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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 151 26 16.9 11.0-25.2 40 23.5 16.8-31.8 45 32.7 24.3-42.4 17 10.7 6.4-17.2 23 16.2 9.4-26.4
GENDER
Male 62 12 18.3 9.6-32.0 15 20.6 11.6-33.7 18 30.6 19.1-45.2 10 14.6 7.6-26.1 7 16.0 6.2-35.4
Female 89 14 15.5 8.7-26.1 25 26.6 17.8-37.6 27 35.0 23.9-48.1 7 6.5 3.0-13.7 16 16.4 9.5-26.7
RACE
White 128 20 16.1 9.9-25.2 37 26.1 18.5-35.5 39 32.1 23.1-42.7 16 11.8 7.0-19.3 16 13.9 6.9-25.9
Other 22 5 16.3 4.9-42.5 3 9.3 2.4-29.6 6 38.8 18.5-63.9 1 4.6 0.6-26.5 7 31.0 13.9-55.6
AGE
18-44 51 10 17.0 8.2-32.0 17 27.4 16.3-42.2 16 35.1 21.2-52.1 3 4.8 1.5-14.4 5 15.7 5.3-38.4
45+ 100 16 16.9 9.9-27.3 23 20.2 13.0-30.1 29 30.8 21.6-41.9 14 15.5 9.0-25.5 18 16.6 10.0-26.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 11 18.0 8.7-33.6 8 12.0 5.2-25.5 18 38.0 24.4-53.7 8 13.7 6.5-26.4 12 18.3 9.8-31.8
Some College + 94 15 16.3 9.4-26.8 32 30.2 20.9-41.6 27 29.7 19.6-42.1 9 8.9 4.4-17.2 11 14.9 6.5-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 18 22.0 13.1-34.7 17 14.7 8.7-23.6 31 44.0 32.2-56.5 9 9.7 4.9-18.5 10 9.6 5.0-17.8
$50,000+ 52 6 10.6 4.3-23.6 22 39.1 24.7-55.6 11 20.6 9.9-38.1 5 8.2 3.3-18.9 8 21.6 8.8-44.1

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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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