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-MALES

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	Total Respond.^	1 day	2 days	3-4 days	5-6 days	Everyday
TOTAL	2,514	154	5.9	4.7- 7.4	358	14.3	12.4-16.4	834	36.1	33.2-39.2	525	21.2	18.7-23.9	643	22.5	20.1-25.1
RACE
White	1,964	114	5.7	4.4- 7.3	273	13.8	11.7-16.2	647	36.2	32.9-39.7	419	20.8	18.1-23.9	511	23.5	20.6-26.6
African American	386	23	5.6	2.8-10.9	55	12.7	8.8-18.0	132	34.9	28.0-42.6	76	24.2	17.8-32.1	100	22.6	17.2-29.1
Asian	19	1	1.3	0.2- 9.4	4	17.8	3.8-54.5	10	57.6	27.2-83.2	1	13.0	1.8-54.4	3	10.2	2.6-32.4
Native American	57	6	11.3	3.4-31.3	7	13.9	5.4-31.5	15	40.7	18.5-67.5	14	11.8	5.6-23.2	15	22.3	10.1-42.1
Other Minorities	75	10	10.6	4.2-24.0	17	25.2	13.8-41.4	23	27.7	14.8-45.8	13	24.5	12.0-43.6	12	12.1	5.3-25.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	81	11	10.1	3.9-23.5	18	24.0	13.0-40.2	26	35.2	20.8-52.8	16	20.5	9.0-40.2	10	10.2	4.0-23.5
-English Speaking	37	5	13.2	3.2-41.1	4	3.4	1.0-10.6	15	62.8	36.6-83.2	8	8.7	2.9-22.9	5	11.9	2.5-41.5
-Spanish Speaking	44	6	8.5	2.4-26.4	14	34.2	18.0-55.3	11	21.5	9.0-43.3	8	26.4	10.5-52.2	5	9.4	2.9-26.2
Non-Hispanic	2,430	143	5.7	4.5- 7.1	340	13.8	11.9-15.9	807	36.2	33.2-39.2	509	21.3	18.7-24.0	631	23.1	20.6-25.8
AGE
18-24	168	7	2.5	0.9- 6.4	24	11.1	6.4-18.8	57	37.8	27.4-49.3	44	31.5	21.8-43.0	36	17.2	10.8-26.4
25-34	397	17	5.1	2.5- 9.9	71	16.8	12.3-22.5	139	35.6	28.9-42.9	74	19.3	13.9-26.2	96	23.2	17.1-30.8
35-44	517	47	8.9	6.0-13.0	86	17.7	13.4-23.0	172	35.7	30.2-41.6	107	18.5	14.3-23.5	105	19.2	14.9-24.4
45-54	497	35	6.1	3.8- 9.8	73	14.6	10.6-19.8	184	41.1	34.8-47.8	88	14.1	10.4-18.7	117	24.1	18.7-30.4
55-64	417	24	5.6	3.2- 9.5	50	10.9	7.5-15.5	137	38.8	32.2-45.9	90	23.1	17.8-29.4	116	21.6	16.8-27.2
65-74	321	14	6.3	3.2-12.2	31	11.4	7.1-17.8	97	27.3	21.3-34.3	85	29.2	22.5-36.9	94	25.7	19.7-32.7
75+	184	10	5.8	2.7-12.3	21	10.6	6.2-17.7	45	24.7	17.0-34.4	34	18.9	12.3-27.9	74	40.0	30.6-50.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	324	26	6.1	3.6-10.0	55	21.7	15.2-30.0	85	26.3	19.4-34.5	52	12.8	8.2-19.4	106	33.2	24.6-43.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	714	50	6.1	4.1- 9.1	113	15.1	11.6-19.4	220	34.2	28.7-40.2	156	24.7	19.6-30.6	175	19.9	15.9-24.6
Some Post-H.S.	625	38	7.0	4.5-10.8	83	11.8	8.7-16.0	211	34.3	28.6-40.5	126	22.2	17.1-28.3	167	24.6	19.7-30.4
College Graduate	844	40	4.6	3.0- 7.0	107	13.1	10.2-16.6	314	42.7	37.9-47.7	190	20.4	17.0-24.4	193	19.1	15.8-22.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	193	18	7.3	4.0-13.1	23	16.2	9.2-26.9	44	22.5	13.2-35.6	43	16.7	10.3-25.9	65	37.3	26.2-49.9
$15,000- 24,999	399	20	7.2	4.1-12.4	67	15.4	10.8-21.5	118	31.1	24.2-38.8	75	23.8	17.1-32.2	119	22.5	16.7-29.5
$25,000- 34,999	272	17	7.7	4.0-14.4	42	13.7	8.9-20.4	90	36.1	27.6-45.5	62	21.4	15.0-29.6	61	21.2	14.4-30.0
