BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITES

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	Total Respond.^	1 day	2 days	3-4 days	5-6 days	Everyday
TOTAL	2,145	400	17.6	15.2-20.4	489	22.6	19.9-25.5	767	38.0	34.7-41.4	307	14.1	11.8-16.7	182	7.7	6.1- 9.7
GENDER
Male	1,000	193	18.1	14.6-22.3	228	23.2	19.3-27.5	347	37.2	32.5-42.1	137	13.4	10.3-17.2	95	8.2	6.0-11.1
Female	1,145	207	16.9	13.9-20.4	261	21.7	18.4-25.4	420	39.2	35.0-43.6	170	15.1	12.1-18.7	87	7.0	5.0- 9.9
AGE
18-24	205	29	15.0	8.5-24.9	41	18.3	11.3-28.1	83	38.9	28.7-50.1	30	17.5	10.3-28.2	22	10.4	5.7-18.2
25-34	414	71	16.0	11.7-21.3	89	19.4	14.6-25.4	156	41.7	34.9-48.7	73	18.4	13.6-24.3	25	4.6	2.5- 8.3
35-44	521	96	18.0	13.6-23.4	128	27.1	21.9-33.0	187	36.6	30.9-42.7	69	10.7	7.8-14.6	41	7.5	5.0-11.3
45-54	417	82	20.2	14.4-27.6	91	23.9	17.7-31.4	156	37.6	30.7-45.0	56	10.1	6.9-14.5	32	8.2	4.7-14.1
55-64	305	64	18.5	13.2-25.4	73	24.0	17.8-31.6	92	33.7	26.2-42.1	44	14.8	9.7-21.9	32	9.0	5.6-14.2
65-74	188	41	21.0	13.7-30.8	38	19.8	13.0-28.9	66	39.5	30.1-49.6	25	13.6	8.0-22.1	18	6.2	3.2-11.6
75+	83	13	17.0	7.4-34.6	24	27.7	16.0-43.4	24	33.7	20.6-49.8	10	11.1	4.8-23.7	12	10.5	4.0-25.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	116	33	26.9	15.6-42.1	40	32.7	21.5-46.2	20	26.9	16.3-41.0	12	8.3	3.5-18.4	11	5.3	1.8-14.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	501	111	18.9	14.4-24.4	111	21.3	16.3-27.4	163	37.4	30.6-44.8	56	10.6	6.7-16.4	60	11.7	8.2-16.5
Some Post-H.S.	580	105	13.3	9.2-18.8	134	25.0	19.5-31.5	219	40.3	33.7-47.2	77	14.0	9.6-19.9	45	7.5	4.5-12.1
College Graduate	945	150	19.5	15.7-24.0	204	20.1	16.7-24.0	364	37.6	33.2-42.2	162	17.0	13.8-20.7	65	5.8	4.0- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	112	27	27.7	17.2-41.3	23	16.3	9.3-27.1	30	28.2	17.9-41.5	22	18.6	10.9-29.9	10	9.2	3.7-20.9
$15,000- 24,999	265	59	16.7	10.9-24.7	56	24.8	17.1-34.5	88	33.3	24.3-43.6	34	14.1	7.9-23.9	28	11.2	5.5-21.4
$25,000- 34,999	244	49	12.3	8.1-18.1	56	23.6	16.1-33.2	79	43.0	33.5-53.1	33	10.3	6.1-16.9	27	10.8	5.6-19.8
$35,000- 49,999	364	72	17.9	12.8-24.3	94	27.6	20.6-35.9	122	35.9	28.7-43.8	42	12.6	8.2-18.8	34	6.1	3.9- 9.2
$50,000-74,999	350	61	17.5	12.4-24.1	79	26.2	19.2-34.6	136	37.7	30.0-46.1	55	14.4	10.0-20.4	19	4.2	2.2- 7.9
$75,000+	507	75	16.6	12.0-22.5	111	21.4	16.6-27.1	205	40.2	34.1-46.5	85	15.7	11.3-21.3	31	6.2	3.8-10.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	129	22	15.4	9.4-24.2	33	22.3	15.4-31.1	45	39.0	28.8-50.3	18	12.1	7.2-19.4	11	11.2	5.8-20.6
Guilford	109	17	11.5	6.9-18.6	23	28.1	17.9-41.2	49	41.6	31.2-52.8	15	14.0	7.9-23.6	5	4.8	1.3-16.4
Mecklenburg	111	14	12.7	7.1-21.7	21	17.7	11.0-27.3	49	40.8	28.9-53.9	21	25.6	14.1-42.0	6	3.2	1.3- 7.5
Orange	174	19	10.6	6.1-17.9	40	21.9	15.6-29.8	66	38.5	29.6-48.4	34	20.9	14.5-29.2	15	8.1	4.1-15.4
Wake	130	27	20.5	13.4-30.2	24	19.5	12.9-28.4	53	42.0	32.4-52.2	19	13.1	7.5-21.8	7	4.9	2.1-11.2
Chatham/Lee	73	15	20.0	11.2-33.2	21	28.2	17.7-41.7	23	25.9	16.3-38.5	6	15.2	4.9-38.3	8	10.7	4.6-22.7
Nash/Wilson	56	13	24.6	13.6-40.4	8	12.9	6.0-25.5	20	36.3	23.5-51.3	8	15.0	7.1-28.9	7	11.2	4.9-23.9
Craven/Pamlico	105	20	14.8	9.1-23.2	20	20.9	12.9-32.1	44	44.6	33.3-56.5	11	11.1	5.4-21.5	10	8.5	4.4-15.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	109	23	22.9	15.3-32.8	24	20.6	13.8-29.7	41	38.9	29.1-49.6	12	10.4	5.3-19.4	9	7.1	3.5-14.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	130	23	15.4	9.3-24.5	48	32.9	22.8-44.8	38	40.0	26.7-54.9	13	8.3	4.4-14.9	8	3.5	1.6- 7.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	85	20	21.1	11.4-35.7	22	31.2	18.6-47.4	22	26.9	16.8-40.2	12	11.3	5.8-20.8	9	9.5	4.0-20.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	124	31	20.5	14.0-28.9	16	10.0	5.8-16.7	40	40.1	29.3-52.0	22	16.8	10.6-25.6	15	12.6	6.9-21.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	42	7	17.7	6.6-39.8	14	32.2	18.3-50.2	12	28.6	15.5-46.6	7	10.7	4.8-22.4	2	10.7	2.4-36.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	59	13	20.1	11.6-32.5	20	31.9	20.7-45.7	14	25.5	14.9-40.0	7	12.8	5.9-25.6	5	9.7	3.9-21.8
Northeast NC I	53	13	25.0	14.6-39.5	13	22.6	12.9-36.4	13	28.1	16.4-43.7	9	15.8	8.0-28.9	5	8.5	3.4-19.6
Northeast NC II	102	15	15.5	8.9-25.5	24	25.9	16.7-37.8	33	33.4	22.8-46.0	16	13.1	7.4-22.1	14	12.2	7.0-20.3
Northeastern Partnership	155	28	17.4	11.4-25.6	37	25.2	17.4-35.0	46	32.3	23.4-42.8	25	13.6	8.6-20.9	19	11.4	7.0-18.1
Mountain AHEC	364	77	19.2	14.1-25.7	71	20.7	15.3-27.3	123	35.9	29.3-43.0	57	14.6	10.2-20.5	36	9.6	6.4-14.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	580	113	19.3	13.8-26.3	132	23.1	17.5-29.8	194	30.9	25.3-37.1	81	14.9	10.4-20.9	60	11.8	8.1-16.8
Piedmont	989	171	17.0	14.0-20.6	217	22.5	18.9-26.5	381	40.6	35.9-45.4	149	14.3	11.2-18.0	71	5.7	3.8- 8.4
Western NC	576	116	16.9	13.0-21.6	140	22.1	17.7-27.2	192	41.0	34.8-47.5	77	12.1	8.7-16.5	51	8.0	5.6-11.3

