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-FEMALES

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	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	1,130	130	12.3	9.7-15.5	297	27.9	24.0-32.3	449	37.1	33.0-41.4	157	13.6	10.8-16.9	97	9.1	6.8-12.1
African American	200	21	13.7	6.2-27.7	70	31.7	23.2-41.6	75	34.8	26.1-44.7	25	15.6	8.7-26.5	9	4.1	1.9- 9.0
Asian	7	0	0.0	. - .	4	47.9	13.3-84.6	3	52.1	15.4-86.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	29	8	23.6	10.6-44.7	8	26.5	12.4-47.8	6	20.1	7.7-43.2	5	16.9	6.4-37.6	2	12.9	2.7-43.7
Other Minorities	25	6	24.8	8.4-54.4	7	18.5	5.6-46.2	8	42.5	18.1-71.2	2	10.8	2.3-38.1	2	3.4	0.5-18.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic	31	6	36.1	14.8-64.8	7	6.9	2.5-17.6	13	38.2	17.7-64.1	2	16.3	3.9-48.0	3	2.5	0.6- 9.2
-English Speaking	29	6	40.2	16.6-69.4	7	7.6	2.7-19.8	11	31.3	12.3-59.6	2	18.1	4.4-51.7	3	2.8	0.7-10.4
-Spanish Speaking	2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	1,360	159	12.3	9.7-15.5	379	28.8	25.2-32.7	528	36.9	33.1-40.8	187	13.7	11.1-16.8	107	8.3	6.3-10.9
AGE
18-24	146	16	13.1	6.0-26.2	47	33.7	22.9-46.6	56	32.7	22.8-44.5	20	14.6	8.0-25.0	7	5.9	2.0-15.7
25-34	281	38	17.8	12.0-25.6	84	25.8	19.5-33.3	111	38.4	30.9-46.6	34	12.9	8.1-20.0	14	5.0	2.4-10.1
35-44	336	42	11.8	7.8-17.5	102	28.1	22.1-35.0	133	40.8	33.6-48.4	42	12.3	8.0-18.3	17	7.1	3.7-13.1
45-54	292	33	11.2	7.2-16.9	75	30.5	23.2-38.9	113	35.7	28.6-43.5	35	10.6	6.4-17.0	36	12.1	7.5-18.7
55-64	185	22	7.3	4.2-12.2	51	30.7	21.6-41.7	68	34.4	24.9-45.3	25	14.3	8.0-24.4	19	13.3	7.4-22.7
65-74	98	11	14.1	6.8-27.1	19	14.9	8.1-26.0	39	38.8	26.2-53.0	19	18.6	10.1-31.6	10	13.6	6.4-26.7
75+	45	2	3.0	0.7-12.1	6	9.9	2.6-31.2	17	41.1	22.1-63.3	14	38.7	19.1-62.7	6	7.3	2.6-18.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	79	9	17.0	7.8-33.2	18	17.2	7.4-35.1	29	42.4	26.6-60.0	10	9.9	4.1-22.2	13	13.4	6.2-26.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	310	49	17.5	10.7-27.1	73	22.4	16.3-30.1	96	27.6	20.7-35.8	57	19.2	13.3-26.8	35	13.3	8.3-20.8
Some Post-H.S.	401	48	11.9	8.1-17.2	126	38.6	31.3-46.5	144	31.1	24.9-38.0	52	10.4	6.5-16.3	31	7.9	4.7-13.1
College Graduate	603	59	10.6	7.3-15.1	170	24.4	20.1-29.4	274	46.5	40.8-52.2	70	13.8	10.0-18.8	30	4.7	2.8- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	109	17	13.2	6.8-23.9	31	32.4	20.7-47.0	30	23.2	14.7-34.7	19	21.5	11.9-35.8	12	9.6	4.8-18.4
$15,000- 24,999	208	30	18.5	11.6-28.2	52	20.9	13.3-31.3	71	34.0	25.2-44.0	33	13.6	6.7-25.8	22	13.0	7.3-22.2
$25,000- 34,999	175	21	12.4	7.2-20.6	57	32.9	22.7-45.0	63	36.9	26.0-49.4	19	9.9	5.0-18.6	15	7.9	2.9-19.6
$35,000- 49,999	217	26	10.3	5.8-17.5	49	31.2	22.3-41.7	88	35.7	26.5-46.1	38	15.8	10.0-24.2	16	7.0	3.4-14.0
