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-FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	1 day	2 days	3-4 days	5-6 days	Everyday
TOTAL	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	1,145	207	16.9	13.9-20.4	261	21.7	18.4-25.4	420	39.2	35.0-43.6	170	15.1	12.1-18.7	87	7.0	5.0- 9.9
African American	201	37	16.7	10.9-24.8	47	19.8	13.4-28.1	78	44.5	34.1-55.5	25	12.9	6.9-22.9	14	6.1	2.6-13.5
Asian	7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	72.8	32.4-93.7	2	24.5	5.1-66.2	1	2.6	0.3-19.1
Native American	30	10	42.7	23.4-64.4	6	18.9	7.7-39.3	11	34.4	17.4-56.6	3	4.1	1.1-13.3	0	0.0	. - .
Other Minorities	25	4	18.9	5.1-50.3	4	8.7	2.3-27.5	6	18.2	5.6-45.7	7	34.7	14.4-62.6	4	19.5	3.5-61.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic	31	7	28.4	9.7-59.5	4	20.7	6.5-49.5	13	22.7	9.7-44.6	7	28.1	10.5-56.5	0	0.0	. - .
-English Speaking	29	7	31.6	10.9-63.7	3	17.9	4.5-50.5	13	25.3	10.6-49.2	6	25.1	8.0-56.4	0	0.0	. - .
-Spanish Speaking	2	0	0.0	. - .	1	45.5	5.0-93.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	54.5	7.0-95.0	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,377	251	16.8	14.1-19.9	314	20.8	17.8-24.1	506	40.0	36.1-44.1	200	15.1	12.3-18.4	106	7.4	5.3-10.1
AGE
18-24	147	24	14.4	8.2-24.1	25	11.9	6.5-20.7	59	41.7	30.1-54.4	24	18.8	10.6-31.2	15	13.1	6.6-24.4
25-34	283	49	18.4	12.8-25.7	67	22.3	16.2-29.9	107	38.1	30.5-46.4	46	18.3	12.6-25.7	14	2.9	1.5- 5.7
35-44	338	56	16.8	11.8-23.5	78	23.8	17.9-30.9	127	38.1	31.2-45.5	55	15.5	11.0-21.5	22	5.7	2.6-12.3
45-54	293	59	17.5	12.4-24.2	59	18.5	13.1-25.6	113	44.8	36.8-53.0	39	11.4	7.4-17.1	23	7.8	4.1-14.5
55-64	190	39	19.5	12.2-29.5	48	25.9	17.9-36.0	57	32.4	22.9-43.5	31	13.9	8.3-22.3	15	8.4	4.1-16.3
65-74	102	19	13.5	7.2-24.0	22	19.1	10.8-31.5	43	51.7	38.4-64.7	9	11.1	4.7-24.1	9	4.7	2.0-10.5
75+	47	10	10.3	4.9-20.5	15	46.5	25.9-68.4	11	26.0	11.5-48.9	3	5.1	1.2-18.7	8	12.1	5.2-25.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	79	26	27.5	14.8-45.2	24	32.2	19.1-49.0	15	29.0	15.2-48.3	7	8.5	3.2-20.7	7	2.8	1.2- 6.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	322	76	18.9	13.6-25.6	70	22.9	16.3-31.2	111	37.2	28.9-46.3	33	9.2	5.7-14.6	32	11.8	6.9-19.4
Some Post-H.S.	405	74	12.2	8.7-16.9	86	20.3	15.3-26.5	152	44.4	37.1-52.0	63	15.9	10.7-22.9	30	7.1	4.0-12.4
College Graduate	604	82	18.8	14.2-24.3	139	18.7	15.1-23.0	243	38.4	33.1-44.0	104	19.1	14.8-24.3	36	4.9	2.6- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	110	24	26.0	15.3-40.5	25	17.3	10.2-27.9	31	27.1	16.8-40.6	23	25.6	15.7-38.9	7	4.0	1.5-10.4
$15,000- 24,999	212	56	22.7	15.3-32.3	43	23.5	15.8-33.5	67	33.8	24.4-44.7	31	15.9	8.9-26.9	15	4.1	2.1- 7.9
$25,000- 34,999	180	32	10.9	6.8-17.1	40	22.3	13.8-33.9	62	37.5	27.0-49.4	22	8.7	4.5-16.3	24	20.5	11.3-34.3
