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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITES

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,095 894 15.8 14.4-17.2 1,576 30.0 28.1-32.0 1,664 34.0 32.0-36.2 551 12.3 10.9-13.9 410 7.9 6.8- 9.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 3,189 599 17.5 15.7-19.5 1,064 33.0 30.6-35.6 1,049 32.9 30.5-35.4 285 10.5 8.9-12.4 192 6.0 4.9- 7.4
AGE
18-24 300 42 8.9 5.6-13.9 106 29.0 21.9-37.4 99 39.0 30.4-48.4 38 16.4 10.5-24.8 15 6.6 3.3-12.7
25-34 777 111 12.7 9.9-16.2 238 29.6 25.0-34.6 275 37.6 32.2-43.2 95 12.5 9.4-16.5 58 7.6 5.3-10.9
35-44 1,016 175 17.3 14.3-20.8 333 29.9 26.1-34.0 352 34.7 30.6-38.9 92 10.3 7.9-13.3 64 7.9 5.6-10.9
45-54 1,024 201 19.4 16.0-23.4 314 31.3 27.0-35.9 320 30.3 26.2-34.7 110 12.0 9.1-15.5 79 7.1 5.0- 9.9
55-64 859 148 17.1 13.6-21.2 240 28.0 23.9-32.6 298 35.1 30.6-39.8 94 12.2 9.2-15.9 79 7.6 5.5-10.4
65-74 688 117 15.5 12.2-19.4 220 32.9 28.0-38.2 202 28.7 24.1-33.7 79 12.5 9.3-16.7 70 10.4 7.6-14.2
75+ 403 95 18.3 13.9-23.8 118 29.5 23.5-36.3 105 29.1 23.0-36.2 41 11.7 7.7-17.5 44 11.3 7.6-16.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 479 116 22.0 16.8-28.1 119 20.4 15.7-26.1 138 36.8 29.3-44.9 47 8.6 5.9-12.4 59 12.3 8.5-17.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,403 276 17.5 14.9-20.6 443 30.7 27.0-34.6 378 28.3 24.5-32.6 179 15.2 12.4-18.4 127 8.3 6.4-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,406 253 14.9 12.5-17.6 423 28.6 25.0-32.5 453 34.8 30.7-39.1 167 13.5 10.5-17.2 110 8.3 6.2-11.0
College Graduate 1,799 248 13.6 11.4-16.2 587 32.9 29.7-36.2 694 37.2 34.0-40.4 158 10.1 8.2-12.4 112 6.2 4.7- 8.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 397 110 21.5 16.5-27.4 110 27.6 21.2-35.1 99 24.9 19.0-31.9 42 16.3 10.0-25.2 36 9.8 6.2-15.2
$15,000- 24,999 786 150 18.0 14.4-22.2 238 24.8 20.7-29.5 236 36.0 30.4-42.0 83 11.8 8.2-16.6 79 9.4 6.6-13.1
$25,000- 34,999 567 116 20.4 15.7-26.0 168 26.1 20.8-32.1 171 29.9 24.2-36.3 64 13.7 9.3-19.7 48 10.0 6.6-14.8
$35,000- 49,999 798 137 12.5 10.0-15.6 243 33.0 28.1-38.2 259 32.6 27.9-37.6 92 12.9 9.8-16.9 67 9.0 5.9-13.3
$50,000-74,999 707 99 15.8 12.2-20.1 233 32.4 27.3-37.9 256 34.8 29.5-40.4 72 9.9 7.3-13.3 47 7.2 4.8-10.6
$75,000+ 880 121 13.1 10.3-16.5 295 31.7 27.4-36.2 305 36.2 31.6-41.1 101 13.1 9.8-17.3 58 6.0 4.0- 8.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 291 54 19.7 14.7-25.9 82 25.8 20.4-32.1 103 34.7 28.5-41.5 25 8.5 5.6-12.8 27 11.3 7.2-17.3
