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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 136 17 9.1 5.3-15.4 36 27.3 18.5-38.4 49 34.5 24.4-46.1 22 16.3 9.9-25.7 12 12.7 6.5-23.5
GENDER
Male 67 7 8.7 4.0-18.0 12 20.9 10.9-36.3 25 38.2 24.4-54.2 13 19.1 10.2-32.8 10 13.2 6.7-24.3
Female 69 10 9.9 4.9-19.0 24 38.8 24.7-55.1 24 27.9 17.6-41.3 9 11.4 5.4-22.7 2 11.9 2.5-41.3
RACE
White 100 14 9.8 5.3-17.6 26 26.0 16.3-38.6 37 37.7 25.5-51.5 15 12.6 7.0-21.7 8 14.0 6.4-27.9
Other 36 3 7.0 2.1-20.6 10 31.7 14.7-55.6 12 24.4 12.1-42.9 7 28.1 12.2-52.4 4 8.9 3.1-22.8
AGE
18-44 71 6 6.5 2.7-14.8 17 26.6 15.1-42.4 31 37.8 24.0-53.8 13 18.1 9.5-31.6 4 11.1 3.8-28.2
45+ 65 11 14.5 7.6-26.0 19 28.8 18.4-42.1 18 27.8 17.6-41.0 9 12.9 6.3-24.4 8 16.0 8.1-29.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 10 10.6 5.2-20.5 21 31.6 18.4-48.6 20 29.4 15.7-48.3 7 13.4 5.6-28.7 7 15.0 6.0-32.6
Some College + 71 7 7.2 3.0-16.2 15 21.7 12.5-35.0 29 41.1 28.9-54.6 15 20.2 11.7-32.7 5 9.8 3.8-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 8 8.8 3.8-18.7 18 18.2 10.5-29.7 23 39.6 23.9-57.8 13 25.4 13.8-42.0 5 8.0 3.2-18.9
$50,000+ 59 9 11.6 5.5-22.6 15 35.4 21.0-52.9 23 33.1 20.9-48.0 6 7.3 2.9-17.3 6 12.6 5.4-26.9

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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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