BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont 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?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Physical Activity

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
North Carolina	6,646	1,242	16.7	15.5-18.1	2,038	29.7	28.0-31.4	2,140	33.6	31.8-35.5	719	12.3	11.0-13.7	507	7.6	6.7- 8.7
-Piedmont NC	2,915	525	16.4	14.6-18.3	917	29.8	27.5-32.2	962	34.1	31.5-36.7	305	12.5	10.6-14.6	206	7.3	5.9- 8.8
GENDER
Male	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
Female	1,840	346	18.4	16.1-21.0	626	33.2	30.2-36.3	599	32.7	29.8-35.8	172	10.3	8.3-12.6	97	5.4	4.0- 7.1
RACE
White	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
African American	545	135	22.9	18.2-28.4	155	25.9	21.2-31.3	179	34.4	28.8-40.5	53	9.5	6.2-14.2	23	7.2	3.9-13.1
Other Minorities	102	10	6.5	2.7-14.8	35	35.7	23.8-49.6	32	30.8	19.6-44.9	16	21.0	10.8-36.8	9	6.0	2.0-16.8
AGE
18-24	180	24	10.8	6.4-17.6	62	23.9	16.9-32.7	58	36.0	26.3-47.1	24	21.2	13.3-32.0	12	8.0	3.8-16.4
25-34	488	73	12.6	9.3-16.9	162	32.1	26.6-38.1	168	37.6	31.7-43.9	53	10.1	6.8-14.6	32	7.6	5.0-11.5
35-44	662	128	17.3	13.9-21.4	202	29.4	24.9-34.3	236	35.4	30.6-40.5	65	11.7	8.6-15.8	31	6.2	4.0- 9.6
45-54	606	113	20.1	15.8-25.1	192	31.3	26.3-36.7	191	30.0	25.1-35.3	67	12.6	9.2-17.0	43	6.1	3.8- 9.5
55-64	436	84	20.1	15.3-26.0	131	29.9	24.4-36.1	150	34.1	28.4-40.3	38	9.3	6.0-14.1	33	6.6	4.0-10.5
65-74	305	48	15.6	11.0-21.8	101	35.0	28.0-42.6	91	29.7	23.2-37.1	35	10.8	6.7-16.8	30	9.0	5.5-14.3
75+	218	51	19.7	14.1-27.0	65	28.3	21.0-36.8	57	30.2	22.5-39.1	22	11.3	6.5-19.0	23	10.5	6.3-16.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	303	76	21.4	15.7-28.6	86	26.2	19.7-33.9	84	36.1	28.4-44.5	28	5.8	3.5- 9.6	29	10.4	6.2-17.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	712	138	17.2	13.8-21.2	213	29.6	24.8-34.9	209	28.7	23.6-34.3	88	15.7	11.8-20.6	64	8.8	5.9-12.9
Some Post-H.S.	735	147	16.8	13.5-20.7	232	27.0	22.8-31.6	227	35.1	29.9-40.6	80	14.0	10.0-19.4	49	7.2	5.0-10.1
College Graduate	1,157	163	14.2	11.6-17.3	383	33.1	29.5-37.0	440	36.6	32.8-40.5	108	10.7	8.4-13.5	63	5.4	3.8- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	216	55	20.6	14.3-28.9	65	27.0	19.2-36.6	53	26.5	19.1-35.4	28	18.1	10.2-30.1	15	7.7	4.0-14.5
$15,000- 24,999	440	93	19.0	14.3-24.8	123	23.0	17.9-29.1	137	36.5	29.9-43.7	41	10.8	6.6-17.1	46	10.6	6.6-16.8
$25,000- 34,999	295	60	19.7	14.0-26.9	90	25.6	19.1-33.4	90	30.3	23.1-38.7	30	15.2	9.1-24.5	25	9.1	5.5-14.8
$35,000- 49,999	436	73	14.2	10.6-18.8	147	36.5	30.2-43.3	131	28.8	23.2-35.3	49	12.8	8.9-18.1	36	7.6	4.8-11.9
$50,000-74,999	393	65	17.6	13.1-23.3	123	29.1	23.4-35.7	144	35.9	29.3-43.1	42	11.0	7.6-15.8	19	6.3	3.6-10.9