$35,000- 49,999	219	42	18.5	12.0-27.4	54	21.6	14.8-30.4	79	39.1	29.4-49.7	26	15.7	9.3-25.2	18	5.2	2.7- 9.6
$50,000-74,999	204	34	17.3	11.0-26.1	44	18.9	12.5-27.6	85	43.7	34.3-53.5	35	17.5	11.0-26.5	6	2.7	1.0- 7.2
$75,000+	286	33	12.7	8.2-19.2	65	22.8	16.8-30.3	125	47.2	39.7-54.9	47	14.2	10.2-19.5	16	3.1	1.5- 6.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	74	14	17.7	10.1-29.1	17	19.7	11.8-31.0	30	49.1	35.7-62.6	10	9.8	5.0-18.2	3	3.8	1.1-12.1
Guilford	76	14	16.3	9.4-26.8	12	17.8	8.9-32.5	34	44.2	31.6-57.5	12	19.2	10.1-33.4	4	2.5	0.9- 6.8
Mecklenburg	95	10	11.4	5.9-20.8	24	26.6	18.0-37.4	41	45.8	34.9-57.1	15	13.2	7.3-22.8	5	3.1	1.2- 7.6
Orange	118	10	5.7	2.8-11.0	28	23.7	15.6-34.1	49	44.6	32.7-57.1	18	16.5	9.7-26.8	13	9.6	4.3-20.2
Wake	88	17	18.6	11.5-28.7	12	12.4	6.8-21.8	36	44.7	33.6-56.4	17	17.4	10.6-27.3	6	6.8	2.6-16.6
Chatham/Lee	46	10	19.2	9.6-34.7	9	20.0	10.3-35.2	18	39.1	24.8-55.5	6	15.6	6.9-31.7	3	6.1	1.6-20.3
Nash/Wilson	37	8	19.6	8.9-37.9	7	20.1	8.7-39.8	12	31.1	17.5-48.9	6	20.9	8.7-42.3	4	8.3	3.0-21.4
Craven/Pamlico	66	8	9.5	4.4-19.2	15	22.4	13.3-35.2	27	41.7	29.2-55.3	9	14.0	6.8-26.7	7	12.5	5.8-24.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	61	13	22.3	12.9-35.7	12	19.0	10.5-31.9	25	41.9	28.1-57.0	7	12.3	4.8-28.1	4	4.6	1.6-12.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	73	12	14.1	6.6-27.5	28	37.2	21.1-56.7	21	38.7	18.7-63.3	6	5.5	2.2-13.1	6	4.5	1.8-10.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	67	14	15.2	8.3-26.3	16	19.5	11.0-32.1	21	36.9	23.2-53.2	10	23.5	11.1-43.0	6	4.9	2.0-11.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	70	21	28.5	18.6-40.9	12	17.6	9.6-30.2	21	29.7	19.2-42.9	9	9.6	4.8-18.0	7	14.7	6.5-30.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	54	14	20.7	11.8-33.8	17	32.0	19.6-47.6	11	23.9	13.3-39.2	10	20.8	10.2-37.9	2	2.5	0.6-10.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	48	11	21.8	12.1-36.1	16	32.2	20.1-47.2	11	24.2	13.5-39.6	6	11.8	5.1-24.8	4	10.0	3.6-25.0
Northeast NC I	49	12	24.8	14.4-39.2	10	19.2	10.1-33.5	17	35.5	22.9-50.6	7	14.1	6.4-28.1	3	6.4	2.1-18.2
Northeast NC II	65	9	16.5	8.1-30.7	18	26.9	16.5-40.7	22	27.3	17.0-40.7	12	23.4	12.7-39.0	4	6.0	2.1-15.7
Northeastern Partnership	114	21	18.8	11.5-29.1	28	24.8	16.6-35.2	39	29.6	21.0-40.0	19	20.8	12.5-32.5	7	6.1	2.7-13.0
Mountain AHEC	211	47	17.0	11.7-24.0	43	19.8	13.8-27.6	77	43.5	34.5-53.0	28	12.0	6.9-20.1	16	7.6	4.2-13.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	431	84	18.0	13.0-24.3	106	21.7	16.4-28.1	140	34.4	27.3-42.2	70	18.3	12.7-25.6	31	7.7	4.2-13.6
Piedmont	655	108	17.4	13.6-22.0	131	20.0	16.0-24.7	266	40.5	35.3-45.8	100	15.6	12.0-19.9	50	6.6	4.0-10.6
Western NC	326	67	13.7	10.0-18.7	82	21.8	16.4-28.5	115	47.5	38.7-56.4	37	8.9	5.5-14.2	25	8.0	4.7-13.3

