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-MALES

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	1,258	119	7.6	5.8- 9.9	259	21.8	18.4-25.6	449	38.0	33.7-42.5	261	20.8	17.5-24.5	170	11.8	9.5-14.6
RACE
White	986	96	8.3	6.1-11.2	203	22.1	18.2-26.4	351	36.7	32.0-41.7	200	20.7	17.0-25.0	136	12.2	9.6-15.5
African American	197	14	4.3	2.1- 8.4	36	18.2	11.6-27.6	72	38.9	28.9-49.9	47	24.6	17.0-34.4	28	13.9	8.0-23.2
Asian	9	2	6.7	1.1-31.8	4	20.6	4.7-57.6	2	59.4	21.5-88.6	1	13.3	1.7-58.2	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	23	4	14.1	3.3-43.9	2	4.3	0.8-19.2	4	48.4	12.9-85.6	10	30.1	8.7-66.0	3	3.1	0.7-12.3
Other Minorities	35	1	4.3	0.6-25.4	13	35.1	15.9-60.8	16	49.4	25.7-73.4	2	7.8	1.3-35.7	3	3.4	0.8-12.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	44	1	1.0	0.1- 7.4	17	37.9	18.4-62.3	20	46.2	23.8-70.3	3	7.9	1.4-33.8	3	6.9	1.8-22.6
-English Speaking	23	0	0.0	. - .	9	19.7	6.0-48.5	11	67.4	34.6-89.0	2	2.8	0.6-12.6	1	10.1	1.3-48.5
-Spanish Speaking	21	1	1.7	0.2-12.0	8	49.6	21.1-78.3	9	32.7	10.1-67.9	1	11.2	1.6-50.2	2	4.8	1.0-19.5
Non-Hispanic	1,212	118	7.9	6.0-10.3	241	21.0	17.6-24.8	428	37.6	33.3-42.2	258	21.4	18.0-25.2	167	12.1	9.6-15.0
AGE
18-24	139	10	7.5	3.2-16.3	31	14.5	8.5-23.5	58	46.6	34.5-59.1	29	22.2	13.9-33.5	11	9.3	4.4-18.5
25-34	263	24	7.6	4.3-12.9	57	26.4	19.1-35.4	89	31.2	23.8-39.8	58	19.3	13.7-26.4	35	15.5	10.4-22.7
35-44	313	28	6.4	4.0-10.0	68	24.3	18.0-31.8	116	37.2	30.2-44.7	65	22.1	16.2-29.4	36	10.1	6.5-15.3
45-54	231	28	7.7	4.5-12.8	54	27.6	19.0-38.4	80	38.6	29.4-48.6	36	14.3	8.5-23.1	33	11.8	7.1-19.0
55-64	161	16	10.2	5.3-18.8	33	20.3	12.9-30.4	60	40.3	30.1-51.3	31	20.7	12.8-31.6	21	8.6	5.0-14.3
65-74	103	6	7.5	2.6-20.0	11	8.6	4.0-17.6	32	32.2	20.5-46.8	32	32.2	20.9-46.1	22	19.4	11.1-31.5
75+	41	6	12.7	3.8-34.6	4	12.8	3.7-35.8	11	18.1	8.3-35.1	9	34.5	17.9-56.0	11	21.9	10.0-41.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	93	6	3.3	1.4- 8.0	14	25.9	12.8-45.3	29	24.9	14.5-39.3	24	27.5	15.7-43.6	20	18.4	10.1-31.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	354	33	8.8	5.4-13.9	57	17.3	12.1-24.2	118	38.0	30.0-46.7	84	21.1	15.3-28.4	62	14.8	10.4-20.8
Some Post-H.S.	321	29	7.7	4.2-13.7	78	22.3	16.0-30.1	108	38.2	29.4-47.8	67	21.1	14.8-29.2	39	10.7	6.4-17.4
College Graduate	489	51	7.3	5.1-10.4	110	24.5	19.2-30.7	194	40.5	34.5-46.8	85	18.6	14.1-24.2	49	9.1	6.2-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	56	7	8.6	3.0-22.3	6	9.3	3.1-25.0	18	37.2	17.7-61.9	19	34.6	18.3-55.6	6	10.3	3.4-27.5
$15,000- 24,999	176	18	10.2	4.7-20.6	35	21.6	13.4-32.9	49	28.0	18.1-40.7	42	22.6	14.2-34.0	32	17.7	10.4-28.4
$25,000- 34,999	141	9	6.6	2.7-15.5	31	24.8	15.3-37.6	55	37.7	26.6-50.3	27	15.5	8.6-26.4	19	15.3	8.4-26.2