$50,000-74,999	204	21	11.3	6.5-19.1	53	25.2	17.5-35.0	97	39.7	30.9-49.1	19	12.3	6.6-21.5	14	11.5	6.1-20.7
$75,000+	284	25	8.2	4.7-14.1	89	28.3	22.0-35.5	125	49.9	42.3-57.5	27	8.6	5.4-13.4	18	5.0	2.7- 9.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	74	6	6.6	2.7-15.3	21	31.9	19.6-47.4	32	39.8	27.8-53.2	5	8.2	3.3-19.1	10	13.5	6.8-24.9
Guilford	75	8	10.6	4.9-21.5	18	22.0	13.4-34.0	36	45.0	32.1-58.6	11	20.6	10.9-35.5	2	1.8	0.4- 7.2
Mecklenburg	95	6	4.8	2.1-10.6	22	28.5	19.1-40.2	53	53.5	42.2-64.4	8	7.8	3.6-16.0	6	5.5	2.4-12.1
Orange	116	13	11.5	5.6-22.3	36	30.9	21.2-42.6	53	41.3	30.2-53.2	9	7.3	3.1-16.4	5	9.0	2.3-29.0
Wake	88	6	6.4	2.8-14.0	24	26.4	17.7-37.5	38	40.6	30.0-52.0	16	20.3	12.1-31.9	4	6.3	2.1-18.0
Chatham/Lee	46	5	10.9	4.5-24.0	15	33.8	20.4-50.5	15	31.7	19.0-47.9	8	18.3	8.4-35.3	3	5.4	1.6-16.7
Nash/Wilson	37	7	23.2	10.5-43.6	9	25.2	12.0-45.3	13	37.3	22.0-55.6	6	11.3	4.7-24.6	2	3.1	0.8-12.0
Craven/Pamlico	65	5	5.9	2.3-14.3	14	21.6	12.7-34.2	30	49.5	36.3-62.7	12	18.0	9.8-30.7	4	5.0	1.8-13.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	59	8	12.2	5.9-23.5	22	35.6	22.9-50.7	18	34.2	21.2-50.1	5	7.0	2.7-16.6	6	11.0	4.8-23.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	72	9	10.8	4.6-23.0	22	44.9	24.3-67.3	19	25.0	13.6-41.3	14	13.0	6.5-24.4	8	6.3	2.8-13.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	66	8	12.8	5.8-25.7	18	22.5	12.7-36.5	27	49.4	34.0-65.0	6	7.7	3.3-16.9	7	7.6	3.2-17.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson	68	9	17.6	9.0-31.4	15	24.4	14.1-38.9	26	33.4	22.8-46.1	13	16.7	9.4-27.7	5	7.9	3.2-18.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	54	8	17.5	7.9-34.4	14	24.0	13.9-38.2	20	36.7	23.3-52.5	11	20.5	11.2-34.5	1	1.3	0.2- 8.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	47	6	15.3	7.0-30.3	13	27.5	16.3-42.5	12	20.0	11.1-33.6	9	19.1	9.9-33.5	7	18.1	8.5-34.3
Northeast NC I	48	4	10.6	4.0-25.2	19	39.9	26.6-54.9	16	30.5	18.8-45.3	6	12.5	5.5-25.9	3	6.5	2.1-18.5
Northeast NC II	65	11	17.3	8.8-31.1	15	21.7	12.7-34.6	29	46.0	32.4-60.2	7	7.1	3.0-16.0	3	7.9	2.5-22.3
Northeastern Partnership	113	15	15.4	8.8-25.8	34	26.8	18.7-36.8	45	41.7	31.2-53.0	13	8.6	4.7-15.4	6	7.5	3.0-17.5
Mountain AHEC	207	26	17.2	10.6-26.8	52	28.8	20.7-38.4	82	33.2	25.7-41.7	26	11.6	6.8-19.2	21	9.2	5.6-14.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	428	54	13.8	8.7-21.2	119	29.0	22.4-36.6	161	36.4	29.5-43.9	61	11.4	7.4-17.1	33	9.4	5.6-15.5
Piedmont	647	70	11.6	8.4-15.9	179	25.4	21.1-30.3	270	39.7	34.5-45.1	84	15.9	12.1-20.6	44	7.3	4.9-10.8
Western NC	320	41	15.1	10.1-22.0	89	37.3	28.3-47.2	112	28.5	22.2-35.7	45	10.9	7.2-16.3	33	8.2	5.3-12.6

