	48	24.0	17.9-31.4	16	9.1	5.4-14.8	8	5.6	2.7-11.1
Northeast NC I	207	46	21.8	15.9-29.1	71	35.2	28.0-43.0	61	29.8	23.3-37.2	19	7.8	4.8-12.4	10	5.5	2.6-11.0
Northeast NC II	223	45	18.1	13.3-24.1	66	28.9	22.5-36.1	69	33.0	26.2-40.7	23	11.9	7.5-18.5	20	8.1	5.1-12.7
Northeastern Partnership	430	91	19.4	15.6-24.0	137	31.2	26.3-36.5	130	31.8	26.8-37.3	42	10.4	7.2-14.8	30	7.1	4.8-10.4
Mountain AHEC	589	128	21.5	17.4-26.3	187	32.1	27.2-37.4	199	31.2	26.6-36.2	46	10.9	7.6-15.3	29	4.3	2.7- 6.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,427	299	19.4	16.2-23.0	471	31.5	27.7-35.5	440	34.4	30.5-38.6	131	8.3	6.4-10.7	86	6.4	4.7- 8.6
Piedmont	1,840	346	18.4	16.1-21.0	626	33.2	30.2-36.3	599	32.7	29.8-35.8	172	10.3	8.3-12.6	97	5.4	4.0- 7.1
Western NC	935	198	18.8	15.7-22.4	293	32.8	28.4-37.6	314	31.7	27.4-36.4	75	12.1	8.9-16.3	55	4.5	3.2- 6.3

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

3,189

599

17.5

15.7-19.5

1,064

33.0

30.6-35.6

1,049

32.9

30.5-35.4

285

10.5

8.9-12.4

192

6.0

4.9- 7.4

African American

812

214

26.5

21.7-32.0

246

27.4

23.1-32.0

249

35.4

30.4-40.8

7.5

5.3-10.5

3.2

1.8- 5.5

Asian

38.9

14.1-71.1

27.1

8.5-59.8

30.6

10.9-61.3

3.5

0.7-16.2

0.0

. - .

Native American

9.0

4.6-16.9

46.7

30.6-63.6

28.5

13.6-50.2

9.0

3.4-21.9

6.8

2.8-15.4

Other Minorities

4.8

2.0-11.2

47.2

31.3-63.6

27.8

14.9-45.8

12.4

5.1-27.1

7.8

2.0-26.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

8.4

3.6-18.5

46.4

29.4-64.2

24.8

12.3-43.5

13.5

5.3-30.2

6.9

1.2-31.7

-English Speaking

15.6

6.7-32.1

31.7

15.4-54.2

25.3

12.9-43.7

15.1

6.0-33.1

12.3

2.1-48.4

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

63.8

31.2-87.3

24.1

6.0-61.2

11.5

1.6-50.7

0.6

0.1- 4.2

Non-Hispanic

4,117

832

19.1

17.3-21.0

1,360

32.2

30.1-34.4

1,325

33.4

31.2-35.6

366

9.9

8.5-11.4

234

5.5

4.5- 6.6

AGE

18-24

277

16.7

10.8-24.8

32.9

25.1-41.7

34.1

26.1-43.1

13.8

8.5-21.6

2.5

0.8- 7.8

25-34

697

118

16.3

12.8-20.5

242

34.6

29.8-39.7

232

33.5

28.7-38.7

8.9

6.4-12.3

6.7

4.3-10.3

35-44

846

164

19.0

15.6-22.9

297

33.0

28.6-37.7

294

37.0

32.4-41.8

7.2

5.1-10.0

3.8

2.2- 6.6

45-54

871

185

20.1

16.5-24.4

284

34.2

29.6-39.0

271

29.0

24.9-33.4

11.7

8.8-15.4

5.0

3.4- 7.3

55-64

674

135

18.9

15.0-23.5

201

29.7

24.9-35.0

233

36.6

31.4-42.1

7.9

5.4-11.6

6.9

4.6-10.3

65-74

511

103

20.3

15.6-25.8

171

32.0

26.5-38.1

151

30.1

24.6-36.1

10.8

7.4-15.5

6.9

4.3-10.8

75+

295

23.4

17.4-30.8

28.6

21.8-36.5

25.2

18.5-33.3

12.6

7.4-20.6

10.3

6.0-17.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

485

125

21.8

16.9-27.5

135

27.2

21.2-34.2

140

32.7

26.1-40.1

8.3

5.6-12.1

10.1

6.2-15.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,211

277

23.4

19.8-27.5

407

32.2

28.2-36.5

321

26.9

23.3-30.9

123

11.5

9.0-14.6

5.9

4.3- 8.1

Some Post-H.S.

