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-MALES

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	2,444	399	14.6	12.7-16.7	648	26.4	23.8-29.2	787	34.2	31.2-37.3	341	14.9	12.7-17.3	269	9.9	8.3-11.9
RACE
White	1,906	295	13.8	11.8-16.2	512	26.7	23.8-29.9	615	35.3	31.8-38.8	266	14.2	11.9-16.9	218	10.0	8.1-12.1
African American	375	83	21.4	16.0-28.0	89	21.0	15.3-28.2	124	31.3	24.7-38.7	44	14.1	9.2-21.0	35	12.2	7.5-19.2
Asian	19	4	17.3	3.8-52.7	7	43.3	16.9-74.0	3	15.2	2.8-53.0	3	21.2	5.2-56.7	2	3.1	0.7-13.3
Native American	57	9	15.3	6.1-33.2	16	18.6	8.9-34.9	13	17.3	7.4-35.2	15	45.2	22.6-70.0	4	3.6	1.1-11.3
Other Minorities	75	6	4.6	1.2-16.4	20	32.3	18.9-49.5	27	38.5	23.3-56.4	12	17.5	7.8-34.6	10	7.1	3.2-14.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	81	7	6.8	2.3-18.7	20	29.9	16.9-47.2	33	43.5	27.7-60.8	10	12.5	4.4-30.6	11	7.3	3.4-15.1
-English Speaking	37	6	11.2	3.3-31.9	8	8.2	3.2-19.7	16	73.7	52.2-87.8	4	3.0	0.9- 9.4	3	3.8	1.1-12.8
-Spanish Speaking	44	1	4.6	0.6-26.4	12	40.7	22.3-62.1	17	28.6	13.2-51.4	6	17.1	5.6-41.9	8	9.0	3.6-20.7
Non-Hispanic	2,360	392	15.0	13.1-17.2	628	26.3	23.6-29.1	752	33.7	30.7-36.8	330	15.0	12.8-17.5	258	10.1	8.3-12.1
AGE
18-24	164	23	9.2	5.3-15.5	41	18.7	11.8-28.5	61	39.7	29.0-51.6	18	18.0	10.4-29.3	21	14.3	8.3-23.7
25-34	386	52	11.5	7.8-16.6	108	28.8	22.4-36.3	125	36.8	29.4-44.8	63	15.3	10.8-21.3	38	7.6	4.8-11.8
35-44	510	73	14.4	10.7-19.1	134	25.1	20.2-30.6	179	34.2	28.7-40.2	70	15.4	11.3-20.6	54	10.9	7.6-15.3
45-54	481	87	18.2	13.7-23.9	131	30.7	24.7-37.5	150	31.1	25.3-37.5	65	12.0	8.3-16.9	48	8.0	5.1-12.3
55-64	404	74	19.3	14.1-25.8	96	23.0	17.7-29.3	133	34.8	28.5-41.7	58	15.1	10.7-20.8	43	7.9	5.1-11.8
65-74	310	47	14.0	9.7-19.9	90	33.6	26.5-41.6	86	25.2	19.1-32.5	46	15.2	10.1-22.3	41	11.9	7.9-17.6
75+	176	43	19.3	12.8-28.0	45	28.3	19.9-38.5	46	30.3	21.5-40.8	19	11.7	6.6-19.9	23	10.4	6.2-17.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	305	71	21.4	15.0-29.6	77	25.8	18.6-34.5	84	35.1	26.1-45.4	33	7.0	4.4-10.9	40	10.7	6.8-16.5
H.S. or G.E.D.	688	114	12.9	9.9-16.7	175	24.9	20.3-30.2	205	32.5	26.8-38.9	117	19.3	15.0-24.6	77	10.3	7.2-14.7
Some Post-H.S.	608	96	14.9	11.4-19.4	145	23.4	18.5-29.1	203	33.8	27.9-40.2	94	17.3	12.6-23.3	70	10.6	7.5-14.9
College Graduate	836	117	13.4	10.5-16.9	248	30.5	26.1-35.4	293	35.7	31.2-40.4	96	11.7	9.0-15.2	82	8.7	6.4-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	179	47	19.9	12.6-29.9	47	22.0	14.1-32.7	40	25.4	15.2-39.4	27	22.8	12.8-37.3	18	9.9	5.0-18.6
$15,000- 24,999	386	80	17.6	13.0-23.4	96	24.3	18.2-31.7	108	32.2	24.8-40.7	53	14.3	9.3-21.4	49	11.6	7.2-18.0
$25,000- 34,999	265	48	17.0	11.2-25.0	62	19.3	13.1-27.5	81	30.0	22.5-38.7	45	22.2	14.5-32.3	29	11.5	6.9-18.5
$35,000- 49,999	394	59	13.5	9.8-18.3	106	28.3	22.3-35.3	120	32.4	26.0-39.7	57	13.4	9.5-18.6	52	12.3	7.7-19.0