Total
Respond.^

1 day

2 days

3-4 days

5-6 days

Everyday

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,145

400

17.6

15.2-20.4

489

22.6

19.9-25.5

767

38.0

34.7-41.4

307

14.1

11.8-16.7

182

7.7

6.1- 9.7

GENDER

Male

1,000

193

18.1

14.6-22.3

228

23.2

19.3-27.5

347

37.2

32.5-42.1

137

13.4

10.3-17.2

8.2

6.0-11.1

Female

1,145

207

16.9

13.9-20.4

261

21.7

18.4-25.4

420

39.2

35.0-43.6

170

15.1

12.1-18.7

7.0

5.0- 9.9

AGE

18-24

205

15.0

8.5-24.9

18.3

11.3-28.1

38.9

28.7-50.1

17.5

10.3-28.2

10.4

5.7-18.2

25-34

414

16.0

11.7-21.3

19.4

14.6-25.4

156

41.7

34.9-48.7

18.4

13.6-24.3

4.6

2.5- 8.3

35-44

521

18.0

13.6-23.4

128

27.1

21.9-33.0

187

36.6

30.9-42.7

10.7

7.8-14.6

7.5

5.0-11.3

45-54

417

20.2

14.4-27.6

23.9

17.7-31.4

156

37.6

30.7-45.0

10.1

6.9-14.5

8.2

4.7-14.1

55-64

305

18.5

13.2-25.4

24.0

17.8-31.6

33.7

26.2-42.1

14.8

9.7-21.9

9.0

5.6-14.2

65-74

188

21.0

13.7-30.8

19.8

13.0-28.9

39.5

30.1-49.6

13.6

8.0-22.1

6.2

3.2-11.6

75+

17.0

7.4-34.6

27.7

16.0-43.4

33.7

20.6-49.8

11.1

4.8-23.7

10.5

4.0-25.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

116

26.9

15.6-42.1

32.7

21.5-46.2

26.9

16.3-41.0

8.3

3.5-18.4

5.3

1.8-14.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

501

111

18.9

14.4-24.4

111

21.3

16.3-27.4

163

37.4

30.6-44.8

10.6

6.7-16.4

11.7

8.2-16.5

Some Post-H.S.

