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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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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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
-Eastern NC 1,864 254 12.8 10.9-14.8 463 24.3 21.7-27.1 667 37.0 34.0-40.1 281 14.7 12.8-16.8 199 11.3 9.1-14.1
GENDER
Male 849 88 10.1 7.8-12.8 171 20.7 17.1-24.7 320 38.7 34.4-43.2 160 16.8 14.0-20.1 110 13.7 10.3-18.1
Female 1,015 166 16.8 14.0-20.0 292 29.6 26.2-33.3 347 34.4 30.8-38.2 121 11.4 9.3-13.9 89 7.7 6.1- 9.8
RACE
White 1,347 173 12.6 10.5-15.1 345 25.9 22.7-29.3 497 38.6 35.1-42.2 189 13.0 11.0-15.3 143 10.0 8.1-12.3
African American 375 57 14.0 10.2-18.9 86 19.4 14.8-24.9 120 33.3 27.3-39.9 72 22.5 17.2-28.8 40 10.9 7.3-15.9
Other Minorities 139 23 10.5 6.1-17.5 32 22.1 14.2-32.8 49 31.3 20.7-44.3 19 11.2 6.3-19.1 16 24.9 10.3-48.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 66 5 4.1 1.6-10.2 19 23.3 13.7-36.8 30 55.1 39.7-69.6 7 9.6 4.0-21.2 5 7.9 2.7-21.3
Non-Hispanic 1,797 249 13.3 11.4-15.5 444 24.3 21.7-27.2 636 35.8 32.9-38.9 274 15.0 13.0-17.2 194 11.5 9.2-14.4
AGE
18-24 137 10 5.7 2.8-11.4 37 26.3 17.8-37.1 55 38.1 28.1-49.1 22 14.7 9.3-22.5 13 15.1 7.3-28.8
25-34 374 46 12.7 8.9-17.9 101 24.8 20.2-30.0 146 41.1 35.3-47.3 53 14.0 10.4-18.6 28 7.4 4.9-10.9
35-44 426 62 13.3 10.0-17.5 107 24.7 20.2-29.8 173 39.8 34.5-45.4 55 13.4 10.1-17.6 29 8.7 5.7-13.1
45-54 375 54 15.1 10.9-20.7 102 25.8 20.7-31.6 122 32.4 27.0-38.3 49 13.7 10.0-18.3 48 13.0 9.5-17.6
55-64 304 49 17.7 13.0-23.5 56 17.4 12.7-23.4 96 32.4 26.5-38.9 53 17.4 13.0-22.8 50 15.2 11.2-20.4
65-74 175 20 13.0 8.2-20.0 47 29.5 22.6-37.5 46 24.6 18.3-32.2 40 22.5 16.3-30.2 22 10.5 6.6-16.3
75+ 64 10 19.3 9.1-36.6 12 13.3 6.9-24.1 25 44.5 29.3-60.7 8 9.2 4.3-18.5 9 13.7 6.0-28.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 148 32 19.2 12.2-28.8 31 19.7 12.5-29.5 41 37.3 26.2-50.0 20 10.4 6.1-17.2 24 13.4 7.9-22.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 546 78 13.7 10.3-18.0 127 24.5 19.3-30.5 169 29.0 23.9-34.7 94 17.1 13.4-21.7 78 15.7 10.6-22.7
Some Post-H.S. 504 58 9.9 7.2-13.5 136 25.1 20.6-30.2 201 43.1 37.5-49.0 61 12.1 8.9-16.3 48 9.8 6.7-14.1
College Graduate 666 86 12.7 10.0-16.1 169 24.6 20.9-28.6 256 39.8 35.4-44.4 106 15.6 12.7-19.0 49 7.3 5.3-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 22 11.3 6.7-18.5 31 25.1 16.6-36.0 42 35.3 25.0-47.3 27 13.9 8.7-21.6 20 14.4 8.2-24.0
$15,000- 24,999 276 41 14.0 9.5-20.1 57 19.9 13.5-28.5 106 42.0 33.5-50.9 37 14.8 9.7-21.8 35 9.4 6.2-13.9
$25,000- 34,999 260 39 14.6 9.4-22.0 62 23.7 15.9-33.7 83 27.8 20.7-36.2 46 15.7 10.8-22.2 30 18.3 9.4-32.6
$35,000- 49,999 320 48 14.8 10.6-20.5 83 24.3 19.1-30.4 110 36.8 30.5-43.5 47 15.2 11.1-20.4 32 8.9 5.9-13.3
$50,000-74,999 318 45 13.1 9.4-18.0 87 26.4 21.0-32.7 112 36.1 30.0-42.5 43 12.5 9.0-17.1 31 11.9 7.9-17.6
$75,000+ 374 46 11.8 8.4-16.5 99 26.5 21.5-32.2 153 41.6 35.6-47.8 46 11.3 8.2-15.3 30 8.8 5.3-14.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 389 51 12.8 9.0-18.1 96 24.6 18.8-31.5 115 29.1 22.9-36.1 74 15.5 11.7-20.4 53 17.9 10.5-28.9
No 1,446 199 12.8 10.7-15.1 362 24.4 21.5-27.5 539 38.9 35.5-42.3 202 14.4 12.2-16.8 144 9.6 7.8-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 400 43 10.5 7.3-14.7 79 19.9 14.8-26.3 145 38.4 32.7-44.5 80 18.6 14.6-23.5 53 12.6 9.0-17.3
Non-Veteran 1,462 211 13.5 11.4-15.9 383 25.6 22.6-28.7 521 36.5 33.1-40.1 201 13.5 11.4-15.9 146 11.0 8.3-14.3

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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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