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

1,145

207

16.9

13.9-20.4

261

21.7

18.4-25.4

420

39.2

35.0-43.6

170

15.1

12.1-18.7

7.0

5.0- 9.9

African American

201

16.7

10.9-24.8

19.8

13.4-28.1

44.5

34.1-55.5

12.9

6.9-22.9

6.1

2.6-13.5

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

72.8

32.4-93.7

24.5

5.1-66.2

2.6

0.3-19.1

Native American

42.7

23.4-64.4

18.9

7.7-39.3

34.4

17.4-56.6

4.1

1.1-13.3

0.0

. - .

Other Minorities

18.9

5.1-50.3

8.7

2.3-27.5

18.2

5.6-45.7

34.7

14.4-62.6

19.5

3.5-61.6

HISPANIC

Hispanic

28.4

9.7-59.5

20.7

6.5-49.5

22.7

9.7-44.6

28.1

10.5-56.5

0.0

. - .

-English Speaking

31.6

10.9-63.7

17.9

4.5-50.5

25.3

10.6-49.2

25.1

8.0-56.4

0.0

. - .

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

45.5

5.0-93.0

0.0

. - .

54.5

7.0-95.0

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,377

251

16.8

14.1-19.9

314

20.8

17.8-24.1

506

40.0

36.1-44.1

200

15.1

12.3-18.4

106

7.4

5.3-10.1

AGE

18-24

147

14.4

8.2-24.1

11.9

6.5-20.7

41.7

30.1-54.4

18.8

10.6-31.2

13.1

6.6-24.4

25-34

283

18.4

12.8-25.7

22.3

16.2-29.9

107

38.1

30.5-46.4

18.3

12.6-25.7

2.9

1.5- 5.7

35-44

338

16.8

11.8-23.5

23.8

17.9-30.9

127

38.1

31.2-45.5

15.5

11.0-21.5

5.7

2.6-12.3

45-54

293

17.5

12.4-24.2

18.5

13.1-25.6

113

44.8

36.8-53.0

11.4

7.4-17.1

7.8

4.1-14.5

55-64

190

19.5

12.2-29.5

25.9

17.9-36.0

32.4

22.9-43.5

13.9

8.3-22.3

8.4

4.1-16.3

65-74

102

13.5

7.2-24.0

19.1

10.8-31.5

51.7

38.4-64.7

11.1

4.7-24.1

4.7

2.0-10.5

75+

10.3

4.9-20.5

46.5

25.9-68.4

26.0

11.5-48.9

5.1

1.2-18.7

12.1

5.2-25.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

27.5

14.8-45.2

32.2

19.1-49.0

29.0

15.2-48.3

8.5

3.2-20.7

2.8

1.2- 6.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

322

18.9

13.6-25.6

22.9

16.3-31.2

111

37.2

28.9-46.3

9.2

5.7-14.6

11.8

6.9-19.4

Some Post-H.S.