$50,000-74,999	363	48	12.7	8.5-18.5	97	33.1	25.6-41.5	130	34.0	26.7-42.1	51	10.6	7.2-15.2	37	9.7	6.1-14.9
$75,000+	418	52	11.2	7.9-15.8	116	25.9	20.3-32.5	145	37.5	30.9-44.6	66	17.9	12.6-24.8	39	7.4	4.6-11.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	130	24	19.4	12.5-28.8	35	25.1	17.3-34.9	37	26.0	18.4-35.4	12	8.7	4.8-15.2	22	20.8	13.0-31.6
Guilford	122	22	18.1	11.6-27.1	29	23.8	16.4-33.1	38	32.7	23.6-43.3	16	15.5	9.1-25.3	17	9.9	5.9-16.0
Mecklenburg	118	15	8.6	4.8-14.9	37	31.1	21.8-42.3	50	44.3	32.8-56.5	9	11.2	4.6-24.6	7	4.7	2.2-10.1
Orange	125	18	21.3	9.1-42.0	38	27.8	18.9-38.8	46	34.6	24.3-46.6	13	10.8	5.7-19.4	10	5.6	2.9-10.6
Wake	128	17	9.7	5.8-15.9	31	24.6	16.8-34.5	53	39.8	30.4-50.0	20	19.6	12.0-30.2	7	6.3	2.6-14.7
Chatham/Lee	100	18	18.3	11.0-28.7	30	34.2	21.7-49.4	27	22.6	14.8-32.9	13	13.8	7.7-23.7	12	11.1	5.8-20.0
Nash/Wilson	102	20	14.3	8.8-22.3	19	14.3	8.9-22.4	32	37.3	26.4-49.7	16	18.0	10.9-28.3	15	16.0	8.9-27.1
Craven/Pamlico	110	17	14.1	7.6-24.6	25	27.6	18.5-38.9	32	28.2	19.4-39.2	22	18.9	11.9-28.7	14	11.1	6.4-18.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	110	20	25.1	13.4-42.0	23	16.4	10.4-24.8	34	28.6	19.9-39.3	16	16.3	9.6-26.4	17	13.6	8.2-21.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	132	20	11.8	7.4-18.3	33	26.8	18.5-37.2	42	30.3	22.1-40.0	21	16.9	10.6-25.7	16	14.2	7.9-24.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	117	29	17.9	10.4-29.2	26	17.7	9.5-30.7	34	22.1	13.3-34.3	16	13.9	7.0-25.7	12	28.4	10.0-58.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson	123	12	11.5	5.9-21.3	37	35.0	25.3-46.1	39	28.9	19.9-39.9	17	11.6	7.0-18.7	18	12.9	7.9-20.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	111	17	13.9	8.0-23.1	31	28.8	20.0-39.4	30	25.5	17.3-35.9	19	17.3	10.7-26.7	14	14.5	7.9-25.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	81	13	20.8	8.8-41.9	22	27.6	16.4-42.7	26	28.8	18.6-41.7	10	10.8	5.4-20.2	10	12.0	6.1-22.0
Northeast NC I	90	17	32.2	15.8-54.5	32	26.5	16.8-39.3	20	20.4	11.9-32.7	14	14.0	7.7-24.1	7	6.9	2.9-15.4
Northeast NC II	127	22	20.0	12.7-30.1	27	21.0	14.0-30.1	45	33.4	24.6-43.4	21	15.1	9.7-22.8	12	10.6	5.3-20.1
Northeastern Partnership	217	39	23.8	15.9-34.0	59	22.7	16.8-29.8	65	29.4	22.5-37.4	35	14.8	10.3-20.7	19	9.4	5.3-16.2
Mountain AHEC	369	55	16.3	11.8-22.2	101	24.6	18.5-32.0	114	34.1	25.4-44.1	49	13.3	9.2-18.8	50	11.6	8.0-16.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	784	130	15.0	11.5-19.3	202	28.2	23.0-34.0	240	31.5	26.4-37.1	127	15.2	11.8-19.3	85	10.1	7.2-14.0
Piedmont	1,075	179	14.2	11.7-17.1	291	26.1	22.6-29.8	363	35.5	31.4-39.9	133	14.9	11.8-18.7	109	9.3	7.1-12.1
Western NC	585	90	15.1	11.5-19.5	155	24.5	19.5-30.2	184	34.3	27.6-41.7	81	14.3	10.6-19.0	75	11.9	8.6-16.3

