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

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 162 40 21.8 14.8-31.0 33 19.6 13.4-27.7 56 40.4 30.9-50.7 15 8.2 4.7-14.0 18 9.9 5.8-16.6
GENDER
Male 78 16 19.1 10.2-32.9 17 20.7 12.3-32.6 32 47.9 34.6-61.6 6 5.2 2.2-12.0 7 7.1 3.1-15.1
Female 84 24 26.7 17.7-38.1 16 17.6 10.7-27.5 24 27.1 18.0-38.6 9 13.6 6.8-25.3 11 15.1 7.4-28.3
RACE
White 149 38 22.9 15.4-32.6 31 20.1 13.6-28.7 51 40.1 30.2-50.9 13 7.7 4.3-13.6 16 9.2 5.2-15.8
Other 13 2 6.8 1.3-28.3 2 11.7 2.7-38.6 5 44.8 18.9-73.9 2 15.7 3.3-50.8 2 21.0 4.1-62.1
AGE
18-44 72 16 20.0 10.4-34.9 10 12.9 6.5-23.9 29 48.1 34.0-62.6 9 9.2 4.5-18.1 8 9.8 4.4-20.2
45+ 90 24 24.4 16.2-35.1 23 28.8 18.9-41.3 27 29.8 20.2-41.4 6 6.9 2.9-15.6 10 10.2 4.9-19.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 75 22 22.0 13.5-33.8 14 15.6 8.5-26.8 23 41.8 27.9-57.2 7 8.4 3.7-18.2 9 12.2 5.7-24.2
Some College + 86 18 21.8 11.6-37.2 19 23.9 14.6-36.6 32 38.5 26.6-52.0 8 8.1 3.9-16.2 9 7.6 3.7-15.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 93 23 19.6 12.2-29.9 23 23.9 15.1-35.5 28 36.2 24.8-49.4 9 9.4 4.5-18.5 10 11.0 5.2-21.6
$50,000+ 49 11 19.5 10.4-33.5 9 18.7 9.3-33.9 21 48.3 32.8-64.0 3 5.2 1.7-15.3 5 8.3 3.3-19.6

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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: 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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