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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate 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 13,333 684 5.0 4.6- 5.6 1,650 12.2 11.5-13.0 4,496 34.3 33.2-35.4 2,478 18.5 17.6-19.4 4,025 29.9 28.9-31.0
-Durham County 365 15 6.1 3.1-11.7 56 17.2 12.8-22.7 118 31.0 25.7-36.8 70 17.1 13.2-22.0 106 28.6 23.3-34.5
GENDER
Male 124 9 10.7 4.8-22.2 22 20.9 13.4-31.0 36 25.5 18.1-34.7 23 15.1 9.6-23.0 34 27.8 19.4-38.1
Female 241 6 2.2 0.8- 5.5 34 14.0 9.7-19.9 82 35.6 28.8-43.1 47 18.8 13.7-25.3 72 29.3 23.2-36.3
RACE
White 224 8 4.2 2.0- 8.6 27 11.4 7.6-16.8 71 33.0 26.1-40.7 44 17.6 12.7-23.9 74 33.8 26.8-41.6
Other 138 7 8.8 3.2-21.9 29 25.1 16.9-35.6 45 27.8 20.1-37.0 26 16.7 10.8-24.9 31 21.7 14.6-31.0
AGE
18-44 185 11 8.1 3.7-16.8 31 16.7 11.4-23.8 63 32.7 25.4-40.9 34 16.8 11.5-23.8 46 25.7 18.9-34.0
45+ 179 4 3.1 0.8-10.9 25 18.0 11.3-27.5 54 27.9 21.1-36.0 36 17.7 12.5-24.5 60 33.3 25.6-41.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 6 12.9 4.7-30.5 16 16.7 9.1-28.7 24 20.7 12.8-31.7 19 18.2 10.6-29.4 27 31.5 20.7-44.9
Some College + 273 9 3.4 1.6- 7.1 40 17.4 12.4-23.8 94 35.1 28.7-41.9 51 16.7 12.4-22.1 79 27.4 21.8-33.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 8 8.3 3.2-19.5 27 17.7 11.3-26.6 54 29.7 22.1-38.5 34 16.6 11.3-23.7 53 27.8 20.5-36.4
$50,000+ 150 4 3.3 1.1- 9.0 20 14.8 9.3-22.6 51 33.6 25.7-42.6 31 17.6 12.0-25.0 44 30.8 22.7-40.3

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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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