$75,000+	558	85	13.5	10.2-17.6	186	31.2	26.4-36.5	197	36.7	31.3-42.5	62	14.0	9.9-19.6	28	4.6	2.6- 8.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	324	62	19.2	14.6-24.9	91	25.6	20.4-31.6	113	33.9	28.0-40.3	27	8.3	5.5-12.2	31	13.0	8.6-19.4
Guilford	342	68	21.3	16.5-26.9	96	26.2	21.3-31.8	115	34.5	28.6-40.8	37	12.0	8.2-17.2	26	6.1	4.0- 9.1
Mecklenburg	332	51	12.9	9.5-17.2	110	31.0	25.3-37.4	131	41.9	35.1-49.0	26	9.7	5.7-16.0	14	4.5	2.6- 7.7
Orange	350	54	17.2	10.4-27.0	110	29.4	23.5-36.2	134	34.6	27.9-42.0	32	13.5	8.1-21.8	20	5.3	3.0- 9.1
Wake	347	47	12.4	9.0-16.8	108	29.8	24.4-35.9	141	37.7	31.8-43.9	37	14.9	10.4-20.8	14	5.2	2.7- 9.9
Chatham/Lee	264	52	18.7	13.9-24.8	86	37.5	29.7-45.9	71	22.9	17.8-29.1	32	12.5	8.6-17.9	23	8.3	5.3-12.9
Nash/Wilson	257	60	19.0	14.4-24.7	68	23.6	18.4-29.7	79	33.8	26.9-41.6	26	12.9	8.5-19.0	24	10.7	6.6-17.0
Craven/Pamlico	309	50	16.0	11.5-21.7	92	30.0	24.3-36.4	100	31.7	25.9-38.1	44	15.6	11.3-21.1	23	6.7	4.3-10.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	301	61	22.5	15.8-30.9	81	23.9	18.8-29.9	91	29.9	24.0-36.5	33	13.0	9.0-18.5	35	10.7	7.5-15.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	350	65	14.7	11.1-19.2	105	30.9	24.7-37.9	116	34.6	27.4-42.6	33	10.2	7.0-14.8	31	9.5	6.1-14.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	323	69	18.1	13.2-24.2	106	29.2	22.1-37.5	89	26.1	19.5-34.0	34	10.0	6.2-15.6	25	16.7	6.5-36.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson	317	57	17.6	13.1-23.3	100	33.3	27.2-40.0	104	31.3	25.4-37.9	27	9.0	6.0-13.1	29	8.9	6.0-12.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	297	56	17.0	12.7-22.4	95	32.5	26.6-39.0	81	26.3	20.9-32.6	39	13.9	9.9-19.2	26	10.3	6.5-16.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	264	63	23.7	16.5-32.8	83	32.0	25.0-39.9	74	26.1	20.3-32.9	26	9.8	6.5-14.6	18	8.4	5.1-13.3
Northeast NC I	297	63	26.1	17.5-37.1	103	31.6	25.2-38.7	81	25.8	20.1-32.5	33	10.4	7.1-15.0	17	6.0	3.5-10.3
Northeast NC II	350	67	19.0	14.5-24.6	93	25.0	20.1-30.7	114	33.2	27.5-39.4	44	13.5	9.8-18.2	32	9.3	6.0-14.1
Northeastern Partnership	647	130	21.4	17.0-26.7	196	27.2	23.3-31.6	195	30.7	26.4-35.4	77	12.4	9.6-15.9	49	8.2	5.7-11.6
Mountain AHEC	958	183	18.9	15.7-22.7	288	28.3	24.3-32.8	313	32.7	27.6-38.2	95	12.1	9.4-15.5	79	7.9	5.9-10.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,211	429	17.3	14.9-20.0	673	29.9	26.7-33.3	680	33.0	29.8-36.5	258	11.6	9.7-13.9	171	8.2	6.4-10.3
Piedmont	2,915	525	16.4	14.6-18.3	917	29.8	27.5-32.2	962	34.1	31.5-36.7	305	12.5	10.6-14.6	206	7.3	5.9- 8.8
Western NC	1,520	288	17.0	14.5-19.8	448	28.7	25.3-32.4	498	33.0	28.9-37.3	156	13.2	10.7-16.2	130	8.1	6.3-10.4

