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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,333 684 5.0 4.6- 5.6 1,650 12.2 11.5-13.0 4,496 34.3 33.2-35.4 2,478 18.5 17.6-19.4 4,025 29.9 28.9-31.0
-Guilford County 377 11 2.9 1.5- 5.7 38 10.3 7.1-14.8 140 37.4 31.6-43.7 78 21.4 16.3-27.6 110 27.9 22.8-33.6
GENDER
Male 134 4 2.8 1.0- 7.6 16 11.9 6.7-20.3 44 34.5 25.4-45.0 36 27.5 18.8-38.2 34 23.3 16.4-32.0
Female 243 7 3.1 1.3- 7.3 22 8.8 5.6-13.6 96 40.1 33.1-47.6 42 15.8 11.1-22.0 76 32.1 25.3-39.8
RACE
White 281 7 2.3 1.0- 5.4 28 10.3 6.7-15.6 103 36.1 29.4-43.5 60 22.6 16.4-30.3 83 28.7 22.6-35.6
Other 95 4 4.7 1.7-12.5 10 10.4 4.9-20.8 37 41.1 30.1-53.1 18 18.5 11.4-28.7 26 25.3 16.7-36.2
AGE
18-44 137 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 14 11.1 6.1-19.4 52 39.1 29.6-49.6 22 18.6 11.1-29.4 47 29.0 21.0-38.6
45+ 239 9 3.8 1.9- 7.4 24 9.6 6.2-14.4 87 35.5 29.0-42.5 56 24.3 18.3-31.5 63 26.9 20.9-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 11 9.0 4.6-16.9 14 12.1 6.1-22.7 40 30.4 21.2-41.5 22 21.2 11.8-35.1 36 27.2 18.8-37.7
Some College + 254 0 0.0 . - . 24 9.4 6.1-14.3 100 40.9 33.7-48.4 56 21.5 16.0-28.2 74 28.2 22.1-35.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 20 12.7 7.5-20.8 65 39.4 30.4-49.2 35 16.9 11.1-24.8 58 28.0 20.5-37.0
$50,000+ 135 2 1.9 0.4- 8.1 12 8.0 4.3-14.4 58 41.0 32.1-50.5 32 24.4 16.8-34.0 31 24.7 17.5-33.6

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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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