405

12.2

8.7-16.9

20.3

15.3-26.5

152

44.4

37.1-52.0

15.9

10.7-22.9

7.1

4.0-12.4

College Graduate

604

18.8

14.2-24.3

139

18.7

15.1-23.0

243

38.4

33.1-44.0

104

19.1

14.8-24.3

4.9

2.6- 9.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

110

26.0

15.3-40.5

17.3

10.2-27.9

27.1

16.8-40.6

25.6

15.7-38.9

4.0

1.5-10.4

$15,000- 24,999

212

22.7

15.3-32.3

23.5

15.8-33.5

33.8

24.4-44.7

15.9

8.9-26.9

4.1

2.1- 7.9

$25,000- 34,999

180

10.9

6.8-17.1

22.3

13.8-33.9

37.5

27.0-49.4

8.7

4.5-16.3

20.5

11.3-34.3

$35,000- 49,999

219

18.5

12.0-27.4

21.6

14.8-30.4

39.1

29.4-49.7

15.7

9.3-25.2

5.2

2.7- 9.6

$50,000-74,999

204

17.3

11.0-26.1

18.9

12.5-27.6

43.7

34.3-53.5

17.5

11.0-26.5

2.7

1.0- 7.2

$75,000+

286

12.7

8.2-19.2

22.8

16.8-30.3

125

47.2

39.7-54.9

14.2

10.2-19.5

3.1

1.5- 6.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

17.7

10.1-29.1

19.7

11.8-31.0

49.1

35.7-62.6

9.8

5.0-18.2

3.8

1.1-12.1

Guilford

16.3

9.4-26.8

17.8

8.9-32.5

44.2

31.6-57.5

19.2

10.1-33.4

2.5

0.9- 6.8

Mecklenburg

11.4

5.9-20.8

26.6

18.0-37.4

45.8

34.9-57.1

13.2

7.3-22.8

3.1

1.2- 7.6

Orange

118

5.7

2.8-11.0

23.7

15.6-34.1

44.6

32.7-57.1

16.5

9.7-26.8

9.6

4.3-20.2

Wake

18.6

11.5-28.7

12.4

6.8-21.8

44.7

33.6-56.4

17.4

10.6-27.3

6.8

2.6-16.6

Chatham/Lee

19.2

9.6-34.7

20.0

10.3-35.2

39.1

24.8-55.5

15.6

6.9-31.7

6.1

1.6-20.3

Nash/Wilson

19.6

8.9-37.9

20.1

8.7-39.8

31.1

17.5-48.9

20.9

8.7-42.3

8.3

3.0-21.4

Craven/Pamlico

9.5

4.4-19.2

22.4

13.3-35.2

41.7

29.2-55.3

14.0

6.8-26.7

12.5

5.8-24.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

22.3

12.9-35.7

19.0

10.5-31.9

41.9

28.1-57.0

12.3

4.8-28.1

4.6

1.6-12.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

14.1

6.6-27.5

37.2

21.1-56.7

38.7

18.7-63.3

5.5

2.2-13.1

4.5

1.8-10.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

15.2

8.3-26.3

19.5

11.0-32.1

36.9

23.2-53.2

23.5

11.1-43.0

4.9

2.0-11.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

28.5

18.6-40.9

17.6

9.6-30.2

29.7

19.2-42.9

9.6

4.8-18.0

14.7

6.5-30.0

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

20.7

11.8-33.8

32.0

19.6-47.6

23.9

13.3-39.2

20.8

10.2-37.9

2.5

0.6-10.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

21.8

12.1-36.1

32.2

20.1-47.2

24.2

13.5-39.6

11.8

5.1-24.8

10.0

3.6-25.0

Northeast NC I

24.8

14.4-39.2

19.2

10.1-33.5

35.5

22.9-50.6

14.1

6.4-28.1

6.4

2.1-18.2

Northeast NC II

16.5

8.1-30.7

26.9

16.5-40.7

27.3

17.0-40.7

23.4

12.7-39.0

6.0

2.1-15.7

Northeastern Partnership

114

18.8

11.5-29.1

24.8

16.6-35.2

29.6

21.0-40.0

20.8

12.5-32.5

6.1

2.7-13.0

Mountain AHEC

211

17.0

11.7-24.0

19.8

13.8-27.6

43.5

34.5-53.0

12.0

6.9-20.1

7.6

4.2-13.5

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

431

18.0

13.0-24.3

106

21.7

16.4-28.1

140

34.4

27.3-42.2

18.3

12.7-25.6

7.7

4.2-13.6

Piedmont

655

108

17.4

13.6-22.0

131

20.0

16.0-24.7

266

40.5

35.3-45.8

100

15.6

12.0-19.9

6.6

4.0-10.6

Western NC

326

13.7

10.0-18.7

21.8

16.4-28.5

115

47.5

38.7-56.4

8.9

5.5-14.2

8.0

4.7-13.3

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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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