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

6,646

1,242

16.7

15.5-18.1

2,038

29.7

28.0-31.4

2,140

33.6

31.8-35.5

719

12.3

11.0-13.7

507

7.6

6.7- 8.7

-Piedmont NC

2,915

525

16.4

14.6-18.3

917

29.8

27.5-32.2

962

34.1

31.5-36.7

305

12.5

10.6-14.6

206

7.3

5.9- 8.8

GENDER

Male

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

Female

1,840

346

18.4

16.1-21.0

626

33.2

30.2-36.3

599

32.7

29.8-35.8

172

10.3

8.3-12.6

5.4

4.0- 7.1

RACE

White

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

African American

545

135

22.9

18.2-28.4

155

25.9

21.2-31.3

179

34.4

28.8-40.5

9.5

6.2-14.2

7.2

3.9-13.1

Other Minorities

102

6.5

2.7-14.8

35.7

23.8-49.6

30.8

19.6-44.9

21.0

10.8-36.8

6.0

2.0-16.8

AGE

18-24

180

10.8

6.4-17.6

23.9

16.9-32.7

36.0

26.3-47.1

21.2

13.3-32.0

8.0

3.8-16.4

25-34

488

12.6

9.3-16.9

162

32.1

26.6-38.1

168

37.6

31.7-43.9

10.1

6.8-14.6

7.6

5.0-11.5

35-44

662

128

17.3

13.9-21.4

202

29.4

24.9-34.3

236

35.4

30.6-40.5

11.7

8.6-15.8

6.2

4.0- 9.6

45-54

606

113

20.1

15.8-25.1

192

31.3

26.3-36.7

191

30.0

25.1-35.3

12.6

9.2-17.0

6.1

3.8- 9.5

55-64

436

20.1

15.3-26.0

131

29.9

24.4-36.1

150

34.1

28.4-40.3

9.3

6.0-14.1

6.6

4.0-10.5

65-74

305

15.6

11.0-21.8

101

35.0

28.0-42.6

29.7

23.2-37.1

10.8

6.7-16.8

9.0

5.5-14.3

75+

218

19.7

14.1-27.0

28.3

21.0-36.8

30.2

22.5-39.1

11.3

6.5-19.0

10.5

6.3-16.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

303

21.4

15.7-28.6

26.2

19.7-33.9

36.1

28.4-44.5

5.8

3.5- 9.6

10.4

6.2-17.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

712

138

17.2

13.8-21.2

213

29.6

24.8-34.9

209

28.7

23.6-34.3

15.7

11.8-20.6

8.8

5.9-12.9

Some Post-H.S.

