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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 157 19 11.1 6.3-18.8 47 26.9 19.8-35.5 50 34.4 25.6-44.4 20 13.2 8.0-21.0 21 14.4 8.8-22.6
GENDER
Male 72 7 10.2 4.0-23.6 18 19.9 12.0-31.1 22 35.9 23.4-50.7 10 12.8 6.7-23.3 15 21.2 12.1-34.5
Female 85 12 12.4 6.6-21.8 29 36.1 24.8-49.0 28 32.3 21.7-45.1 10 13.7 6.3-27.3 6 5.5 2.2-13.1
RACE
White 104 12 10.0 5.4-17.7 34 31.0 21.9-41.7 34 34.9 25.2-46.2 10 10.8 5.0-21.8 14 13.3 7.7-22.0
Other 52 6 12.1 4.2-30.0 13 21.3 11.4-36.2 16 33.8 18.9-52.8 10 16.8 8.5-30.4 7 16.0 6.7-33.9
AGE
18-44 71 6 9.2 3.4-22.6 29 32.8 22.0-45.9 23 35.2 22.7-50.1 7 11.3 5.0-23.5 6 11.4 4.7-25.0
45+ 86 13 13.9 7.8-23.4 18 18.2 11.1-28.4 27 33.1 23.0-45.1 13 16.0 9.0-27.0 15 18.7 11.2-29.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 71 10 12.1 5.0-26.4 22 28.0 17.9-41.0 18 29.1 18.2-43.1 11 16.6 8.6-29.7 10 14.1 7.3-25.3
Some College + 86 9 10.2 5.1-19.2 25 25.9 16.6-37.9 32 39.4 26.7-53.7 9 9.9 4.6-20.0 11 14.6 6.9-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 82 10 12.2 5.2-26.3 27 31.4 20.8-44.4 21 25.1 15.9-37.3 11 14.4 7.0-27.4 13 16.8 9.4-28.1
$50,000+ 55 7 10.6 4.8-21.7 14 19.6 11.0-32.5 21 43.1 27.3-60.5 7 12.4 5.7-25.1 6 14.2 5.3-32.8

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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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