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,444

399

14.6

12.7-16.7

648

26.4

23.8-29.2

787

34.2

31.2-37.3

341

14.9

12.7-17.3

269

9.9

8.3-11.9

RACE

White

1,906

295

13.8

11.8-16.2

512

26.7

23.8-29.9

615

35.3

31.8-38.8

266

14.2

11.9-16.9

218

10.0

8.1-12.1

African American

375

21.4

16.0-28.0

21.0

15.3-28.2

124

31.3

24.7-38.7

14.1

9.2-21.0

12.2

7.5-19.2

Asian

17.3

3.8-52.7

43.3

16.9-74.0

15.2

2.8-53.0

21.2

5.2-56.7

3.1

0.7-13.3

Native American

15.3

6.1-33.2

18.6

8.9-34.9

17.3

7.4-35.2

45.2

22.6-70.0

3.6

1.1-11.3

Other Minorities

4.6

1.2-16.4

32.3

18.9-49.5

38.5

23.3-56.4

17.5

7.8-34.6

7.1

3.2-14.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

6.8

2.3-18.7

29.9

16.9-47.2

43.5

27.7-60.8

12.5

4.4-30.6

7.3

3.4-15.1

-English Speaking

11.2

3.3-31.9

8.2

3.2-19.7

73.7

52.2-87.8

3.0

0.9- 9.4

3.8

1.1-12.8

-Spanish Speaking

4.6

0.6-26.4

40.7

22.3-62.1

28.6

13.2-51.4

17.1

5.6-41.9

9.0

3.6-20.7

Non-Hispanic

2,360

392

15.0

13.1-17.2

628

26.3

23.6-29.1

752

33.7

30.7-36.8

330

15.0

12.8-17.5

258

10.1

8.3-12.1

AGE

18-24

164

9.2

5.3-15.5

18.7

11.8-28.5

39.7

29.0-51.6

18.0

10.4-29.3

14.3

8.3-23.7

25-34

386

11.5

7.8-16.6

108

28.8

22.4-36.3

125

36.8

29.4-44.8

15.3

10.8-21.3

7.6

4.8-11.8

35-44

510

14.4

10.7-19.1

134

25.1

20.2-30.6

179

34.2

28.7-40.2

15.4

11.3-20.6

10.9

7.6-15.3

45-54

481

18.2

13.7-23.9

131

30.7

24.7-37.5

150

31.1

25.3-37.5

12.0

8.3-16.9

8.0

5.1-12.3

55-64

404

19.3

14.1-25.8

23.0

17.7-29.3

133

34.8

28.5-41.7

15.1

10.7-20.8

7.9

5.1-11.8

65-74

310

14.0

9.7-19.9

33.6

26.5-41.6

25.2

19.1-32.5

15.2

10.1-22.3

11.9

7.9-17.6

75+

176

19.3

12.8-28.0

28.3

19.9-38.5

30.3

21.5-40.8

11.7

6.6-19.9

10.4

6.2-17.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

305

21.4

15.0-29.6

25.8

18.6-34.5

35.1

26.1-45.4

7.0

4.4-10.9

10.7

6.8-16.5

H.S. or G.E.D.

688

114

12.9

9.9-16.7

175

24.9

20.3-30.2

205

32.5

26.8-38.9

117

19.3

15.0-24.6

10.3

7.2-14.7

Some Post-H.S.

