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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 305 71 20.8 16.0-26.5 105 29.1 23.5-35.4 84 30.7 24.2-38.1 24 9.8 5.2-17.6 21 9.6 5.9-15.2
GENDER
Male 112 22 16.7 10.6-25.2 30 22.6 15.0-32.5 33 30.6 21.3-42.0 9 12.5 5.1-27.8 18 17.5 10.6-27.6
Female 193 49 25.2 18.6-33.2 75 36.1 28.5-44.4 51 30.8 22.4-40.7 15 6.9 3.9-11.8 3 1.1 0.3- 4.3
RACE
White 214 54 22.9 17.0-30.1 73 28.7 22.0-36.4 58 30.3 22.6-39.3 15 9.7 4.2-20.5 14 8.4 4.8-14.3
Other 90 17 14.7 8.7-23.9 32 30.6 21.1-42.2 25 30.9 20.2-44.3 9 10.4 5.1-20.2 7 13.3 5.3-29.4
AGE
18-44 117 26 19.5 12.6-28.9 38 27.9 19.4-38.4 33 31.1 20.9-43.4 11 12.6 5.1-27.9 9 9.0 4.5-17.1
45+ 187 45 22.3 16.4-29.5 67 30.5 23.8-38.2 50 29.8 22.4-38.5 13 7.0 3.8-12.8 12 10.3 5.2-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 32 17.9 11.9-26.0 50 23.7 16.9-32.0 45 33.9 24.0-45.4 14 12.3 5.0-27.2 12 12.2 6.4-22.0
Some College + 152 39 23.8 17.0-32.3 55 34.8 26.5-44.2 39 27.3 19.6-36.7 10 7.2 3.6-13.6 9 6.8 3.4-13.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 39 20.7 14.3-29.2 53 24.4 17.8-32.4 45 29.9 21.4-40.0 9 11.3 4.2-27.1 14 13.7 7.6-23.5
$50,000+ 104 26 22.6 15.0-32.4 32 31.3 21.9-42.6 31 31.9 21.9-44.0 9 7.8 3.8-15.3 6 6.4 2.8-13.9

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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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