$35,000- 49,999	407	30	5.8	3.4- 9.7	63	17.6	12.3-24.5	129	31.2	25.0-38.0	79	18.5	13.9-24.2	106	26.9	21.1-33.7
$50,000-74,999	371	21	4.6	2.5- 8.2	50	12.8	8.8-18.4	139	47.3	39.4-55.3	82	21.6	15.5-29.3	79	13.7	9.9-18.7
$75,000+	420	21	4.6	2.6- 8.1	55	13.8	9.8-19.0	169	39.0	32.5-46.0	88	22.5	16.5-29.9	87	20.1	14.9-26.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	132	4	3.1	1.1- 8.2	17	13.5	7.5-23.3	43	33.4	24.7-43.4	30	19.6	13.4-27.8	38	30.4	21.5-40.9
Guilford	122	8	5.2	2.5-10.5	21	15.9	9.9-24.5	38	29.4	21.3-39.0	28	23.8	16.3-33.5	27	25.7	17.1-36.6
Mecklenburg	118	9	5.9	2.7-12.2	18	17.5	10.4-27.8	47	43.6	32.1-55.9	19	16.5	8.9-28.5	25	16.5	10.5-24.9
Orange	129	12	10.1	5.2-18.9	14	10.0	5.3-18.0	45	32.3	22.7-43.7	22	13.5	8.1-21.6	36	34.1	20.9-50.2
Wake	131	12	10.6	5.5-19.4	17	12.7	7.2-21.3	58	43.4	33.8-53.6	18	16.5	9.6-26.8	26	16.8	11.1-24.5
Chatham/Lee	102	3	1.6	0.5- 5.8	15	14.6	8.5-23.7	31	38.6	25.9-53.0	16	13.3	7.6-22.4	37	31.9	22.3-43.3
Nash/Wilson	104	6	5.4	2.3-12.0	23	22.7	14.9-33.0	31	31.2	21.0-43.6	21	21.2	13.4-31.9	23	19.5	12.2-29.5
Craven/Pamlico	112	6	7.7	3.1-17.7	12	13.1	6.7-24.0	45	41.3	31.0-52.4	25	18.5	12.1-27.1	24	19.5	12.5-29.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	112	8	6.7	3.1-13.7	14	14.1	8.0-23.6	36	28.8	19.7-40.0	20	16.2	10.1-24.9	34	34.2	22.3-48.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	133	5	4.1	1.7- 9.7	19	11.5	7.0-18.3	44	34.5	25.7-44.5	33	27.3	18.6-38.3	32	22.6	15.5-31.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance	122	16	12.3	6.6-22.0	11	7.6	3.3-16.5	39	26.4	16.1-40.2	28	35.0	16.6-59.4	28	18.6	10.4-31.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	133	6	3.6	1.5- 8.3	12	12.2	6.2-22.5	32	27.3	18.5-38.4	37	25.7	18.2-34.9	46	31.2	23.0-40.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	115	10	8.5	4.4-15.7	21	14.4	8.9-22.6	31	28.4	19.8-39.0	23	21.7	14.1-32.0	30	27.0	18.4-37.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	83	4	4.0	1.4-10.9	14	18.5	10.3-31.0	21	25.9	15.1-40.8	19	26.1	13.5-44.4	25	25.4	16.1-37.8
Northeast NC I	94	5	4.7	1.9-11.3	17	19.9	10.8-33.9	25	21.6	13.3-33.2	25	33.5	17.9-53.8	22	20.3	12.0-32.0
Northeast NC II	132	3	1.8	0.5- 5.9	21	19.4	12.4-29.2	42	32.2	23.5-42.3	23	17.4	11.2-26.0	43	29.2	21.1-39.0
Northeastern Partnership	226	8	2.7	1.3- 5.5	38	19.6	13.6-27.3	67	28.9	22.1-36.9	48	22.4	15.2-31.7	65	26.5	20.0-34.1
Mountain AHEC	385	16	3.8	2.0- 7.2	47	13.6	9.4-19.2	111	28.3	22.3-35.2	89	20.9	15.5-27.5	122	33.4	24.8-43.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	808	47	6.6	4.3-10.2	130	15.6	12.0-20.0	245	30.2	25.1-35.8	173	22.2	17.9-27.2	213	25.4	21.0-30.4
Piedmont	1,104	82	6.1	4.6- 8.2	155	14.0	11.5-17.0	399	39.6	35.5-43.9	215	20.8	17.3-24.8	253	19.4	16.3-22.9
Western NC	602	25	3.3	2.0- 5.5	73	12.7	9.4-17.1	190	34.3	28.5-40.6	137	20.7	16.3-25.9	177	28.9	22.5-36.3

