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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 367 68 16.7 12.8-21.4 137 36.8 30.8-43.2 113 32.2 26.4-38.7 24 6.8 4.2-10.7 25 7.6 4.8-11.7
GENDER
Male 130 21 13.3 8.2-20.8 47 35.0 25.9-45.4 35 33.3 23.7-44.6 12 8.4 4.4-15.5 15 10.0 5.7-16.9
Female 237 47 19.8 14.7-26.2 90 38.4 31.1-46.3 78 31.2 24.9-38.3 12 5.2 2.6-10.2 10 5.3 2.5-11.2
RACE
White 274 48 15.0 10.9-20.3 99 37.0 29.9-44.7 90 35.0 27.9-42.9 17 5.6 3.2- 9.5 20 7.4 4.4-12.1
Other 92 19 20.3 12.5-31.2 38 36.5 26.3-48.2 23 25.1 16.2-36.7 7 9.9 4.3-21.4 5 8.1 3.3-18.6
AGE
18-44 135 24 15.0 9.8-22.5 49 35.6 26.2-46.3 49 37.3 27.7-48.0 9 7.6 3.6-15.2 4 4.5 1.6-11.9
45+ 231 44 18.4 13.3-24.8 87 37.6 30.9-44.9 64 27.3 21.1-34.5 15 6.0 3.5-10.1 21 10.7 6.7-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 22 15.3 9.1-24.5 50 37.3 27.2-48.8 30 31.7 20.6-45.4 8 7.7 3.4-16.3 8 8.0 3.6-16.7
Some College + 249 46 17.3 12.8-23.1 87 36.5 29.3-44.3 83 32.5 26.0-39.7 16 6.3 3.5-11.2 17 7.4 4.2-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 35 17.3 11.8-24.7 78 45.7 36.3-55.5 47 24.9 17.5-34.2 13 7.8 4.0-14.5 6 4.3 1.9- 9.5
$50,000+ 133 22 17.4 11.3-25.7 46 32.5 24.3-42.0 45 37.5 28.6-47.4 8 5.3 2.4-11.1 12 7.3 4.0-13.1

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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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