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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous 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 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Guilford County 157 29 21.5 14.2-31.1 30 19.9 13.4-28.5 66 39.5 30.3-49.5 20 12.5 7.3-20.5 12 6.6 3.4-12.5
GENDER
Male 74 13 17.3 9.4-29.6 17 22.8 13.8-35.3 29 41.3 28.4-55.6 11 14.6 7.2-27.3 4 3.9 1.4-10.7
Female 83 16 27.7 16.0-43.7 13 15.5 7.9-28.2 37 36.9 25.9-49.4 9 9.3 4.6-17.8 8 10.6 4.6-22.6
RACE
White 127 22 20.8 12.8-32.2 25 19.8 12.6-29.7 54 40.8 30.2-52.4 15 10.9 5.6-20.1 11 7.6 3.7-14.7
Other 30 7 23.9 10.9-44.6 5 20.1 8.4-41.0 12 34.8 19.2-54.6 5 17.9 7.1-38.4 1 3.3 0.5-20.3
AGE
18-44 76 13 18.8 10.0-32.8 14 17.7 9.8-29.8 35 45.8 32.5-59.7 10 12.2 5.7-24.4 4 5.5 1.9-14.7
45+ 81 16 25.8 15.5-39.7 16 23.4 14.1-36.4 31 29.4 20.2-40.7 10 12.9 6.5-24.0 8 8.5 3.8-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 10 19.3 9.2-36.0 5 15.7 5.9-35.4 14 42.3 22.1-65.3 3 14.6 3.9-42.1 4 8.1 2.0-27.5
Some College + 121 19 22.3 13.6-34.2 25 21.3 13.8-31.5 52 38.6 29.0-49.1 17 11.7 7.0-19.0 8 6.1 2.9-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 12 24.1 12.4-41.7 14 22.5 12.4-37.4 23 30.5 18.4-46.1 9 15.6 6.9-31.9 7 7.2 3.0-16.2
$50,000+ 74 14 22.1 12.8-35.4 10 14.5 7.6-25.9 37 47.1 34.7-59.9 10 12.6 6.4-23.2 3 3.7 1.1-11.9

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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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