608

14.9

11.4-19.4

145

23.4

18.5-29.1

203

33.8

27.9-40.2

17.3

12.6-23.3

10.6

7.5-14.9

College Graduate

836

117

13.4

10.5-16.9

248

30.5

26.1-35.4

293

35.7

31.2-40.4

11.7

9.0-15.2

8.7

6.4-11.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

179

19.9

12.6-29.9

22.0

14.1-32.7

25.4

15.2-39.4

22.8

12.8-37.3

9.9

5.0-18.6

$15,000- 24,999

386

17.6

13.0-23.4

24.3

18.2-31.7

108

32.2

24.8-40.7

14.3

9.3-21.4

11.6

7.2-18.0

$25,000- 34,999

265

17.0

11.2-25.0

19.3

13.1-27.5

30.0

22.5-38.7

22.2

14.5-32.3

11.5

6.9-18.5

$35,000- 49,999

394

13.5

9.8-18.3

106

28.3

22.3-35.3

120

32.4

26.0-39.7

13.4

9.5-18.6

12.3

7.7-19.0

$50,000-74,999

363

12.7

8.5-18.5

33.1

25.6-41.5

130

34.0

26.7-42.1

10.6

7.2-15.2

9.7

6.1-14.9

$75,000+

418

11.2

7.9-15.8

116

25.9

20.3-32.5

145

37.5

30.9-44.6

17.9

12.6-24.8

7.4

4.6-11.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

130

19.4

12.5-28.8

25.1

17.3-34.9

26.0

18.4-35.4

8.7

4.8-15.2

20.8

13.0-31.6

Guilford

122

18.1

11.6-27.1

23.8

16.4-33.1

32.7

23.6-43.3

15.5

9.1-25.3

9.9

5.9-16.0

Mecklenburg

118

8.6

4.8-14.9

31.1

21.8-42.3

44.3

32.8-56.5

11.2

4.6-24.6

4.7

2.2-10.1

Orange

125

21.3

9.1-42.0

27.8

18.9-38.8

34.6

24.3-46.6

10.8

5.7-19.4

5.6

2.9-10.6

Wake

128

9.7

5.8-15.9

24.6

16.8-34.5

39.8

30.4-50.0

19.6

12.0-30.2

6.3

2.6-14.7

Chatham/Lee

100

18.3

11.0-28.7

34.2

21.7-49.4

22.6

14.8-32.9

13.8

7.7-23.7

11.1

5.8-20.0

Nash/Wilson

102

14.3

8.8-22.3

14.3

8.9-22.4

37.3

26.4-49.7

18.0

10.9-28.3

16.0

8.9-27.1

Craven/Pamlico

110

14.1

7.6-24.6

27.6

18.5-38.9

28.2

19.4-39.2

18.9

11.9-28.7

11.1

6.4-18.6

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

110

25.1

13.4-42.0

16.4

10.4-24.8

28.6

19.9-39.3

16.3

9.6-26.4

13.6

8.2-21.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

132

11.8

7.4-18.3

26.8

18.5-37.2

30.3

22.1-40.0

16.9

10.6-25.7

14.2

7.9-24.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

117

17.9

10.4-29.2

17.7

9.5-30.7

22.1

13.3-34.3

13.9

7.0-25.7

28.4

10.0-58.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

123

11.5

5.9-21.3

35.0

25.3-46.1

28.9

19.9-39.9

11.6

7.0-18.7

12.9

7.9-20.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

111

13.9

8.0-23.1

28.8

20.0-39.4

25.5

17.3-35.9

17.3

10.7-26.7

14.5

7.9-25.2

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

20.8

8.8-41.9

27.6

16.4-42.7

28.8

18.6-41.7

10.8

5.4-20.2

12.0

6.1-22.0

Northeast NC I

32.2

15.8-54.5

26.5

16.8-39.3

20.4

11.9-32.7

14.0

7.7-24.1

6.9

2.9-15.4

Northeast NC II

127

20.0

12.7-30.1

21.0

14.0-30.1

33.4

24.6-43.4

15.1

9.7-22.8

10.6

5.3-20.1

Northeastern Partnership

217

23.8

15.9-34.0

22.7

16.8-29.8

29.4

22.5-37.4

14.8

10.3-20.7

9.4

5.3-16.2

Mountain AHEC

369

16.3

11.8-22.2

101

24.6

18.5-32.0

114

34.1

25.4-44.1

13.3

9.2-18.8

11.6

8.0-16.5

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

784

130

15.0

11.5-19.3

202

28.2

23.0-34.0

240

31.5

26.4-37.1

127

15.2

11.8-19.3

10.1

7.2-14.0

Piedmont

1,075

179

14.2

11.7-17.1

291

26.1

22.6-29.8

363

35.5

31.4-39.9

133

14.9

11.8-18.7

109

9.3

7.1-12.1

Western NC

585

15.1

11.5-19.5

155

24.5

19.5-30.2

184

34.3

27.6-41.7

14.3

10.6-19.0

11.9

8.6-16.3

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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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