$35,000- 49,999	237	20	4.5	2.6- 7.6	53	26.2	18.1-36.4	73	34.4	26.0-43.9	54	23.9	16.9-32.7	37	11.0	6.6-17.6
$50,000-74,999	207	26	10.4	5.9-17.6	35	16.7	10.7-25.2	74	41.8	31.2-53.2	45	22.7	15.5-32.0	27	8.4	5.0-13.7
$75,000+	270	26	6.5	4.0-10.6	59	26.2	18.9-35.0	119	40.7	33.0-49.0	40	18.5	11.9-27.5	26	8.1	4.8-13.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	72	7	11.2	4.8-24.0	13	20.3	11.1-34.2	24	32.6	21.6-45.9	14	17.4	9.8-28.8	14	18.5	9.8-32.3
Guilford	73	5	5.3	2.2-12.5	16	20.5	12.1-32.5	28	39.4	27.0-53.3	15	23.9	13.4-39.0	9	10.9	4.9-22.4
Mecklenburg	64	6	6.5	2.6-15.3	10	13.4	6.7-24.9	31	44.6	29.1-61.2	12	29.6	14.8-50.5	5	5.9	2.2-15.0
Orange	76	10	12.8	6.2-24.6	18	21.7	13.0-33.9	35	48.6	36.0-61.4	6	8.1	3.1-19.2	7	8.8	4.2-17.7
Wake	78	5	6.6	2.6-15.5	16	22.8	13.2-36.5	30	33.1	22.6-45.5	21	30.8	19.5-45.0	6	6.8	2.9-15.1
Chatham/Lee	44	4	10.1	3.5-25.6	7	21.8	7.7-48.0	18	36.1	21.6-53.7	7	15.5	6.5-32.5	8	16.5	7.7-32.0
Nash/Wilson	40	5	8.7	3.4-20.2	1	1.5	0.2-10.3	19	57.5	40.9-72.6	9	19.5	9.7-35.3	6	12.8	5.4-27.2
Craven/Pamlico	56	6	10.8	4.0-26.1	11	22.8	12.1-38.7	22	41.4	26.7-57.9	12	19.0	10.4-32.2	5	6.0	2.4-14.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	53	4	7.9	2.8-20.3	11	21.9	12.4-35.8	15	27.5	16.7-41.9	14	25.4	15.0-39.6	9	17.3	8.9-30.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	62	9	10.4	4.9-20.9	16	25.7	15.4-39.6	18	32.9	20.3-48.7	11	19.0	9.1-35.4	8	12.0	5.2-25.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	60	5	9.8	2.7-29.6	13	12.9	5.9-26.0	17	39.0	14.4-71.0	15	24.7	11.5-45.3	10	13.5	5.7-28.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	68	2	2.2	0.5- 8.8	18	27.4	16.5-42.0	26	39.2	25.6-54.6	12	12.9	7.0-22.6	10	18.2	8.9-33.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	47	4	8.4	2.9-22.0	6	12.9	5.4-27.9	15	29.9	17.0-47.1	18	42.0	26.6-59.1	4	6.8	2.2-18.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	32	2	6.1	1.5-21.5	8	28.4	14.1-48.8	8	22.5	11.2-40.2	9	28.2	14.9-46.9	5	14.8	6.0-32.4
Northeast NC I	51	9	20.5	10.5-36.0	10	14.1	7.4-25.3	13	29.2	17.1-45.1	10	19.0	9.7-33.9	9	17.2	8.9-30.8
Northeast NC II	58	10	15.1	7.7-27.5	8	13.0	6.3-25.1	16	28.4	15.9-45.4	13	27.2	14.6-44.8	11	16.2	8.5-28.9
Northeastern Partnership	109	19	16.9	10.4-26.2	18	13.4	7.9-21.7	29	28.7	18.9-40.9	23	24.5	15.0-37.2	20	16.6	10.2-25.7
Mountain AHEC	189	15	12.8	6.8-22.7	42	21.1	14.1-30.5	66	35.1	26.2-45.2	38	18.6	12.5-26.9	28	12.4	7.7-19.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	368	42	7.5	4.6-11.9	65	22.5	15.6-31.2	129	40.7	31.9-50.0	84	18.4	13.0-25.4	48	10.9	7.0-16.7
Piedmont	594	51	7.2	4.8-10.6	129	22.1	17.8-27.0	220	37.5	31.9-43.4	118	22.2	17.7-27.5	76	11.0	8.1-14.9
Western NC	296	26	9.7	5.7-16.1	65	19.3	14.0-26.2	100	34.8	27.4-43.0	59	19.0	13.4-26.3	46	17.2	11.4-25.0

