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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 192 37 19.0 13.6-26.1 44 23.5 17.1-31.3 75 36.7 29.2-45.0 31 17.8 11.8-26.0 5 2.9 1.0- 8.3
GENDER
Male 82 21 21.7 13.9-32.3 17 22.5 13.8-34.4 25 30.4 20.6-42.5 16 21.5 12.6-34.2 3 3.9 1.0-13.9
Female 110 16 15.9 9.2-26.1 27 24.7 16.3-35.5 50 44.1 33.5-55.3 15 13.6 7.1-24.2 2 1.8 0.3- 9.4
RACE
White 122 22 16.1 10.3-24.4 23 20.0 12.9-29.8 50 39.5 29.8-50.1 23 20.8 13.0-31.6 4 3.6 1.0-12.2
Other 68 15 23.9 14.2-37.4 19 28.2 17.4-42.1 25 32.7 21.7-46.1 8 13.3 5.8-27.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.1
AGE
18-44 111 19 16.2 10.1-25.0 32 28.4 19.8-38.8 41 35.0 25.7-45.6 18 19.5 11.6-30.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
45+ 81 18 25.3 15.8-37.9 12 12.9 6.8-23.1 34 40.5 29.1-53.1 13 14.3 8.0-24.2 4 6.9 1.9-22.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 5 12.5 4.8-28.9 7 27.1 11.7-51.1 13 24.8 12.5-43.1 7 32.1 14.4-57.0 1 3.5 0.5-21.2
Some College + 159 32 20.7 14.5-28.8 37 22.6 16.2-30.5 62 39.8 31.4-48.8 24 14.2 9.1-21.3 4 2.7 0.7- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 13 13.4 7.4-22.9 15 23.4 13.3-37.9 32 46.4 33.4-59.9 12 15.0 7.8-27.2 1 1.8 0.2-11.5
$50,000+ 104 23 23.8 15.7-34.5 25 23.9 16.0-34.3 35 29.7 21.0-40.2 17 18.4 10.5-30.2 4 4.1 1.1-14.0

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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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