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

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 157 20 11.9 7.2-19.0 51 36.3 26.9-46.9 50 32.4 23.9-42.1 22 11.3 6.5-19.0 14 8.1 4.4-14.4
GENDER
Male 75 7 8.7 3.6-19.3 26 37.5 24.6-52.6 27 35.3 23.6-49.1 8 9.4 3.7-21.9 7 9.1 4.1-18.9
Female 82 13 17.5 10.1-28.7 25 34.2 23.6-46.7 23 27.3 17.4-40.0 14 14.5 8.2-24.4 7 6.5 2.9-13.8
RACE
White 144 20 12.7 7.7-20.3 47 36.6 26.8-47.7 45 31.9 23.2-42.2 19 10.8 5.9-19.1 13 7.8 4.1-14.4
Other 13 0 0.0 . - . 4 31.8 10.9-64.0 5 38.5 14.4-69.9 3 17.7 5.2-45.9 1 12.0 1.7-52.0
AGE
18-44 70 9 9.9 4.4-20.8 28 41.0 27.1-56.4 23 34.6 22.3-49.3 6 9.2 3.3-23.4 4 5.4 1.7-15.5
45+ 87 11 14.6 7.9-25.3 23 30.0 19.8-42.6 27 29.4 19.8-41.2 16 14.2 8.3-23.0 10 11.9 6.1-22.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 72 11 13.1 6.5-24.7 17 29.1 16.8-45.6 23 32.9 21.1-47.2 13 14.4 6.7-28.2 8 10.5 4.8-21.5
Some College + 84 9 10.7 5.2-20.8 33 43.4 30.4-57.4 27 32.1 20.9-45.9 9 8.1 3.8-16.3 6 5.7 2.3-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 10 9.9 4.6-20.1 22 26.1 16.7-38.4 32 35.2 24.4-47.9 17 16.8 9.0-29.1 11 12.0 6.1-22.1
$50,000+ 48 9 19.8 10.1-35.2 19 36.4 23.1-52.1 16 39.8 24.8-57.1 3 3.3 1.0-10.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9

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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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