1,191

247

18.1

15.2-21.5

401

33.2

29.2-37.4

363

33.2

29.1-37.6

113

9.7

7.2-13.0

5.8

4.0- 8.2

College Graduate

1,307

193

14.1

11.5-17.3

444

34.5

30.9-38.3

528

39.1

35.4-42.9

9.0

6.8-11.7

3.3

2.1- 5.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

474

133

23.4

18.6-29.0

144

30.0

23.9-36.9

117

27.3

21.6-33.9

11.6

7.5-17.6

7.7

4.8-12.2

$15,000- 24,999

783

165

20.7

16.7-25.5

252

28.9

24.3-34.0

234

34.0

28.9-39.6

8.6

5.9-12.2

7.8

5.1-11.6

$25,000- 34,999

504

101

19.7

15.2-25.2

172

33.8

27.4-40.9

150

31.1

24.5-38.5

9.5

6.2-14.3

5.9

3.5- 9.6

$35,000- 49,999

583

117

14.7

11.3-18.9

192

35.1

29.3-41.4

196

34.5

28.9-40.6

11.2

7.6-16.0

4.5

2.6- 7.9

$50,000-74,999

470

19.0

14.4-24.7

169

31.9

26.5-37.7

169

35.4

29.5-41.7

10.2

6.7-15.2

3.5

1.9- 6.6

$75,000+

567

15.6

11.7-20.5

211

36.6

31.4-42.0

199

34.4

29.3-39.9

9.3

6.5-13.2

4.1

2.2- 7.5

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

194

19.1

13.7-26.0

26.1

20.0-33.3

42.2

34.2-50.6

7.8

4.5-13.3

4.8

2.1-10.4

Guilford

220

24.0

17.7-31.6

28.3

22.1-35.4

35.9

28.7-43.9

9.0

5.4-14.8

2.8

1.4- 5.6

Mecklenburg

214

16.8

11.9-23.2

30.9

24.7-38.0

39.7

32.5-47.3

8.3

5.0-13.5

4.3

1.9- 9.2

Orange

225

13.8

9.5-19.6

30.8

23.3-39.4

34.5

26.2-44.0

15.8

7.8-29.5

5.1

2.1-11.7

Wake

219

14.6

9.8-21.2

34.1

27.1-41.9

36.0

28.9-43.7

11.0

6.5-18.0

4.3

1.6-11.1

Chatham/Lee

164

19.2

13.5-26.5

40.4

31.9-49.5

23.3

17.0-31.0

11.3

7.1-17.6

5.8

3.1-10.5

Nash/Wilson

155

24.3

17.6-32.5

33.8

26.0-42.7

30.0

22.7-38.4

7.1

3.4-14.1

4.9

2.4- 9.7

Craven/Pamlico

199

17.5

12.1-24.6

32.1

25.4-39.5

34.6

27.5-42.4

12.8

8.2-19.5

3.0

1.5- 6.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

191

20.3

14.7-27.3

30.3

23.2-38.4

30.9

23.5-39.4

10.3

6.2-16.7

8.3

5.0-13.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

218

16.9

11.8-23.6

34.0

25.4-43.8

37.9

27.4-49.5

5.3

2.8- 9.6

6.0

3.1-11.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

206

18.2

12.9-24.9

40.2

32.2-48.8

30.0

22.1-39.3

6.2

3.7-10.2

5.5

2.9-10.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

194

23.8

17.6-31.2

31.5

24.8-39.1

33.7

26.7-41.6

6.2

3.2-11.8

4.8

2.6- 8.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

186

19.9

14.3-26.9

35.9

28.5-44.0

27.1

20.4-34.9

10.8

6.7-16.9

6.4

3.4-11.7

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

183

25.9

19.7-33.4

35.4

27.8-43.8

24.0

17.9-31.4

9.1

5.4-14.8

5.6

2.7-11.1

Northeast NC I

207

21.8

15.9-29.1

35.2

28.0-43.0

29.8

23.3-37.2

7.8

4.8-12.4

5.5

2.6-11.0

Northeast NC II

223

18.1

13.3-24.1

28.9

22.5-36.1

33.0

26.2-40.7

11.9

7.5-18.5

8.1

5.1-12.7

Northeastern Partnership

430

19.4

15.6-24.0

137

31.2

26.3-36.5

130

31.8

26.8-37.3

10.4

7.2-14.8

7.1

4.8-10.4

Mountain AHEC

589

128

21.5

17.4-26.3

187

32.1

27.2-37.4

199

31.2

26.6-36.2

10.9

7.6-15.3

4.3

2.7- 6.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,427

299

19.4

16.2-23.0

471

31.5

27.7-35.5

440

34.4

30.5-38.6

131

8.3

6.4-10.7

6.4

4.7- 8.6

Piedmont

1,840

346

18.4

16.1-21.0

626

33.2

30.2-36.3

599

32.7

29.8-35.8

172

10.3

8.3-12.6

5.4

4.0- 7.1

Western NC

935

198

18.8

15.7-22.4

293

32.8

28.4-37.6

314

31.7

27.4-36.4

12.1

8.9-16.3

4.5

3.2- 6.3

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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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