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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate 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 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Durham County 356 88 26.5 21.1-32.7 118 31.6 26.2-37.5 108 29.0 23.6-35.1 24 8.2 5.2-12.9 18 4.7 2.8- 7.7
GENDER
Male 121 30 26.8 18.2-37.6 32 22.5 15.4-31.7 36 32.3 23.1-43.0 14 11.8 6.4-20.8 9 6.6 3.3-12.9
Female 235 58 26.2 20.0-33.6 86 39.3 32.2-46.8 72 26.3 20.4-33.1 10 5.1 2.6- 9.9 9 3.1 1.6- 6.0
RACE
White 217 46 21.6 15.9-28.7 69 33.1 26.2-40.9 77 32.9 26.0-40.5 14 8.0 4.2-14.9 11 4.4 2.3- 8.1
Other 136 42 33.1 23.8-44.0 47 29.0 21.1-38.5 30 24.1 15.9-34.7 10 8.6 4.4-16.0 7 5.2 2.3-11.3
AGE
18-44 183 50 29.7 22.1-38.5 68 34.5 27.0-42.7 49 25.7 19.0-33.8 9 7.3 3.5-14.5 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3
45+ 172 38 21.6 15.2-29.6 49 26.6 19.7-34.7 59 34.5 26.2-43.9 15 9.8 5.7-16.4 11 7.6 3.9-14.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 17 19.7 10.1-34.7 40 39.7 27.9-52.7 21 25.8 15.8-39.2 5 8.4 2.8-22.8 7 6.5 2.7-14.8
Some College + 266 71 29.2 23.2-36.2 78 28.3 22.6-34.8 87 30.4 24.2-37.3 19 8.2 5.1-12.9 11 4.0 2.1- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 43 26.2 18.3-35.9 56 29.3 21.8-38.2 49 29.9 21.9-39.4 15 9.6 5.5-16.2 9 5.0 2.4-10.1
$50,000+ 146 36 27.7 20.1-36.8 46 32.4 24.5-41.4 49 27.5 20.3-36.1 9 8.6 3.8-18.1 6 3.9 1.7- 8.8

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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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