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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate 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 13,333 684 5.0 4.6- 5.6 1,650 12.2 11.5-13.0 4,496 34.3 33.2-35.4 2,478 18.5 17.6-19.4 4,025 29.9 28.9-31.0
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 320 21 6.5 4.2-10.2 22 6.1 3.8- 9.5 115 35.9 30.1-42.2 46 14.1 9.9-19.6 116 37.4 31.5-43.6
GENDER
Male 99 9 9.1 4.6-17.1 7 5.2 2.3-11.2 33 31.4 22.1-42.4 13 12.2 6.7-21.2 37 42.2 31.7-53.4
Female 221 12 5.0 2.7- 9.0 15 6.7 3.8-11.4 82 38.6 31.5-46.3 33 15.2 9.9-22.7 79 34.5 27.9-41.8
RACE
White 269 15 5.2 3.0- 8.9 17 5.1 3.0- 8.5 93 33.9 27.7-40.6 42 15.7 10.9-22.0 102 40.1 33.6-47.1
Other 50 6 13.2 5.9-27.0 5 11.0 4.3-25.7 21 43.9 29.1-59.7 4 6.9 2.1-20.1 14 25.0 14.3-39.9
AGE
18-44 96 5 5.0 1.9-12.3 5 3.9 1.6- 9.6 35 35.2 25.3-46.5 11 14.9 7.7-26.8 40 41.0 30.6-52.2
45+ 224 16 7.5 4.5-12.3 17 7.4 4.4-12.4 80 36.3 29.4-43.8 35 13.6 9.2-19.6 76 35.2 28.4-42.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 18 11.6 7.1-18.4 10 5.6 2.8-10.8 55 35.2 26.9-44.5 15 8.4 4.4-15.5 54 39.2 30.6-48.7
Some College + 168 3 1.9 0.6- 6.4 12 6.6 3.5-11.9 60 36.5 28.7-45.1 31 19.3 12.8-27.9 62 35.7 28.1-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 195 17 8.0 4.8-13.0 15 6.4 3.7-10.9 73 40.4 32.7-48.6 23 9.6 6.0-14.9 67 35.6 28.3-43.6
$50,000+ 87 3 4.4 1.4-13.5 5 6.2 2.4-15.1 28 26.7 18.3-37.3 16 23.9 14.0-37.6 35 38.8 28.0-50.7

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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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