735

147

16.8

13.5-20.7

232

27.0

22.8-31.6

227

35.1

29.9-40.6

14.0

10.0-19.4

7.2

5.0-10.1

College Graduate

1,157

163

14.2

11.6-17.3

383

33.1

29.5-37.0

440

36.6

32.8-40.5

108

10.7

8.4-13.5

5.4

3.8- 7.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

216

20.6

14.3-28.9

27.0

19.2-36.6

26.5

19.1-35.4

18.1

10.2-30.1

7.7

4.0-14.5

$15,000- 24,999

440

19.0

14.3-24.8

123

23.0

17.9-29.1

137

36.5

29.9-43.7

10.8

6.6-17.1

10.6

6.6-16.8

$25,000- 34,999

295

19.7

14.0-26.9

25.6

19.1-33.4

30.3

23.1-38.7

15.2

9.1-24.5

9.1

5.5-14.8

$35,000- 49,999

436

14.2

10.6-18.8

147

36.5

30.2-43.3

131

28.8

23.2-35.3

12.8

8.9-18.1

7.6

4.8-11.9

$50,000-74,999

393

17.6

13.1-23.3

123

29.1

23.4-35.7

144

35.9

29.3-43.1

11.0

7.6-15.8

6.3

3.6-10.9

$75,000+

558

13.5

10.2-17.6

186

31.2

26.4-36.5

197

36.7

31.3-42.5

14.0

9.9-19.6

4.6

2.6- 8.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

324

19.2

14.6-24.9

25.6

20.4-31.6

113

33.9

28.0-40.3

8.3

5.5-12.2

13.0

8.6-19.4

Guilford

342

21.3

16.5-26.9

26.2

21.3-31.8

115

34.5

28.6-40.8

12.0

8.2-17.2

6.1

4.0- 9.1

Mecklenburg

332

12.9

9.5-17.2

110

31.0

25.3-37.4

131

41.9

35.1-49.0

9.7

5.7-16.0

4.5

2.6- 7.7

Orange

350

17.2

10.4-27.0

110

29.4

23.5-36.2

134

34.6

27.9-42.0

13.5

8.1-21.8

5.3

3.0- 9.1

Wake

347

12.4

9.0-16.8

108

29.8

24.4-35.9

141

37.7

31.8-43.9

14.9

10.4-20.8

5.2

2.7- 9.9

Chatham/Lee

264

18.7

13.9-24.8

37.5

29.7-45.9

22.9

17.8-29.1

12.5

8.6-17.9

8.3

5.3-12.9

Nash/Wilson

257

19.0

14.4-24.7

23.6

18.4-29.7

33.8

26.9-41.6

12.9

8.5-19.0

10.7

6.6-17.0

Craven/Pamlico

309

16.0

11.5-21.7

30.0

24.3-36.4

100

31.7

25.9-38.1

15.6

11.3-21.1

6.7

4.3-10.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

301

22.5

15.8-30.9

23.9

18.8-29.9

29.9

24.0-36.5

13.0

9.0-18.5

10.7

7.5-15.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

350

14.7

11.1-19.2

105

30.9

24.7-37.9

116

34.6

27.4-42.6

10.2

7.0-14.8

9.5

6.1-14.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

323

18.1

13.2-24.2

106

29.2

22.1-37.5

26.1

19.5-34.0

10.0

6.2-15.6

16.7

6.5-36.5

Graham/Swain/Jackson

317

17.6

13.1-23.3

100

33.3

27.2-40.0

104

31.3

25.4-37.9

9.0

6.0-13.1

8.9

6.0-12.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

297

17.0

12.7-22.4

32.5

26.6-39.0

26.3

20.9-32.6

13.9

9.9-19.2

10.3

6.5-16.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

264

23.7

16.5-32.8

32.0

25.0-39.9

26.1

20.3-32.9

9.8

6.5-14.6

8.4

5.1-13.3

Northeast NC I

297

26.1

17.5-37.1

103

31.6

25.2-38.7

25.8

20.1-32.5

10.4

7.1-15.0

6.0

3.5-10.3

Northeast NC II

350

19.0

14.5-24.6

25.0

20.1-30.7

114

33.2

27.5-39.4

13.5

9.8-18.2

9.3

6.0-14.1

Northeastern Partnership

647

130

21.4

17.0-26.7

196

27.2

23.3-31.6

195

30.7

26.4-35.4

12.4

9.6-15.9

8.2

5.7-11.6

Mountain AHEC

958

183

18.9

15.7-22.7

288

28.3

24.3-32.8

313

32.7

27.6-38.2

12.1

9.4-15.5

7.9

5.9-10.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,211

429

17.3

14.9-20.0

673

29.9

26.7-33.3

680

33.0

29.8-36.5

258

11.6

9.7-13.9

171

8.2

6.4-10.3

Piedmont

2,915

525

16.4

14.6-18.3

917

29.8

27.5-32.2

962

34.1

31.5-36.7

305

12.5

10.6-14.6

206

7.3

5.9- 8.8

Western NC

1,520

288

17.0

14.5-19.8

448

28.7

25.3-32.4

498

33.0

28.9-37.3

156

13.2

10.7-16.2

130

8.1

6.3-10.4

Back to Physical Activity.

*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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