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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson County

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
-Davidson County 144 46 33.0 23.7-44.0 32 20.9 13.6-30.7 45 33.3 24.0-44.1 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6 13 8.7 3.8-18.7
GENDER
Male 74 26 36.5 23.7-51.5 17 22.7 12.9-36.9 18 27.1 15.9-42.3 6 5.1 2.1-12.0 7 8.6 2.7-24.3
Female 70 20 26.2 16.5-39.0 15 17.2 10.2-27.5 27 45.5 32.7-59.0 2 1.9 0.5- 7.7 6 9.1 3.6-21.3
RACE
White 124 37 30.6 21.4-41.6 27 21.2 13.2-32.3 40 33.4 23.9-44.4 7 4.0 1.7- 8.9 13 10.9 4.8-22.7
Other 20 9 43.2 18.3-72.1 5 19.4 6.7-44.4 5 33.0 11.5-65.3 1 4.4 0.6-26.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 70 21 33.8 21.1-49.3 16 18.2 9.4-32.2 25 36.4 23.5-51.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 6 9.5 3.1-25.8
45+ 74 25 31.8 21.2-44.6 16 25.8 15.6-39.6 20 27.6 17.9-39.9 6 7.5 3.1-17.4 7 7.3 3.4-15.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 78 30 39.5 26.3-54.5 18 23.2 13.2-37.5 21 27.3 16.0-42.4 3 2.4 0.7- 8.2 6 7.7 2.1-24.7
Some College + 66 16 21.1 12.5-33.3 14 16.6 9.5-27.4 24 44.5 31.5-58.2 5 7.1 2.7-17.5 7 10.7 4.7-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 27 33.4 21.7-47.7 17 19.0 11.1-30.7 20 32.8 19.9-49.0 5 4.5 1.7-11.4 7 10.3 3.2-28.6
$50,000+ 50 14 33.8 17.9-54.4 9 12.1 5.7-23.8 20 40.0 25.3-56.7 2 4.6 1.1-17.5 5 9.6 3.5-23.5

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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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