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

1,130

130

12.3

9.7-15.5

297

27.9

24.0-32.3

449

37.1

33.0-41.4

157

13.6

10.8-16.9

9.1

6.8-12.1

African American

200

13.7

6.2-27.7

31.7

23.2-41.6

34.8

26.1-44.7

15.6

8.7-26.5

4.1

1.9- 9.0

Asian

0.0

. - .

47.9

13.3-84.6

52.1

15.4-86.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

23.6

10.6-44.7

26.5

12.4-47.8

20.1

7.7-43.2

16.9

6.4-37.6

12.9

2.7-43.7

Other Minorities

24.8

8.4-54.4

18.5

5.6-46.2

42.5

18.1-71.2

10.8

2.3-38.1

3.4

0.5-18.6

HISPANIC

Hispanic

36.1

14.8-64.8

6.9

2.5-17.6

38.2

17.7-64.1

16.3

3.9-48.0

2.5

0.6- 9.2

-English Speaking

40.2

16.6-69.4

7.6

2.7-19.8

31.3

12.3-59.6

18.1

4.4-51.7

2.8

0.7-10.4

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

1,360

159

12.3

9.7-15.5

379

28.8

25.2-32.7

528

36.9

33.1-40.8

187

13.7

11.1-16.8

107

8.3

6.3-10.9

AGE

18-24

146

13.1

6.0-26.2

33.7

22.9-46.6

32.7

22.8-44.5

14.6

8.0-25.0

5.9

2.0-15.7

25-34

281

17.8

12.0-25.6

25.8

19.5-33.3

111

38.4

30.9-46.6

12.9

8.1-20.0

5.0

2.4-10.1

35-44

336

11.8

7.8-17.5

102

28.1

22.1-35.0

133

40.8

33.6-48.4

12.3

8.0-18.3

7.1

3.7-13.1

45-54

292

11.2

7.2-16.9

30.5

23.2-38.9

113

35.7

28.6-43.5

10.6

6.4-17.0

12.1

7.5-18.7

55-64

185

7.3

4.2-12.2

30.7

21.6-41.7

34.4

24.9-45.3

14.3

8.0-24.4

13.3

7.4-22.7

65-74

14.1

6.8-27.1

14.9

8.1-26.0

38.8

26.2-53.0

18.6

10.1-31.6

13.6

6.4-26.7

75+

3.0

0.7-12.1

9.9

2.6-31.2

41.1

22.1-63.3

38.7

19.1-62.7

7.3

2.6-18.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

17.0

7.8-33.2

17.2

7.4-35.1

42.4

26.6-60.0

9.9

4.1-22.2

13.4

6.2-26.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

310

17.5

10.7-27.1

22.4

16.3-30.1

27.6

20.7-35.8

19.2

13.3-26.8

13.3

8.3-20.8

Some Post-H.S.

