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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 179 21 13.7 7.9-22.7 43 24.7 17.5-33.5 69 35.9 27.7-44.9 30 14.2 9.7-20.3 16 11.6 6.5-20.1
GENDER
Male 76 9 14.7 6.5-29.9 15 21.9 12.3-36.0 23 30.7 19.5-44.8 18 17.8 10.8-27.9 11 14.9 7.7-26.7
Female 103 12 12.5 6.2-23.3 28 28.0 18.9-39.3 46 42.2 31.6-53.5 12 9.7 5.3-17.2 5 7.7 2.1-24.3
RACE
White 139 18 16.4 9.2-27.6 31 20.9 14.0-29.9 57 37.3 27.9-47.7 19 11.6 7.1-18.3 14 13.8 7.5-24.2
Other 38 3 4.6 1.2-16.3 12 40.4 22.1-61.8 10 25.9 12.8-45.4 11 24.8 12.9-42.4 2 4.3 0.8-19.3
AGE
18-44 78 11 18.0 8.7-33.4 20 23.9 13.9-37.9 31 38.6 26.1-52.8 12 10.3 5.5-18.6 4 9.2 3.1-24.2
45+ 101 10 8.4 4.3-15.7 23 25.6 17.0-36.6 38 32.5 23.6-42.8 18 18.9 11.8-28.8 12 14.7 7.8-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 7 9.0 3.9-19.4 10 25.5 11.9-46.4 16 32.2 17.2-52.0 12 19.7 10.5-34.0 6 13.7 4.6-34.2
Some College + 128 14 15.8 8.2-28.3 33 24.3 16.9-33.6 53 37.5 28.4-47.6 18 11.6 7.1-18.6 10 10.7 5.4-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 11 13.4 6.5-25.5 17 28.7 16.6-44.8 30 39.3 26.5-53.7 13 13.2 7.3-22.7 6 5.5 2.3-12.7
$50,000+ 85 9 11.2 5.5-21.6 25 26.8 17.8-38.3 30 33.9 23.0-46.7 13 14.0 7.9-23.8 8 14.1 6.6-27.4

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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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