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,258

119

7.6

5.8- 9.9

259

21.8

18.4-25.6

449

38.0

33.7-42.5

261

20.8

17.5-24.5

170

11.8

9.5-14.6

RACE

White

986

8.3

6.1-11.2

203

22.1

18.2-26.4

351

36.7

32.0-41.7

200

20.7

17.0-25.0

136

12.2

9.6-15.5

African American

197

4.3

2.1- 8.4

18.2

11.6-27.6

38.9

28.9-49.9

24.6

17.0-34.4

13.9

8.0-23.2

Asian

6.7

1.1-31.8

20.6

4.7-57.6

59.4

21.5-88.6

13.3

1.7-58.2

0.0

. - .

Native American

14.1

3.3-43.9

4.3

0.8-19.2

48.4

12.9-85.6

30.1

8.7-66.0

3.1

0.7-12.3

Other Minorities

4.3

0.6-25.4

35.1

15.9-60.8

49.4

25.7-73.4

7.8

1.3-35.7

3.4

0.8-12.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

1.0

0.1- 7.4

37.9

18.4-62.3

46.2

23.8-70.3

7.9

1.4-33.8

6.9

1.8-22.6

-English Speaking

0.0

. - .

19.7

6.0-48.5

67.4

34.6-89.0

2.8

0.6-12.6

10.1

1.3-48.5

-Spanish Speaking

1.7

0.2-12.0

49.6

21.1-78.3

32.7

10.1-67.9

11.2

1.6-50.2

4.8

1.0-19.5

Non-Hispanic

1,212

118

7.9

6.0-10.3

241

21.0

17.6-24.8

428

37.6

33.3-42.2

258

21.4

18.0-25.2

167

12.1

9.6-15.0

AGE

18-24

139

7.5

3.2-16.3

14.5

8.5-23.5

46.6

34.5-59.1

22.2

13.9-33.5

9.3

4.4-18.5

25-34

263

7.6

4.3-12.9

26.4

19.1-35.4

31.2

23.8-39.8

19.3

13.7-26.4

15.5

10.4-22.7

35-44

313

6.4

4.0-10.0

24.3

18.0-31.8

116

37.2

30.2-44.7

22.1

16.2-29.4

10.1

6.5-15.3

45-54

231

7.7

4.5-12.8

27.6

19.0-38.4

38.6

29.4-48.6

14.3

8.5-23.1

11.8

7.1-19.0

55-64

161

10.2

5.3-18.8

20.3

12.9-30.4

40.3

30.1-51.3

20.7

12.8-31.6

8.6

5.0-14.3

65-74

103

7.5

2.6-20.0

8.6

4.0-17.6

32.2

20.5-46.8

32.2

20.9-46.1

19.4

11.1-31.5

75+

12.7

3.8-34.6

12.8

3.7-35.8

18.1

8.3-35.1

34.5

17.9-56.0

21.9

10.0-41.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

3.3

1.4- 8.0

25.9

12.8-45.3

24.9

14.5-39.3

27.5

15.7-43.6

18.4

10.1-31.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

354

8.8

5.4-13.9

17.3

12.1-24.2

118

38.0

30.0-46.7

21.1

15.3-28.4

14.8

10.4-20.8

Some Post-H.S.

