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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 917 172 16.7 14.0-19.8 285 29.3 25.4-33.5 292 33.4 29.4-37.7 102 11.9 9.4-14.9 66 8.7 6.1-12.4
GENDER
Male 316 47 11.5 8.2-15.9 72 23.0 17.4-29.9 110 35.7 29.0-43.0 55 17.2 12.6-23.0 32 12.6 7.7-20.1
Female 601 125 21.1 17.3-25.6 213 34.6 29.7-40.0 182 31.5 26.9-36.5 47 7.4 5.2-10.2 34 5.4 3.6- 8.0
RACE
White 821 155 16.9 14.1-20.2 259 29.8 25.8-34.2 253 32.0 27.9-36.4 93 11.9 9.4-14.9 61 9.4 6.4-13.5
African American 41 6 8.6 3.3-20.7 10 34.7 13.9-63.6 19 44.6 23.9-67.4 4 7.7 2.2-23.6 2 4.4 1.0-16.8
Other Minorities 55 11 18.9 8.4-37.3 16 18.3 9.2-33.2 20 44.9 26.5-64.8 5 14.9 4.1-41.9 3 3.0 0.8-10.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 2 14.8 3.2-47.8 7 22.1 8.5-46.4 7 33.5 11.4-66.3 3 27.6 7.5-64.2 1 2.1 0.3-14.2
Non-Hispanic 897 170 16.7 14.0-19.9 278 29.5 25.6-33.8 285 33.4 29.4-37.7 99 11.3 9.0-14.1 65 9.0 6.2-12.7
AGE
18-24 46 5 7.4 2.7-18.5 12 34.8 19.0-54.9 19 37.1 21.9-55.3 5 5.2 1.8-14.5 5 15.4 4.6-41.1
25-34 139 21 15.9 9.9-24.6 50 32.0 23.7-41.6 49 37.8 28.3-48.3 15 10.8 5.9-18.7 4 3.6 1.3- 9.3
35-44 147 29 17.9 11.9-26.2 37 21.6 14.9-30.4 49 30.6 22.5-40.1 23 22.5 14.3-33.5 9 7.4 3.4-15.4
45-54 162 26 18.9 12.3-27.7 66 36.7 28.5-45.8 44 30.2 21.7-40.4 12 6.4 3.3-12.3 14 7.8 4.3-13.6
55-64 176 42 21.0 15.0-28.7 47 26.9 19.8-35.6 51 28.5 21.3-36.9 18 10.8 6.5-17.5 18 12.7 7.8-20.0
65-74 134 24 15.5 9.9-23.3 39 23.4 16.3-32.5 45 35.5 26.6-45.5 17 16.0 9.8-25.1 9 9.6 4.7-18.6
75+ 111 25 20.6 13.4-30.3 34 28.2 19.6-38.6 33 34.4 24.4-45.9 12 10.5 5.5-19.0 7 6.4 2.8-14.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 26 16.8 9.7-27.6 28 24.3 13.8-39.2 30 27.1 17.1-40.1 17 18.0 9.4-31.8 8 13.8 3.9-38.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 271 48 16.4 11.6-22.6 79 26.3 19.8-33.9 92 35.9 28.3-44.2 27 11.9 7.7-18.1 25 9.6 6.1-14.7
Some Post-H.S. 242 44 16.2 11.5-22.4 79 34.1 26.3-42.8 77 32.5 25.3-40.5 23 8.7 5.6-13.5 19 8.4 4.8-14.3
College Graduate 294 54 17.4 13.0-22.9 98 30.4 24.5-37.0 93 34.9 28.3-42.0 35 11.9 8.1-17.0 14 5.5 3.1- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 91 25 28.3 17.2-42.8 27 25.6 16.5-37.5 29 34.9 23.5-48.2 7 7.1 3.3-14.6 3 4.2 1.1-15.2
$15,000- 24,999 186 39 18.5 12.4-26.7 56 26.5 19.0-35.6 49 32.5 23.4-43.2 23 14.6 8.5-23.9 19 7.9 4.6-13.1
$25,000- 34,999 120 19 13.5 7.9-22.2 32 22.0 14.6-31.8 45 41.0 29.9-53.1 19 18.7 11.3-29.4 5 4.8 2.0-11.2
$35,000- 49,999 145 24 16.7 10.8-24.9 47 27.4 19.6-37.0 45 32.6 24.0-42.5 20 14.0 8.5-22.1 9 9.3 4.4-18.8
$50,000-74,999 127 21 13.8 8.3-22.2 41 30.1 20.5-41.7 40 26.4 17.8-37.4 14 12.0 6.7-20.6 11 17.6 7.1-37.5
$75,000+ 119 16 12.4 7.4-20.0 43 37.7 27.3-49.4 44 38.0 28.3-48.8 8 7.0 3.3-14.1 8 4.9 2.1-10.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 265 56 17.7 12.9-23.9 89 33.6 25.8-42.4 78 30.9 23.9-39.0 28 12.8 7.8-20.2 14 5.0 2.6- 9.4
No 634 110 16.1 12.9-19.9 191 27.9 23.5-32.8 211 34.7 29.9-39.9 71 11.4 8.7-14.8 51 9.9 6.5-14.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 122 19 10.3 5.9-17.4 27 25.0 16.8-35.5 45 35.1 26.0-45.5 21 18.2 11.4-27.6 10 11.4 5.8-21.1
Non-Veteran 795 153 17.6 14.6-21.1 258 29.9 25.7-34.5 247 33.2 28.8-37.9 81 11.0 8.4-14.3 56 8.3 5.5-12.4

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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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