580

105

13.3

9.2-18.8

134

25.0

19.5-31.5

219

40.3

33.7-47.2

14.0

9.6-19.9

7.5

4.5-12.1

College Graduate

945

150

19.5

15.7-24.0

204

20.1

16.7-24.0

364

37.6

33.2-42.2

162

17.0

13.8-20.7

5.8

4.0- 8.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

112

27.7

17.2-41.3

16.3

9.3-27.1

28.2

17.9-41.5

18.6

10.9-29.9

9.2

3.7-20.9

$15,000- 24,999

265

16.7

10.9-24.7

24.8

17.1-34.5

33.3

24.3-43.6

14.1

7.9-23.9

11.2

5.5-21.4

$25,000- 34,999

244

12.3

8.1-18.1

23.6

16.1-33.2

43.0

33.5-53.1

10.3

6.1-16.9

10.8

5.6-19.8

$35,000- 49,999

364

17.9

12.8-24.3

27.6

20.6-35.9

122

35.9

28.7-43.8

12.6

8.2-18.8

6.1

3.9- 9.2

$50,000-74,999

350

17.5

12.4-24.1

26.2

19.2-34.6

136

37.7

30.0-46.1

14.4

10.0-20.4

4.2

2.2- 7.9

$75,000+

507

16.6

12.0-22.5

111

21.4

16.6-27.1

205

40.2

34.1-46.5

15.7

11.3-21.3

6.2

3.8-10.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

129

15.4

9.4-24.2

22.3

15.4-31.1

39.0

28.8-50.3

12.1

7.2-19.4

11.2

5.8-20.6

Guilford

109

11.5

6.9-18.6

28.1

17.9-41.2

41.6

31.2-52.8

14.0

7.9-23.6

4.8

1.3-16.4

Mecklenburg

111

12.7

7.1-21.7

17.7

11.0-27.3

40.8

28.9-53.9

25.6

14.1-42.0

3.2

1.3- 7.5

Orange

174

10.6

6.1-17.9

21.9

15.6-29.8

38.5

29.6-48.4

20.9

14.5-29.2

8.1

4.1-15.4

Wake

130

20.5

13.4-30.2

19.5

12.9-28.4

42.0

32.4-52.2

13.1

7.5-21.8

4.9

2.1-11.2

Chatham/Lee

20.0

11.2-33.2

28.2

17.7-41.7

25.9

16.3-38.5

15.2

4.9-38.3

10.7

4.6-22.7

Nash/Wilson

24.6

13.6-40.4

12.9

6.0-25.5

36.3

23.5-51.3

15.0

7.1-28.9

11.2

4.9-23.9

Craven/Pamlico

105

14.8

9.1-23.2

20.9

12.9-32.1

44.6

33.3-56.5

11.1

5.4-21.5

8.5

4.4-15.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

109

22.9

15.3-32.8

20.6

13.8-29.7

38.9

29.1-49.6

10.4

5.3-19.4

7.1

3.5-14.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

130

15.4

9.3-24.5

32.9

22.8-44.8

40.0

26.7-54.9

8.3

4.4-14.9

3.5

1.6- 7.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

21.1

11.4-35.7

31.2

18.6-47.4

26.9

16.8-40.2

11.3

5.8-20.8

9.5

4.0-20.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

124

20.5

14.0-28.9

10.0

5.8-16.7

40.1

29.3-52.0

16.8

10.6-25.6

12.6

6.9-21.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

17.7

6.6-39.8

32.2

18.3-50.2

28.6

15.5-46.6

10.7

4.8-22.4

10.7

2.4-36.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

20.1

11.6-32.5

31.9

20.7-45.7

25.5

14.9-40.0

12.8

5.9-25.6

9.7

3.9-21.8

Northeast NC I

25.0

14.6-39.5

22.6

12.9-36.4

28.1

16.4-43.7

15.8

8.0-28.9

8.5

3.4-19.6

Northeast NC II

102

15.5

8.9-25.5

25.9

16.7-37.8

33.4

22.8-46.0

13.1

7.4-22.1

12.2

7.0-20.3

Northeastern Partnership

155

17.4

11.4-25.6

25.2

17.4-35.0

32.3

23.4-42.8

13.6

8.6-20.9

11.4

7.0-18.1

Mountain AHEC

364

19.2

14.1-25.7

20.7

15.3-27.3

123

35.9

29.3-43.0

14.6

10.2-20.5

9.6

6.4-14.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

580

113

19.3

13.8-26.3

132

23.1

17.5-29.8

194

30.9

25.3-37.1

14.9

10.4-20.9

11.8

8.1-16.8

Piedmont

989

171

17.0

14.0-20.6

217

22.5

18.9-26.5

381

40.6

35.9-45.4

149

14.3

11.2-18.0

5.7

3.8- 8.4

Western NC

576

116

16.9

13.0-21.6

140

22.1

17.7-27.2

192

41.0

34.8-47.5

12.1

8.7-16.5

8.0

5.6-11.3

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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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