401

11.9

8.1-17.2

126

38.6

31.3-46.5

144

31.1

24.9-38.0

10.4

6.5-16.3

7.9

4.7-13.1

College Graduate

603

10.6

7.3-15.1

170

24.4

20.1-29.4

274

46.5

40.8-52.2

13.8

10.0-18.8

4.7

2.8- 7.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

109

13.2

6.8-23.9

32.4

20.7-47.0

23.2

14.7-34.7

21.5

11.9-35.8

9.6

4.8-18.4

$15,000- 24,999

208

18.5

11.6-28.2

20.9

13.3-31.3

34.0

25.2-44.0

13.6

6.7-25.8

13.0

7.3-22.2

$25,000- 34,999

175

12.4

7.2-20.6

32.9

22.7-45.0

36.9

26.0-49.4

9.9

5.0-18.6

7.9

2.9-19.6

$35,000- 49,999

217

10.3

5.8-17.5

31.2

22.3-41.7

35.7

26.5-46.1

15.8

10.0-24.2

7.0

3.4-14.0

$50,000-74,999

204

11.3

6.5-19.1

25.2

17.5-35.0

39.7

30.9-49.1

12.3

6.6-21.5

11.5

6.1-20.7

$75,000+

284

8.2

4.7-14.1

28.3

22.0-35.5

125

49.9

42.3-57.5

8.6

5.4-13.4

5.0

2.7- 9.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

6.6

2.7-15.3

31.9

19.6-47.4

39.8

27.8-53.2

8.2

3.3-19.1

13.5

6.8-24.9

Guilford

10.6

4.9-21.5

22.0

13.4-34.0

45.0

32.1-58.6

20.6

10.9-35.5

1.8

0.4- 7.2

Mecklenburg

4.8

2.1-10.6

28.5

19.1-40.2

53.5

42.2-64.4

7.8

3.6-16.0

5.5

2.4-12.1

Orange

116

11.5

5.6-22.3

30.9

21.2-42.6

41.3

30.2-53.2

7.3

3.1-16.4

9.0

2.3-29.0

Wake

6.4

2.8-14.0

26.4

17.7-37.5

40.6

30.0-52.0

20.3

12.1-31.9

6.3

2.1-18.0

Chatham/Lee

10.9

4.5-24.0

33.8

20.4-50.5

31.7

19.0-47.9

18.3

8.4-35.3

5.4

1.6-16.7

Nash/Wilson

23.2

10.5-43.6

25.2

12.0-45.3

37.3

22.0-55.6

11.3

4.7-24.6

3.1

0.8-12.0

Craven/Pamlico

5.9

2.3-14.3

21.6

12.7-34.2

49.5

36.3-62.7

18.0

9.8-30.7

5.0

1.8-13.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

12.2

5.9-23.5

35.6

22.9-50.7

34.2

21.2-50.1

7.0

2.7-16.6

11.0

4.8-23.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

10.8

4.6-23.0

44.9

24.3-67.3

25.0

13.6-41.3

13.0

6.5-24.4

6.3

2.8-13.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

12.8

5.8-25.7

22.5

12.7-36.5

49.4

34.0-65.0

7.7

3.3-16.9

7.6

3.2-17.3

Graham/Swain/Jackson

17.6

9.0-31.4

24.4

14.1-38.9

33.4

22.8-46.1

16.7

9.4-27.7

7.9

3.2-18.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

17.5

7.9-34.4

24.0

13.9-38.2

36.7

23.3-52.5

20.5

11.2-34.5

1.3

0.2- 8.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

15.3

7.0-30.3

27.5

16.3-42.5

20.0

11.1-33.6

19.1

9.9-33.5

18.1

8.5-34.3

Northeast NC I

10.6

4.0-25.2

39.9

26.6-54.9

30.5

18.8-45.3

12.5

5.5-25.9

6.5

2.1-18.5

Northeast NC II

17.3

8.8-31.1

21.7

12.7-34.6

46.0

32.4-60.2

7.1

3.0-16.0

7.9

2.5-22.3

Northeastern Partnership

113

15.4

8.8-25.8

26.8

18.7-36.8

41.7

31.2-53.0

8.6

4.7-15.4

7.5

3.0-17.5

Mountain AHEC

207

17.2

10.6-26.8

28.8

20.7-38.4

33.2

25.7-41.7

11.6

6.8-19.2

9.2

5.6-14.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

428

13.8

8.7-21.2

119

29.0

22.4-36.6

161

36.4

29.5-43.9

11.4

7.4-17.1

9.4

5.6-15.5

Piedmont

647

11.6

8.4-15.9

179

25.4

21.1-30.3

270

39.7

34.5-45.1

15.9

12.1-20.6

7.3

4.9-10.8

Western NC

320

15.1

10.1-22.0

37.3

28.3-47.2

112

28.5

22.2-35.7

10.9

7.2-16.3

8.2

5.3-12.6

Back to Physical Activity.

*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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