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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 192 23 11.5 7.3-17.6 53 29.1 22.0-37.3 86 41.7 33.7-50.0 22 13.0 8.0-20.4 8 4.8 2.3- 9.6
GENDER
Male 82 11 12.1 6.4-21.8 19 25.5 16.1-37.8 31 36.8 26.1-49.0 15 18.5 10.3-30.8 6 7.1 3.1-15.3
Female 110 12 10.8 5.7-19.4 34 33.3 23.6-44.6 55 47.3 36.4-58.5 7 6.6 3.1-13.6 2 2.1 0.4- 9.9
RACE
White 122 11 7.8 4.0-14.6 36 30.4 21.6-40.9 59 46.2 35.9-56.7 13 13.1 6.7-23.9 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0
Other 68 12 17.5 9.5-30.1 16 26.6 16.0-40.9 26 34.5 22.8-48.5 9 13.0 6.5-24.1 5 8.4 3.3-19.4
AGE
18-44 111 11 8.5 4.3-15.9 37 34.0 24.7-44.9 48 42.2 32.1-52.9 12 12.4 6.4-22.8 3 2.9 0.9- 8.8
45+ 81 12 18.1 10.0-30.6 16 18.2 10.7-29.2 38 40.6 29.1-53.2 10 14.2 7.5-25.2 5 9.0 3.6-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 5 11.6 4.3-27.6 7 26.5 11.3-50.5 16 42.3 23.7-63.5 3 16.5 4.5-45.3 2 3.1 0.7-12.9
Some College + 159 18 11.5 6.9-18.5 46 29.7 22.3-38.4 70 41.5 33.0-50.5 19 12.1 7.5-18.9 6 5.2 2.4-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 5 5.3 2.0-13.2 25 38.3 25.9-52.4 32 40.8 28.5-54.4 7 9.4 4.1-20.2 4 6.2 2.2-16.4
$50,000+ 104 15 14.5 8.4-23.9 24 23.4 15.4-33.8 47 41.0 30.7-52.1 14 16.8 9.2-28.6 4 4.4 1.6-11.4

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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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