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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 154 40 24.5 17.6-33.0 22 10.6 6.8-16.2 53 39.4 30.1-49.5 18 12.3 7.4-19.6 21 13.2 8.2-20.5
GENDER
Male 65 16 25.1 15.1-38.7 5 5.8 2.3-13.8 25 42.6 28.8-57.7 11 16.4 8.6-29.0 8 10.0 4.4-21.2
Female 89 24 23.9 15.7-34.6 17 15.9 9.6-25.2 28 35.8 24.5-48.8 7 7.7 3.5-15.8 13 16.8 9.5-27.8
RACE
White 130 33 23.1 16.0-32.3 20 11.9 7.5-18.5 45 39.4 29.2-50.6 16 13.0 7.6-21.3 16 12.6 7.4-20.6
Other 23 6 28.0 11.7-53.3 2 3.4 0.8-13.3 8 41.7 21.3-65.4 2 9.0 2.0-32.3 5 17.9 6.1-42.3
AGE
18-44 51 13 21.9 12.3-35.9 10 12.3 6.1-23.0 17 43.8 27.8-61.2 3 7.5 2.2-22.5 8 14.5 6.9-28.0
45+ 103 27 26.6 17.9-37.7 12 9.3 5.2-16.1 36 35.9 26.2-46.8 15 16.0 9.5-25.7 13 12.2 6.6-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 19 31.9 19.8-47.2 7 9.2 4.1-19.2 16 26.9 15.6-42.3 5 11.4 4.4-26.4 12 20.6 11.3-34.6
Some College + 95 21 20.0 12.7-30.0 15 11.5 6.6-19.2 37 47.0 34.9-59.6 13 12.8 7.1-22.1 9 8.7 4.0-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 86 21 23.2 14.8-34.6 14 12.8 7.4-21.4 28 37.2 26.0-49.9 8 12.0 5.6-23.7 15 14.8 8.4-24.8
$50,000+ 54 14 25.6 14.5-41.1 6 7.3 3.0-16.9 23 46.7 30.5-63.6 8 12.6 5.8-25.0 3 7.9 2.5-21.9

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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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