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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 370 71 16.3 12.5-21.0 131 37.6 31.5-44.2 107 28.6 23.1-34.8 31 9.4 5.9-14.6 30 8.1 5.2-12.3
GENDER
Male 140 16 8.0 4.4-14.0 49 39.1 29.3-49.8 44 30.5 22.1-40.5 20 13.7 7.7-23.1 11 8.8 4.5-16.5
Female 230 55 25.2 19.2-32.4 82 36.1 29.3-43.5 63 26.6 20.1-34.2 11 4.8 2.5- 9.0 19 7.3 4.3-12.1
RACE
White 331 63 16.3 12.2-21.3 117 37.0 30.6-44.0 98 29.3 23.5-35.9 26 9.2 5.6-14.9 27 8.1 5.1-12.8
Other 39 8 16.7 7.7-32.6 14 42.9 23.9-64.2 9 22.2 9.9-42.6 5 10.7 3.4-29.1 3 7.5 2.2-22.6
AGE
18-44 138 28 14.9 9.6-22.4 56 40.9 31.0-51.7 38 29.2 20.5-39.7 8 7.3 2.8-17.7 8 7.7 3.6-15.6
45+ 231 43 17.8 13.0-24.0 74 33.8 27.1-41.3 69 28.1 22.2-34.9 23 11.7 7.5-17.7 22 8.5 5.3-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 38 15.9 11.0-22.4 68 38.5 29.7-48.1 53 28.2 20.7-37.1 18 9.1 5.3-15.2 16 8.4 4.5-15.2
Some College + 175 32 16.6 11.1-24.0 63 36.9 28.8-45.9 54 29.4 21.8-38.3 12 9.3 4.1-19.8 14 7.8 4.3-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 49 19.3 14.1-26.0 87 38.1 30.6-46.1 55 23.4 17.0-31.4 20 7.9 4.7-13.1 21 11.2 6.8-18.0
$50,000+ 100 14 11.7 6.4-20.2 37 40.8 29.9-52.6 37 37.2 26.7-49.0 7 7.2 3.3-15.2 5 3.2 1.2- 7.9

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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