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,514

154

5.9

4.7- 7.4

358

14.3

12.4-16.4

834

36.1

33.2-39.2

525

21.2

18.7-23.9

643

22.5

20.1-25.1

RACE

White

1,964

114

5.7

4.4- 7.3

273

13.8

11.7-16.2

647

36.2

32.9-39.7

419

20.8

18.1-23.9

511

23.5

20.6-26.6

African American

386

5.6

2.8-10.9

12.7

8.8-18.0

132

34.9

28.0-42.6

24.2

17.8-32.1

100

22.6

17.2-29.1

Asian

1.3

0.2- 9.4

17.8

3.8-54.5

57.6

27.2-83.2

13.0

1.8-54.4

10.2

2.6-32.4

Native American

11.3

3.4-31.3

13.9

5.4-31.5

40.7

18.5-67.5

11.8

5.6-23.2

22.3

10.1-42.1

Other Minorities

10.6

4.2-24.0

25.2

13.8-41.4

27.7

14.8-45.8

24.5

12.0-43.6

12.1

5.3-25.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

10.1

3.9-23.5

24.0

13.0-40.2

35.2

20.8-52.8

20.5

9.0-40.2

10.2

4.0-23.5

-English Speaking

13.2

3.2-41.1

3.4

1.0-10.6

62.8

36.6-83.2

8.7

2.9-22.9

11.9

2.5-41.5

-Spanish Speaking

8.5

2.4-26.4

34.2

18.0-55.3

21.5

9.0-43.3

26.4

10.5-52.2

9.4

2.9-26.2

Non-Hispanic

2,430

143

5.7

4.5- 7.1

340

13.8

11.9-15.9

807

36.2

33.2-39.2

509

21.3

18.7-24.0

631

23.1

20.6-25.8

AGE

18-24

168

2.5

0.9- 6.4

11.1

6.4-18.8

37.8

27.4-49.3

31.5

21.8-43.0

17.2

10.8-26.4

25-34

397

5.1

2.5- 9.9

16.8

12.3-22.5

139

35.6

28.9-42.9

19.3

13.9-26.2

23.2

17.1-30.8

35-44

517

8.9

6.0-13.0

17.7

13.4-23.0

172

35.7

30.2-41.6

107

18.5

14.3-23.5

105

19.2

14.9-24.4

45-54

497

6.1

3.8- 9.8

14.6

10.6-19.8

184

41.1

34.8-47.8

14.1

10.4-18.7

117

24.1

18.7-30.4

55-64

417

5.6

3.2- 9.5

10.9

7.5-15.5

137

38.8

32.2-45.9

23.1

17.8-29.4

116

21.6

16.8-27.2

65-74

321

6.3

3.2-12.2

11.4

7.1-17.8

27.3

21.3-34.3

29.2

22.5-36.9

25.7

19.7-32.7

75+

184

5.8

2.7-12.3

10.6

6.2-17.7

24.7

17.0-34.4

18.9

12.3-27.9

40.0

30.6-50.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

324

6.1

3.6-10.0

21.7

15.2-30.0

26.3

19.4-34.5

12.8

8.2-19.4

106

33.2

24.6-43.0

H.S. or G.E.D.

714

6.1

4.1- 9.1

113

15.1

11.6-19.4

220

34.2

28.7-40.2

156

24.7

19.6-30.6

175

19.9

15.9-24.6

Some Post-H.S.