321

7.7

4.2-13.7

22.3

16.0-30.1

108

38.2

29.4-47.8

21.1

14.8-29.2

10.7

6.4-17.4

College Graduate

489

7.3

5.1-10.4

110

24.5

19.2-30.7

194

40.5

34.5-46.8

18.6

14.1-24.2

9.1

6.2-13.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

8.6

3.0-22.3

9.3

3.1-25.0

37.2

17.7-61.9

34.6

18.3-55.6

10.3

3.4-27.5

$15,000- 24,999

176

10.2

4.7-20.6

21.6

13.4-32.9

28.0

18.1-40.7

22.6

14.2-34.0

17.7

10.4-28.4

$25,000- 34,999

141

6.6

2.7-15.5

24.8

15.3-37.6

37.7

26.6-50.3

15.5

8.6-26.4

15.3

8.4-26.2

$35,000- 49,999

237

4.5

2.6- 7.6

26.2

18.1-36.4

34.4

26.0-43.9

23.9

16.9-32.7

11.0

6.6-17.6

$50,000-74,999

207

10.4

5.9-17.6

16.7

10.7-25.2

41.8

31.2-53.2

22.7

15.5-32.0

8.4

5.0-13.7

$75,000+

270

6.5

4.0-10.6

26.2

18.9-35.0

119

40.7

33.0-49.0

18.5

11.9-27.5

8.1

4.8-13.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

11.2

4.8-24.0

20.3

11.1-34.2

32.6

21.6-45.9

17.4

9.8-28.8

18.5

9.8-32.3

Guilford

5.3

2.2-12.5

20.5

12.1-32.5

39.4

27.0-53.3

23.9

13.4-39.0

10.9

4.9-22.4

Mecklenburg

6.5

2.6-15.3

13.4

6.7-24.9

44.6

29.1-61.2

29.6

14.8-50.5

5.9

2.2-15.0

Orange

12.8

6.2-24.6

21.7

13.0-33.9

48.6

36.0-61.4

8.1

3.1-19.2

8.8

4.2-17.7

Wake

6.6

2.6-15.5

22.8

13.2-36.5

33.1

22.6-45.5

30.8

19.5-45.0

6.8

2.9-15.1

Chatham/Lee

10.1

3.5-25.6

21.8

7.7-48.0

36.1

21.6-53.7

15.5

6.5-32.5

16.5

7.7-32.0

Nash/Wilson

8.7

3.4-20.2

1.5

0.2-10.3

57.5

40.9-72.6

19.5

9.7-35.3

12.8

5.4-27.2

Craven/Pamlico

10.8

4.0-26.1

22.8

12.1-38.7

41.4

26.7-57.9

19.0

10.4-32.2

6.0

2.4-14.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.9

2.8-20.3

21.9

12.4-35.8

27.5

16.7-41.9

25.4

15.0-39.6

17.3

8.9-30.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

10.4

4.9-20.9

25.7

15.4-39.6

32.9

20.3-48.7

19.0

9.1-35.4

12.0

5.2-25.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

9.8

2.7-29.6

12.9

5.9-26.0

39.0

14.4-71.0

24.7

11.5-45.3

13.5

5.7-28.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

2.2

0.5- 8.8

27.4

16.5-42.0

39.2

25.6-54.6

12.9

7.0-22.6

18.2

8.9-33.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

8.4

2.9-22.0

12.9

5.4-27.9

29.9

17.0-47.1

42.0

26.6-59.1

6.8

2.2-18.7

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

6.1

1.5-21.5

28.4

14.1-48.8

22.5

11.2-40.2

28.2

14.9-46.9

14.8

6.0-32.4

Northeast NC I

20.5

10.5-36.0

14.1

7.4-25.3

29.2

17.1-45.1

19.0

9.7-33.9

17.2

8.9-30.8

Northeast NC II

15.1

7.7-27.5

13.0

6.3-25.1

28.4

15.9-45.4

27.2

14.6-44.8

16.2

8.5-28.9

Northeastern Partnership

109

16.9

10.4-26.2

13.4

7.9-21.7

28.7

18.9-40.9

24.5

15.0-37.2

16.6

10.2-25.7

Mountain AHEC

189

12.8

6.8-22.7

21.1

14.1-30.5

35.1

26.2-45.2

18.6

12.5-26.9

12.4

7.7-19.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

368

7.5

4.6-11.9

22.5

15.6-31.2

129

40.7

31.9-50.0

18.4

13.0-25.4

10.9

7.0-16.7

Piedmont

594

7.2

4.8-10.6

129

22.1

17.8-27.0

220

37.5

31.9-43.4

118

22.2

17.7-27.5

11.0

8.1-14.9

Western NC

296

9.7

5.7-16.1

19.3

14.0-26.2

100

34.8

27.4-43.0

19.0

13.4-26.3

17.2

11.4-25.0

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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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