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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 307 67 19.8 15.3-25.3 103 31.0 25.5-37.0 87 29.8 24.3-36.0 28 11.7 7.7-17.4 22 7.7 4.8-12.0
GENDER
Male 93 16 17.7 10.4-28.4 23 22.2 14.5-32.5 30 32.8 23.1-44.3 14 17.5 10.3-28.2 10 9.8 4.9-18.5
Female 214 51 21.1 15.8-27.6 80 36.2 29.2-43.9 57 28.0 21.7-35.3 14 8.3 4.2-15.7 12 6.5 3.4-11.8
RACE
White 261 57 20.0 15.1-26.1 86 30.3 24.4-36.8 78 31.6 25.5-38.5 22 11.4 7.1-17.9 18 6.7 3.9-11.0
Other 45 10 19.3 9.6-34.9 16 32.5 19.2-49.5 9 21.0 10.5-37.6 6 13.7 5.9-28.7 4 13.4 5.1-31.1
AGE
18-44 95 18 17.2 10.4-27.3 33 30.3 21.5-40.9 29 33.7 23.9-45.2 9 12.8 6.1-24.9 6 5.9 2.5-13.3
45+ 212 49 21.5 15.9-28.3 70 31.4 24.7-39.0 58 27.2 21.1-34.4 19 11.0 6.8-17.4 16 8.9 5.1-15.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 37 21.0 14.5-29.5 41 27.6 19.9-36.9 38 27.3 19.8-36.5 21 16.4 10.3-25.0 8 7.7 3.7-15.5
Some College + 162 30 18.7 12.9-26.4 62 34.0 26.6-42.4 49 32.0 24.4-40.6 7 7.6 3.2-16.7 14 7.7 4.3-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 45 22.2 16.1-29.7 60 28.2 21.7-35.9 52 31.6 24.4-39.9 20 11.8 7.3-18.4 12 6.2 3.3-11.2
$50,000+ 83 15 16.5 9.6-26.8 32 37.8 26.9-50.0 25 26.0 17.2-37.2 5 12.4 5.0-27.6 6 7.4 2.9-17.3

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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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