625

7.0

4.5-10.8

11.8

8.7-16.0

211

34.3

28.6-40.5

126

22.2

17.1-28.3

167

24.6

19.7-30.4

College Graduate

844

4.6

3.0- 7.0

107

13.1

10.2-16.6

314

42.7

37.9-47.7

190

20.4

17.0-24.4

193

19.1

15.8-22.9

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

193

7.3

4.0-13.1

16.2

9.2-26.9

22.5

13.2-35.6

16.7

10.3-25.9

37.3

26.2-49.9

$15,000- 24,999

399

7.2

4.1-12.4

15.4

10.8-21.5

118

31.1

24.2-38.8

23.8

17.1-32.2

119

22.5

16.7-29.5

$25,000- 34,999

272

7.7

4.0-14.4

13.7

8.9-20.4

36.1

27.6-45.5

21.4

15.0-29.6

21.2

14.4-30.0

$35,000- 49,999

407

5.8

3.4- 9.7

17.6

12.3-24.5

129

31.2

25.0-38.0

18.5

13.9-24.2

106

26.9

21.1-33.7

$50,000-74,999

371

4.6

2.5- 8.2

12.8

8.8-18.4

139

47.3

39.4-55.3

21.6

15.5-29.3

13.7

9.9-18.7

$75,000+

420

4.6

2.6- 8.1

13.8

9.8-19.0

169

39.0

32.5-46.0

22.5

16.5-29.9

20.1

14.9-26.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

132

3.1

1.1- 8.2

13.5

7.5-23.3

33.4

24.7-43.4

19.6

13.4-27.8

30.4

21.5-40.9

Guilford

122

5.2

2.5-10.5

15.9

9.9-24.5

29.4

21.3-39.0

23.8

16.3-33.5

25.7

17.1-36.6

Mecklenburg

118

5.9

2.7-12.2

17.5

10.4-27.8

43.6

32.1-55.9

16.5

8.9-28.5

16.5

10.5-24.9

Orange

129

10.1

5.2-18.9

10.0

5.3-18.0

32.3

22.7-43.7

13.5

8.1-21.6

34.1

20.9-50.2

Wake

131

10.6

5.5-19.4

12.7

7.2-21.3

43.4

33.8-53.6

16.5

9.6-26.8

16.8

11.1-24.5

Chatham/Lee

102

1.6

0.5- 5.8

14.6

8.5-23.7

38.6

25.9-53.0

13.3

7.6-22.4

31.9

22.3-43.3

Nash/Wilson

104

5.4

2.3-12.0

22.7

14.9-33.0

31.2

21.0-43.6

21.2

13.4-31.9

19.5

12.2-29.5

Craven/Pamlico

112

7.7

3.1-17.7

13.1

6.7-24.0

41.3

31.0-52.4

18.5

12.1-27.1

19.5

12.5-29.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

112

6.7

3.1-13.7

14.1

8.0-23.6

28.8

19.7-40.0

16.2

10.1-24.9

34.2

22.3-48.6

Appalachian/Wilkes

133

4.1

1.7- 9.7

11.5

7.0-18.3

34.5

25.7-44.5

27.3

18.6-38.3

22.6

15.5-31.6

Franklin/Gran./Vance

122

12.3

6.6-22.0

7.6

3.3-16.5

26.4

16.1-40.2

35.0

16.6-59.4

18.6

10.4-31.1

Graham/Swain/Jackson

133

3.6

1.5- 8.3

12.2

6.2-22.5

27.3

18.5-38.4

25.7

18.2-34.9

31.2

23.0-40.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

115

8.5

4.4-15.7

14.4

8.9-22.6

28.4

19.8-39.0

21.7

14.1-32.0

27.0

18.4-37.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

4.0

1.4-10.9

18.5

10.3-31.0

25.9

15.1-40.8

26.1

13.5-44.4

25.4

16.1-37.8

Northeast NC I

4.7

1.9-11.3

19.9

10.8-33.9

21.6

13.3-33.2

33.5

17.9-53.8

20.3

12.0-32.0

Northeast NC II

132

1.8

0.5- 5.9

19.4

12.4-29.2

32.2

23.5-42.3

17.4

11.2-26.0

29.2

21.1-39.0

Northeastern Partnership

226

2.7

1.3- 5.5

19.6

13.6-27.3

28.9

22.1-36.9

22.4

15.2-31.7

26.5

20.0-34.1

Mountain AHEC

385

3.8

2.0- 7.2

13.6

9.4-19.2

111

28.3

22.3-35.2

20.9

15.5-27.5

122

33.4

24.8-43.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

808

6.6

4.3-10.2

130

15.6

12.0-20.0

245

30.2

25.1-35.8

173

22.2

17.9-27.2

213

25.4

21.0-30.4

Piedmont

1,104

6.1

4.6- 8.2

155

14.0

11.5-17.0

399

39.6

35.5-43.9

215

20.8

17.3-24.8

253

19.4

16.3-22.9

Western NC

602

3.3

2.0- 5.5

12.7

9.4-17.1

190

34.3

28.5-40.6

137

20.7

16.3-25.9

177

28.9

22.5-36.3

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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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