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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 351 69 17.0 13.1-21.9 118 32.9 27.1-39.3 113 33.4 27.3-40.1 28 7.2 4.8-10.6 23 9.4 5.2-16.4
GENDER
Male 114 18 14.5 8.7-23.2 34 27.6 19.0-38.4 38 37.1 26.5-49.1 11 7.1 3.7-13.2 13 13.6 6.4-26.7
Female 237 51 19.2 14.4-25.3 84 37.5 30.5-45.1 75 30.2 24.1-37.1 17 7.3 4.4-11.8 10 5.8 2.3-13.7
RACE
White 275 53 16.9 12.5-22.4 97 34.7 28.0-42.0 89 35.2 28.0-43.0 22 6.4 4.1- 9.9 14 6.9 3.5-13.1
Other 74 15 17.1 9.4-29.2 20 25.1 15.3-38.3 24 28.6 18.3-41.7 6 10.2 4.4-21.8 9 19.0 7.1-42.0
AGE
18-44 122 26 14.2 9.1-21.6 43 33.3 23.8-44.4 36 33.4 23.3-45.3 9 6.9 3.5-13.2 8 12.1 5.0-26.5
45+ 228 43 19.8 14.3-26.7 75 32.7 26.3-39.9 76 33.1 26.6-40.2 19 7.5 4.7-11.7 15 7.0 4.0-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 24 18.1 11.1-28.2 37 27.7 18.6-39.0 27 28.4 17.9-41.8 10 6.4 3.3-12.1 13 19.4 9.2-36.4
Some College + 240 45 16.5 12.0-22.3 81 35.6 28.5-43.3 86 35.9 28.8-43.7 18 7.6 4.6-12.2 10 4.5 2.1- 9.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 41 21.9 15.2-30.4 56 34.0 25.0-44.2 44 27.2 19.2-36.9 14 7.7 4.4-13.3 11 9.2 3.3-23.1
$50,000+ 142 19 12.3 7.7-19.3 51 35.2 26.8-44.5 57 40.4 31.3-50.2 8 5.5 2.6-11.3 7 6.5 2.8-14.6

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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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