Guilford 248 47 18.7 13.9-24.6 76 29.2 23.2-36.1 77 31.7 25.0-39.3 27 13.6 8.8-20.4 21 6.8 4.3-10.6
Mecklenburg 234 32 11.4 7.8-16.3 78 29.9 23.4-37.4 93 41.8 33.5-50.6 19 11.3 6.1-20.2 12 5.6 3.0-10.0
Orange 299 47 13.5 9.8-18.4 96 31.2 24.8-38.3 110 35.1 28.1-42.8 27 14.1 7.9-23.8 19 6.2 3.5-10.6
Wake 257 31 10.5 7.3-14.9 83 32.7 26.3-39.8 107 39.6 33.1-46.6 27 12.9 8.6-18.8 9 4.3 1.9- 9.6
Chatham/Lee 197 32 17.7 12.2-24.9 64 34.3 27.1-42.4 57 24.8 18.9-31.9 24 13.6 8.9-20.3 20 9.5 6.0-14.8
Nash/Wilson 167 39 18.8 13.3-25.9 44 25.7 18.8-33.9 58 37.5 28.5-47.3 13 10.4 5.8-17.8 13 7.6 4.3-13.3
Craven/Pamlico 246 37 14.1 9.5-20.5 72 29.4 23.1-36.6 81 32.4 26.0-39.5 36 17.3 12.3-23.9 20 6.7 4.2-10.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 285 59 23.6 16.6-32.5 78 25.0 19.7-31.3 84 28.1 22.5-34.5 29 11.8 7.9-17.2 35 11.5 8.0-16.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 335 62 14.4 10.8-19.0 103 31.6 25.2-38.8 111 34.7 27.4-42.9 30 9.8 6.5-14.4 29 9.5 6.0-14.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 204 35 17.0 11.7-24.2 70 34.4 26.3-43.6 60 29.1 21.8-37.7 23 11.8 6.8-19.6 16 7.7 4.3-13.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 279 48 17.1 12.4-23.2 85 30.7 24.5-37.6 94 33.2 26.7-40.4 24 9.2 6.0-13.8 28 9.9 6.6-14.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 131 25 15.1 9.9-22.3 40 31.9 23.5-41.8 36 25.6 17.9-35.3 17 14.9 9.2-23.3 13 12.4 6.4-22.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 175 37 18.3 12.7-25.6 61 36.7 28.7-45.6 48 25.5 19.0-33.3 19 11.6 7.3-18.0 10 7.9 4.2-14.5
Northeast NC I 144 24 16.1 10.1-24.7 53 34.0 26.1-43.0 36 27.5 19.8-36.8 22 16.0 10.3-24.0 9 6.2 3.0-12.6
Northeast NC II 259 43 15.3 11.1-20.6 70 26.7 20.9-33.4 86 33.9 27.4-41.0 34 14.0 9.8-19.7 26 10.1 6.3-15.8
Northeastern Partnership 403 67 15.5 11.9-19.9 123 28.4 23.5-33.9 122 32.4 27.0-38.2 56 14.5 10.9-19.1 35 9.2 6.1-13.6
Mountain AHEC 870 165 19.5 16.1-23.5 257 27.7 23.6-32.3 288 32.9 27.5-38.8 88 12.6 9.7-16.2 72 7.3 5.3- 9.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,461 256 14.6 12.1-17.6 450 31.0 27.1-35.2 464 34.0 30.1-38.1 176 11.5 9.2-14.3 115 8.8 6.6-11.7
Piedmont 2,230 372 15.7 13.8-17.9 715 29.9 27.3-32.6 738 34.4 31.5-37.5 231 12.4 10.4-14.8 174 7.5 6.1- 9.2
Western NC 1,404 266 17.5 14.9-20.4 411 28.7 25.2-32.6 462 32.8 28.6-37.3 144 13.1 10.5-16.1 121 7.9 6.0-10.2

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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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